Telegram-herald., 1891-05-24
JUST A LITTLE TOO late
Pennsylvania's Guard Against Fur
Their Loss OF Funds.
BARDSLEY'S MUCH MIXED AFFAIRS
PsrPisx the PhtiAdeIphians Whose Pros
peets OF Recovering Naeh of Their
MissiEs Wealth Are Very
DiseouraginS

HARRISBURG. Pa, May 23.-Both
houses OF the legislature have concur.
red in the following:
Resolved. That all borough. city. county or
state officers authorized TO collect end receive
taxes or license fees for the com nonwealth
shall make returns Of tbs same on the irst OF
every month. aad within ten days thereafter
pay the amount mentioned in said return Ia
10 the state treasury.
And further, IL shall be the duty OF the
state treasurer 70 immediately notify the AZ
sorncy general Of any failure on the part OF any
ofaoes TO account as aforesaid"
PHILADELPHIA, May a3.-Friday after.
noon Mayor Stuart, tired of seeing the
city's money float off in 800. 900 pieces.
decided to demand of the Third ma
tional bank that it return to the city
at once $685., 900 of deposits The bank
cannot stand this drain. as there
have been runs upon it since the
present scare, and Il is feared the insti-
tuition will collapse to-day. The bank,
it is said, will be able after a settle
ment TO pay the depositors all the
money it owes. Thus three banks will
have failed within one month owing
the city 1906, 900. Nobody knows how
much of this sum can be saved The
sureties of the city treasurer are re.
leased from paying all but sil,cOo.
john Bardsley. the treasurer, will 60
to Jail. Although he has not yet been
arrested there is no doubt that he has
perverted state and perhaps city money
to his own use. William II. Wana.
maker, brother of the postmaster
general, will have to pay $40, 900 on ac-
count Of Marsh's fight He has the city
posted with descriptions of Marsh of.
fering $1,000 reward for him. The
state treasurer and the auditor general
viii come in for share of the blame in
not making Bardsley hand over the
state funds in his care. They knew of
the money being retained, but made no
effort to get il.
An attachment was taken out Friday
morning against tho Bradford mills, of
which City Treasurer Bardsley is
owner, by John and James Dobson. his
sureties on his bond. Friday morning
Mr.. Bardsley made an assignment of all
his property for the benefit Of the city
to Edwin ". Magill.
az Tic OtllCc VI tuc Ouitcu states
marshal it was said that the rumor that
the absconding president of the Key
stonc bank had been arrested in Mon
treal was without foundation.
As the matter is further probed the
chances Of the state recovering any
money at all from the Keystone bank,
into which Bardsley dumped $3.50, 0od
Of state funds, is growing beautifully
less. He gave all this money to Presi-
dent Marsh and accepted in lieu there.
of the banks due bills on
the clearing house. These are not
worth penny, but they are
held to be receipts for money loaned.
They do not even give or state the claim
of a depositor to participate in the pre-
rata distribution among the depositors
Auditor General McCamant says that If
the money IL not paid into the state
treasury by the 2sth inst. suit will be
entered against Mr.. Bardsley and his
bondsmen. His bonds to the state
amount to S120, 600.