New-York tribune., 1885-10-23
WARD rs NOW IN THE TOMBS.
,7v1rR1oUs APARTMENTS GIVEN UP.

nv - man Of about thirty-three, wearing miieu
"ss,De.s suit with his hair neatly brusned Oach
t his brow stepped with quicA anu anu
from ,-eod into tho Court of oyer
per'ous per',or II was Ferdinand Ward whose trial
sna 'r, % oberip While Ward and Warden Kieruan
was .ot,nr their seats. James ID. Fish and Deputy
w. NeV Role of the Auburn Prison. were on toeir way
ni.trict-A Attorneys office, where they arrive" an"
-, ,smporary quarters in the private room vi AS
"" Wv n1.trct- Attorney Fellows. Mr. FISH had 10 ""iU
N Aay on the chance that he hi9h' DO """'0' o"
witness. -. .b. and ~ Tn. long table
""" from and running at right angles
i"s .,oa parretts desk. Near him sat MS COUNSEL
I.Ssro Tracy with gray hair and determined men,
la.id W Bonrke Cochran the TamnanS pra'e
- had held p consultation at 10 a. n ana "ecIuou "
- de,sv by moving demurrer to the new lhoctln'h'
W. 80, warl with drawing o worthless cheoK Ior
@ ooa n, the First National Bank aud on the faith OF
e'V,,i. n cheek FOR $7l 800 certified on the Marine
- Tbe nut li~ aAmittcd In numbers TO hil every
. di1 NOT know this. and were on the verge OF ex-
a,a,cv as 10 whether Wards case would ever come
y o, The prospect tnat the former president oi tne
,,,uo Rank VINO bad denounced Ward In dnmeasureu
.a"a,. might be called as witaess, augmented the
.,,e.t District. Attorney MARITIME, wellproporuoneo
a,d eel. polsed with his assistants, Messrs' feiows'
81, and Ncoll represented the majesty of the state
:, y1wyork Noa- General Tracy sat william ward
,o was once the Ultimate friend OF L. 8 Grant, Jr' an"
ho ioroinced Ferdy' into the Grant family Lawyer
C,r,,pc William Wards counsel; William A'furrihSVou'
ho attorney Of the Grants William B. Hornblower inc
,,orney Of Receiver Davies, and Charles b. AeKanoe''
NJ Alexander & Green the counsel OIL W. o """ei
rere scattered here and there.
Mr. MARITIME having slgnhed his lreadness to proceeu
General Tracy calmly rosa and formally -hlelposeu
asmurrer 10 tho Indictment, urging that 1t was 'eiec'c
,o.ause the presentation Of the First Natlenai BANK
an and the obtaining Of the certhcaton oi tue Marine
ponk check were wholly different transactions ana that
,b rst and second counts bearing these two trans
...,ns prrtained to different offences punishable IN
ssereut ways Mr.. Ncoll argued that section 2'9 Of
,ba code especially provided for this form OF Indictment
and tha. the General Term had already sustained TINS
method of procedure. Justice Barrett sustained tus
vAv and ovcrrued the demurrer. Mr. COCHRAN ehtoreu
an objection and General Tracy received grant VI
time to enable WARTS counsel to elect which count they
yculd take their chances on.
The securing OF a Jury was next hcgur, Dut "eh"'I
c inst then revealed the fact thar Wards counsel had
hen more or less concerned what had become ot
R.namin Fish, the brother OF James d. Fish, am the
paving teller -of the Marine Bank when 1t failed
General Tracy-Does the Distrct-Attorney intend to
produce Benjamin Fish as a withcssi
Mr Martine-Ho does. ~. =, 900. 40.
Mr. Marine-He is, and We shall produce him when
the time c"iles. 40,
At11:i5 O'Clock Clerk Walsh took his post at the
wheel ard called the first juror, Moses IT, huntoon'
superiotendoat of tS> -Noy York Ice Company Tue
,oIiowioc ou,stions nut TO N, Iun %n typical OF
those asked Dy Mr. Nieoll ard Mr.. Cochran setting out
their ideas OF Juror competent to render 1ar ana
considerations verdict upon the evidence IN tue case OF
the People against Ferdinand warl:
Mr. Nieon-Do you know Ferdinand Wardl A Il 10
10 q. Do you know james d. Fishi A--No. sir.
Did y1r ever have any transactions with the hrnl
Of Grant Wardi A-Nci SIR; "
O Or WITH the Marine Baukf A-N0, -
DID yol know J. Hel.ry Work the lawyeri A.
Q.-or william s. warnerl A.-No.
The witness thought lie cOnlj give fair verdict on the
evidence and Mr. Nicon Withdrew the Challenge Mr.
Cochran then began:
eo.-Have YOU Iead much about the falurcl A.-Not
much. | have opinion OF Mr. Wards guilt or inno-
this particular charge ,., u ,,,.,
CeYersl Grant aud Ferdinand Ward the years 1888
and 1851 A.-No. sir; know they were In business
ODD you read what the result OF that partnership
vast Al read about tho failure. 49, ,,.--,
Q-Have you any opirion as to Wards gullt OF iLhc-
roii prenarcd to Judge the matter tho
facts, regardless of extFaneous n"tteri Al am
Mr. Cochran consulted with General Tracy and con-
clnded TO accept Mr. Hunt9rn. This decision rousedM
Nichols suspicious; SO he hasteued to ask some more
questions
Mr. Ncoll-How long have you beou superintendent
Of the New-York Ice Company Alive years =,
Q.-Who the officers OF the company ! A-Mr:
Winch. president; William Kemp, treasurer Albert
STiave any OF these officers had dealings, directly OF
indirectly, so far as you know, with Grant Ward
A.-N0t az far rs know.
Mr.. Nicol-We accept the juror.
Mr. HuutOou was the first juror al l2 o'clock
and alone prospective foreman until 2;i3 p ~
Jacob L. Herr the next man called. altogether too
impartial to suit either side Then eight men in sue
cession had such pronounced views on Wards guilt in
general that r Cochran PASSED them by, after duly
challenging them. Two OF those examined
Justice Barrett excused, only after he had called Mr.
Cockrdn's attention to the fact that tho Court
alone couG excuse Juror that Mr.. Cochran had TO
make his formal challenge in order to get rid OF men who
might rot have been acceptable to him.
John ID. Buckhout. the receiving teller of the United
States Bank said that ho had formed clear a cOnyc
tion Of the guilt of Mr. Ward that 1t would take strong
evidence TO enable bi to It, His opinion was
based on what he had read in the newspapers. Mr.
Cochran did not want such an expert
witness and so he challenged him. Eugene
n. Hanson produce dealer. about TO become
Juror, Justice Barrett having overruled Mr. Cockrans
challenge, when an adroit question drew out the fact
that Mr. Hanson although absolutely ignorant Of the
present charge against Ward had such general impress
sion OF his crookedness that it might warp his Judgment
He went with the majority. George Higgins a retired
furniture dealer, got compliment from Mr. Cochran
ashe nan who mighha sold such excellent furniture
In Eighthsve.," and was straghtway accepted by Mr.
Cochran, whereupOn Mr.. Nicoll challenged him and c
too was dropped into retirement
The District Attorney at this point. just previous to
recess at T. m. asked that the Court should extend
the hospitality OF the Ludlow Street Jail to James d.
Fish Asamatter of courtesy Ne. Cochran did not Oh.
Ject and the permission granted In case Mr. Fish
should care TO accept the privilege. recess was than
taken until o'clock. Mr. Huntoon stn being the only
juror chosen ont OF thirteen examined. Mr. Ward
iunched at Nash Cooks with Warden Kiernan and his
brother.
Joseph B. Wray. the first tested after recess did
not consider his mind palmpsest whence strong i'm
pesons could he erased so he left to the world out
sue e'Ae jury'box. Hermann Ridder. young man Of
pUnOuhced blonde typo, who publishes the KathoiiSche
'o'"s"aa In Barclay-st, hauled right and left
ue'ween the DistrctAttorneys Office and the counsel Of
a'L lie wished to be fair, but could not rid him
scn oi The thought that Ward was "a bad man." One
ason Tor his suppostion that Ward was guilty in this
ra.ueuiar case that the District-Attorney
- m~de the charge, land, Of course, the