Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-16
some time been in his name he did not


In regard to the stock which has been
found in his name, G25 shares, Mr..
y MMlnamaker said, were held by Irwin &
Ioland, his bankers, as collateral. This
reduced il to $500 shares of stock. Of
these five blocks of 200 shares each were
dated March 81, 1886, and while issued in
ms name the power of attorney had never
been Endorsed by him. and they could
never have been used. Of these shares he
had absolutely no knowledge. The next
lot, five blocks Of 300 shares each were
dated four weeks earlier, February Sd.
1856. He was director in the Girard
Trust Company, and Lucas came to him
and asked him to obtain him loan of
10000 on the stock.
u have been just foolish enough said
Mr.. Wanamuker, "all my life to do those
and gave il to him. a considerable time
afterward it was paid off by the Lucas cs-
tate, and they got the stock back"
Mr.. Wanamaker also presented the com
mlttee with a letter from John O.. Lucas,
dated May 2Sih. 1886, incloslng check to
pay the interest on this loan. OF the other
unused five blocks of stock Mr. Wana-
maker said that Lucas at first intended TO
ask Tor larger loan, and SO issued them.
1t was never used, however, as it could not
have been without his Endorsement.
II know of no other stock, but remem-
Der that ten years ago, when Lucas was Sc
curing control of the bank, he came to me
and said he did not want people to know
who certain stock belonged to, and for
time he placed some in my name. In re-
gard TO certificate No. l50, which was
transferred by IL. H. Yard to Scudder &
Durham Of Trenton, that is part of the
stock on which the loan from the Guard
Trust Company, and after the Lucas estate
got it back it was very likely passed over
TO Yard again to raise money on"
Mr.. Wanamaker then again went over
at some length the transaction in Reading
in which John G. Lucas was partner and
said that when the settlement was made
President Marsh admitted in the presence
OF three witnesses that the Lucas estate
owed him $4,000.
The fact that some of the certificates
held as collateral by Irwin IL Toiand were
daed after Lucas death Mr.. Wanamaker
said was due to the fact that the brokers
would not handle them while in dead
mans name.
In closing his testimony Mr.. Wana.
maker read letters from Comptroller Lacy
and Assistant Secretary Nettleton to show
that he had never influenced nor delayed
the appointment of a receiver for the Key
stone Bank.
BARDsLEY OBJECTS TO PUBLICATION.
After the hearing of the council commit
tee, Mr.. Robert Alexander, counsel for
John Bardsley, was seen at his office and
was asked If he had any information or
intimation from Mr.. Bardsley containing
the statements made by Mr.. McWade.
Mr.. Alexander, in reply. said; In view
Of the fact that ! will leave the city to-
morrow, and will be absent for ten days,
and will have no opportunity to confer
with my client, think in justice to him
will submit for publication a letter which
! received from him some days ago The
letter was not intended, should say, for
publication. 1t was a confidential commu-
nication and was hastily written, without
knowledge of the form or character of the
statement to-day made public by Mr..
My Dear Mr. Alexander. / want to thank
you from my heart for all you have done
for me the past few weeks. | know and
feel you have done everything possible
and shall never forget your kindness or
your efforts. ! inclose an editorial and
news item from the Inquirer, and by to-
days Ledger see Mckee is willing 10 go
before the committee. Please read to.day's
Ledger
You remember told you AfcWade came
here as a friend and an old friend, and
said he came not from the paper but
simply in friendly way, and in answer to
my question said he would treat the visit
in that way. ! told him / would not talk
with him at all on any subject unless he
would give me his word that it was not for
publication. He said after the many years
Of our friendship that he simply came as a
friend, &c.
We had a conversation such as any two
old friends would have, and talked freely
about many people. | told him that
would say in my statement all | knew
about other people, but would not repeat
the gossip | had heard about other people.
! told him some of the things that had
heard, but told him very plainly that
did not know of the truth of any of the
things we spoke of.
1t now appears that he left me and wrote
out lot of stuff. What 1t is | do not
know, nor have seen any of it, or heard
what it was. He may have put words in
my mouth that never uttered or thought
of.
Now what shall | do? What had you
better do? Will you please give it your
thought and attention and take such steps
as you see proper? ! do not want to be
made the medium of putting out a lot Of
trash or gossip, to the injury of any man
or men, and hope 1 may be spared from
being made the avenue Of such work.
lam suffering enough without having to
bear more. | have no words in which to
express what think of people who, under
the garh of friendship do things such as |
am now writing about. If convenient will
you try to come down Monday? If YOU
are too busy then come Tuesday. But
make it Monday if you can. Very truly,
JOHN BARpsLEY."
The above letter was written on Satur-
day, July 4th.