The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-02
W ARD SENTENCED.
.iE WILL RESIDE AT SING SING For
THE NEXT TEN YEARS,
anj Ills Occupation VIII lie Hard Labor.
80 Sayeth the Judge - Rounaiy Leo
tured for His NlIainy-Iis Makes
beni Al.

NEW Monk, Nov. = -~ Ftrdnant Ward
was Saturday mo"Ain- suntencei to ten
yenre at hard labor IN state prison by Judge
Barrett in the court uf oyer and tofmiIor.
IEis /, the eXtrat4e penslty of tho crime
for which he was convicted. Tue accused
WA brought into court by Sheriff
David ON ami Warden Herman. Ills
face almost b,oodle $ AMI hi
manner ola OF deep concern. The court
room va, packe with spect ,tors Bourke
Cochran. Gen. Tracy and John T. Cum
ming, of his counsel, we're present, as wers
also Uiy5sssS 8. Grant. Jr., and several OF
tho Jurors who convicted Ward, District
Attorney Martino and Assistants Nicolly.
Pufly and Dlvi. Exceptions to the judges
ruling in the case aud points for ne " trial
were made ty Wards counsel but they
Weie without avail
The Judge, in pronouncing sentence, spoke
g. folioW.:
Ward, you have been convicted by an in
te.lgant aud Conscientious jury of the crime
of which you have been charged. You have
certainly had fair and impartial trial
The jurors wore most carefully selected,
nud came to the trial of your case with ap-
larently unprej ia iicel minds. The court
l.uardsd all your rig hts and privileges from
infringement t. the best of his ability.
You were convicted because you had nc
delonse You offered defense to the
facts 1t is only matter for con lecture
why so intelligent n jury should have taken
So long Il time to decide your case. If your
case had been that If a person wholly un
known, the jury needed not to have left
their seat GA the contrary, your case has
had tao benefit of a mora than careful con
sideratian You have been most ably de-
fenlel by your counsel, and an address as
brilliant AMI scholarly as any ever
heard in this courtroom was made
in your defen,e. You were not convicted
- rt,.Ns
layed in its Judgment because thsy wer.
afrail that in some way they might be
accused of being influenced by popular
cIamor whicl tendei to make that convic-
ion doubtful ! have nothing to say to you
Think it would te wholly useless.
You have shown yourself to be
wholly Indifferent throughout this
trial of tho CHARGES which have
been brought against you. You seem
to experience no rnmurs, whatever ovsr the
ruin and sorrow which you lave brought
to hundreds of people in this country. You
have done mora to unsettle public conf
deuce in muueyai institutions than any
through this eutre trial you have shown
yourself to be wholly unrepentant for tho
Sins you have committed. This being the
fact, must simply content myself with
prnnonncing the sentence of tho court.
which is that you shall be confined i'll the
state prison at hard labor for a period of
ten wears.
Ward stood straight throughout this
charge but the muscles of his face twitched
and the veins in his neck swellel; when he
sat down his face was crimson. He rubbed
his hand over his forehead. Daring the en-
tire ad lgess there was perfect quiet in the
room As soon as sentonce was pronoun Ced
the crow arose and marched out of the
courtroom Ward put on his overcoat and
with Sheriff David on ami Warien kiernan
went through the private door to the
sEerif's office.
Ward Indignantly denied the story that
he has fortune saved up including large
investments in L ,&ll Ii real estate. He says
the authorities have fun Schetule' of what
he got aud whsra il want, ani that they
know tlat all the proprty he took for his
personal ,l-o was aiterwarl obtained Ivy
Warner.
The Star United States District Attor
nsy Dorsheimer's paper intimates that evi
denc, enough has teen obtained to show
that j. H. Wart and not w. $. Warner was
the principal beneficiary by Wards opera
tions.
Ward was taksn to Sing Sing prison on
the 80 +. m. train Saturday, from the
Grand Central depot He was accompanied
by Sheriff Davidson anl Warden kernan