Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-09
John Bardsley, Philadelpha's Default
ing EX-TreaSurer, Sentenced
for Long Term.
Besides This He Must Paw a Fine
Equalling the Amount of His
ENLIGHTENMENT.
The Prisoner Much Moved by Judge
Wilson's Remarks But Takes
His : ntenCe COolly.

PHnADEIPI.IA, July 2.-Jchn Ear3s-
ley, eX-City Tr2GSuI n of Philadelphia.
was brought into court this morning
before Judge Wilson to have sentence
pas sed upon h IN for the comics ed
crimes OF loaring. specializing with
and receiving interest on public
funds entrusted to his care as the chief
judiciary officer of the municipality.
The sentence of the court was that he
undergo fifteen years solitary confne-
ment in the Eastern penitentiary and
to pay y fine eQualing the sum to which
he pleaded guilty of misapplying.
As on the previous occasions that
Bardsley has faced the court, when he
was brought in this morning he was not
sit beside his counsel within the space
reserved for mem bers of the bar. Tho
fact that Bardsley would be sentenced
to-day was not generally known, so
that when District Attorney Graham
arose to address the court and ask that
sentence be passed upon the prisoner,
there were not more than fifty people in
the courtroom. The district attorney
of his address he denied Bardsley's
to the court week ago, that
the ex-Treasurer had not mis-
appropriated a dollar Mr.. Graham
showed that by Bardsley's own state
ment he must have at least misappro-
priated the sum of $4,000, as that
amount was required to be made good
by his sureties, according to their
bond, to the state and city.
Whila hi a011nsnl had haan Snaa l<inr
Bardsley had sat with bowed head nerv.
ously tracing imaginary lines with the
back of a pen upon the table before
him. With the exception of his BROTH
er-in-law. not one of the hundreds OF
friends that Bardsley had year ago
were present when he arose to receive
the sentence of the court.
AS Bardsley got up, Judge Wilson
motioned him to be seaoed while he de-
livered the lecture and words of ad.
monition with which judge usually
prefaces his sentences. Judge Wilson'S
severe words caused Bardsley the most
palpable distress. When Judge Wilson
spoke OF the past friendship between
himself and the man awaiting sent
ence, Bardsley's hands opened and
shut convulsively, and his face flushed
anu IdlCu dutl Ills llttbll SctAh u Oh hAo
breast. AS Judge Wilson proceeded
and plainly said that he could find no
palliation for Bardsley's malfeasarce,
and that his offense was the more open
to censure from the abuse of his official
position, the prisoner almost collapsed
and seemed about to sink to
the floor from his chair. Never
theless, before Judge Wilson
had concluded and ordered him to rise
and receive his sentence Bards-
ley had completely regained his COM
posture and received. the words that
send him to prison fifteen years with
stoicism that was almost indifference
in it's utter absence of any emotion.
The sentence of Judge Wilson was that
Bardsley undergo fifteen years solitary
confinement in the Eastern Peniten-
tiary, and that he pay a fine of SUM
equal to the amount of his embezzle-
ment arising from the transactions to
which he had pleaded guilty.