The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-06
ans WoRK1xg or LAWYER JANIS
Ne Was Not Up To Wan street Trscks o.
rerA. Warts sinful Games.

rerA. wars sinful Games.
Col Edward @ james. the lawyer. who IL
suing James Henry Work. in the Supreme
Court. to recover over 100000. which he says
he lost through investments that he was In
duced by Work to make in the fictitious con-
tracts Of Grant 4 Ward. was In the Witness
chair. before Justice Patterson. yesterday.
nnrrating the story Of his Investments.
Col. james says that he was fresh from tho
country In 1881. about the time that ho made
the acquaintance of Work. and was not UP 70
the tricks Of Wall street. So. when he was told
that he could READILY make eight and ton per
cent. a month in contracts that were controlled
by Grant & Ward, he jumped at the ofief and
put his money into the scheme without the
slightest apprehension. He now charges
Work with false and fraudulent reprosen-
tations.
Col. james said that Mr.. Work told him Of
flour contracts. but that he never heard any
thing Of any Government" contracts until
after the failure OF Grant & Ward. The bust
ness that he was interested In was done In the
name OF William s. Warner. because Work
told him that Grant l. Ward wanted to deal
with only ono person. Work said that he and
Warner were acting together and that II was
all the same. Warner was taken sick in Janu-
ury. 1884. and Work transacted the business
for him.
Work always kept the vouchers that boz
longed to Col. James. but Col. James carried
q memorandum book showing tho money
transactions with Work. and opposite each
transaction Mr.. Work placed his initials In
order that Mr.. James would have something to
show.
Whenever tho Cclonell.went to the ONCE OF
Mr.. Work. Work produced vouchers signed by
Grant Ward to chow that he had made the
eSssk an" Cash. a ana drafts 81 sG
ren ns Sn ths :G Wsch him to
Of ISS VT p stsE shnt ting u had IS.
Justice Patterson md Nj. Ghoato repeatedly
but The Colonel TOOK Il as Very serious matter.
ss H rss HI %U1E sa nf 9sn s
sna sGna nnS
and Gut rant War had aod an9 %ese
to make an assignment
Warner and myself and ali his friends who
Losers were going to be made preferred
All preferred creditors'" inaired Mr..
pHy rs iTis s Is: replied The c0lonel
tdon't soy anything about that" was the |
From vouchers in tho hands Of Julian T.
James had found that Work and Warner Ind |
drawn 20 per cent. profits" on his invest
ments ut thirty days. whereas they had ao-
counted to him for only 8 per cent. On other
investments which had yielded him. II per
cent. Work and Warner had drawn from 40
to IS.
After the failure. Col. James said, he called
on Work. and told him what he had found In
the vouchers.
Work got angry. said the witness. land
said no didn't know what meant by coming
around and demanding money Of him like
dirty blnckguard. when he had always treated
me like friend. He denied that he owed mo
o cent"
On CROSS examination Noah Davis produced
somo typewrittcn testimony that Col James
had given before the Grand Jury when It was
tn affairs of William y. Warner.
Dol. James testified Mt that time that he had
found nothing dishonest In the relations OF
Work and Warner with himself. and that ever
since the Grant,& Ward failure lie had been
friends with them.
Mr.. Choatc. counsel. objected to tho admis-
:, The law. " he, sald. prohibits prying into
the secrets Of tho Grand Jury room. as the
counsel on the other side have done"
Mr.. Davis replied that Mr. Choate had the
privilege Of using the same crowbar as no had
used. Mr. Choate WAS permitted to sec the
Of Col Jamess testimony before the
Grand jury. The case goes on to-day.