St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-09
A MYSTERIOUS WARD,
Claimed That He Is Not the
Spokane Falls Confidence
Man,
But the Son Of an English
Nobleman of Most Fabu-
lous Wealth.
Has Earned Titles for Ser
vice in Several Great
Wars.
Gone to indianapolis and Will
Gone to indianapolis and Will
Return to Confound His
AccuserS.
Special to the Globe.


CALEDONIA, Feb. St is claimed by
the friends of Gen. A. B. Ward that the
senatorial stories published in regard
to his running away are false and that
he is not A. B. Wadworth, who did up
the people OF Spokane Falls. All that
Wards accuserS have to prove his ident-
ity as Wadworth is the story told by a
Bismarck barber that Ward looked like
Wadworth. Ever since Ward came to
Grand Forks, little over a year ago.
there has been manifested against him
by certain politicians, who were appar-
emily animated by jealousy, deep ha-
tired. The stories which have been told
about his borrowing money of different
persons are greatly exaggerated. He
has always had money to pay his way
and has often accommodated his friends
with loans of large and small sums.
That he is man Of education and su-
perior intellect no one can dispute who
has ever met him. There are many who
believe he has been made the victim OF
cruel conspiracy. and that he will re-
turn and vindicate his reputation and
punish his enemies. Hon. George Ii.
aioh o4S D Cil@o w uu hao SonO " 1u-
dianapOliS, and that OH account of the
stories circulated about him his wife
concluded to follow him.
A very strange story has just been
told by a person who claims to know all
about Wards antecedents. This gen.
tleman. who is an Englishman and en-
gagged in business here. says that Ward
is the son of an English nobleman-a
scion of family that was founded in
the reign Of James I.-that he received
an education in one OF the universities
of England, and served under Have
lock i'll India. Owing to some difficulty
with superior officers, he threw up his
commission. came to this country, and
entered the volunteer army of the
United States early in the war of the
Rebellion. At the close of the war he
returned to England and went East
..,. WITH GEN. GORDON.
My informant says that he is no dead
: beat or ,swindier, as his relatives in
England. who are fabulously wealthy,
supply him with all the money he wants,
and that his share in the family prop
erty would enable him to live like
gentleman in any part of the world.
The wife he brought to Grand
Fork is probably the only one he ever
married. He was from youth up ec-
centric in his manner Of living; rather
naughty and independent in his bear
ing, but always brilliant. If he has left
here not to return. it Is probable that he
has gone back to England. NV in
formant states further that he knows
Gen. Ward served with great distinction
in the late war and is fully entitled to
the military title of general, and that
he is no way connected with the
Wadworth of Spokane Falls fame.
There is something certainly strange
and mysterious in all this which time
alone can clear up. 1t may be well for
those giving circulation to the SEN
sational reports about him to go a little
slow. They may be storing up wrath
against the day of wrath.
1t is also claimed by some of Wards
friends-and he has a great number
througout this city and section-that he
has left letter in the hands
of a friend which fully explains his going
away and all the reasons for it. This
letter has been seen by quite num-
Der and is perfectly satisfactory to them.
1t informs his friends that he has gone
to Indianapolis, where he will remain a
short time and then go to Washington.
From there he will go to New York to
attend to some business matters, when
he will return to Washington to be
present at the Inauguration. Immedi-
ately after that he will return to Grand
Forks and attend to his libelers. He
can. he says, show to the satisfaction of
all that he is not the A. B. Wadsworth
spoken Of-that he will show his record
to the people of Grand Forks and of
Dakota, and that he will put to shame
the vile creatures who have cOncOcted
the foul libels which for the time being
darkened his character and caused his
wife so much anxiety.