Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-29
Ward REWARDED.
Ferdinand Ward Found Guilty Of Lar
or In iy in First Degree on
sites g. Fish's Testimony.
,Ea
Warner. the Mysterious Partner in tn
Ward Transactions, is Placed
on the Stand.
Ward Perccptiby Affected ON Hearing the
verdict-Thc Case to he Appealed
Sentence Postponed.
Resume of the Day.

heNuthe OF the Dhy.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW York, Oct. 2S.--The features of
to-day in the Ward trial were the open
ing for the defense and the appearance on
the witness stand of William s. Warner,
the alleged mysterious partner In Wards
transactions. Until to-day Warner has
kept ms mouth closely shut as to all these
matters. Warner preserved well his re-
Gently acquired reputation for silence
and mystery, The important part Of his
testimony was his sending the S7l 800
check TO the bank for certiflcation. He
caused no little amusement when telling
of his apparently child-liko faith in the
Grant & Ward government contracts.
The courtroom was crowded to its ut
most capacity. Hundreds were turned
from the outer doors during the session.
II Is evident that public interest Is greatly
increasing in the case as the trial prog
resses The white, corpse-like face of
the committed cX-bank president was
seen in the throng part of the time. U.
). Grant, Jr., was also an interested spec
tator.
New YORK, Oct. 2S.--The trial OF Fer
dinaud Ward was continued to-day.
James ID. Fish testified as follows
"The business between the Marine bank
and the firm of Grant Ward" the wit
ness said, twas continued from 1882 I'M
| til within few days of the failure On
May ., lSSi,s there were II large number
of Grant & Ward notes discounted by
other parties, all payable on the Marine
bank They were constantly maturing.
In his letter Of March "a, in which the
witness referred to annoyance by reason
| OF Erie and other matters, he meant by
other matters Grant & Wards business,
and when he spoke OF the burden, he
meant that there was more than he could
attend to, having all the time to run after
Ward TO make him keep his promises
and meet his obligations. SAID the wit
ness: "In my letter of April "a, In
stating that our affairs were drifting be-
yCnd my comprehension, | meant the
affairs Of Grant 4 Ward On May .,
| 1884, the firm owed the bank II large sum,
and ! urged Ward to bring securities TO
| relieve me, He brought me some on
j Friday and said snappishly: Now,
| hope you are satisfied; you have here be-
tween Sl4, 900, 600 aud $4,000 600. >
These went in the vault and | have not
seen them since. On May 3, Ward,
by my consent, obtained u large
number Of securities on which TO realize
for the bank. Among these were bonds
of the Philadelphia, New York & Buffalo
railroad and dry dock stock. | never got
the securities back, nor was any check
returned to represent any loan raised.
! On May ! relied on Ward and on May
! saw him at his house in reference To
| the money he was TO get, and he showed
me $4,000 check he had procured
from Gen. Grant. On the night of May
all t,.,
moneys and checks from him.
m. next day and waited
vainly to see him until 8 O'Clock"
| "Was that the end Of your acquaintance
with Ward?n
"Not quite. ! have had conversations
since with respect TO his transactions
with our bank and with myself. lie came
to see me at my rooms over the bank
three or four days after the failure, and
he said he could not help it. He said
had been his best friend. / told him that
/ by his deception and treachery he had
ruined me, ruined my family, ruined the
bank and destroyed reputation which
had been twenty-five years building. In
nv indignation | raised chair and
| he crouchod on the floor, crying
don't hurt ne told him II he were not
such sncaking, hypocrltical sneak,
would kill him. He crouched on the
! floor like whipped eur. | told him he
| had better commit suicide, hang himself,
poison himself, shoot himself, or do it In
any way, 50 that the world would be rid
of his presence"
Ward smiled sarcastically as Mr. Fish
described the scene. The witness was
not permitted to tell how much he put
! into the firm OF Grant & Ward. The cX-
animation OF Mr. Fish then closed.
The receiving teller, John II.
/ Carr OF the Marine bank, was
sworn. He said; "On May 8
Ward deposited with me check for
/ $4,000, signed William II. Vanderbilt.
| He then asked me to Withdraw check Of
/ $4,000, saying the check drawn against 1t
would not be presented. refused, but
Mr.. Fish bade me TO hold It, and treat It
as deposit. The $4,000 check came
4 back. The afternoon Of the same day
Ward came in with q check for s7l GOO.
| On one occasion, by order Of the presl-
dent, carried check of Wards as
cash"
George j. Chambers, stcnographer in
the case OF Holt against Warner, and
| George l.. spencer, cashier Of the
l firm Of Gfanl g. NaTdi were eAhul-
1 ined briefly, but their testimony de-
| veloped nothing new.
The prosecution then rested The conn
sci for the defense then moved that the
state be required TO elect on which charge
( IN the indictment they intended 70 as the
/ Jury for a conviction. The motion was
/ denied temporarily
Ex-Iudge Cochran then opened for the
/ daf,.usa ne said that his client had bepn
hounded bY the press, by financial men,
and by members OF prominent family,
1 but the jury had only to consider the
\ evidence and render a verdict according
/ ~. Mr.. Fish, he said, went on
| The stand as not responsible
witness, aud Il was the first time that a
convict was called 70 the stand 10 testify
against prisoner Ia the court Of Oyer
nI,d T,nrtninnr Eiah Wa convict md