The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-03
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PpuApsrruiA. Juae . -John bards'
Lev. ex-cisy ssrsssrer. vho ssversi days
80 pleaded guilty cf embsss,cosns OF
pubaie susda was broa1at from pstsce
10 court for sensesc~ yesterday. eus on
notion OF Dsssrscs Attorney trAham
sens-ncs wss suspended indeanttsly.
The throas Of regular attendants ~
the court Of quarter sr>>icns was sup
pienenscd By men promip-ns In every
walk Of life. Who had gone into b bot
epuyt room 90 witness What thry
tAoushs MA to be the crvwrohs dssrsr
d.sIou Of The nan whom . fec mootas
AGO they gladly seknowicdsed ~ shsis
fri<sa-john RArAsicy. the faisAiess
treasurer Of the city and srif-coafe>ssd
violatcs Of the Lac.
Two weeks ago when Raraaley plesssed
guilty 10 the charges against him. the
court axed yesterday y h time 10
pass sentence upon him and pueiac En-
~pcc,ation had been wrought mp by .
promise that when brought into court
he would make . full and free ccofes
sion OF his nalfcAsance ny many u
was thought hat in bis statement o.
confession he would impiicsse men
high In business and Official life. whose
names had been limited ~ bat ~ ho were
supposed ,o have been his confederase~
Such expectations proved sroandi~ss
The confession WAS In . line OF de-
fcnse Of his own conduct. giving In de-
tail his various TRANSACTIONS IL bsts'ied
throughout with figures and sho~ed
where every dollar he bad been sccu~ed
Of misappropriating had gone The
charges io which he had pleaded guilty.
Of leaning public funds 1T interest and
to sp~euiating with them. he frankly
acknowledged. but he emphatisaiiy de-
MED that he had benefited by his trans
National Rank Examiner nv came
In for severe scoring ~ the hands al
Bari>ley and he laid 10 to his door that
he sunk his money in the ksy>touc
bank Barlsley said hat u ~ss duo
tn prcw's plausible statements 81 b
banks condition hat be had deposited
his money there. lie further charged
Drew. through an acknowledgment by
President Marsh. Of the keystone bank.
that Drew knew Of the condition. that
Drew was under obligations tn John &
Lucas the dead president 81 the bank.
for money loaned and for valuable
fAvors received.
Bardsley implicated Henry Yard In
his transaeti"n by stating that IL ~As
through him he had loaned money Ia
banks According to hts statement his
present plight may he accounted for by
trusting too much In the statements os
others and he ~cpisomikcd iu his own
words In telling the history 20 his de
p sits in the keystone bank; II dsdn't
get the money and ! nav never gotten
any part Of IL and II u still In h hank.
or should be therr. ! know that the
closing of the bank meant ioss ,o h
Ia myself therefore made every
effort ,o sustain the bank. and III eios-
ing has resulted In my absolute ruin.
During the time ! was In the Office
of city treasurer ] never had any trans
actions with Observation-Disclosures Wana-
maker. nor have ] any personal know
ledge Of hts transactions with the Key
stone bank ] have zen u stated prior
T. the run ON the bank and between
that time and March ~ hat Mr..
Thomas H. wanamakrr. sou Of John
wanamaker. Mr.. Marsh and myself
were very frequently secn together.
This IL absolutely false"