The sun., 1873-10-30

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The stolen Bonds IN Philadelphia.
The detailed narrative which we give In
another column OF professional and official
misdoings in Philadelphia almost tran
ICcnds belief Had we not known OF the
MARA conspiracy To commit midday muir
der for money, shielded from adequate
punishment 10 this day; VI the KEMuLE-
EVANS combination, and the IIARTRANFr
and YERREs cOtpcratiou to plumber the
Treasury, and 10y purchased pardous, 10
defeat the ends of Justice; had we not I'M
derstoOd all these, we should give slow
orelonce To the story that Mt this very
moment new conspiracy has been form
cd and h running it, course TO consumma-
ton against woman who, IL not innocent
(which she AYERS, Is helpless whose money
has been 1l,hed, aud whose life is now
In danger.
The narrative reads like romance, aud
yet is sober and revolving truth. To swiudlc
women seems To be favorite mode OF
crime in Philadelphia. Here we have two.
Miss PARKER, or rather Mrs RAwLE,
whose bonds were stolen from the city
dollar OF her money; aud Mrs. FUREY,
who IN terror has paid $4,000 10 two law
yers TO protect herfrom IA charge of which
The afiirms her innocence, and who Is per-
secuted to death by the very gang of which
these lawyers are leaders. The amount OF
cash thus feloniously obtained Is either
s35s00 or 80, s00-the latter sum II the su>-
pected clerk has paid his share OF hush
money, the former if Mrs. RAwLE and
Mrs. FUREY are the only victims. In either
case there isa very neat sum FOR division
among these Official and professional
rogues.
The original object Of this ncfariou-
combination was uuquestionlbly Ms.
RAwLE's f20, 500, the owner being absent in
Europe, and the bonds not likely to be
called for so long a the interest was paid.
This of course could easily be managed
The custodian OF these bonds was one
SCARBoROUGH-his successor ono CRAw-
ToRD; and this CRAWFORD, the brother III
We mistake not of the man who, ut the in
stance Of District Attorney MANN, shot
poor NOLAN to death, and is now police
officer. At the proper time SCARBoRoUGH
leaves the Treasury, and, oddly enough,
becomes city transfer clerk at the Farmers
And Mechanics Bank. Then the bonds were
stolen and pat into the hands of the out
side conspirutors, who take them to SCAR
BoKoUGu, and he after some sort of identi-
lcation not only makes the transfer but
writes the name of Miss PARKER-which
was the maiden name Of Mrs RAwLE.
whose bonds had not been changed in that
repect-the forger deAterously making
her mark.
ScARBoRorGH says the bonds were in the
Treasury when he left IT, and NJ doubt
they were. Then came the accidental dis
eoveTy and the arrest. we incline 30 think
now, of the wrong parties, while the really
guilty persons were allowed to look out for
themselves. 1t does not clearly appear
what has become OF SCARBoRoUGH, and
whether he still holds his place in the
bank but we believe he does not. A re-
bpcctable bank could hardly stand that
BE this "a il may, CRAWFORD at once took
vigorous ana effective measures for his
own protection. The Treasurer had mildly
superseded him, though he Is ashamed or
afraid TO say why. He knew he was no.
where So safe ns in the shadow of the Dis
trict Attorneys Office, and thither he re-
paired. WrDENER had caused the arrest Of
RANKIN, who, he knew, was not guilty,
but took no measures against CRAWFORD
who, he had good reason to think, was
and to this hour nothing has been done
respecting him.
But sO,9OO did not satisfy those who were
engineering this enterprise. Arrests had
been made. One was that OF an aged
woman worth from 100000 TO $500, 900, and
who had credit at bank for $J00J0 She
had been, so she ayers, the victim Of impo-
siton, and iunOcenuy introduced the
guilty party 10 the bank Her arrest was
natural and proper enough. Had the trial
proceeded nt once, her innocence or guilt
would have been made manifest long ago.
But 1t was convenient to have her pay first
Tor delay and then for what she thought
was Immunity. There was no difficulty in
p"Tsuadlng the District Attorney to give
e much time as the parties needed
when money is about he ia very
"'rohu'' The consequence was that
70 two lawyers was paid 5000, and a
promise was given that nothing more
should he heard of the case.
How that promise is likely 10 be ken,
OH reporter tells. II CRAwPoRn. th,
Aslstant District Attorneys clerk. I,
whom he gave trinkets ana gold chains
tlo!r Ni,, PARKERs s20, SO. and the Dis
hl'i attorneys intimate friend receive,
'N' fl''~o hush money, here was a pool O.
marry SSWo, which could AFFORD lare
\ d" """hi'' Mrs. FUREY saws shs a. did pa