St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-03
Ex-Treasnper Bardsley Will
Be Dead to the World for
Fifteen Years,
And Must Pay a Fine Equal to
the Full Amount of His
EmbeZZlement.
Dramatic Scenes TPanspire
During the Trial OF
Ben Ali,
The Supposed ripper" Be-
comes Excited in His
Denial.

PHILADELPHIA, July John Bards-
ley, eX-city treasurer of Philadelphia,
will hereafter be known only as a num-
Der. He was broue hit INTO court this
mording before Judge Wilson to have
sentence passed upon him for the con-
feSsed crimes OF loaning, specializing
with and receiving interest on public
funds entrusted to his care as the chief
fduciarY officer of the municipality. As
OH the previous occasions that BardSley
has faced the court, when he was
brought in this morning he was not
placed in the dock, but was allowed to
sit beside his counsel within the space
reserved for members of the bar. The
fact that BardsleY would come up for
sentence to-day was not generally
known, so that when District AttOr-
ney Graham arose to address the
court and asked that sentence be passed
upon the prisoner, there were not more
than fifty people in the court room. The
district attorney spoke briefly, but in
the course of his address he denied
BardSley's cOntentiOn,mad in his state
ment to the court a week ago, that the
ex-treasurer had not misappropriated
dollar. Mr.. Graham showed that by
Bardsley's own statement he must have
at least
MIsapprOprIated S22O,OOO,
as thai amount was required to be made
good by his sureticS, according to their
bond to the state and city. Mr.. Ora
ham practically admitted that BardSley's
declaration that he placed S945.000 in
the keystone bank. taking the bills for
the money,waS true, and that the money
was deposited in the bank. Although not
able as yet to specifically show where
the money has gone, Mr.. Graham said
thai Bardsley's embeZZlements would
amOunttO between 100000 and S500,000.
Mr.. Alexander, counsel for Bardsley,
reviewed the statements made by his
client and appealed to the court for
mercy on the ground of BardSley'S plea
of guilty and his past services to the
city. Mr.. Alexander said that Bardsley
did not get dollar Of the money he put
into the Keystone bank, and that within
six months it would be shown who did.
Mr.. Alexander vehemently declared
that his client has not stolen a dollar,
but that he had only pleaded guilty to
specializing with and receiving IN
terest on the public funds.
Never with his consent, said Mr.. Alex
ander, should Bardsley appear before
the investigating committee of councils
to testify, but if at any time the district
attorney desired any information or as
SiStance, his client was willing to aid
him. While his counsel had been speak
ing, Bardsley had
Sat With Bowed Head,
nervously tracing imaginary lines with
the back of a pen upon the table be-
fore him. With the exception of his
brother-in-law, not one of the hundreds
of friends that Bardsley had year ago
were present when he arose to receive
the sentence of the court. As BardSley
got up. Judge Wilson mOtiOned him to
be seated while he delivered the lecture
and words of admOnitiOn that
a judge usually prefaces his
severe words caused Bardsley
the most palpable distress. When
Judge Wilson spoke Of the past friend
ship between himself and the man
awaiting his sentence, Bardsley'S hands
opened and shut convulsively and his
face flushed and paled, and his head
sank upon his breast. AS Judge Will
son proceeded and said that he could
find no palliatiOn for Bardsley's NAL
feasance, and that his Offense was the
more open for censure from his abuse
of his official position, the prisoner
almost collapsed and seemed about to
sink to the floor from his chair. Never
theless, before Judge Wilson had con-
Guided and ordered him to arise to re-
hoA
pletely regained his cOmpOSure, and
received the words that sent him
To Prison for Fifteen Years.
with a StOicism that was almost indiffer-
ence in its utter absence of any emo
ton. The sentence OF Judge Wilson
was that Bardsley undergo fifteen years
solitary confinement in the Eastern
penitentiary, and that he pay fine in
the sum equal to the amount of his en-
beZZlement arising from the transac-
tions to which he had pleaded guilty.
District Attorney Graham places the
deficit at 1888, e35.36, which is $4,000
more than BardSley admitted in his
OWE statement. This amount will be
reduced by payments to be made by his
sureties, so the amount of the fine will
not be determined until after the eX-
animation of the accounts shall be fin
ished. Bardsley returned to MOya-
mensing this afternoon, and it is eX-
pected that he will be taken to the
Eastern penitentiary tomorrow, where
he will be shaved of his beard and be
given a striped suit, and thereafter be
known by a number.
Judge Wilson said to-day, after pass
ing sentence on Bardsley, that the
amount of the fine would be about S237,
$50.