Evening journal., 1891-07-11

ing matters must take their course. Asto
the story told by Bardsley to McWade that
he had threatened TO close the bank unless
be was paid for the overissued stock and
that Lawyers Sulzberger aud Johnson had
forced him to return Il, Mr. Wanamaker
said it was absolutely false.
Bardsley Accused OF Fabrication.
Granville b. Haines and Samuel b.
Huey came to Washington TO see him
about the overissued stock, and he told
Them that they must settle for it and that
II they did not, IN Justice TO himself he
should inform the controller. .of the cur
rency. After the baak clos, he gave up
the stock. Bardsley's statement that
Marsh obtained from him 100000 for
Wanamaker in March, 1890, he said, was
absolutely untrue and without the slight
est foundation, and invited the committee
10 inspect his books
More stock la wanamaker's Name
Mr. Wanamaker was then informed By
q member of the committee that during
their examination Of the stock book OF the
Keystone bank they had found Z, 200 shares
Of stock In his name in addition to the
e,5l5 shares which he testified had been
given by Lucas 20 use as collateral for a
deal in Reading stock when appeared
before this committee before said Mr..
/ Wanamaker, II confined myself prinei-
pally 10 the business Of tho firm IN my
deals with Lucas in Reading. l had in
my head certain private matters, but did
not suppose the committee wanted to hear
Of private operations
Mr.. Wanamaker then again referred to
the 2,5l5 shares which he had held as col
lateral, and gave the committee list Of
those he had turned over 20 tho Lucas
estate. That some OF those shares had been
at one time in his name he did not state,
As he had not used them in any operation.
Always Doing such Things.
In regard to the stock which had been
bund IN his name, 625 shares Of it, Mr.,
Wanamaker said was held By Irwin &
roland, his bankers, as collateral This
reduced il TO 2, ,57b shares Of stock. OF these
dve blocks Of 100 shares each were dated
March 3, 1888. and while issued in his name
the power Of attorney had never been in
iorsed by kim and they ooam never have
been used. or these shares he bad abso.
lutely no knowledge. The next lot, five
blocks OF 200 shares EACH was dated foui
weeks earlier, Feb. 3, 1886. He was a di
rector in the Girard Trust company, and
Lucas came to him and asked him TO OBJ
I
81 have been Just foolish enough sait
Mr. Wanamaker, ''all my life to do thosl
things, and got the money on the stocl
and gave il 70 him. A considerable TIM
sfterward it was paid off by the Lucas es
tate, and they got the stock back"
Placed In His Name.
Mr.. Wanamaker also presented the com
mittee with a letter from John G. Lucas
Mo- 1870 fu.lnaiuur fthaal ..
pay the interest on this loan. "Of th
other unused Ave blocks Of Stock salt
. Mr. Wanamaker, my impression Is tha
1 Mr.. Lucas at first intended to ask for
larger loan, and SO issued them. It wa
never used, however, as Il could not hay
/. been without my indorsement. ! know {
y 40 other stock, but / remember that to
4 years ago, when Lucas was securing cor
!. troll OF the bank, he came TO me and sal
= be did not want people to know who cei
tain stock belonged 70, and FOR time
!, placed some in my name
= "In regard to certificate $50, which wa
transferred by II. H. Yard TO Scudder
4 Durham, Of Trenton, that is a part Of CD
= stock on which the loan from the Girar
! Trust company was secured, and after th
. Lucas estate got 1t back II was very likel
passed over to Yard again to raise none
L on"
Mr.. Wanamaker then again went owe
I At some length the transaction In Readin
= In which John c. Lucas WAS a partner, an
said that when the settlement was mad
President Marsh admitted In the presenc
Of three witnesses that the Lucas estat
owed him $4,000 In closing his testimon
b Mr.. Wanamaker read letters from Control
r Ter Lacey and Assistant Secretary Nettle
: ton to show that he had never influences
4 or delayed the appointment for an instan
Q Of a receiver for the Keystone bank.