The New York herald., 1873-08-06
$4,000 in Bonds Extracted from
the Quaker City Treasury.
Two Women Sell Them---Their Ar
rest and Explanations.
APPEARANCE OF THE OWNER
The City Sued and Condemned to Paw
in Full.
Political Circles Excited
and WrathfuI.

PHILADELPHIA, August s, 1873.
The Municipal Reform Association OF this city are
making active preparations for the commence.
ment OF the FAN campaign, and, in the course of a
fortnight or SO, will have their force thoroughly
organized for the fray. One of their first efforts
toward the demolition OF the notorious
ring that holds full sway over the
city's money bags will be thorough
overhauling Of the $20,SOO bond transaction in
which Mrs. Fury and certain mysterious lady
known as lamar G. Johnson figure prominently
conformity with parties in the City Treasurer's
Omce. This barefaced affair Is as familiar to the
people OF Philadelphia are the ring transactions
of Tweed and Connolly to the New Workers; and the
conduct of the Law Department toward the
guilty parties is equally humiliating to the pub
lie. In May, year ago, two wel-dressed, middle
aged ladies called at the banking house OF De
Haven Brothers, 40 Third street, and requested
to see the elder De Haven on important business.
That gentleman was forthcoming, and the elder of
the two ladies, Mrs. Maria Fury, introduced to
him her companion as Mrs. Charlotte G. Parker,n
woman OF wealth, who wished to make
TRANSFER OF SOME CITY SKIES
ms she was on the eve OF making large purchase
Of lands in Wisconsin MT de Haven was some what
puzzled at rst as TO his answer, never before hav
ing met the women. Mrs. Fury, dvining his
thoughts, spoke up and said 'It will be all right,
Mr.. De Haven, and if you wish any Identification all
you Will have to do is to step over to the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank; Mr. Lewis, the President
knows me, as lve had business transactions with
him for years. The gentleman, before making
mentioned, and. sure enough, Mr.. Lewis fully iden-
titled her as woman OF means and perfectly trust
she said could be relied upon" Thor.
0ugaly satisfied that everything was all
C. Parker and Mrs Fury to his banking house and
the transfer OF bonds was Effected the lady giving
her name as Mrs Parker, making her mark to the
transfer book and receiving check on the Seventh
National Bank for the amount of the bonds. so far
20 s,o good & But But few weeks later this little ransao
Ar Lewis, as they were both startled by the ap-
THE GENUINE OWNER OF THE BONDS.
Charlette mot Charlotte1 Rowle, nee Char
iette z. Parker, who laid claim to the
bonds as her lawful property, backed up her
demands by producing receipt from the City
Treasurer's ONCE to the effect that the bonds
had been left there by her for keeping until her
return from Europe After her arrival in the city,
among the hrst calls she made was at the
latter Ofice. only to md her treasure gone. This
part of the programme was stunning. There were
stormy scenes In the Treasurers Office and old
worried out of their wits Twenty thousand eight
hundred dollars was a large amount TO lose at one
gran, and as result, the detectives were placed
ceeded IN arrestng them both. Mrs. Fury stoutly
denied any completely in the affair, and said that
She was the victim of misplaced confidence III
human nature. She was positive that she had COM
mited no wrong, and to get herself OF the scrape
s'Charlotte g. Parker" or at least the woman that
represented that name and whom sne introduced
many years. absence from the city and told her tina
her husband had died and that she had taken
second, whose name was Parker, and that in the
course OF human events he also had passed
away and had left her twice widowed and
her grief. These bonds she wished to convert into
greenpacks, and would not MIS-. Fury be kind
Mrs. Fury said, she couldn't help it; and not
knowing but that her story was correct, went with
her TO the bank and introduced her in good faith as
Charlotte c. Parker. Her companion, who alter
rAMAR c. JOHNSON
endeavored to bolster up her case by various
suDterIuges, but 10 no effect, and they were both
bound over for trial under $4O,O bonds Strange
as 1t may appear in the face Of all these develop
ments, the latter readily secured the required
ball. and the question then naturally arose, who
nee Parker's, bonds 10 lamar G.. JohnsonYn This
question has never been satisfactorily answered
ye, Ss and thinking people botn democrats & ARD re,
IL ample room for reform and an entire new deal
IN this particular branch OF the city government.
The genuine Mrs. Rowle, nee Parker, in due time
entered suit against the city for the recovery OF the
value OF her bonds, and obtained Judgment for the
1ul amount. Later a politician was arrested as an
individual who knew something about the trans.
notion, and upon hls examination before Recorder
BETTER, one Smith, a hotel keeper testified to
having seen him, ip company with Mrs. Fury,
at his hotel after publicity had been
say that "he had made $4,000 worth OF bonds out
OF the city pretty easy" and he afterwards found
SCRAPS o. paper IN tne room on winch lie made
those remarks, which relatec TO city bonds and
bore numbers corresponding to those disposed or
by lamar &. Johnson, allas Charlotte &. Parker.
rms man IS stu at liberty and can be seen any day
on Chestnut street.
THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
against the parties To the robbery were placed in
the hands OF District Attorney william c. Mann,
but apparently he has allowed IL 10 he pla ed at
The end ol the calendar and IL s Just here that the
Cltlzens' Reform Association intend taking hand.
They evince disposition TO haai al parties over
the Goals who have wlnked at the smoothing over
OF TINS case, and intend
wrongiuly paid out OF the city treasury.
Az TINS nOnd operation is closely watched by the
people a HERALD representative called yesterday
al the District Attorneys Office 10 ascertain Mr..
manns version OF the affair. Mr.. Mann was absent
at the ume, having taken trip 10 Cape May. A
gentleman VINO acted IN HIS place, and VINO is a
near relative, was then questioned, but he proved
pon-commlttai, aud the only answer that could
posslpy ne obtained from him was that "he knew
hOthing about the matter and didn't know
whether the accused would ever be brought 10
ira" In reply TO question put 10 Nun as to
whetheI IL was true or not that portion OF the
proceeds o. the robbery had been returned TO the
city treasury 10y Mrs. Johnson and others in con-
sderaton OF their not being prosecuted he looked
uneasy, ana mechanically answered, II don't
know
The ONCE of General Calls, City Solicitor. was
next visited, but the reporter was again dis. An.
rolnted, as that offical had gone TO Europe. The
assistant sOncitols were IN turn called upOn I'm,
were retlcent on the subject One of them
however, before the reporter took his de.
parture, ventured to say that "tne city would
not suffer great deal, as portion OF the money
realized on the stolen bonds mad been refunded"
He declined saying by whom, and the mat
ter is simply conjecture whether ii was
with tsc AFFAIR. AS It now stands it ooKs very
much as though the officers OF the city government,
whose duty 1t Is 10 follow up the guilty parties are
rather "hushiDgn matters TINS viii be duly ven
filated and the almanac says, "About these
times look out for squalls"