The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-28

court house was crowded this morning
with people anxious TO gain admit
tanco to Wards trial. Benjamin Fish,
paying teller, was recalled, and Ward
listened attsntively as he read of the
amount OF deposits made By himself
and the firm of Grant & Ward. Some
Of the deposits ranged in
the hundreds Of thousands.
In his testimony Fish said on April
rs. 1884, Grant & Ward had balance
OF $4,000, and on the morning OF May
2 the balance was sS,04704.
Elk President Fish was next recalled,
and his cross-examinaiion was re-
sumed by General Tracy.
81 do not know" he said, show
many LISTERS received from Ward on
May S. II Is not true that my bank
was ~ financial difficulty since Janu-
AIRY, 1882 and that Ward kept helping
to cave 1t; pressed Ward to return to
us the money which he and his firm
had borrowed.
Ward handed General Tracy a mum
Der OF letters to examine tho witness
upon.
Mr.. Fish was examined az length
upon tho meaning of the letters, and
also upon the testimony given BY him
upon his own trial in the United States
court. Mr.. Fish continued.
"On May had no doubt that we
could have gotten relief from other
banks had the government contracts
been true, as l believed them TO be; a
refusal to certify Grant IL Ward checks
would have caused rumOrs which
would have broken them up, and then
our bank would be forced down, am
now staying at She Murray Hill hotel
and / believe the district attorney re-
sides there also; we have had frequent
talks together, but not much about the
case"
A recess for 30 minutes was then
taken.
The business between the Marine
bank and the firm of Grant e. w ard,
the witness said, was continued from
1882 until within a few DAYS of the fail
ure, ON May 2, 1884; thsre were a
large number OF Grant IL Wards notes
were discounted by other parties
aud payable AT the Marine bank;
they were constantly maturing;
In his letter of March "a In
which witness referred to the annoy
ancs by reason OF errors
and other matters, he meant
by other matters Grant and
Wards busin ess, and when he spoke
OF the burden ho meant there wsa
more than he could attend to, having
all tho tlmo TO run after
Ward to mako him keep his promises
and meet his obligations; said the wit
meas.
"Iu my letter of April "a, in stating
that our alters wore drifting beyond
my apprehension, / meant the
| affairs of Grant q Ward
Ga May ., 1854, the firm owed the bsnl;
! securtties TO relieve me. He brought
me some OH Friday, and said, snap
| plshly:
NOW hone you are satisfied, Won
have here between you 81 100000 or
81 800, 000."
"rhese went in the vault and I have
not soon them since; on Nav
D Ward, by my consent, obtained .
large number OF securities on which To
realize for tho bank; among these
were bonds of the Philadelphia
New York aud Buffalo railroad and
dry dock stock; mover got the securi-
ties back, nor was any check re-
turned to represent any loan;
raised; on May 8 I relied on Ward, and
on May j saw HIM at his house
IN reference to the money he was
IN get and he showed mo q $3.50 600
check he had procured from General
Grant. On tho nightof May 8 / waited
up all night, expecting TO receive
monies and checks from him; | went
10 MS house AZ .. at. noxt day and
waited vainly 10 see him uutil s a, M,