New-York tribune., 1885-10-22
-,uFs D FISH IN TOWN..
n,vro TESTIFY IN THE WARD CASE
,,vpp nv THE PRosECUTIoN-THE TRIAL
RROUGHf litkh ~ - - nur,N rnnAY


hN' aS,,oss rolled into the Grand Central
Ihe O" ",olocE last evening, and the passengers
Depc' ,nh,;ro hurried down the platform 10 'ne
'as'h! 80 extension At the rear OF the hne "i'n
sAt ralked a man of erect carriage. VINO APP
her'V Ia seventy years OF age so lar as us
Pe"'" ao showed, but his erect form ana gen
paw ,-..,,or indicated somewhat Younger in"n' ~
e'Si ,.a in dark suit over which dark oNeIoo"'
w" ,o,selv he wore black souch hat turh-uo""
hung ~ nloin black tie while bis bands "ere
e'''"- 1o. into his oyercoat pockets Ills genera
.o ras that Of well-tO-do farmer ieV "'' ."
Pe"", -, his eye was faded and he stared al PcoPie
IN a somewhat vacant way .,.,,,b bod boeu
nan somewhat younger, VINO evioensiy ""1 20,
"4" e.. him. suddenly exclaimed There ne Is
"',',,e ,o men clasped hands The elder was '"ul'S
anu - rim had inst arrived from Auburn frlsoh u
~ ;,ss. in the trial Of Ferdinand Wara. me man
!" -. him was his brother, John d. Flsh, CASHIER VI
,,.r;na National Bank when it went down III 'nc
''V 9Th Grant & Ward. Mr.. Fish was acc'mpa'ieN
,T,ior William II. Boyle, Deputy Nardcn Oh 'ie
.hnrn Prison and his youngest SON. VINO Joneu III"
A,oo,s;o and rode with him to this city, carry
,;e o,ipsack and umbrella. Assistant District
'us ~ o, Ambrose IL. Purdy and Detective Sergeant
no,IIv Of the central Odce were among those
s,eo,rnsd Mr.. Fish. The former president OF the
WV w. uo,l stood some moments in the group AM
No. ,o,Iv He was not AT case and looked hke
OHIO takes little interest in what is gong on
ma "' him His four months residence in Auburn
III ,non him His smopth-shaven face shows
. H1 v,intles than when be last left the Ludlow
c...o JaH while the rudy hne which used to charac-
o his fac, seemed gone he stood under the eicc-
tre light. w..
After few minutes the party went to the Murray
un Note, where Major Boyle registered his own naTe
I'd tool rooms Nos 100 l62. and 1G4 for the pa'ty.
Tben lunoh was served and MIR. Fish ard Mr.. Fnrdy
talked over the coming trial and the points on which
Mr. Fish might be expected to testify should the stare
decide to call him or the defence either. After an ho
n. P,yh and his attendants went to the Ludlow
Street Ja,l. where he was licked mp tor TIE night
rerd,nand Warrs trial, set down for to-day
. ,,ractiug gre ~ interest Wards lawyers nave Deeh
nns,Iy occupied in hunting up the law bearing on the
new indictment on whOs Ward is to DO tried DE"
charging MIN with drawing a check for S73,0Oo on
tb Firs National Bank, when he bad only smail sum-
Hanythpg on deposit there, and then getting IL cer
fed AT the Marine National Bank GcDeral Iracy' one
Of Wards counsel, was in Albany YESTERDAY
W. Bourke Cochran was busy with MS cheu''
and sald in the evening tnat uDItsS bo'e'
thing unforeseen should happen Wards tIlal
woud 20 on to-day. We have no fear whatever as 10
Mr. Wards case on this Indictment or on any OF the
indictments" said he and see now no reason why
tho trial shonld not 20 Oh TO There VIII De
conference his counsel at 10 m tomorrow ana VIC
shall then determine definitely whether justice 10 our
clients interests demands posioOnement for lur'Hef
preparation. think now. however that We shall DC
ready to proceed"
as.istant District Attorneys Purdy aud Nicoil
engaged all day IN making additional preparations The
most striking given out a. the Ds;r ctAtorhey
office was that Mr.. Fish would appear as witness
for the State" arranged yesterday said MI Nco'
"for Mr. Fis's appearance, and lie will leave Auburn
to-day We may not find It advisable TO cal! him' but
we wished to avoid giving the defence
any excuse for finding Iue ground
that Ii ey could not get NJ Fish who they might say
wgs a material witness. Me may call hin III Tehut,aI
rcsInr he Will be perfectly willing TO tell all he knows
adont Ward OF course IL he is unwilling to testify there
fr Contempt when ho is 1lrcai iy In the Penitentary
understand that Mr. Fish, besides being pretty badly
broken down because OF his incarceration, j. deeply
affected over the death Of MS oides son VINO d!el inc
other day ia New-Or6dns. He may be in no m0oj or
MIR Cochran was sked what he thought OF ;be pro
ductioB OF 81. Fish witness ala heartily ala
Ofit" was his answer. " My only fear was tiat the
State would not have him here although must confess
Idon't ses how he can be brought here state suit
when he is serving sentence from The Ugisd states
"DO you not think ne may prove decidedly hostile
witness, in view Of his violent dehuncarons OF Ward =
mot al all. He will be a witness most favorable TO
ward his testimony In the United States Court Is Of
nature favorable to Ward as We could ask"
The action OF District Attorney MARITIME in throwing
the indictment charging Ward with getting $4,000 IN
loans on an empty envelope supposed TO contain col
lateral securities still the subject of much discussion
particularly from Mr.. Marines statement that W. :.
Warner was a material witness Mr.. NicOll said ycser
day: d" Mr. Warner processes TO be willing witness,
and his attorney this Office Monday. That
letter did reach here until after the afternoon session
IN the Court OF Oyer aud Termlner and Mr.. Martiuc
had abandoned the first Indictment because
the action United Staez authorities had made it
impossible TO use Mr.. Warner a witness should he be
willing to come Now Mr. Warner may be a willing wit
ness yet when lie was examined before the Grand Jury
his memory proved wonderfully defectye He sad that
there many great transactions that he could not
remember them. Mr. Purdy went down to him yos-
teTay ascertain whether his testimony could be OF
service to the state and found Mr. Warmers memory so
defective that IL was determined that he could tell
nothing which would bO OF use TO the prosecution"
On the other side it is said emphaticaly that Mr..
Warner is perfectly willing to tell all le knows but that
he did not have the knowledge in certain directions
which the DstrctAtorneys Office appeared anxious to
credit him with. Mr.. Warmers dealings simply
ever the counter; he kept account settled mis- trans
actions daily and supposed he was dealing in actual
tracts.
Dstrict-Attornsy MARITIME said yesterday that a sug
gesOn had been made 10 him for the indictment OF
e1cty Official IN connection with the Ward disclosures.
No action has apparently been taken In indictng any
other persons connected with the transactions Of the
firm letter from Charles f. MacLean Warmers
counsel received at the District Attorney Office
authorizing the making public OF tie letter i'm which
Warner offered 20 testify al Wards trial, but the letter
was not given OUT