New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-06
CHARLES MONTAGU WARD.

against Ward. II informed "A week ago,
he said that the Continental National Bank
refused 10 certify the check In question. The
check numbered i.lss. while my checks on
that bank did not run over 300"
II. L. Walker. the cashier ~ the New-fork
Office OF the Insurance company, who appears
az complainant. swears that Ward presented
Mr. Harriss check and received his commission
Of Si32 So Walker sent ST. % TO the National
Life Insurance Company. He accordingly charges
Ward with defraudng hts manager. John +.
Makelv. of No ss-iO3 Cedar-st.. out OF 5000 95.
Philip Carpenter. who appeared for Ward In
the Tombs Police Court. said that his client
would never have been arrested II Mr.. Makely
was in this country. Mr. Makely. he said. who
Is now In Europe. had various other insurance
transactions with Mr.. Ward. and the check
ought not 70 have been presented for payment
until Mr. Makelys return He thought the fact
that the check had been drawn on June 3. and
was presented several weeks later. bore out
this confusion. Mr.. Walker. however. was pos
itivc that ne had received no instructions from
Mr. Makely IN the matter before the latter
sailed for Europe.
Ward when arrested demanded 10 see the
warrant before he would accompany the detec-
tlvea He pleaded not guilty in the Tombs
Polite Court gave his age a. thlrty-seven years.
and his home a. No % East Twenty-eighth-st,
though hc lives at No. l24 West Thirty-hfth-st
-he other address IL that Of a clubhouse.
MAGISTRATE Deuel. paroled Ward in tho custody
n his counsel 10 enable him 10 get 81 600 bail for
hs examination next Tuesday afternoon
MIR. WARDS MARRIAGE.
Charles Montagu Ward has held a good posi-
bee
h,r Of the Knickerbocker and Racquet Clubs and
ne Columbia College Alumni Associa ton He Is
t,e son of Charles H. Ward who years ago had
a handsome house In Second-ave. HIS mother,
Who was Miss Parmlee. inherited n large prop
c.,v from her father Mr.. Ward was member
n. m. Stock Exchange and successful broker.
ding business for many prominent people.
SINE wears ago he fell into financial difficulties,
M, h. recovered from them after time. nav
irg paid all his debts. and he again became
rrominent and successful In business. this time
f an insurance agent 49,,
Mr. Ward was brought into public notice niue
more than q year ago by tho announcement that
ie was the husband OF an actress IN f,nwarn
UarrIgan's company. Miss Fannie Batcheider
sh. had been married TO him for nearly two years
tnfore the Pact became publicly known MISS
Iatchelder had attracted attention on the stage
i,, her beauty and grace of person. and was gem
e-al favorite with the frequenters oi the theatre
thought she usually appeared IN ra'm"r n, Sill Sill
nrts she acted In Reilly and the 400 The
last Of the Hogans." "Squatter sovereignty.
'The Woollen Stocking" The Mulligan Guards
Rail" "Cordella's Aspirations" The Lcathrr
P,tch" and indeed In nearly all the plays "h''n
W. Uarrigan produced In the first three years of
his occupancy Of the theatre In Thirty-hfth-st
Sic also gained note as the author OF a pDSk T,,,
called Why Men Like Married Women, ne ne
c0ntents Of the book had next to nothing TO DO
With the title. and consisted largely OF comments
not always especially good -humored. however on
tie other memben, Of the Harrgan company
W., Io,, tho stage soon after her marriage was
n,blicly announced but she returned to 1t again
afew months ago.