New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-05
GROSS DECEPTION CHARGED.
THE GRANT & WARD FAILURE RECALLED
COLONEL r. c. JAMES SAYS THAT JAMES HENRY

WORK BETRAYED HIM SIAMtFULLY'
Joseph II. Choate and ex.Tudgc Noah Davis crossed
swords IN tho supreme Court before Justice Patterson
and a Jury yesterday, in a sut in which Coloncl f.
G. James sizes James Henry Work for about %-oo'oo,
which Mr. James declares he was Induced to invest
I'm mythical contracts, through the firm Of Grant "
Ward lust previous to the failure OF That rn' VT.
Choate made the opening address FOR Mr.. James, anu
no did not uince his words In chai'cterzing the nc'"
OF Mr.. Work rs fraudulent and dcccitful. The story
as tod ty Mr. Choatc, and supplemented by INC o'l
dcnce Of Colonel James wa that Mr.. james came 10
This city I'm ISL from Ogdcnsburg. and began ''o
practice OF law He had known julien T. Dawes io'
,omc time and Mr.. Davies at that time was uc ''
mrtner Of Mr. Work one day In FebruaFy' i0o''
Work asked James IL he would moi Ike to make Ho'n
money ard james replied that Oh course IT. 80,
Work then tod him that the firm of Grant ~ "'''
had some valuable coItncts, Government """ ~
v,s. These contracts were carried out by ~ n"
cate OF men IN the Wet and Southwest. ana "'"''
Ward acted Us the bankers for the CONTRACTOR a.,
account OF the Influence Of the firm of "!f"'
in securing these contracts they received -,
hare Of the profits Work told james and " ne '''''u
10 invest some money in them le could 'F''Ic lawn"
. q, IN r.r cent ON the INVESTMENT In thirty d'N
Mr. Lanes asked fof particulars a"o"' '""
contracts int Mr.. work replied that tlis WIZ
und that Grant & Ward didnot want any "', 81 ,,
ANYTHING about the particulars OF theh'
p,o, no and william :. Warner were eXcce'ihsN C"9'
Ia Inc
carried on through them. Mr. james '"'c''' 1850 1880
and received n memorandum with the name o "''n'
4 Ward at the bottom Of It, Whch s"'.
nnymcut Of 50 100 mt The end OF thrN '''N :" -"
hcarer Til, was ~ pursuance OF t"' r'P''N'''' '
which Work had made Ia him thai the ".." " 'i',"
& W,ri WIS very ,icl and umt IL Wou' S"',
the PAYMENT Of the profits on all t"''' ~" ,oo
A. ,h. and - IN. thirty days the amount oI F"'''
u,s n,d and Mr.. Jnmc, said he th"'t"' ~ W."
n,oGtalIe Investment, when MT' WIZ"
him oe-,,n. he Willingly listened TO any pr'p''''''"
which he had % make . 49,, , ,.-t
Those transactions went on untl N"r'"
A. that time Jane, had contracts ano"n'"- u"
Zoo oon They wrrc due as follows "'''u -
IA 200. March ~ $3.50; Malfh - F''''
March 81 $3.50, aud MaTh H. dll''"'.
March l. Colonel James testified he h"i pu' ~
~ the amosnt of $4,000. ana tue r'HHl'"'' VI wv
sum represented the earnings 81 i"" I'''"'H' ,
On tho assertions made him and the m'"'o' '''""'
=, ,b Arm ~ Grant IL Warl. which had bee" sNc" "
him INT which he hid invariably l"n win "''" 10
ofc. Keeping Nearly every lime tlm' Il "''"'''
cam. due work would tell him about a ne" emu
In which he ought to invest the 0rlIIn" N"" ''"
profits often both Of these sums won'd NOT W P'''
ro,sh occor,ing ~ the bglrcS Of Work an" '""'''
= ,yrc,, +, mt a little NOR with the ou-lua' sum
,,,u, March | Jane, It'd Work That ne h'euur"
=, d,-,,r ,nt All the money which be- had pui ln 'e
contract business Work advised James l''' ~ ""'
rouey ant and declared to him mat l". N'rA' "'"
not taken hi, money ONT ana o" u"' -. .
a., - Nav aid Mr. ChOite, 'atn"-ty, "'""'
Wind never had one contract II aui ''r. lIc> w.
al ,c,.,l,,u. Grant q ward were iu~olvcni hom u''
,,rc t,u, these later contracts began. III i'o7"' -
H., and TIE fact, on which "" rely -h'" INV WV"
,,,r. al nbont tL,,. facts. hen work DC lh'u ult
hr wa. not drawing ol any money! n' W. '' 90. -
d,aviu.. ont hundreds of thOa-ind, OF doI'i'' ne
Vas .rtuus James, money ana t1ht oil MS o'''' W.
I'm, and Va, drawing IL al ont a'd putting j" '"'
,,,, ,.,,hc, In the five months Immediately pl
c.,ltrg the &, lur, II Grant ~ Ward VT. 'h''" S''"
W,rh drew out The following sums; January F'''
600. Trh1iarv -192.oOo. Ntr'h. t'I'''l''' NP'''
.l.oe 200. and In Man, three or four day7 before nc
niI,ir,. hc drew :Id4.-Vo, making TIE SUN q"
=I.-o.. 100. ..,...
All IN, time -al Mr. Choatc. that work Wa e'''l'-
INF. MONEY friu hi victims and promising 10 pay
them , or 10 per cent. he va RECEIVING =" p'' en-
f,r u. and Ppck-tins the extra percentage mum !"
4 dn, l-for- the failure of Grant Ward ON" "i ihce
memorandum. for 3i.-UO Wa due. ana "''k ""
Inu.s ~ Al the nrm hid just gJt new contract ~.
Al c1oOuu aud wanted HIM to leave the sun" "W'"
vas due f1r a longer period. james diN 80 "''' J"
f,ct put another .um with &c. The lMIu' 'iHc %"
MAY q. Al ~ Mr. james money hid bee" pay J."
III, concern and 1t VA, III spue. transferred I" th"
,.,.Lct - W,rk said VI. Ch5at. Work said 70 Ji"'s
,nt d. vuied 10 keep do, laticr- had above wafer
aud De- would give Jane a T''alnri 100 'ir Hi~'u'"
which would follow the fuluN. lie ala we 'N' ~
fnln,r lot .:uO ana vi. .amc- went - voI" h-uN
u, cam "A living. working ~ the Ha'u WHO Ma "''''N
Inn on, Of MI H. money. At this tim" james knew
nothing about he way he had been cheated. N'''
while ugIy rlmor, lcsan to ,c or'ul'ed about "or"
and lur,r, n.l,d him about them Work replied mat
they were untrue IN the Assignment # Grant NAM
Iauc, made prccir'I cred tor anuo';i ~ m,n
never h,,l any dlirci dealing Win the MIN. t' u"7
actions being all Lad between the hrn ana James ]"
m. uaine Of Warner.
The Marine nn got lndsmrni %F Wr N,G i% u I
drawn from thu bank ln IN. I'VE nohl'' u'i''r ~,