St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-13

entitled TO $4,000. In December last
Bardsley paid 100000 of the amount
due the state for personal taxes,
but afterwards got the state to
pay back to the city s150.0O0 as an ac-
commodation. In pursuance with his
counsePs advice, Auditor General Nc
Camant refused to answer all vital
questions, and as State Treasurer Boyer
pursued the same course their eXamlna-
tion was very brief. Several other wit
nesSes were examined, including Sam
uel b. Rowley, father-in-law of Cashier
Kennedy, of the Spring Garden bank.
Inc committee tried to elicit from him
the admission that some of Bardsley's
money went into that concern, but was
unsuccessful. He was represented by
John t. Bullet, who instructed him TO
answer no questions relating to the con-
nection between the company and the
Spring Garden bank. Before the COM
mlttee adjourned to go into executive
session, Mayor SJuart's private secre-
tary, Louis Better, arrived with mes
sage TO the members of the committee.
1t contained the report of the experts
VINO are now investigating the accounts
of John Bardsley. The experts report
ed that they have discovered anoth er
embezZlement OF City Treasurer Bards-
ley. and that it lamounted to S445.000.
ms IS IN addition to all sums hitherto
reported. The missing S445, 600 is money
which the state had paid over to John
BardSley as city treasurer, as the share
OF Philadelphia school fund to be ap-
piled to educational purposes. The ex-
perts find that the money was paid over
to Bardsley, but that it was never
turned over to the city. 1t is surmised
that Bardsley used part or the S445.0OO
to take up the bad checks of the Key
stone bank for 100000 that he was car
rying as cash.
Questioning MIR. Drew.
W. P. Drew, the national bank exam
iner, was seen this evening In regard to
the statement attributed to him by Gen.
Wagner this afternoon in his testimony
before councils committee, that Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Nettle-
ton was large borrower of the Spring
Garden bank. When first asked if he
had made such a statement to Gen.
Wagner, Col. Drew said that it
never told Gen. Wagner such a thing.
Col. Drew afterwards withdrew this
sweeping denial, and qualified 1t by say
ing that he had no recollection of hav-
ing said anything on the subject, but
still it was possible that Gen. Wagner's
memory was better than his, and he
therefore would neither deny it nor af-
firm it.
Col. Drew was asked: "Well, is it 50
that Gen. Nettleton was borrower of
the bank?'
Il cannot answer a question like
that" replied Col. Drew, las l am not
allowed to do So"
Would it appear on the books of the
bank if Gen. Nettleton had been bor-
rower?'
Yes, certainly" said Col. Drew.
Col. Drew was very averse to saying
Gen. Nettleton was the proper person to
see on the subject and not him.
NettIeton,s Statement.
WASHINGTON, June 12.-The atten-
tion of Mr.. NettIeton, the assistant sec
retary of the treasury, was this evening
called to the testimony to-day of Gen.
L. Wagner before the councils commit
tee of Philadelphia, Investigating the
bank scandal. After reading it, Mr..
Nettleton said: II never backed Mel
son +. Evans or any other person as a
candidate for the receivership of the
suspended Keystone bank of Philadel-
phia. After the bank had been
closed some days, and when the comp
troller OF the currency. who had little
acquaintance in Philadelphia, was con-
sldering several names for the receiver
ship, l suggested that of Mr.. Evans,
and recommended that the comptroller
make inquiry in Philadelphia as to his
fitness, which he proceeded to do. Mr..
Evans was then president of leading
fire insurance company and, as L fully
believed, was in excellent personal
credit. l had not suspicion of any
financial weakness or complications on
the part of Evans, or the Spring Garden
National bank until the announcement
of the failure of that bank. Mr.. Evans
had no knowledge that his name was to
be mentioned for the Keystone receiver
ship until some time after it was done.
| suggested his name simply because /
had known him long and believed him
every way fit. l have borrowed no
money from the Spring Garden bank,
but,it is probable that certain accommo-
datiOn notes on which | am responsible
are in that institution. If so, am SIM
ply among the losers by the banks fail
ure, which l regret"