The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-27
WARDS TRIAL,
OLD MAN FISH TELLSHlS STORY
or the Way in Which Ferdinand Bilked
the Bank-A Largely Oyerdrawn
Account-story ofs Designing
Villain and Trust.
Ing Old Man.

tTuSlHOrlEV SNvr1N that Il
El.,, ,,,,u III 60. -. ~ '"Aos u.
"''i 'oii '1ouu ING witSess stand
all ne knows concerning the trans
actions of Grant IL Ward. the relations
of tbe firm with tho Msr;na ,,,.,.
,ha r.,.,,o..s a. o Jam anu
'us reial'ons OF the latter with all per-
sons, corporations or Institutions In.
yolved in the Grant d Ward specula-
ti0ns, contracts and business gener-
ally. rms kind or information is very
much needed ut this juuctdre. There
mas boen more reticenoe and more
screening Of persons in this case thau
10 wholesome. 1t VIII be greatly to
the public advantage IL Fish, who has
now, AZ least, nothing to lose, shall
speak out.
This afternoon District Attorney
Martin opened the case. He said
Waru had been indicted for larceny
ana ne read the statutes covering tho
crime. While the district attorney
was speakihg, James ID. Fish, with
ms cusIoulans, entered tho court
room. ne glanced at Ward and was
removeu 10 ~ private room where he
remained nm until wanted as witness.
me district attorney said Ward, on
set @sy SoS' o. losa, presented y check for
su,SOo to the Marine bank, drawn
sSsinst Ma.,n . check for 5000 Of the First
Nauonei pank. Ward receivod tho
sle lloney neS rom tno Marine bank. The
Iso,veV ,, onscA was not honored by tho
flrst National, and Ward was guilty
OF grand, iarcsny, by procuring ST.
wv on IL irom tha Marine bank. The
Jury must remember that Ward was
not on Trial Tor running, General Grant,
shu sending him broken-hearted to
Ihe grave, or Tor sending TO tho State
PRISON tot ~ years sontleman highly
connSctod III banking circles, but was
iugrsiy on tyisl Tor grand larceny.
James u, tish was tho first witness
eaiieu. ne lehnen over IN his char
ahu slanceu saVageiy at Ward, who
ioWeIeu MS eyes:
Waru,s oounsei moved that the jury
DO ulsmissed on account of the sGate-
mont OF the district attorney regarding
General Grant and MIR. Fish. The mo-
tion was denied. Dir. Fish said:
II am W years old, convict at An
pufn state prison, to which L was SEN
tenceu l0r 10 years at hard labor. l
saw s the cneck handsd to me on May g.,
ieSi' III was handed me hy tho paying
teilef; received 1t and certified IL
aitsr went TO the telephone end rang
up, aro."
Question-"ls the prisoner here tho
Ward you mean?'
MI. r.. leaning over agaip) -"I
Wouiu ike 10 see him-yes, that is tho
man.
Cohtenlptuousiv continuing, the
Witness ssid: VI said over the phone,
aIu, 1 nave your check here for
ceruincstlon lor vi ,oc0, against an un.
%SeLune9 % checS ior SO'00o. Ward
Pnoneu 9ack thst IL was all right, and
about D o'clock. He came In Monday
morning before business hours and
asked for the withdrawafof q certified
So,Ooo check because an SSl 900 check
against winch the former sum was
urawn hcu been Wilndrawn.
| 81. IL. Carr, the receiving teller,was
present, ana instructed him 10 with
orsw Ihe check. Wnen Inc exchanges
came L lounu the Sol,0Co check which
W1ru saiu was WITHDRAWN was pre-
senteu and PAID by tho bank, l rang
Waiu up ana told MIN. lie said it
was strango, but that 1t would be all
flgnt. do Wao 100 busy TO come to see
me then."
| On cross examination the witness
SAID ne did not know that Wards ac.
count had been oyerdrawn on May 5,
1851, 70 mo amount or 100000
u knew that Ward often had his
general accounts0ver but hetold
mo money was deposited on the Grant
ward account. On April 12, 1884, |
told Ward that II seemed TO mo that
ailsirs wero drifting In way could
not understand. Mr.. Carr, th9 second
teller, had charge OF tho cash account.
oh hap D expected Ward all day, 40
cofding to his written promise TO
MAKE doposit TO relieY9 tho
Soi'oVo cheek, which did come
II was withdrawn; we waited for
Ward at the bank all day, until 8
O'Clock. Ward had promised 10 raise
the money, and 1 understood he was
trying to borrow It on NAV 4. / wa.
pressing him hard for money. as the
bank needed it 10 get throuph the
clearing house, On that Mnndav
fmornlng, Nav q, I wrote Ward m ,gct
in all you can, and homo 10 eco halter
days;' meant fo- him IN 90. ali ,ha
money he could, ard ON Monday morn.
ing ho deposited The VandeIhiIL ahaclt
for $4,000, which was credIled
TO HIS personal account. do not
know that at that time Il wns extra
hard for Ward 10 borrow money on the
securities he hcic. / do moi % rSInenbsp on liar
ever soliciting loans for GrSnt & Ward
on their securities. thouyh I heliovn /
once went 10 SelIamSn. II was be-
cause | could make beiter farms st
that time. The Marine hank was
carrying a load for the Eric company
leave IL tho bank was not % Ss,,oyod 1 of
some of its securities. which other
banks would hardly nccent. Ward. /
think, became director In January,
and was ono at tho time tho bank
failed. WAS a member of the firm OF
Grant & Ward,n
Counsel then read tho following lot.
ters:
Private. -2qth March, iss5, -oflco OF
JamcsD Fish, Wall street,
wo have .t often quoted 10 us. This
Erio business aud somo other matters
~ altoBothor TOO much for me.