New-York tribune., 1885-03-12
PRESIDENT FISH ON TRIAL.
AN INDICTMENT WITH "a COUNTS.
MAT TIE PROSECUTION AIM TO PRoVE~o' o
- IN oNr on THE WITNESSES.


GRANT JR., ONE OF THE WITNESSES.
An the prominent actors in the transactions tnat I
Lad TO the ruin of the Marine Nationa BANK anu .n
;rm of Grant Il Ward, except +. Ward, OF Ladiow
Street Jail and ms creates, crs nrssent Yesterday
IN the United States Circuit Court room %,UoS
Judge Benedict as witnesses IN the tI,ar rUa Rank
- Fish formerly president of the Marinee pana %J
Tho defendant short and with shining pau ; hean
snrrouuded by fringe OF scanty MHa.o Itn Ha
srouched in char near his Sonnse smith OF the
frm of stanley. Clarke & Smith. Behind MN was
Sis SON formerly one of the officers OF the BANK anu
iurther back was the stout iorn ns Il + s Grant jr
LAWYERS Work and Warner, and Stephen b. ElKlnS
were among the other witnesses summoned; r,
ca,IeS the name of James u. Fish, Mr. Clarke sala
that he would have to ask an adlo9r5hehhe he heinS
presence Of General Grant was desired. no ;tness;
He Suggested that the General might be presen, ~
few days Judge Benedict said that the case that
go on, as it had been set r;na GUM pwch tie counsel
might decide what to DO III was aS,e nn anv dav Of
General Grant were unable 10 a'teha % o at bis house
the trial his deposition might be taken az us Wnv
The imrors were then called and examined Mahs N
of them had formed decided opinions as ~ " ~. ~,
Fiss guilt in the transactl9ns sac ... s cigar dealer
AT tbe Astor House. was the first juror accepteo anu
was made foreman. The other Jurors are:
Philip verpanck Of No Is9 West
rtsp vaIe"tlne Of No 9l6 West Fifty Samuel
Kerr n GS West TW6lItl-sG Louio 'AO 81
East fort fonrth~st William Gill; Of No i5l ESs.
wa% ISSSS Fo%ier OF No. 10 East Foryth
st. James H. Crowell OF No - East aSst,sents a.
and Isaac j. Oliver. OF No 2o3 East Nlno,oo" II
Assistant limited States District Attorney Is. D.
Foster conducted the prosecution. though nl"trJ I
Attorney Root was present anu occas,on;;hs casn;hn the
part in the trial. General Foster e, counts
and charges violations of the Nationai bahMkiS MI T n
i'm the misappropriaton of the funds OF ule pam S
and other misconduct ne he cU"nas of the
banks funds bv giving false crenlts on fi 'n
counts to 20 charge the making OF ialse en.tes ts
with intent to deceve counts II and ~ cnrge t enc
msappcation of funds by permittng to he
and the 23d. 9th and 25th counts relate 10 ue tne
taking away of securities when pr3per,3h phnS saoc
to .he bank. General rOStcr aitoA "''eA'e ~
OF the charges said:
Tho Marine Bank, of which the deicndant WIS ~ es ss
dent and the firm % ter Grart doors on May On May
when the result must have been known 10 . ~ te
ae 9Tsa cd saS and the folio
amount Of $35OcOO 1t may become M @ m @
of over 50 600 OOO and to trace 1t to the deienaan
Ferdinand Ward anG to find how quickly IL was ui''ue
between them.
Mr. Fish,s male face grew red at times while the
prosecuting officer was speaking. General roster
irst offered in violence the certificate OF the orga
zacn Of the Marine Nat"ma aonnss Rond admit that
Mr. Fish was the president OF the bank, put as Wy
declined. MIR. Foster called u. s. Grant, lr MT
Grant, who has grown Dy coustaio ao,'nI nor
the various suits a practised witness, seenea per
fectly at ease in answering the questions 0i Deheia
Poster He sA;d that the firm OF Grant ~ Waiu bau
heen formed on July 1, 1880, and was asked 70
state who were its members but Mr. Smith
objected on the ground that the articles OF copaiE
nership were the best evidence MI Grant sau
that he had no copy of the partnership agreement,
but that one copy was in the possession Oh 1uilah
r. Davies and that Hamilton Coie hau d copy,
The witness said that he continued TO act as a :
member of the firm until May .. ieo4 t.o bo acted
as partners were James ID. FISH, feru'nanu ""'"'
u. s. Grant and the witness.s-s
Odd you do any business with inc Mariho i""A
Tho firm of Grant Ward DID - .o,do, .,
O-Do YOU know who then acting as prcsdent oi
the banki AIR. Fish. the defend
On cross examination the witness ldentiiied a
Ward and himself, by which each agreed 10 put
100000 into an equal partnership Geherai f
Grant put in $50 900 on November Is looo' loi
seventh share, and was admitted as an e9uas az
partner on December ], 1850, on the payment OF
another $50 0O0.
John r. Wilson. one of the directors Of the.Slarine
Bank and the secretary OF the board ot M lola
was called TO show by the minutes OF the board
that Mr.. Fish was elected president on '"n"''' 80
1884. .. o..h;or of
Nathan D. Daboll, who was assistant CASHIER OF
the bank. and is now employed by its tecsl.II'
feSt;6ed that he kept the loan book OF the pahh.
The hook was produced aud he identihed certain
entries The book showed an apparst ioan nnn tnr T
Tchrnarv 10 1854 to w. S. Ward OF 40 OoO, LOT
which $40 O0O securities asentered as deposte1;
The witness said that anunsigned stock'hoe as
that was placed in the loan envelope anu .n@ ne
securities were deposited. On March there were
entries of loans of $40 900 to Charles IT, Armstrong
ON $50 900 of Chicago and Atlantic seSoha & lnol. ~
gage bonds. and $4,000 10 walter IL. MaiioIy 4 yn
80 600 of West Virginia Railroad Company bonds.
The witness did not know OF the deposit OF any Such
securities, and there were only houes Ia 'A0 ''''
envelopes. A.. H., ,ofo,e tho
The case was adjonrned for the day oelore INC
witness had finished his testimony.