Telegram-herald., 1891-06-14
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scme Things About Thursdays
Conference at indianapolis
10 oppose niRRISOys NOMINATION
Leading Politicians said 10 Hare Mss
Ia sssr~s session 10 Forward the
tsndIa2ry OF the Man
frsas Maine.


lngs an city treasurer was made Friday.
The auditing committee, appointed by
the mayor. found that in addition 70 his
embezzlsment OF over g. 500 600 OF
the states money Bardsley stole s445.-
40 OF school fands paid 10 him
By the ztzte TREASURER for the year
ended june 80, 1897 This Is a loss TO the
city which, added 20 the lost money
locked up in the two broken banks,
viii aggregate d total loss To the
city OF 81. 600. 003 and 10 the state
Of 81, 200. zoo. n al g., eco, 900 So
far as discovered This school
Honey was a part of the annual
appropriation made by the state
a. the city OF Philadelphia as iss pro
rata share Of the state school fund
This money was paid To Bardsley in
various amounts from March, 1859, un-
til December. 1880, and should have at
once been paid into the city treasury. IL
does nov represent any part of the $780,
o00 which Bardsley claims 10 have paid
into the Keystone bank and for which
he holds Marsh's due bills. What he
did with this nearly half a million but
ADDS % the astonishing mystery sur
rounding his gigantic robbery. IL is
not supposed that bardsley has even
told his counsel Of this school fund
stealing.
The investigating committee Of the
councils met Friday afternoon, and
John K. Read. United States district
attorney. appeared before IL and made
a personal explanation of his course
in acting "a attorney for the
keystone bank as member OF
the law firm OF Read Is Petit State
Auditor-Gcneral Shapeley read state
ment in which il was shown that there
was still due the state from licences,
municipal loans and state taxes on per-
sonal property collected by John Bards-
ley for the year 1890 a total of ssi5.Ti5-
Harry c. Jones, assistant bank exam
liner, testified that Comptroller of the
Currency Lacey was here on the 18th OF
February last and was at the Keystone
bank. He wascshown a statement of
the condition of the bank, including
the Justification OF the ledger. the PAD
ding of the New York bank accounts,
and the carrying of due bills as assets.
Ex-Director OF Public Works l.. f.
Wagner was on the stand and was
asked what he knew about the Spring
Garden bank. Gen Wagner, who be-
fore he was approached on the subject
OF the presidency of the bank was cam
didate for the receivership of the bank.
testified that when he first went to tho
bank on the subject of the presi-
dency he said To- Bank Examiner
Drew that he understood that
the receivership had been settled
and that il was To be Nelson z. Evans,
president Of the Spring Garden In
surance Company and director of the
Spring Garden bank. Gen. Wagner
also added that ne understood that Mr.
Wanamaker was backing Mr.. Evans
for the position. In reply Mr.. Drew
said 10 Gen Wagner: mo; / think
you are mistaken. Mr.. Wanamaker
has nothing To do with it. Now that
explains something / did not under
stand Assistant Secretary Nettleton
is a great friend of Evans, and he is
probably backing him for the position.
IL also explains some accounts at the
Spring Garden / did not understand.
where Nettleton appears as a large
borrower Gen Wagner said that he
had since looked in the papers for the
name Of Assistant Secretary Nettleton
"a one OF the dc btors of the bank, but
had not seen it
w. T. Drew. the national bank ex-
aminsr. was seen in regard to the
statement attributed To him by Gen.
=. n L
Treasury Nettleton was large
borrower of the Spring Gar
den bank. When first asked If
he had made such statement
To Gen Wagner, Col Drew said it
was absolutely false, that he had never
told cen. Wagner such thing. Col.
Drew aftcrward withdrew his sweep
ing denial and qualified il by saying
that he had no recollection of having
said anything on the subject, but still
u was possible that Gen. Nagner's
memory was better than bis anc he
therefore would neither deny nor
affirm il.
WASHINGTON, June l3-The atten-
ton OF Mr.. Nettlston. the assistant
secretary OF the treasury. was called to
the testimony of Cen l.. Z. Wagner
before the councils committee of Phil.
sdeiphia investigating the bank scan
dali After reading II Mr.. Nettleton
said: Il never backed Mr. Nelson
r. Evans OF anv other person as
n candidate for the receiveTship
of the suspended Keystone bank of
Philadelphia | suggested his name
simply because had known him long
and believed him every way it have
borrowed no money from the Spring
Garden bank but il Is probable that
certain accommodation notes on which
am responsible are ia that institution.
II so an simply among the losers by
the banks failure. which rezret."
WASHINGTON. June 1S--The atten-
tioa of Mr. Lacey, comptroller Of the
currency. was called 60 the statement
of Assistant Bank Examiner Jones.
and he said that ne was member OF
the assay commission which met
IN PhBadeiphia on the 18th Of
February. He took advantage Of this
viSss 20 meet the directors Of the Kew
stone bank and 20 impress upon them
the necessity Of keeping their reserve
stronger. and putting the bank 10
a more satisfactory condition He
made no examination. but such
matters in relation 20 the accounts "a
we're brought 20 his attention. were az
embodied in Examiner Drew's state
rsent Of he 18th Of Februnry. which dis
closed al impairment Of capital llus