Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-23
FERDINAND wARp ON 1.RIA1

FERDINAND WARD ON TRIAL. The Notorious Wall street Ffnansfel
 In Court On Several Charges-Sever
 al Jurors Called-Fish In Court.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The Court of Oyel and Tsrminer has not been so crowed since the trial of Dick Short for attempting te carve Captain Phelan of Kansas City, as il was to-day at the beginning of the trial o1 Ferdinand Ward. Not more than one-third of those who were anxious to witness the proceedings succeeded in securing admis- sion. An officer of the court stood at the lobby entrance behind stout oaken bar and permitted few to pass him who were not in some way interested in the trial. The i'm panelled jurors filled more than half of the room. Several of the lawyers in the suit of Lawyer Holt as assignee of the individual property of Ferdinand Ward to set aside the transfer of real and personal property made by Ward to William S.. Warner were present. Ward came from Ludlow street jail at 10:30 o'clock in custody of Warden Kiernan. The warden kept his charge in an ante room until within few minutes before the opening of the court. Ward betrayed no
 | sophical expression upon his face. District Attorney Martini, with his assistants Col. Fellowes and Delancey Nicoll, came into court a few minutes before Judge Barrett took his seat upon the bench. Immediately afterwards General Tracey and Burke Coch- rane, Wards counsel. arrived and took seats near their client. After preliminary mo- in. fn had been disposed of by Judge Barrett, Ferdinand Ward was called upon by the clerk of the court to stand up. At the same moment General Tracy, holding a copy ot the indictment against Ward charging him with obtaining by false pretences on May 5, 1884, the sum of $71 800 from the Marine national bank, announced that his client would withdraw the plea of not guilty which had been previously entered and would in- stead interpose demurrer to the indict- ment. ssWe join in the demurrer and are ready to answer it now,'' was the answer of District Attorney Martini. General Tracy took the first and fifth counts of the indict- ment and arguf d that as one charged petty larceny and the other false pretences, the prISOuof cOulu uOG Do leSally SuD1ecG to trial upon two specific ofenses. Each alleged offense carried with it its own pun ishment and that fact was sufficient in itself to render the indictment defective. General Tracey argued also that the indict- ment as it stood failed to state facts sufi- cient to sustain it. Assistant District At torney Nicoll in reply read section twenty seven of the code of criminal procedure, which authorizes such crimes as Ward is ac- cused of being charged in separate counts. General Tracey continued in support of his motion, averring that the legislature never intended that several felonies should be charged in the same indictment. Burke Cochrane came to General Trace, s assist ance, but Judge Barnett ruled that the in- dlctment was good and the task of selecting the jury was then commenced.
 The first man called was Moses Huntoon of 12O Bank street, the superintendent of the New York Ice company. In answer to the questions of Assistant District Attorney Nicon he said he had no acquaintance with James D. Fish or Fer .inand Ward and that he never had any transactions with Grant and Ward nor with the Marine bank, J. H. Work nor William s. Warner. In answer to BouIke Cochrane MT. Huntoon said he had not read much about the affairs of Grant and Ward and that he had no opinion as to the guilt or innocence of Ward He was accept ed. Several others Were called and dismissed on account of prejudice. At 1 o'clock Bourke Cochrane suggested that a recess be taken. He then told the court that Kiernan, the warden of Ludlow street jail, was un- willing to assume the responsibility of the care of James D. Fish if the latter prisoner was to become an inmate Of the jail. Keirnan had on his shoulders all the respon- sibility he wanted in looking after Ward. Judge Barrett said that if Fish was held in Ludlow street jail he would be confined there o&f fI,a ,-;cly af of he A,,Io prison. James D. Fish, while the lawyers were trying to secure jury sat in the dis trict attorneys office awaiting developments Two deputy sheriffs acted as his body guard NIT. Fish was not looking as well as he did when he sought the seclusion of the Auburn prison. The lines of his face are more deep ly drawn, giving his appearance a somewhat haggard aspect. Herman Rider, the pub blisher of a German newspaper was accepted as the second juror.
 Springfield Nominations.
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Oct. 22.-Democratic county convention to-day nominated Dexter P. Lillie of Springfield for county treasurer,