Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-29
FERB. WARD TALKS.
He Says He Has Been Made Scape-
Goat TO Conceal the Sins
OF Others.
He Has Been undera Cloud Long Enough
and, unirsr 49, such.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.--The Tribune
this morning prints an Interview with
Fcrd Ward, Ia which he SAYS, "The
position occupy Is not known. The
facts concerning my actions have never
been given To the public. have not yet
had an opportunity of clearing myself
from unjust imputations that have been
east upon me- have prepared state
ment that viii show by name every per
son who had any business relations with
Grant & Ward, the amount Of money
that was advanced by him, and
amounts hat were paid him
as profits. This has been in
the hands oi Mr. Johnson, the receiver
/ of the Martin bank, and Mr. Davis, re-
ceiver for Grant & Ward, for months.
| The statement should be made public by
/ the receive, and believe Il his duty 10
! do so, and 10 not understand why IL has
not been dme II Is not my fault that
/ IL has not ken done, but | have been
given cred for IL. II IL believed by
every one Tho has no acquaintance with
the facts, bat made millions out OF the
Grant 4 Wrd transaction, but ! am to-
day not with dollar. | am made the
scapc.goaand everything is laid at my
door.
at is mt right. There are others who
4 must be I'D responsible for their actions
II statuent which TO q large extent, in
my iustEation, Is not made public,
: viii be compelled TO give IL out. have
been und a cloud long enough, and II ~
only juste TO myself that Il should be
known wo shared the profits with Grant
: & Ward The books Of the firm show
every trBaction. There Is the account
< of Mayo.Gmcc. He tried 30 discount
I notes Of rant & Ward for per cent.
and In atition was paid $1,000 profits.
{ ON eve $4,000 that he advanced
$ he got ! round numbers 100000 IN
(. profits. e says he made nothing out OF
n the firm My statement taken from the
Z books wl show he holds notes of the
!. nrm for 10000 but this does not APP
i prOach hproftS. | believe II has never
Il as vet be ascertHined what the lawful
= indehtedss OF the firm Is, as there are
0 many clns that. win DC proved nsu-
&c rious aninawful. But base shown IN
2 my statent clearly, and there can be
7, no dispu0vcr IL, 10 whom ! paid some
~ $1,000, this, with the several loans
ie that ha'already been settled, viii, ]
think, CIR everything.
II the gnl claims against Grant
Ward vs. pressed the amount OF In.
n. debtcdn may reach s50,000,00O, but
NJ there arany people who viii hesitate a
m long tifocfore they viii present their
ly claims tncover and ask that they bt
IA paid. {. Grant knew nothing about
~ the Busis OF Grant Ward he had
re- no knovlge OF the affairs. II ! could
n. have goto see him after the failure,
N, explain, him from the books the na-
a.. ture Of ,Yof the transactions, he would,
az belIepaye been satisfied and would
q not baycorded the uniRyorable opinion
r. of me the did; but he, like everyone
~. else, blamed me for things that
,ol never Light, however, viii sooner
h or lateI thrown on my transactions,
H. and sire things may be cleared up.
:, may beshed but am not dead. Other
~ peopleye had their day, and have
A. sufercbut there Is an end TO every
"a thing, Perd Ward will be heard from
sJsl 10 his behalf.