CHAPTER XXIII.. Ferdinand Ward.

FERDINAND WARD.

Peculiar Power and Methods of the Prince of 215 Swindlers.—How he Duped Astute Financiers and Business Men of all Sorts, and Secured the Support of Eminent Statesmen and Leading Bank Officers, whom he Robbed of Millions of Money.—The most Artful Dodger of Modern Times.—The Truth about the Swindle Practiced upon General Grant and his Family.