Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-11
WANAMAKER TALKS
He Denies All the Charges
 Made by Bardsley.
PROBING THE BANK SCANDAL.
The Convict Ex-Treasurers Statement
 Read as Evidence

Several Charges Against tho Postmaster l General, All of Which Are Pronounced Lies Says He Did Not Force a Settle l ment With the Bank-EdItors Mcclure and Singerly Brought Into the Trouble. | PHILADELPH1A, July 1.-The Bardsley Investigation Committee held another session, at which Postmaster-G General | Wanamaker attended, and testified con- corning his transaction with the Key stone Bank, and the statement made by | ex-City Treasurer John Bardsley to Edi- tor McWade of the Ledger was for the l first time made public.
 It proved to be an interview between l McWade and Bardsley on two different | occasions at the prison. In it Bardsley again went over the story of the Key stone Bank and stoutly maintained that he put the $930, ,000 in the bank, but did not know what became of it any more than he believed that President Marsh | got it. Bardslsy said that Bank Exam l iner Drew had been a heavy borrower l from the Keystone Bank, and was com | pletely under Lucas and Marsh's thumb.
 In regard to John Wanamaker, Bards- ley said that Marsh told him that he l knowingly held over-issued shares of bank stock and demanded $100,O0O for them, and upset the plans for reorganiz- ing the bank.
 Bardsley then said that he advised Marsh to engage counsel and make 8 l demand on Wanamaker for the over-is- sued shares, as he was guilty of 8 crime in holding them.
 Marsh retained Mayer Sulzber erger and John G. Johnson as his counsel, and they made a demand on Wanamaker, which he refused.
 Wanamaker's proposition was that the Lucas estate should pay him $50, 900, 1 Marsh $25 900 and the bank $25 900.
 The lawyers then notified MT. Wana- maker that if the fraudulent shares were not delivered to them at 8 specified date they would resort to legal means to get them.
 The shares were then turned over without delay. Wanamaker made a threat that he would see Comptroller Lacey in Washington and have the bank 1 closed before they expected it.
 In March, 1890, said Bardsley, Marsh came to me and said that Wanamaker wanted $200,000 at once. Marsh told him that ke didn't have that amount on hand and Wanamaker told him where he could get it. Two days later Marsh came to me, saying that Wanamaker was persistent and mustj have the l maker got it.
 Editors in the Mess.
 Bardsley also talked great deal about his connection in the part with several l prominent Philadelphians, and blamed them for the stand they had taken against him. He is accredited by Mr. l McWade with having spoken of Col. Mo Clure of the Times, and William Singer ly, of the Record, in the following terms
 "When l was candidate for city treasurer called on Col. Mcclure and told him everything in connection with my past life and said that if he would say so would withdraw. He said. Go ahead. The Times will be for you.' But he weakened afterwards. You remem- Der the scheme to get the gas works from the city. We'll. Mcclure was in that. Mcclure was to get big block of the stock for his advocacy in his paper and was not to pay a cent for it. Mcclure was also in number of other schemes"
 The remainder of the statement was simply long story of Bardsley's troubles given in his own words with numerous comments, all of which contained no new facts.
 Yard Refused to Appear.
 H. H. Yard, who was then called did not respond, and 8 communication was received from his counsel stating that his case had been appealed to the Su- preme Court.
 The committee voted to instruct the city solicitor to take measures to compel Yard to obey the order of the lower court and appear before the committee. l MT. Wanamaker's Testimony.
 Postmaster General Wanamaker, who had entered the room while Bardsley's statement was being read, stepped forward and requested that he be allow ed to testify.
 q have,'' said he, sbeen anxious to appear ever since the question was raised regarding the stock of which I previous ly testified"
 Bardsley's Story Pronounced False.
 He was asked to give an account of l what transpired between he and Marsh at Washington and did so, stating that he had ask ed him to assist the bank and he declined, saying that matters must take their course. MT. Wanamaker said that the balance of his account in the Keystone Bank at the time of the run | was SIC, 900 and when it closed it was much larger. As to the story told by Bardsley to McWAde that he had threat ened to close the bank unless he was paid for the over-issued stock, and that Lawyers Sulzberger and Johnson had forced him to return it, MT. Wanamaker said it was absolutely false.
 l Bardsley's statement that Marsh ob- tAined from him $200,000 for Wana- maker iD March, 1890, he said, was ab- solutely untrue and without the slightest foundation, and he invited the committee to inspect his books.
 In closing his testimony, Mir. Wana- maker read letters from Comptroller Lacey and Assistant Secretary Nettleton, to show that he had never influenced or delayed the appointment for an instant of receiver for the Keystone Bank.