Evening journal., 1891-07-16


tao caAg 70 be accounted nor ......S2 50l,bH V
oaEpgr.
l-neducA amount of deponts m va
rious banks - May 81, lrl......... sQia67S ~
Total al......................... 1,674sss 4s
DVdncs KeyatoDe hank due bills. ea5,OOO %
Total...................,.,......... Total. s7o,s;s -
8-Deduct keystone tank ehecks
paid by Mr. Bardsley in exoefe og
Sgls.bolS2 in oity fund account iea0ga 70
Total not defcioncg IN Mr.. Rards-
Iogs aooounss .............,....... 5sass ss
A Grand Tutal OF s77s, ,s3B3s.
In 0dditioa TO the deficiency Of S552,-
So. %, the interest which Mr.. Bardslsy no
oaiyed from the various banks, firms and
individuals together with dividends on
stock and securities in which he invested
with public money amounting TO at least
S225, coo, should be added, making grand
total OF money misappropriated Of SI7s,
635.3s. As 10 she above credit Of SCR, 900
represented By Keystone bank due bills,
we find more or less evidence OF payments
made from time to time by Mr.. Bardsley
TO the president Of the bank, which may
make up this amount.
Suspicious Due Bills.
The due bills are irregularly numbered
and dated, and this in connection with the
fact that we have found four blank due
bills In a sheet uncut under a blotter on
Mr.. Bardsley's desk creates a fair suspi-
eion of their genuineness. Il will be inn
possible to prove whether these due bills
are genuine and whether the money was
actually paid into the bank. aud IL genuine,
what disposition WINS made thereof by the
bank officers, and especially whether any
Of II was paid back to Mr.. Bardsley, until
we have full, free and uninterrupted access
10 the books, papers and accounts OF the
bank.
Assuming these due bills 10 be honest
evidences Of actual payments made 10 the
bank, which have not been returned, II
must not be forgotten that they DO not
represent deposits made in good faith BY
Mr.. Bardaley a. a public officer.
His Interest Income $1,000 a Month.
Public money 10 which he had no title
was handed over TO the Keystone bank OF
10 It's president for no legitimate purpose,
but apparently for his personal advantage
and 70 obtain a higher rate OF interest.
! Mr.. Bardsley's private memorandum
book shows that he was paid by the Key
stone bank si 900 each month, commencing
/ In the month Of January, 1889, and con
; ,inuing regularly 20 September 1890.
making total OF S2i 900
This sum was regularly paid in addition
10 interest which he received on state
money loaned or deposited, and appears to
represent per cent on the limit OF s40O, 900
of the city deposit. One entry showed the
receipt Of $500 for the use OF 500, 900 from
Dec. 10 TO Dec. 81. 1859, at S25 per day," ("
equivalent to an interest rate Of Q per cent
I The total amount OF interen paid TO
Bardsloy for the years 1889 and 1890 by this
/ hank alone was SO, s27.3B
In the Light OF RestIiutIon.
Thus il appears that these due bills rep
esent loans personally made to the bank
atber than deposits therein, and which
/ lcts OF loaning were violations OF the law.
| II may we'll be doubted whether such a
credit under such circumstances Is prop-
/ srly made, but It Is allowed in this ac-
count with this explanation All other
amounts claimed as credits by Mr.. Bards-
/ ey must be viewed solely In the light OF
restitution. To give him credit for such
alleged values would be to credit him
with the very evidence Of his crime and
Aid him In his hopeless struggle to avoid a
iarker stain Of wrong doing than any TO
which he has pleaded guilty
BardsIey's Stock Deals.
Delving Into Bardsleys stock deals the
report reads: Loans made by John Bards
ey with public money which were repaid
70 him; To Robert Glendenning & Co.
800 900, to other banks, 1896, 900; interest
received by Bardsley on loans to Glenden-
aing 81 Co, Sl3, ,026 81; loaned by Bardsley
% Bradford mills, S375, ,700.7S
There are other and smaller loans which
we're made by Mr. Bardsley to different
persons. AS to many Of these loans there
= at present no means by which we can
satisfactorily determine which have been
paid and which have not With respect to
ihe loans to judges we would report that
Vt time which cannot be ascertained
Hon. Thomas X Finletter either borrowed
rom Mr.. Bardsley personally the sum Of
1900 or obtained this sum through Mr..
Bardsley's Endorsement The very small
mount and the further fact that there is
! 40 evidence that a loan was made to Judge
Finletter by Mr.. Bardsley out Of any pub
10 money in his possession proves the
transaction to be entirely free from any
slement Of impropriety
The transactions with Hon William
Y. Ashton relates solely to his salary
Ihese are the only Judges with whom Mr.
Bardsley appears to have had any transac-
1ons whatever.
His Losses and Gains
The total Of the stock bought through
5lendenning g. Co amounted to SlO2..
'S2. 1s; from William II. Kemble, $50
$3.50, and that bought through the Peo-
ole's bank to Sl6.s50
The recapitulation of losses through
Slendenning & Co. was sl02, 732 10; through
William II. Kemble, 81, ,972 40 and through
he Peoples bank, SIC, $50, total Of s1IO,-
100 6S
Bardsley's total gains on this stock trans
lction were $50, 1853, and the net loss
l34, ,453. The gain on stock purchased by
Mr. Bardsley, mainly with money bor-
owed by him from the Farmers and Me-
ihanics' National bank, was on West Side
Chicago Railroad company, 1000 shares
bought from Kemble, Widener & Elkins,
81, 2,5iS75. The dividends and interest re-
,eived by him during 1889, 1890 and 1891
'n stock and bonds purchased by him with
| RbliO money amounted 10 S5S,S7O. and