St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-28
Warm for ward.

New YORK, Oct. 27.-The county court
house was crowded this morning with peo
pie anxious to gain adnittance to the court
room of oyer and terminer in which Ferdi-
nand Ward is on trial. benjamin Fish,
the paying teller, was recalled TO the stand,
and Ward listened attentvely as he read
Off the amount of deposits made by himself
and the firm of Grant 81 Ward. Some of
the deposits ranged in the hundreds of
thousands, and Gen. Tracy demanded that
certain books be produced, and, they not
being at hand. he asked for some time to
examine them. Il don't propose to delay
this case was the answer of the judge,
land YOU will have to get the books the
best way you can" In his testimony Pay
ing Teller Fish said:
On April 26, 1854. Grant & Ward had bal
ance of $4,000, and on the morning of May ?,
the balance was $500, T02. 81. On May Ward
was raising money for the bank, and he man.
aged the deposits.
BY consent of counsel the sheets from
which these statements were given by the
witness were admitted as evidence thereby
excluding the testamentary evidence in re-
gard TO OverdraftS. Grant & Ward had two
accounts. one special and the other gen.
eral. Ward had an individual account and
drew against the three. The sheets of the
accounts were also admitted as evidence.
Ward had spoken to witness about the pur-
pose of his special account, but testimony
on that point was ruled out upon objection
and the witness was excused. Samuel ID.
Cornell. bOokkeeper of the First National
bank. next testified that Wards balance on
May |. ,, 3, 4. and 6 was 1921, 39S. There
were no deposits made on any OF those days.
Wards account was opened in June, 1881.
Three checks drawn by Ward came through
the clearing house on the morning Of May
to the amount of S215, 900. EX-PreSident
Fish was next recalled, and his cross-eX-
animation was resumed by Gen. Tracy. He
said:
I do not know how many letters I received
from Ward on May }. 1t is not true that my
bank was in financial difficulty since January,
lSS2, and that Ward kept helping to save it.
We pressed Ward to return to US the money
which he and his firm had borrowed.
Ward handed Gen. Tracy a number of
letters to examine the witness upon. The
first letter read as follows:
New York. Jan. 4.-My Dear Ward: You
must arrange matters a little by yourself
was away yesterday. as you know. Mr..
Meiggs was here and is here now, closely
criticising everything suspicious about min
ing stocks ETC.. etc, and is in no pleas e(
frame of mind. I do not know how to enter
up those Elizabeth City and Norfolk bond;
while he is here. 1 mean for the SIS, 600
Yours in confusion, J. D. FISH.
Other letters were offered as follows.
upon which the witness was examined
This one was written upon sheet torn il
two:
Monday, Dec. II. 1SS2.-My Dear Mr.
Ward: We are S112. 900 debit this morning
Get in all the money you can to-day by hool
or crook, or any other honest methods.
J. D. F.
Another:
New York, Sept. 2, 1S82.-9Iy Dear Mr.
Ward: I cannot go away from the bank to
day We run debtor to the bank this morn
ing 1913, 600, and have all can do to keel
matters right side up here. Where is Gen
Grant? Cannot he get some money from tn
United States bank for Grant s. Ward. or o.
their note, indorsed by me? ]. D. F.
Another:
New York, 5Oth of August, 1SS2.-My Dea
Nr. Ward: We are S1S1.000 under our re
uuired reserve this morning. and it will not d
to make loans. Otherwise 1 would be YER
glad to do so. am bending all my energie
to getting matters in decent shape in thi
place. >. D. T.
Other letters of similar import were read
BIZ. Fish was examined at length upon tn