The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-15
BARDSLEY TO SPEAK
A Full and Complete Statement
to Be Given to Court.
KEYSTONE AND SPRING GARDEN

Grand Jury This Afternoon-The
Statement of Comptroller Lacey
Made Public.
PHILADELPHIA. June 15.-John Bards-
ley proposes TO make full and COM
plete statement of his transaction with
public funds when he appears in court.
He made this statement to a friend who
visited HIM in prison.
Mr.. Bardsley's defalcations now foot
up $1,s75,0o0, OF this the state loses
$4,000 and the city 1854 900. In addi-
ton to this Mr.. Bardsley has managed
to cover up or loose $260,O00, which he
made since he became treasurer, MAX
ing grand total of $1,635 900 that he
has gotten away with.
Mayor Stuart and District Attorney
Graham say they propose to keep up
their investigation until they find out
what has become of the money. The
mayors experts are still at work trying
to trace what Bardsley did with the
$445, of state school funds. That
will prove dead loss to the city. More
than half was paid back to the state in
settlement Of licenses and taxes which
Bardsley had collected and invested for
his private gain.
Ex-City Treasurer John Bardsley is
no longer an inmate of the hospital at
Moyamensing prison. He has recovered
sufficiently to be removed to cell, and
he is now confined just as all other pris-
oners are.
Yard and the Missing Money.
Fl. H. Yard will be brought to the
city this week. District Attorney
Graham will present an indictment to
the grand jury this afternoon. As soon
as true bill is returned requisition
papers will be taken out and an officer
sent to Trenton after Yard. 1t is be-
lieved that next to Marsh and Bardsley
Yard knows more about the missing
money than any other living man. He
Is wanted as much for his knowledge as
for his crimes.
The appraisers of Mr.. Bardsley's es-
tate filed their report in court, and it is
a most remarkable document. OF the
81 ,207, 146. 81 of assets turned over to AS
signee Magill, the appraisers could only
ind real and personal property worth
k1S2, ,500.97.
Lacey's Statement Made Public.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-The state
ment prepared by Comptroller Lacey
and sent to Mayor Stuart of Philadei-
phia, on the course pursued by him with
the Keystone Bank of that city, was
made public here last night. The state
ment includes the letter of Bank Exam
iner Drew of June "a, notifying him of
the 5000, 900 defalcation of Lucas, the
late president Of the bank. In this letter
Mr.. Drew explains how, by adroit
manipulation Of the accounts of the
bank, Lucas, with the assistance Of
Marsh, the former cashier Of the bank,
abstracted large sums of money from
the bank to use in speculations in real
estate. Marsh, he reported, was ignor-
antly led into these transactions and
promised Lucas when the latter was on
his death bed to continue the deception
under the repsentations that the money
distracted would soon be returned to
the bank from the result of Lucas en-
terprises. Accompanying this letter
was preliminary statement OF the
banks condition, which left the capital
stock of half million intact, and a net
surplus of S55,819.
The Directors Were Slow,
Later, on June 81, Mr.. Drew, in an
interview with the comptroller at Wash
ington, stated that in his judgment and
in the opinion of the clearing house
committee the property conveyed to the
bank by the Lucas estate was equal in
value to the indebtedness which had
been concealed, and that in any event
the creditors of the bank were entirely
safe; also that to sever Marsh's connec-
ton with the bank would excite sus-
picion and that Marsh was thoroughly
repentant and was actuated by an ear
nest desire to do all in his power to as
sist the bank in recovering any sums
which had been improperly taken from
that institution.
Further and later reports from Bank
Examiner Drew convinced the comp
troller that the board of directors were
slow in putting the matter in salts
factory condition, SO on March he lev
led an assessment Of S250,000 upon the
shareholders on the promise from a
committee of directors of the bank that
the assessment would be paid within a
week. On March ID Mr.. Drew COM
planned Of little active support from the
directors in the effort to rehabilitate the
bank. This reached the comptroller on
March 10 and three days later he closed
the bank.
May Have Been Marsh.
CHESTER, Pa, June 15.-A few min
utes after 3 o'clock on Thursday morn
ing delapidated coupe drawn by one
horse reached the outskirts of the north
east end of this city. Officer O'Toole
saw the rig in the central part of the
town and he halted the driver, who said
he had brought the two men from Phila-
delphia, and that they wanted to go to
South Chester, but meanwhile got off
on secluded street, saying that they
would walk the rest of the way. After
a while the thought struck him that
they must be crooks or, perhaps, Marsh.
The cabman was found at a livery
stable, getting his horse fed, but he re-
fused to talk because it was none of his
business giving "loads'' away. He ad-
mitted having been given Sl2 for his
trip, and that was all could be got out
of him.
Found Dead in His Room.
AsBURY PARK, N. j., June 15.--A