Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-27
THE TRIAL OF WARD.
Mr. Fish Gives Further Testimony
Against the Prisoner.

Against the Prisoner.
NEW YORK, October 27.-The county court
house was crowded this morning with people
anxious to gain admission to the court room of
oyer and terlniner, where Ferdinand Ward is
on trial. Ward was attired in the pepper and
salt tweed suit which he has worn since
sp s CASHIER Of the
1sr % y the SeH bank
was accompanied to court by Detective Cos
grove. Benjamin Fish, the paying teller, was
recalled to the stand, and Ward listened atten-
lively as he read off the amount of deposits
made by himself and the firm of Grant & Ward.
Some OF the deposits ranged In the hundred
Samuel d. Cornell, bookkeeper of the First
National bank for the past twenty.one years.
was the next witness: He kept Wards account,
ance on May 1st, I'd, Sd, 4th, 5th and 9Th was
S2,213.9S. There were no deposits made on
the receiver OF the Marine bank on october
18th, and account was closed. Wards account
was opened in June. 1881. Three checks drawn
the morning of May 9th, to the amount of
Ex-President Fish was next recalled, and his
crossexaminatiOn was resumed by Gen. Tracy.
II do not know" he said, chow many letters
received from Ward on May 5th. 1t is not true
that my bank was in FINANCIAL diff, difficulty since
save it. We pressed Ward to return to us the
money which he and his firm had borrowed"
W ara nanQeQ zen. Tracy Il hummer OIL tetterS
to examine the witness upon, and picking
the letter January 4th, 1882"
"Hy Dear Mr. Ward:-You must arrange mat
tiers little by yourse:f was away yesterday,
as you know. Mr.. Meiggs was here, and is here
now, closely criticising everything suspicious
about mining stocks, &c, &C., and is in no pleas
up these Elizabeth City and Norfolk bonds
while he is here. / mean for the $1,000.
Yours, in confusion,
Other letters were offered as follows upon
which the witness was examined. This one
was written upon sheet torn in two:
"Gra"t and Ward No; wo4 i street inc 1890
"MY DEAR Mr.. WARD: We are $4,000
debit this morning. Get in all the money you
can to-day by hook or crook or any other honest
Another, bearing date September 2, 1882,
was as follows:
NY Dear NJ Woyd cannot 1S, 60 away way from rom
morning 1878, 900 and have all can do to
keep matters right side up here. Where is
from the U S. bank tor G. & W., or on their note
endorsed by me? I'D. F.
Another dated 3Oth August, 1882, said:
our required reserve this morning, and it will
not do to make loans otherwise. =! would be
very glad to obiige. am lending all my ener.
gies to getting matters in decent shape in this
place. j. u. r..
Mr.. Fish was examined at length upon the
meaning of these letters, and also upon the tes
timcny given by him upon his own trial in the
United States court. Mr.. Fish continued: ION
| May 9Th had no doubt that we could have
gotten relief from other banks had the govern
ment contracts been true as believed them to
| be. A refusal to certify Grant & Wards
| checks would have caused rumors which would
would be forced down. 1 am now staying al
the Murray Hill hotel, and believe the district
| attorney resides there also. We have had fire.
auent talks together, hut not much about this
case"
! A recess for thirty minutes was taken.