New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-29
FERDINAND WARD GUILTY.
THE Jury AGREE AFTER FIVE HOURS.

rbo last day of Ferdinand Wards trlai loI
s1arcsnv was entered at 10 q. m. yesterday ana
,nrv retired at 7:20 p m. Although the lnciaen.s
aSav did not possess the strong dramatic lhtere' 49,
the proceedings earlier In the itiiai' leio
qua" o,s1ties which afforded striking features. 1ne
sev ., these was the appearance of William g warner
'N r,tness for the defence, aitnOuRh
.m,rpna officially stamped had 10 10 '
him on the representation 'n''
hostile to Ward General Tracy caleo MN y"
I've il possible, that 1t was he ana not aru VIM
pas., the famous First NatlohM Dam
up'u ,or s71 500. james ID. Fish was
, ene.n Int he departed at the o'clock recess lie
I.sssd ns the night at the Murray Hill Hotel
comic incident of the day was the interruption
,nororal Tracy while summing up Oy JuIylnan nv"
" tho disputed his conclusions. Mr.. kuder was No
e' ,ho hoy yorug man of pronounced blond tenden-
E Uo shook ms head at the gray-haired counsel ahd'
~ three other jurors joined In with him crea'eu GU
o. ~, lima IN his immediate neighborhood' Inc
or of the Jurors and their look OF set eonNcuoh
- GENERAL impression when that body wen. OUT lna'
a. ,ras doomed anO oHl" feV minutes woi'u loilo"
- he would be ceG'Te' @":lty "hen inc
,~rv disappeared Ward settled hina+i, q hsap' anu
I, ~ occasional quick movement marked his anxiety
@ ,oo was deathy pale and he seemed oppressed at
inc .,rtsen minutes of is p.or,ing Ward was found
rand larceny and re, aiVtd As sentence In dos
perate composure A,,., a o,rrors rosn,ted after
aHor OF
aoI n,nutes' consultation and argument In the ad-
,s,on os evidence of enough OF the records OF inc
ITned states Court to prove that James ID. Fish had
-, son,enced TO ten years at hard labor IN the
.h,rn State Prison George ]. Chambers, one OF
Oh, ,anocraphers the suit Of George c. Holt as the as
irnee Of Ferdinand Ward against William D. warner W
the property transferred by Ward TO warner Oh
NAV 1884 identified his notes OF the case. George Il.
snencer the goodoOkng and alert former cashier OF
A hal nil o
~, ,ha accounts OF the hrm testified that he knew
vOaInand Ward and had seen him at the Holt-Warner
inquest -. ~,
enia intonaon Wards account as given twice beiore'
of how he fed from the city to his Connecticut nome on
the morning Of the failure because he expected there
would be trouble that day." how he returned at night
Having the train at Seventyseventhst, taking CAB
10 Brooklyn and how he went up Love lane land got
into his house by way OF his stables Ward had sworn
rtuew there would be trouble, and thought 1t would
be best for me to take circuitous route"
Mr. MartiEe rose cOmposedly and turning 10 JusVce
Barrett said "If the Court please, that Is our case
The People rest" .
Mr. Coekran in opening the case for Mr.. Ward, said
that Ward stood charged in the eyes OF the
community with every conceivable crime IN the ca'eh
dar which newspapers responsible only 70 suoscrDeiS
equally irresponsible had fostered Ward had oeeh
derided lampooned and held up to scorn for niteeh
dence "Let us consider what this defendant mas 10
face 4, Mr. Cochran said One fact, he declared, was
that Ward appeared in court encirced IN the loving
arms of the law. Even Ferdinand Ward stood empaho
Piled with the presumption OF innocence Inc sole
charge against him was getting check ceruheu lron
James D. Fish by decivng him with fraudulent repre-
sentaons The testimony for the People and for ward
was parallel up to the moment when Fish put the
listener of the telephone mis- there the divergence
beran This case presented for the first time so far as
Mr.. Cochran knew an instance where man convicted
I'm the United States Court OF Infamous crime had
been brought into court TO swear away tho befoS OF
citizen.
While Mr.. Cochran was excoriating James d. FISH,
william s Warner and his attorneys, Charles b. Alex
ander and Charles FMacLean, entered the ROOM Ainos
at the same moment Mr.. Fish, attended ny DetecuFe
Cosgrove appeared. Mr.. Warner took char near the
door leading Clerk Graws room, ana MT FISH seated
himself at Mr. Warmers right, little in fcont OF him.
and not more than two feet away Mr. FISH Iaceu MT
Cochran ten feet in front of him, the Junior counsel
of Ward poured forth invectves against the convict
from Auburn who had been brought into conrt 10 Poi
late Justice" The expresdent OF the Marine Bank SAT
with tightly drawn lips and listened intenuy 10 Wnau
Mr. Cochran said, while Ward was concealed from MI
Fishs view by the huge pile Of books IN front OF '
capped with his Derby hat.
Mr. Cochran had gone on terrifcaly for twenty min
utes when Justice Barrett quietly asked; rs
this an opening summing up ~
Mr. Fish deliberately moved his chair 10
point near the jury box, within five feet OF MI Coch
ran whence he looked up quietly and determhedy INTO
the orators face Thence also he could nave IaIr
square look at Ward just the table, WaTd quick!
drew back behind the pile of books, and again shut OIL
Mr. Fish's view OF him. Mr.. Cochran expressed his
purpose 70 put the jury through telephone test to
prove the alsty of Fshs telephone story He said that
he would show that not Ward but Warner presented the
slsOO check for certihcaton at the Marine BANK Oh
May s. Warl would not be called as witness ne
cause II was thought that no testimony had oeeh gwen
which his appearance in the witness chair.
"William $ Warner" called General Tracy incisivey.
Mr. Warner stepped Quickly to the chair Hels otmedlnm
height compactly built of comfortable size, wearing
mustacho and closely cut hair tinged WIN
gray He was dressed in dark business suit ana iooKe'
at perfect case At the time Julien T. Davies th
receiver Of Grant & Ward and Walter S Johnston, The
receiver OF the Marine Bank took seats In the enclosure
at Justice Barretts left.
Proceed" said the Justice.
General Tracy-Mr. Warner, how long have you re
Mr. WarnerEsinee my birth-thirtv-sx years
Q-Do you know Mr.. Wardi Al do.
Mr.. Warner was asked If he received the S1l,so'
check ou My s. 1884 He had he said. IL was not Ger
tilted and so he sent his clerk the Marine Bank to have
II certified He had then deposited it in the ExchanS
National Bank. 81 do not know said Mr. Warner
"whether the stamp was put on the check before oi
after / sent the check for certihcation."
Mr.. NicOl took up the cross-eY animation by asking;
Where you, Mr.. Warner, when you received tia
eheckl
Mr. Waruer-At the office Of Grant & Ward. Certai
obligations OF Grant x ward came Que that DAY aAu
received the check on those .
Q-Had you the obligations OF which you speak wit
yout Ayes.
Q-What were theyl A.-The promises OF Grant
Ward to pay the money had invested with that hrn
GoTernment contracts. III, 49,,
9-was that the first of your transactions with Graz
&Mardl
General Tracy objected to this testimony as not pert
Ia the eizata Iu4ti
admit testimony to show the character OF tho transa
tonsnvoving the S7I 800 ch eek. General Tracy sal
tnat all that was to be proved by Mr. Warner was tha
ward did not present the check for certihcation
justice Birrett-rbcre is no evidence that Wari I'll
presentit
General Tracy tried get the State to admit formal
atlt was not claimed that Wari himself presented VI
eheek for eerthcation, but Mr. Fellows declined.