New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-10
MORE OF r. WARDS THEFTS.
HE TAKES GENERAL GRANTS MONEY.

DEPosITISG ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ~
HIS owN CREDIT.
George T.. Spencer, the former CASHIER Oh
Grant l. Ward, and Senogrnpeer n O"s"o" 49,.
wore themselves out nth enaci"'o' " -. -.
Holt Warner sui. were again pu' on inc r"0A
I'm Referee Goes Office. th, time III the case vi ''
against Grant This is the aclion brought against 'aes
n p,sn and his children by John H. Morris, as the rs
s,gnee Of Mr.. fish, TO set aside the transfers W ms
children OF several hundred thousand OF d'ars Oh reA
estate In this city. OF this being at Slxlha anu
Thirteenth ST.. soma in Madison ave, ana more III
Harlem known the Harlem Town Hall. nis alleged
a. in the case OF Ward IN the Hot-Warner ht1saton'
that Mr. Fish n.oly when he made tho tr"nsisrs
George T. Spencer was tine witness OF the day. lie
was armed capa pie with books and statements made up
by Ward and by himself. c. W. Bangs examined MID
stephan O. Clarke appeared rs counsel for the OPP
position Mr. spencer said he had found from inc
records that neither Fish Ward had contbdtea any
cash to the firm OF Grant Ward, hut that General
Grant had put in $4,000 In mining stocks and snose
oucntly sums OF money which had about made up the
500 900 attributed him. Ward had shown his poem
liar anal deftness by creditng to the rm the receipt
OF $4,000 iu United States A per cents, 5000 In
Wabash bonds 81. 600 Brighton Beach, twenty five
shares Brighton Beach stock, 81 o0o0 Tonawanda Rail-
road bonds ana 81 5000 United States per cents
Q-Does 1t appear anywhere what became o. these
sccuritesl AThers is an entry Win 40 dat, o. me
per cents, hut whether they were s"d OF oo csn a.
that amount OF money by I trn. 49,, . ,.,,,.s
Q-Is there showing that the otnei Securlc
were deposited by the firm or that anything Was reei
for theIni Al havs found no trace o H. Nard hsu
Inferred three his credit as contrloItioNs ol
capital ...., ,,or-
O-s there any entry 20 snowi In whose possession they
then were been sincef A. No. There are sew
eral entries showing that the firm borrowed money Oh
those five Wabash bonds. 49,, A. -
Q-Are there entire, wing the receipt by the firm OF
the securities entiOned the statement 1.-THE witnesss
based Wards having been contributed by T. D
Grant irl Am entry In the Evening star account "a
that contributed % 600 shares OF Evening Ear
20 and 500 at 2S. 49, - 49,,
O.-Is there any entry showing n realization on that
stock by the firm? A.Th-re entries OF tie sale Dnti
toa'i find the checks it, There l. nothing To ldenty
the Evening star stock contributed by u :. Gr"nt VI.
The Evening star account showed additional CON
tribptons OF shares amounting in all 10 Sl3'ooo
purportjug 20 have been contributed by Fish and u 9
Grant, r. Ward had put himself down "a contriDntns
900 sharcs at 20 and OPS by some one not known
There was OF anything having been realized on
the stock The cash and check books sho we'd no actual
receipt OF the by the firm Nothing had neen real
lied on $4,000 in -four notes from Fish and SOSOoo
from L. s. Grant, jr. Ward had put himself down hs
contributing 10000. Int no realization appeared nor
was there realization from Arizona mining and norfolk
Railroad and other securities.
The discovery been made by Mr. Spencer that the
money put ia by General Grant amounting TO ABOUT
500 OOO had been put the rm account but had
Teen deposited by war to his individual account