The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-03


signal from the prison he swung the doors
open, and spanking team OF horses at
tached TO falling top buggy swept out
ocross the road and drew up IN front OF the
prison. One horse was a -sorrel, the other
was gray, and they looked like flyers.
The prison door opened and Ward ap-
peared noduing a farewell behind him. He
paused an instant and looked around. The
fresh breeze which was kicking up tre-
| rnendous whitecaps in Haverstraw bay blew
his light overcoat open. He drew 10 a deep
draught of the air. The young man from
the office who had gone for the team rnshed
up and shook hands effusiyely. Then Ward
walked quickly up the steps with springy
| gait, and, with smile playing over his
clean shaven face, sprang into the buggy.
Where are you going, Mr.. Wardf he
was asked.
81 am going to see my boy right away, q"
he answered, joyously. Il am going TO see
| my boy
The next instant the horses spranR away
under a light touch Of the whip and disap-
peared down the road. a sorrel streak and
a gray streak They did not belle their APP
| pearance. They looked like flyers, aud
| flyers they were.
| SHREWDLY RLUDED.
1t was evidently Wards intention to at
! tract as little attention as possible. 1t was
| also his intention to avoid all reporters
| The course he took was due east from Sing
| Sing, and it became apparent that he in
( tended to board a train on the New York,
| New Haven and Hartford railroad at some
| point south of Stamford, Conn. Only one
team in Sing Sing could follow those fast
stepping trotters of his specially brought
over from Stamford, and that was Warden
Browns. But Warden Brown isn't lending
his team and thought that he had fairly
eluded interviewers and would get safely
a va " N ia a pOasaihIa iptariOF- Of Cons
necticut.
But the ex-financier overlooked the fact
that trains run southwark from Sing Sing
to the Grand Central station and uorthward
again over the New York. New Haven and
Hartford.
And it so happened that when the accom-
mediation train Tor South NoTwalk. Conn,
leaving this city at ll:03 o'clock, reached
Port Chester, Ferdinand Ward, refreshed
by MS drive of nineteen miles over the hills.
got on board and nearly fell in heap from
surprise at being greeted by one of the men
he had sought to avoid.
WARD TALKS.
Then he laughed heartily and with some
thing OF his old time spirit. Ward shook
hands with me, and said undoubtedly re-
porters were as persistent aud enterprising
as ever
Ee carried a box wrapped in MANILA
paper and tied with a stout string. That
was ali his baggage.
II did not mean TO try to run away from
you" said he, but you must have an idea
how a man feels under the circumstances.
1t was my idea to retire as quietly as possi-
BILE. | did not want to see any one until l
got settled a bit; that's it. concluded that
| would not 60 to New York and change
cars there, 50 l made arrangements to go
across country. | had first intended to
take the train at New Rochelle, but /
found | could reach Port Chester before
this train was due, and l came in here. O.
but l enjoyed that drive? l took the lines
myself. 1t was the first time l had drawn
the ribbons in eight years"
Where do you propose going nowW
Il am on my way to see my little son
Clarence He is ali have left except my
sister and brother. | have not seen him
since he was months old. / would not
have him brought to see me at the prison
under any circumstances. He is being cared
for by my sister-in-law, Miss Green, on the
farm near Thomson, Conn"
HIT HARD.
As he said the words, HE is all have
left,n Wards face looked inexpreSsiVeIy
sad. He was asked whether his son was 60
ing to school
YES, he attends school," he answered
"But he is living up there mainly for his
health. He is my chief concern. His
mother has been dead two years now, and
have lost my father and my mother while
/ was in there. have been hit hard by
fate"
"Have you decided what you will do in
the future!'
''Not yet, not YETI he answered. at is
impossible for any one under the circum-
stances to have any definite plans. l do
not know what l shall do or where shall
go. No, shall not go abroad. 1 want to
see my boy and get used to the new condi-
ton Of things bit, because it is a new con-
dltion, this being free man. l have a
cousin in Rochester, Prof. Henry Ward,
! and may 60 up there for a short time.
You know my family came from up that
way. But, of course, | must be doing
something to get start. On the whole.
think shall be in New YORK soon. Whether
l shall locate there l do not know. New
York seems to me to be the best place for
business Of all in the country, and it offers
| opportunities that no other city has"
at has been asserted that you must have
saved some money out Of the failuref'
THAT is not true, but l do not desire to
discuss those matters at this time. | have
absolutely nothing TO say. All my worldly
belongings are on my back and in this box
tapping it with his fingers. had not a
satchel to take my things away in, so had
to get box.
NOTHING ABOUT THE FAILURE.
It was reported recently that Ward pro-
posed to see all the reporters on his release
from prison and make full statement re-
garding his case and would lay bare many
of the unexplained mysteries of the failure
of Grant & Ward. He was asked about
this.
Yes that is true" he answered, "but l
| have considered the matter carefully, and
| have concluded to say nothing at this time,
| so you will excuse me from going into the
matter. don't think it would be Wise for
me to say anything at this time"
| Have you seen any one in prison who
was connected with you in business9"
| az have seen no one who was directly as
ISOLATED with me- or course l have had a
number of visitors, but do not care Co
! speak of any of them except my brother
and my sister"
| Ward was asked what his sensations were
when he left the prison.
| "Op he exclaimed rapturously, you can
never understand the feelings which | expe-
| rienced. 1t almost overpowered me-"
How did you stand your confnementr'
| "Ot course. as you must know, the heav-
! lest part Of the punishment was not the
mere fact Of being locked up. 1t was the
fact Of having gone there. The first two
| years were the hardest. 1t was frightfuly
irksome. The only thing to do was to be-
| come absorbed in your work. When l got
! the printing office under way was easier,
because the time seemed to pass more rap
| idly. l took a sort of pride in my work,
/ and that was something too"