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Show TEN YEARS IN SING SING! ' . - . ; . . The Kind of a Song: Judge Barrett e Sings to a Former Wall Street King. . . No Defense to the Charge, No Remorse for His Crimes, Ward Gets the Full Penalty. ' ;--'' V And What a Happy Day for Fish When Ferdinand Shall Don the Stripes. Came to the mark Smiling. New Yoek, Oct. 31. Ferdinand Ward was sentenced by Judge Barrett to-day to the State Prison for ten years. . Ferdinand Ward, smiling and perfectly self-possessed, came into the -crowded court-' room this morning to ieceivetne sentence of the law for one of the. many crimes whioh he has. committed, in " the world of finance. The Sheriff and Warden, of Ludlow street jail accompaniedhim. Throwing Throw-ing off his overcoat with a lazy air, he bowed to and shook hands with his counsel. ' As he looked around the room he saw few familiar, faces. The jury by whioh Ward had been found guilty were not present in a body, but a number of the jurymen occupied seats in the court-room. The box, however, was not empty. It was occupied by court attaches, limbs of the law, and others, who dropped in to hear the Little Napoleon of Wall street sentenced. ' The court clerk was promptly on hand with his assistant. The judge, however, was late, and did not arrive until twenty minutes min-utes after the appointed hour. When the machinery of the Jaw was set in motion, a persistent lawyer arose and asked for a stay of proceedings in the case. Judge Barrett tried in a gentle way to persuade the lawyer to wait until later in the day, but the latter was so earnest and bound to have his own way, that the court was compelled to listen to the lawyer then, and there. When the matter had been disposed of, the District Attorney arose and said: "Ferdinand "Fer-dinand Ward, the prisoner at the bar, has been found guilty of the crime with which he was charged. Counsel at the last session of the Court gave notice, that at this time a motion for a new trial would be made. I mova that the motion be made at this time." General Tracy, of Ward's oounsel, arose, and in a low tone, scarcely audible ten feet away, said: "The defendant, Ferdinand Ward moves this Court that judgment in this action be arrested. First That the facts stated in the second count of the indictment do not constitute a crime; Second On the ground that the defend- ant, being a director of a national bank, the evidence charges him with procuring unlawful unlaw-ful certification of his own cheok by that national bank; further, that this Court has not the jurisdiction of the subject of this indictment. in-dictment. ' ' The bill of exceptions on which defendant asks for a new trial reads as follows: First In charging the jury that there was sufficient evidence to convict. Second In charging the jury on several propositions to which upon the trial exceptions excep-tions were taken and noted on behalf of the defendant, as appears upon the minutes of the trial. ... Third In refusing to charge the jury on several matters requested by the defendant, to which refusal exceptions were then and there taken and noted. Fourth In refusing to advise the jury to acquit the defendant, and to which refusal defendant duly took exceptions. Fifth In refusing to direct the jury to acquit the defendant, and to which refusal defendant duly excepted. Sixth In refusing to direct the jury to acquit the defendant on the ground of vari. ance between the proof and the indictment, and to which exception was duly taken. When General Tracy had finished, District Dis-trict Attorney Martin made this motion: "I move that Ferdinand Ward be now sentenced sen-tenced by the Court." Ward rose and stood in front of the bar by the side of his counsel. His face was pale, but firm. He did not flinch as Judge Barrett pronounced sentence, but stood unmoved un-moved while the Court poured upon his head the words of condemnation. The. courtroom court-room was hushed, and almost an impressive silence fell upon the several hundred men who watched the prisoner. "Ward, you have been convicted by an intelligent and conscientious jury of the crime of which you have been charged," began the Judge, directing his gaze upon the prisoner, who stood before him; "you have certainly had a fair and impartial trial. The jurors were most carefully selected, and came to the trial of your case with apparently unprejudiced minds. The Court guarded all your rights and privileges from infringement to the best ability; you were- convicted because you had no defense you offered no defense to the facts. It is only a matter for conjecture why so intelligent a jury should have taken so long a time to decide your case. If your case had been that of a'per-son a'per-son wholly unknown, the jury need not have left their seats; on the contrary, your case has had the benefit of more than careful consideration. You have been most ably defended by your counsel. An address as brilliant and scholarly as any ever heard in this court-room was made in your defense. You were not convicted on popular clamor. The jury probably delayed in its judgment because they were afraid that in some way ; they might be accused of being influenced by popular clamor, which tended to make the conviction doubtful. I Lave nothing to say to you in the way of homily, because I think it would be wholly useless. You have shown yourself to be wholly indifferent throughout this trial of the charges brought against you. You seem to experience no remorse whatever over the rum and sorrow which you have brought to hundreds of people in this country. ' You have done more to unsettle public confidence in moneyed institutions than any other man of this government and yet through this entire trial you have shown yourself to be wholly unrepentant for the sins you have committed. This being the fact, I must simply content myself with pronouncing the sentence of the Court, which is that you be confined to State prison at hard labor for the period of ten years." Not a muscle of the prisoners face changed while these scathing remarks were made. He bowed his head, but did not tremble trem-ble or show any evidence of feeling. Ward was quickly surrounded by his friends. He put on his overcoat, took his Derby hat and left the court-room accompanied by his keepers. Ward was taken from the court-room to the sheriff's office, whither District Attornev Martin soon followed. The latter held a consultation with Sheriff Davidson, and it was decided that Ward should be taken to Sing Sing by the first train from the Grand Central depot. The time for its departure was 2:30 p. m., and during the time intervening, inter-vening, nearly three hours, Ward's movements move-ments were kept secret, but it was understood under-stood that he was being accorded the privilege priv-ilege of attending to some private affairs. Hewas not returned to the Toombs, for Ward turned over his effects, contained in two satchels, to a friend, who came with an order from him. |