Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-25

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committee and wanted something to
show for the state money known to be
| in his hands Mrs. Marsh has sold her
personal property at great sacrifice
and has gone to Atlantic City where
she will board for the summer.
PHILADELPHIA, june 23.-The tough
and malcdorOus crowd that daily throngs
the court Of quarter sessions was sup
| plemcnted to-day by men prominent in
every walk Of life. They had come into
the hot and stulfy court room to wit
ness what they thought was to be the
| browning degradation of the man whom
a few months ago they all gladly ac-
knowlcdged as their friend, John Bards-
| ley, the faithlcss treasurer of the city
and the self.confcsscd violator of the
laws,
Two weeks ago, when Bardsley
pleaded guilty to the many charges
against him, the court fixed to-day as
| the time to pass sentence upon him.
| Public expectation has been wrought
up by promise that when he was
brought into court Bardsley would make
a full and free confession Of his NAL
| fcasancc.
BY many II was thought that in his
statement or confession Bardsley would
implicate men high in business and Off
cial life, men whose names have only
been limited at but who were supposed
10 he his confcdcrates, such eXpecta-
tians proved groundlcss, for Bardslcys
confession practically confessed moth
ing that has not been made public
through the newspapers.
The confession was more in 4 line of
defence of his own conduct and was ex-
cecdingly spacious and fair, seemingly
| giving in detail his various transactions.
II bristled throughout with figures
and showed where every dollar he has
| been accused of miSapprupriating has
gone TO. To the charges 10 which he
has pleaded guilty of loanng the pub.
lie iunds at interest and to specializing
with thCm-he frankly acknowledges,
but he cmphatcally denied that he lad
benefited by his transactions to the eX-
tent of II dollar.
National Bank Examiner Drew came
IN lor severe scoring at the hands of
Bardslcy, and he laid it to his door that
he sunk his money in the Keystone
Bank.
Ar DIraSley sald That u was through
MI. DieW lalf StatGmGnt$ui the banks
collullloh mat ne mad deposited his
money inere' lie further charged Mr.
DI'',, throqgh an acknowledgement by
! reslaeht MARSH Of the Keystone Bank
lillt Mr. Drew knew Of the banks
cohultioh' lie (Nlr Drew was under
onilgallohs TO John &, Lucas, the dead
president OF me bank, for money loaned
ana LOT valuable iaYors received
bafusley implicated Henry IL. Yard
IN his transactions by stating that il
was through nun that he had loaned
money 10 banks;
According to l'ardsley's statement his
present plight may be accounted for by
trusting too much in The statements Of
Others, and can be cPitomiled in his
own words, on telling the history OF his
deposits in the Keystone bank;
ana not get the money and have
never gotten any part II it,anl it is still
IN me BANK or should be there. knew
That the closing of the bank meant great
loss 70 the city and state and personal
destruction TO myself |, therefore,
made every. effort 70 sustain the bank,
ana lis closing has resulted in my abso-
lule rum.
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