The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
HENEWFERDINANDwARD
HE HAs MADE 4 FRESH START Ar
HIS Old HOME IN 6ENEsEO.

Ths Fsrruer Napoleon OF FInanes Clerks IL Ter
the Surrogate. writes Up Bsoka FER Trades
men ana Hanks, Has saved MONEY, Has
Married Again. ana IL well Esteemed.
Ferdinand Ward, tho man wao managed the
~Robbling up of Gen. Grants fortune, and who
was dubbed by him o Napoleon of Finance"
has been elected q Republican inspector Of cleo
ton in Gcneseo, Livingston county.
This is the first that has been heard of Ward
by the world at large since ho took to himself q
second wife after his release from the State
Prison Mt Sing Sing. When Ward was the Ma
poleon Of Finance in New York no was one OF
the spendthrifts Of tho city. Nothing was too
good for him. no matter what II cost. He was
tho best dressed, he had tho finest horses. and
he travelled In the finest style. When tho
crash came and the firm OF Grant &
Ward fell. dragging with II banks and
other concerns, Ward was seized and put in
Jail. He was q high liver then, too. and
in Ludlow Street Jail he had his way. 1t SAINT
out afterward that he spent great sums there to
secure. his comfort and whatever pleasure he
Sing, where no served his term. After that
thore was n disposition in some quarters to fol.
low him UP and make life miserable for him, but
he escaped his prosecutors and disappeared from
Ward came to New York from Genesco. and it
while he was In jail.
lcctor. Tho story told of his. start. is that he
wanted to go to work, and Visited a local livery
% S1IIs, In h hts t9 IIy.r and asked wa,6 for q lob Slm e0l bsndss
him a long.standing bill. and told him that II he
would collect that he could have the job Of col:
himself. He paid II ana tho liveryman kept his
word. From that Ward rose to the Napoleon,
When, Ward was released from prison all that
he had was tho old homestead at Geneseo. He
would not sell that, though he had no other
means OF support. Some time after he, returned
90 .f19 ofiSe as as SHsrtn0f He h n,@'iS loft u al ipi his Haf bad
habits In Sing Sing. He settled down and Be
SS%e a ne a% " To Of him for hn f Sis salnrt to % SSinF w sas
continually on the lookout for extra clerical
jobs. and he got many OF them. They included
men, and OF going 'e over and balancing the
S ssno',d in the III E;ndn ,sanf Wor whi hoo,h he was sn
capacity have been appreciated by tho bankers
and tradesmen since he returned to the town.
Ward has saved his money. When he sccumu.
lated u sufficient sum he married his present
wife. He was looked upon with suspicion
when he went to Geneseo straight from Sing
dence of the people OF the town since he has
been there. and now no man is moro thought Of.
come the best.dressod man Of the county. And
there 10 MS oniy extrSvagance He Is a lover OF
sports ,ns t and Of horses ons !, but tl has ! INDUCED very ldn 6
horse, Tho little riding he has done has been on
rented horses OF the estate of Congressman
Ward has become an expert in the history OF
New York State. A good deal Of his spare cash
has has been invested in books Of the historieaikin
books dealing with the history OF the State since
the days of the Indians. His knowledge is ap
several papers before the Livingston Historical,
Society. The one subject about which Ware
has has d not spoken ,Sk;nh since 70, i he ere returned t. to h Ge 2 .% o
Grant s. Ward and its failure.