The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-06
WILLIAM LIvsEY HEARD FROM.
RUNAWAY CASHIER or THE STATE
TREASURY SEEN INSURANCE COM
MISSIONER LUPER.
Says H. will Come Back Some Day.

William Livsey, who was state treas
urer and afterward cashier in the same
office, has been heard from. Livsey
disappeared mysterously from Harris.
burg early in July, 1891, about the
time the Bardsley peculations were
being investigated, and has since been
In hiding. During his absence he has
been reported in all parts of the earth.
AT one time he was in South America,
another time in Canada, then in the
Northwest and again in Europe. In
all this time his Whereabouts have
only been known to his family and his
personal friends who have been in
constant communication with him and
are familiar with his movements.
The gentleman who has resurrected
Llvsey is Insurance Commissioned
Luper. Mr.. Lupet had not seen the
Ascending state official since the
bright July day, when, while cashier Of
the state treasury, he packed his valise
and bidding goodbye to his friends in
Harrisburg left for parts unknown. The
insurance commissioner returned on
Tuesday from the Worlds Fair and
says that while stroling through one
of the buildings he met Livsey, shook
hands with him and conversed with
him few minutes
| LIvSEY WIZ TELL ALL he KNOWS.
Tie runaway official did not volun-
teer any information concerning him
self nor the business he is pursuing,
but remarked that he was more sinned
against than SHINING and that some
day he would ieturn to Harrisburg
and make a clean breast of every
thing he knows in connection with the
Bardsley scandal. Liysey has kept
himself informed on matters and
things here and was familiar with what
had been said about him. He was
well dressed and wore a full beard.
When Livsey disappeared his only
facial ornament was moustache.
During the many years Mr.. Livsey
was connected with the state treasury
he was known as an indefatigable
worker and as a man who cared moth
ing Tor vacations. In July, 1891,
Honest John Bardsley was under ar
rest for appropriating several million
dollars from the Philadelphia city
treasury and his private papers fell in
to the hands OF the authorities. About
this time Mr.. Livsey took a heavy
cold and left Harrisburg one day very
suddenly for Pittsburg for the benefit
of his health. He had been out Of
the city a few days when Mayor
Stuart, OF Philadelphia, published the
report of the experts who had been
examining Bardsley's books On
the stub of the ex-treasurer's personal
check book was found the entry. "ro
William Livsey, for his kindness to
me during the year, $500"
CASHIERS SUDDEN FLIGHT FROM HAR.
RIsBURC.
About this time married daughter
of Mr.. Livsey, living in Milwaukee,
Wis, was seized with a serious illness
so serious, indeed, that there was
some danger OF her death. Mr.. Liv-
sey at once started for her bedside
and has never been seen in this locali-
ty since. He owned handsome resi-.
dence in the East End, the fashion
able residence quarter of Pittsburg,
and this property he sold some time
during the last week in August, 1891.
The sale of his Pittsburg real estate
was promptly followed by the removal
of Mr.. Livsey's personal effects from
his apartments, at the home of Adam
McAfee, No. 424 Market street, by
an attachee of the treasury depart
ment.
Mr.. Livsey is credited with posses.
sing a valuable fund of information
about the Bardsley scandal and could
tell an interesting story about the
doings of certain Republican officials
and politicians if he wanted to break
the silence which he has maintained
for SO many years. He entered the
state treasury in 1850 as cashier under
Silas M. Bailey and held this position
until 1883, when he was elected state
treasurer. He was succeeded bv
Senator Quay in 1885 and was again
appointed state treasurer when the
latter resigned to enter the United
States senate. Treasurer Boyer APP
pointed HIM cashier again, which po-
sition he held until he disappeared.
Ayers Sarsaparilla, sending the