The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-04


bezzier, OF Memphis. has reached the end
Of his rope. He is on his way back to this
country in the custody of the Memphis
sheriff. and there is little doubt that he
will speedily be sent to the pen;tentiary.
to serve a long term. He depended upon
the absence of extradition treaties be
tween this country and Honduras and
Guatemala to save him from suffering the
penalty of his crime. Still the arm of the
law was long enough to reach him.
Wards case is not a novel one. 1t is
made up of details that are all too fGmil-
lar from frequent repetition. But it APP
pears that there are many intellison, pee
pie who refuse to learn the lesson that Is
taught by such eases. Ward was a pros
porous broker in Memphis. He had good
business ability, and bright prospect
ahead of him. lie was capable of making
a handsome income by perfectly honorable
methods. He had a charming wife. a com
Portable home, and about all that contri-
butes to make life worth living. But with
the earning of a snug sum of money came
the desire to possess still more mon
quired expensive tastes and habits Money
was his idol. His conscience was appar-
emily smothered by his greed COR gold. He
scrupled at nothing that was within the
letter of the law-for time-se ling worth
less securities 10 ignorant people for fancy
prices, inveigling women into giving him
their money to invest and investing it in
paper that was worth probably onc-lifth
of the prices he told them he had paid for
it, and SO on. His principle in business
was that every one should look out for
himself. Finally, as he money still did
not come in fast enough. ne took 10 kit
ing forged paper in the banks. and apple
priating to his own uses any money that
he could in any manner get his hands
upon. 1t is alleged that by various illegal
means he got hold Of something like $780,
coo The death of prominent man whose
name he had forged led to an exposure of
his transaction. which had extended over
a period Of several years, and he was fore
ed to fee the country He took much of
his booty with him. He had heard of the
success, of Mai. Burke, of Louisiana, in
evading arrest by taking up his residence
in Honduras. so Ward headed for that
country. And h. got there. But the officers
of the law Were hot Grnn his track. The
government of Honduras it is said, would
have surrendered him to this government
as a matter of courtesy. lie escaped 10
Guatemala. where he has been arrested by
the sheriff from Memphis. Guatemala
gave him up to the officer without hesita-
ton or delay
Ward has had a few years OF high Nv
ing. has been in possession of a large sum
of money for a limited time-the greater
part of his booty will be reeovered-and
has had a long and exciting journey over
land and sea. And that is all of the doubt
full pleasure he will get out of the proceeds
of his crimes. For this pleasure he will pay
a fearful price-his liberty for a term Of
years, his good name. his business pros
poets, HIS home. the respect and compau-
ionship of his wife. Indeed, his career has
been wrecked. He has nothing to look for
ward to but the garb and the cell of a
felon. Was the momentary triumph of his
The Pittsburg Dispatch refers to the
fact that southern shipyard greatly
underbid northern competitors for the
contract for building the Kearsarge and
her sister ship. as "a jolt for experts
! That is probably as good a way as any
to expires it. And the south may be de-
pended upon to give northern experts
some more rather rough jolts in the matter
of bidding for manufacturing and build
ing contracts from time to time. Not
long ago the Morning News took occa-
sion to notify Senators Lodge and Chan
der that the south would hereafter be in
the market for war contracts, right along
with New England and the rest of the
north The bid of the Virginia shipbuild-
ing firm for the naval vessels is an illus
tration of what was meant, and that the
assertion was correct.
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer. proprietor of the
New York World, has presented to the
republic of France, in the name of the
American people. a monumental bronze
group representing Washington and La
tholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Lib
erty. which France presented to this
country. The Paris statue was unveiled
on Sunday, with imposing ceremonies.
Mr.. Pulitzers act was both generous and
patriotic, and will be appreciated by the
people of this country.
The Atlanta exposition will come to
an end with the close of the current
month. There will be no extension OF
time. Therefore, those who have been
postponing a visit to the great show
will do well to postpone it no longer
4 Aside from its own intrinsic merit, the
exposition is a Georgia institution, and
should have the liberal patronage of al
Georgians who can spare the time and
the money to pay it visit. The show is