New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-17
A SUIT AGAINST BARDSLEI.
PHILADELPHIA AUTHORITIES HOPE 10 hE
COVER 100000.
THE ACCOUNTANTS REPoRT-wHAT BARpsLEY
DID WITH HIS sTEAL1NGs.

p,todolnhia lime 10.-The law department OF the
city is the track OF some OF 1o"u "sr,-,o1,.
ste,lngs. CITY Solicitor Warwick and his asSls'~Aos
-, Ion hand az work IN the interest Of the city on
uodslov,x defalcation and have learned OF @looooo
which ne hos in one Of the banks OF the Guy Inns
10 in the shape Of $50 shares Of Chicago west soe h
nov stock. now 10 possession Of the Farmers anu
Mechanics National Bank .,,.
CITY solicitor Warwick fled a blu OF equity un'
morn,ng TO recover the stock which, IL Is a4Aese' W"
purchased with the taxpayers money
Some time last year Bardsley purchaseh l'ooo
shares of the Chicago West Side Railway, which nc
danosited at tho bank as collateral for a loan VI
Sla5OOO II Is stated that part OF the soocA was
soId from time TO tlme and all the loan mas Deen
ruaid There are, however, now '9o shares VI '''
stock In the bank which stand clear to Bardsley'
This sum the City solicitor will now sue for, pu'
II Is also said that the bank has claim agilSo ule
stock, as they have claims against BarusHy' WINCH
require settlement . 4,
The report Of tho expert accountants, showing ~
detail what ex-Cty Treasurer Bardsley did Win 'ne
aAa6 600 that he embezzed from the school funo'
uas submitted TO Mayor stuart yesterday and oy MIN
forwarded To Councils investigating eOnmIt"o w
dov The report gives the following facts
First As TO the item Of S25428 % being the balance
~ the school appropriation for the school year eohH
lime 30 1900. on May 81, 1890, BaruseyS huI'luuai
account with the Keystone National Bunk aVpe~S Z"
have been overyrawn Sl6,926 So on May 81, 1870 ne
denosited In the bank check from the 5tate schooi
donornent being the balance Of the appropriation
so5 42a 23 thus cancelling his oveJTaft and giving
TIN = credit Of S05O1 90. Against THIS DaI-
once Of so,.C1 90 and other moneys subsequently
doros,ted nv him. lie drew checks amounting TO 0l-'-
97s Of thus exhalsting all Of the school appropriation
fund which had been deposited by nm.
second-As 10 the item Of 100000 on account u
A,tior for the school year CHUNG
1nne 40 1891, Mr. Bardsley appears to have receive"
80 -, 100 amount four checks, one on the Farmers
~, Mechanics, National Bank, 100000; one on tile
peon,cs Bank. so5oO Oo one the Fourth Street Ma
tonaI rank. $3.50. 900: total, 100000
rho arst for 100000, was deposited on January 81
ao1 hy him in the Third National Bank to the creu'
w. nr,vote account and was used by him to repay
600 900 which he had taken on December 10 l70o'
,,,n ,noneys belonging TO the highway account
The second check, for S25OOOO, was ueposi'eo VI
January 8. 1891 to the credit OF John bauiey III 'le
pe,re's Bank. Against this checks were uia"n a
,oa,rs, Cbecl, No. g. dated January H. l5ol' state
naos,,rer account OF tax on personal property, $780,
600. Choch NJ O. dated January 20, loJl' loaheu
- r r. H.. $4,000; Check No TO- oateu
Fobrnarv 90. 1901. "to pay the state" oIo'ooo
checI, II "to nay the State" agsregatnS Slloooo'
total, $3.50 900. -. , ,,.. -. .bo
A 70 the third amount Of S150,oo0 In Hen OF tne
above chek the Fourth Street National bank e'ueo ~
the order of John Barsley, treasurer, cerca''s "a u0
Doslt 2o0 227 aud 22S, for $4,000 EACH CeruV a'eS
127 and 22s amounting TO 100000 appear 10 nave
hoar d.,nosted IN the Farmers and Mechanics Ma
tonoI Rank To the credit OF the CoinmOhweetL VI
H6catn o26 for $50 900, appears to have been USED O
a, 90 Al % 900 made to him December 81, 1890 by
the Third National Bank, being secured by the col
iater~ai note OF Robert Gendnning \ Co. AMI shares
Of stock Of the Metropolitan Traotlon Company Of
New-York City.