The San Francisco call., 1897-09-04

superintendent and declared it his belief
that Ward was crazy. when he get on
the train he was accompanied by a man
who told me that the pass enger was the
Ward who had been connected with the
Bradbury scandal" said the porter. "At
almost every stop was given telegram
by Ward to send TO the telegraph office.
The first one was TO some man in Los
Angeles and it said that Ward expected
to be rearrested at Chicago. If Mrs.
Bradbury wants me to appear 1 will do
SO at any time l can, but must first see
my wife and children, was the way the
dispatch ended. He was always wanting
something and telling me TO be near him
to act as witness. | guess he thought
some one was going TO lay for him when
he got here. At Fremont, Nebr., he gave
me an unsigned telegram 70 The chief OF
detectives in Chicago, asking him to have
q policeman to meet a man in the state
room on the overland train. Because it
was not signed the operator would not
send it, so put his initials on the bot
TOM"
Galloway says that Ward would allow
no one but John Drew, the actor, who
was going East to his mothers funeral
and who was in the same sleeper. to come
into his stateroom. Drew did not stop
long in Chicago and could not be seen.
The police believe Ward intended to
end his life in his apartment. They argue
that he evidently sent the telegram to
them while having such idea in his mind.
1t was his Intention, they say, to XII him
self OH the train and to have his body
found by the police when the train ar
rived in this city. This is the only mo-
tive, they say. he could have had in send
ing the telegram.
The clothing and effects left by the dead
man were carefully examined. Marty all
his linen was marked Nv. r. w, " but he
had used every effort to destroy his place
of residence. He carried a cardcase
which wss marked Nv. r. w." but the
p ace of residence had been scratched out.
He also carried a card of me M oership in
the Southern California Kennel Club,
showing that ". Russell Ward had been
voted 8 mem Der OF the club on March %.
1897. l; was signed by Ralph B. Funk,
secretary. In a small valise was found a
=
that he WAS in trouble:
''D56r DTe,U: Would it be expecting too
much of you 10 see this detectiv. and tell
him that 1 am willing to return to Los
Angeles and undergo arrest there-with
him, if he likes. | would rather face the
music, for it can only be short time
longer. Yours very truly,
"W. RUSSELL WARD.
"P. S. OF course, if you object in the
least, tell me.
The effects contained many references
TO the Grand Hotel, and there was a guam
iity of hotel wiring paper and a bundle
OF laundry addressed to "W. r. Ward 16S
Grand Hotel" There was also letter
which had been written to him by
Henrietta Ward, " who addressed him as
"My dear boy" but no place of residence
or date line showing at what place the
letter had been mailed. 1t is believed to
have come either from his mother or bis
wife,
Chief Claim Agent Richards of the
Northwestern Railway took charge of the
letter and refused to give out its contents,
stating that it spoke of family troubles,
and would furnish no light upon the
identity of either the writer or receiver.
Ward had in possession book OF quota
tioDs from various suthors, which he had
undoubtedly bsen reading just a short
tine betore be leaped from the train, with
passage after passage referring to women
and love heavily marked with a lead
pencil.
He wore a lady's gold watch, to the
chain OF which was attached a charm
bearing the initials f'W. r. W." In the
clothing which he had worn the last
night was a 3S caliber revolver and large
belt and dirk knife. In vest pocket was
a gold matchbox, and in his valise was
found $77. There was also found a page
from San Francisco paper of August 30,
giving life history and picture of Henry
Bacon, SAID TO be well-known Grim nal,
and who had just been arrested there.
The article, however, makes no reference
to Ward and may have no connection
whatsoever with the suicide.
Wards ticket from San Francisco to
New York was found on the clothing. He
was untouched by the wheels, but his hip
was broken and the means OF his instant
death was apparent from an ugly wound
in the forehead; the body was otherwise
badly bruised. The Coroner of Wheat
land, Iowa, returned a verdict Of acci-
dental death.