Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11
7 IS ALL Laid BARE.
Confession Of Ex-TreaSurer BardSley
Not Before Published
MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY.
d Charces Wsnamaksr With Some Very Crooked
Ba,usss in Connection With tie Keystone
Bark Fair-e-N.R Qaay ara Col.
Alex. HcGlars Characterized as
Having Eani in The Jo0.

u, s-ccramiltce Of the Finance Commit
! q OF the city Councils, that is inqu'r-
r. into the failure of the Keystone Ma
toaal Etrk and the affairs OF eX-City
4 easurer John Barjsley, held pro-
t,,r-,9 session this af,ernOoo. The
haio witnesses We're Robert NJ. Nc
Md civ editor of the Public Ledger,
NJ. Y. McKeao, editor-iu-chief OF the
samc paper, aui Postmaster General
W,ramaker. The testimony of Mr.. Nc
No and Mr.. Mexican had reference
4 t,,o statements obtained by the form
Il from Bardsley on June Is and 10, four
- before inc accused city Treasurer
uadc his public Statementln court wheh
Brought up for sentence.
N~ Wanamakcr after denying en-
nlar..aliv statements made by BardS-
Nv 10 SIR. McWade which reflected
ratber severely on his (Wanamaker'S)
e,.t.ops i'm connection with the keystone
p,.k. he explained fully his connection
IN The 9.G95 shares OF keystone bank
to.k. which the stubs in the certificate
k1ok showed had been issued in Mr..
NanamakerS name.
As ut previous meetings of the COM
hn.rtce the rooms vas crowded 10 Suhoca-
Hos VITA men, many Of them prominent
M the affairs of the city, who stood al
tartiva listeners to tho testimony. Mr..
Wade WIS the first witness. He said
n answer 10 questions that he went 10
H. county prison on Thursday, June Is,
.9 Interviewed tho imprisoned City
r-ea,rrer. Bar3sieY talked freely and
.lerslo0d shat the interview was for
publications.
lie told BardSley at the beginning
tAa- I'm view OF certain charges that had
Ibecn msde ia tae newspapers he thought
4, orover for him 90 make full state
anent: particularly IS 10 what became
ei The S495, 900 deposited and which aad
.fisapcesred, the charge being made
hat il had been stolen. After McWade
Lied written out the hrst statement ne
had consultation was held between
|air. Mexican, himself and another mem
3b,r OF the editorial force Of the Ledger,
land after full deliberation and discus
s SION II was decided not 10 Duoliiss'Srted
5scauso str-as, cv1ss S 4 bIf S sgorn n,
said thas, ~ ecitcr or the Ledger, ne
bad charge Ok the interview which Mr..
INcWade had obtained. He said the
statement implicated a number OF re-
tputable citizens upon the testimony OF
witness not credible. 1t was then de-
c;ded il was not proper TO publish it. IL
Nas locked up in the Office tire-proOf
safe, and had, 50 far as he knew, never
been out Of the Ledger Office until
Brought to the committee room to-day.
Mr. McWade being familiar with the
manuscript was TO read the papers.
Much that Bardsley told to Mr.. McWade
was afterwards incorporated in the
Statement he read In court when called
p for sentence June 23rd, and which
laS already been published.
In these BardSley again went over the
Story Of the Keystone bank and Stoutly
aintained that ne put the 100000 in
the bank but did not know what became
b il, any more than he believed that
President Marsh got it. BardSley said
thaJ Bank Examiner Drew had been
heavy borrower from the keystone bank
and was completely under Lucas and
harsh'S thumb.
In regard TO John Wanamaker,
BardSleY said that Marsh told him that
b. knowingly held over issued shares OF
bank stock and demanded 500, 900 for
fhem, and upset the plans for reOrgan-
hing the bank. BardSley then said
khat he advised Marsh to engage coun-
B. and make a demand on Wanamaker
4Or the over issued shares, as he was
guilty OF a crime in holding them.
Marsh retained Mayer Sulz5erSer and
Holm o. Johnson as his counsel, and
th,y made demand on WanamGker
Vhich he refused, Wanamaker'S propO-
atiou was that the Lucas estate should
ID him $4,000, Marsh S25, 900 and the
bpnk $4,000.
the lawyers then notified Mr.. Wanna
Maker that if the fraudulent shares
.Gcre not delivered 10 them by a Speci-
q date, they would resort TO legal
Measures to get them. The shares were
ben turned over wtcOut delay. Wanna
baker had made a t..reat that he would
ee Comptroller Lacey in Washington,
10 have the bank closed before they
Expected IT, In March, 1890, said
Il rdSley, Marsh came 10 me and said
BaDamakcr wanted 5000, 900 at
nee. Marsh told bin that he did
NJ have the amount on hand, and Wan
ana6er told him where he could get IL.
i've days later Marsh came TO me, say
Ng that Wanamaker was persistent
10 must nave the money. l loaned
b IN the money and Wanamaker got it.
n hen ] was candidate Tor City Treas
Arcr | called on Col. Mcclure aad told
I'm everything in my past life, and said
pa If be would say 50, would with
Raw. He said: $50 ahead; the Times
d be for you"
But he weakened afterwards. You
Rlnember the scheme to get the gas
WrkS FROM the city. Well, Mr.. Nc
tip,e was in char. Mcclure was to get
big block OF the stock for his advOea-
ey In his paper and was not 10 paw
tent for it. Mcclure was also in 4
n4moer OF other schemes"
Regarding the payment OF $500 to
11f "a Mullen, BardS.ey said: THE
yor wanted Richard lennon sp-
p4 nted TO the same place. Afterwards
tHrcsley learned that Matt Quay was
PEhing Albert Crawford for the place
aNA Crawford was the Auditor-General'S
Mt n for the place.
lartin and Porter and all of Quay'S
pie were working for Crawford, and
tNe result was Overtures were made TO
e' gerry to draw lennon out or the
ht. de was promised that II lennon
taken out, 500. GOO OF State money
"7plo De placed on deposit In the Chest
street bank. This was done. Ten