New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-23

body elsep Mr. Work was asked. Ht
s s M IL
Ing the case as the Sid was great surprise to Mr.
| Another surprise which overlook Mr. Ward and the
lawyers was the statement published In the Times yes
terday that Mr. Ward had refused TO submit to
animation In this unless his trial in the Court Of
Oyer and Termincr down for October D. should not
nSRSc was 9e Of & T6e
condition of affairs existed at the Office Of Butler Still
is not true, for Mr.. Ward has shown entire willingness
all along TO give his testimony Assignee Holt added
The Illness story is false from beginning to end
Mr. Ward has refused to testify" Receiver Davies
had n%G Of %5G of the Td tho
anthoTty in DENYING tSe truth Of the story AT
truth in the story. nor Is there any foundation
for IT, From the HeSnang OF al bd d i filtration have
Grant Wards matters. The lawyers In the win
tell you that There has been change In my willing
appear Nothing occurred to give rise the
statement, 80 far as am aware cannot understand
ment"
II has been said, Mr. Ward that you were unwilling
to your private checkbooks Z" Mr.. Ward promptly
piled:
wished In preparing defence In the coming trial.
have letter to that effect from hIm Mr. HornblOwer
however now teis me tha5 the matter Is all right and
Mr.. Ward added that the termination OF the cross
examination had been unexpected by him yet he had
no fear Of what might have been brought per-
tecty willing" he ssld 80 tell all know in these mat
bring in extraneons mater. | cannot give
testimony on transactions with others than
Mr. Warner. You know the rules OF evidence are
In that regard But the time will come when all the
names and all the transactions will out intend
that they shall wish to trace every dollar that passed
through my hands and to show where went Receiver
Davies states that there Is deficit Of 5000 900 10 be
accounted for Well 81 100000 has already been traced
TO Mr. Fish, My statement that 81 100000 went TO
Mr. Warner Icannot say what other people dealt through
MIN and what part Of THIS they Teeetyed That Is bs
matter This leaves nearly 900 TO he accounted
for yet aud shall account for the whole Of it. lr the
receiver docs bring suit these sums,
friend swll wish to conceal nothing IN those trans
actions will mention no names now. dare say some
OF these persons ANXIOUS to have their names kept Ia
me background, nut Intend 10 snow where Gfaut az
Wards money went and the persons benehtinR by 1t
will have to be known"
Mr. Ward said with emphasis that he had no under
standing with Mr. Warner ana did not expect TO
hun again. 80" ho added you cannot expect that
the termination Of tho the cr0ss-eXaminpOn was the
result Of an agreement. suppose that Judge Green
had confidence enough In his To pause no did"
Mr.. Ward expressed confidence Ia his cause In bis
coming trial, and added that he ready for IL and
had been when the case was postponed. He
did not want IL put on.
Mr. Davies said that he had given Mr. Ward every
facilty-rogarding the books OF the firm OF
Grant & Ward, Regarding the charge that
he had made money out OF the
contracts Mr. Davies referred TO his testimony I'm the
MOrris rant suit In which no testified that he had
in money than he had actually paid in In cash. lie had
claims the estate OF Grant 81 Ward on this paper
tho nature OF the alleged contracts. Colonel t. ID.
Grant who had made Inquiries after tho
failure hal informed him OF their nature few days
after tho crash. Tho statements Mr. Dawes had
made voluntarily. Mr. Ward had represented 10 Mr..
Warner that these transactions on contracts OF
some kind and Mr.. Warner acting on this had so told
Mr.. Davies.
The hearing will go on n week from to-day, when in
terestiug revelations are looked for.