The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-01
TEN YEARS FOR WARD.
The Wall Street Financier
Sentenced Yesterday.
A VERY IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
Tbs Scathing Remarks by the Judge
Received without a Finch
or Murmur.
A VERY IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
Ten Years for Ward

I 1uS 10 T6CSlNS TIC oCntC4OO VI VIC law
for one of the many crimes which he
had committed in the world of finance.
The sheriff aud warden of Ludlow
Street jail accompanied him. Throw
ing off his overcoat with lazy air, he
bowed to and shook hands with his
counsel. As he looked around the
room he saw few familiar faces. The
jury by which Ward had been found
guilty was not present in a
body, but a number of the Jury
men occupied seats in the courtroom.
The box, however, was not empty. 1t
was occupied by attaches of the build
ing, limbs of the law and 9th rs who
dropped in to hear the Little Napoleon
of Wall Street sentenced. The court
clerk was promptly on hand with his as
sistant. The judge, however, was late
and did not arrive until twenty minutes
after the appointed hour, when the ma
chinery of the la was set in motion.
A persistent lawyer arose and asked for
a stay of proceedings in the case. Judge
Barrett tried in gentle way to persuade
the lawyer to wait until later in the dav,
but the latter was so earnest and bound
to have his own way, that the court
was compelled to listen to the lawyer
been disposed of, the District Attorney
arose and said: Ferdinand Ward, the
prisoner at the bar, has been found
guilty of tie crime with which he was
charged. The counsel, at the last ses-
sion of this court, gave notice that at
this time a motion for a new trial
would be made. / move tina. the mo-
ton be made at this time"
General Tracy, of Wards counsel,
said in a low tone scarcely audible ten
feet away, 1.-The defendant, Ferdinand
Ward, moves this court that judgment
IN this action be arrested: First, that
the facts stated in the second count of
the Indictment does not constitute
crime; second, on the ground that de-
PENDANT being a director of national
bank and that the evidence charges him
with with procuring the unlawful certi-
fication of his own check by that Ra-
tional bank, this court has not jurisdie-
ton OF the subject of the Indictment.
The bill of exceptions on which defend
ant asks for new trial reads as fol-
lows:
First.-In charging the jury that there
was sufficient evidence to convict
Second.-In charging the jury, several
propositions to which upon the tlial
exceptions were taken and noted on be.
half of the defendant. as appears upon
the minutes of the trial.
Third. = In refusing to charge the
jury on verallmatteTs requested by de-
fendant, to which refusal exceptions
were there and then taken and noted.
Fourth.-In refusing to advise the
jury to acquit defendant, and to which
refusal defendant duly took exceptions.
FifUh.-In refusing todirect the jury to
acquit defendant, and to which refusal
defendant duly excepted.
Sixth.-In refusing to direct the jury
to acquit defendant, on the ground OF
ment, and to which exception was duly
taken.
When General Crazy finished Dis
trict Attorney Martin made this mo-
ton: Il move that Ferdinand Ward be
now sentenced by the court.
Ward rose and stood in front of the
bar by the side of his counsel. His face
was pale, but firm. He did not finch
as Judge Barrett pronounced the SEN
tence, but stood unmoved while the
court poured upon his head the words
of condemnation The court room was
hushed, and almost impressive silence
fell upon several hundred men who
watched the prisoner,
Ward, you have been convicted
by an intelligent and conscientious jury
of the crime of which you have been
charged. " began the judge, directing his
gaze upon the prisoner, who stood be-
fore him. You have certainly had
fair and impartial trial. The jurors
were most carefully selected, and came
70 the trial of your case with apparently
unprecedented minds. The court guarded
all your rights and privileges from In
fringement TO the best OF its ability.
Ysu we're convicted because you had no
defense. You offered no defence to the
facts. tits only ma tier for conjecture
why so intelligent i jury should have
taken so long time to decide your case.
If your case had been that OF a person
wholly unknown, the jury needed
not to have left their seats; on the con-
trary, your case has had the benefit
| of more than careful consideration.
I You have been most ably defended by
YOUR counsel. An address as brilliant
and scholarly as any ever heard in this
court room was made IN your defense.
You were not convicted on popular
eIamor. The jury probably delayed IN
/ its judgment because they we're afraid
in some way they might be accused OF
! being influenced by popular clamor,
1 WHICH I6UuEQ 20 MAKE TIE CulNLNtAOn
doubtful. IhaYe nothing to say to you
| in the way OF homily. because think
1 it would be wholly useless. You have
shown Yourself 70 be wholly Indifferent
throughout this trial, of the charges
which have been brought against
YOU. You seem to experience no
remorse whatever over the ruin
and sorrow, which you have brought
to hundreds of people in this country !;
YOU have zone more to unsettle public
/ confidence in moneyed Institutions,
than aav other man of this government,
and vet through this entire trial you
have shown yourself to be wholly I'M
repenteat for the sins you have COM
mitted. This being the fact, must
simply content myself with prOnouncing
the sentence of the court, which is that
YOU shall be confined TO the States
prison at hard labor for the period OF
ten years"
changed while these scathing remarks
we're made. He bowed his head, but did
not tremble or show any evidence of
feeling. Ward was quickly surrounded
by his friends. He put on his overcoat,
took his Derby hat, and left the court
room. accompanied by his keepers.
Ward was taken from the court room
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