Morris tribune., 1885-11-04
WARD SENTENCED.
HE WILL RESIDE AT SING SING FOR
THE NEXT TEN YEARS,
And His Occupation Will BE Hard Labor,
So Sayeth the Judge-Roundly Leo
turod for His villainy-He Makes
q Denial.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Ferdinand Ward
was Saturday morning sentenced to ten
years at hard labor in state prison by Judge
Barrett in the court Of oyer and terminsr.
This is the extreme penalty of the crime
for which he was convicted. The accused
Was brought into court by Sheriff
Davidson and Warden Herman. His
face was almost bioodlessl and, his
manner one OF deep concern The court
room was packed with spectators Bowks
Cochran, Gen. Tracy and John r Cam
ming, Of his counsel, were present, as were
also Ulysses S. Grant, Jr, and several Of
the jurors who convicted Ward, District
Attorney MARITIME and Assistants Nicolly,
Purdy and Davis Exceptions to!ths judges
ruling in the case and points for q new trial
were made by Wards counsel, but they
were without avail.
The judge, in pronouncing sentence, spoke
as follows:
telhgent and conscientious jury of the crime
OF which you have been charged. You have
certainly had a fair and impartial trial
The jurors were most carefully selected,
and came to the trial of your case with ap.
parently uapre ju iiced minds The court
infringement to the best of his ability.
You were convicted because you had no
defense. You offered no defense to the
facts. 1t is only a matter for conjecture
why so Intelligent jury should have taken
so long time to decide your case. If your
known, the jury needed not to have left
their seats. On the contrary, your case has
had the benefit Of a more than careful con.
sideration. You have been most ably de-
Tended by your counsel. and an address as
brilliant and scholarly as any ever
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in your defense. You were not convicted
on popular clomor. The jury probably de-
layed in its Judgment because thay were
afraid that in some way they might be
accused of being influenced by popular
clamor which tended to make that convic-
ton doubtful l have nothingt, say to yos
in the way of Lomily, because /
think, it would be wholly useless.
You have shown yourself to be
wholly Indifferent throughout this
been brought against you You seem
to experience no rernnrss whatever over the
ruin and sorrow which you have brought
to hundreds of people in this country. You
have done more to unsettle public conf
dsnce in meneysd institutions than any
through this entire trial you have shown
yourself to be wholly unrepentant for ths
sins you have committed. This being the
fact, must simply content myself with
pronouncing the sentence of the court,
which is that you shall be confined in the
state prison at hard labor for period Of
ten years. -.1
Ward stood straight throughout this
charge but the muscles Of his face twitched
and the veins in his neck swelled: when he
sat down his face was crimson. He rubbed
his hand over his forehead. During the en-.
tire address there was perfect quiet in the
room. As soon as sentence was pronounced
the crowd arose and marched out of the
courtroom. Ward put on his overcoat and
with Sheriff Davidson and Warden Herman
went through the private door to the
sherif's Office.
Ward Indignantly denied the story that
he has fortune saved up, including large
investments in English real estate. He says
the authorities have full schedules of what
be got and where it went, and that they
know that all the property lie took for his
personal use was afterward obtained by
Warner.
The Star, United States District Attor.
nsy Dorsheimer's paper, intimates that evil
dence enough has been obtained to show
that J. H. Wart and not W. S. Warner was
the principal beneficiary by Wards opera
tions.
Ward was taken to Sing Sing prison on
the $3.50 p. M. train Saturday, from the
Grand Central depot. He was accompanied
by Sheriff Davidson and Warden Herman.
Gen. Nc Clellan's, Resting Place.
New YORK, Nov. 2.-Gen. George B. Nc.
Clsllan will be buried in Riverview Come.
tory, Trenton, N. j., in the same plat with
his wife's mother and several others Of the
Marcy family. The services will be very
modest at the widows request, and will
take place on Monday.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 2.-Adjt Gen.
Guthrie has issued the following official or
der from National Guard headquarters in
this city:
As tribute of respect to the memory Of
Gen. George B. Mcclellan, the flag Of the
state arsenal will be displayed at
hslf-staff, on Monday next, the End of No |
vember Guns will be fred at intervals of
thirty minutes from sunrise to 10 o'clock a.
m. During the hour of the funeral cere-
monies minute guns, and at sunset a ma
tional salute Of thirty-eight guns.
Married Him for His Money.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2-The young wife OF
"Eph" Simmons, in January, 1882 secured
a divorce from her husband, it is said with
his consent, that she might marry con.
sumptive, James g. Henry, a young man