Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31
FISH HACK TO JAIL.

Affecting Scene At The Depot Between
 Father And Daughter-Has Ward n-
 vested Any of His Ill-GOtten Wealth
 In England-Opln1ons of Several Re-
 garding The Felon-Hfs Sentence.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-James D. Fish was taken to Auburn on the train which left at 1O:30 a. m. He passed sleepless night in his room at the Murray Hill hotel The scene at The depot when he bade his young daughter adieu was affecting. Father and child were in tears. "Good bye, child" said the old man, "Be brave for my sake" The young lady was too deeply affected to reply. The crowd in the waiting room which had few moments before looked disdainfully at the aged prisoner seemed to relent. "It is hard for such an old man to go to jail, said one, and there were various mods of approval
 Assistant District Attorney Purdy hurried
 Fish aboard the car. Before the train left the ex-banker said to reporter: 'I am sat
 isfied to go back to Auburn for know that
 villain Ward is also in the grasp of the law. blame him for all that has been credited to
 me. never took penny of anyones money,
 and whoever says so tells a falsehood. l made several bad mistakes and that was all"
 MT. Purdy was quite free in his comments upon Ward. He hoped his chief, the dis triot attorney, would move suspension in
 Wards sentence and secure his conviction on several more indictments, so that his term of imprisonment could be heightened
 Among the many things for which Ward
 could be punished were his sale to Spicer of
 mine which he did not own and his per
 mitting the Marine bank accounts to be used
 for unlawful purposes while he was direc-
 scapegoat. He never robbed anyone
 but himself, but on the contrary
 gave up fortune to protect the
 bank. MT. Purdy also intimated that an eff
 fort to secure Fish's pardon would be made
 in about year after his evidence had been
 obtained in all the suits growing out of the Grant 6 Ward matter.
 The statements published this morning to
 the effect that proof exists of Ward having
 invested from $1 ,500, ,000 to $2,000, 900 of his ill-gotten gains in England were not denied
 by the district attorney when spoke of to- day, though he grew very angry over the fact that this line of inquiry had become public. The official seemed to think that the premature discussion of the matter
 might defeat the ends of justice. A gentle man familiar with Wards affairs cast. doubt upon the accuracy of the English investment stories to-day in a conversation. "They are based," he declared, Con the fact that just before the failure Ward sold sterling at sixty days short to the amount of $1, ,500, ,000. On this he had to put mp secur- ities for that amount to back up the checks he received from other people for it. But it did not mature and the transaction thus stood as load only. In order to compen- sate the holders of the checks the collaterals were sold, that is all there is of the story and of course Ward made nothing of the transac- tions" It is the impression, however, that there is more in the story than is admitted in the foregoing explanation. The publica- ton to-day of the fact that suits had been brought by the receiver of Grant and Ward against various banking institutions and firms under the usury law to recover excess interest paid for loans from such institutions to Grant 6 Ward caused some uneasiness in financial circles, which was al layed. however, by the publication this after noon of correspondence between one of the ! principal banks referred, the Lincoln Ma tional, and Receiver Johnson. By this it is shown that the amount received by that bank was per cent. discount on $10, 1000 note, equal to $131 10, and the amount claimed to be recoverable by the receiver is twice this sum, or nearly $262.20. Such l a sensation. The trial of Warner for con- spiracy with Ward to defraud the Marine bank was resumed before United States Com missioner Shields to-day. Cashier Spencer of Grant & Ward testified to making entries in the books purporting to show the exist ence of government contracts. He claimed to have done so under the belief that the contracts were genuine and profitable. The case will go on tomorrow.