The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-04
And as Much More spent by the Mill
the World for the Embezzler.
PART OF THE TIME In BRAZIL
DECIDED TO RETURN AFTER READ
ING JOHN WANAMATkER'S SPEECH.
The Ex-POstmaster General Now Like
Iy to Make 1t Hot for His Enc
mies-Marsh's Wanderings.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.-Gideon w.
Marsh, the fugitive president of the now
defunct keystone National Bank, returned
TO the city to-day after an absence of seven
years and half and surrendered himself
to his bondsman, William H. Wanamaker
Late this afternoon Mr.. Wanamaker ac-
| compnied Marsh to the office of the United
States District Attorney Beck and the lat
ter at once turned the fugitive bank presi-
dent over to the custody Of the United
States marshal to await hearing to-mor-
row morning. Marsh admitted his identity,
but made no statement to the district at
torney and was asked no questions.
| The closing Of the doors of the keystone
National Bank on March 90 1891, caused
| profound sensation A run had been made
| on the bank few months prior to that
| date, but the crisis was tded over and the
i public taken by surprise when the
failure became known. Subsequent investi-
| cation showed that the bank had been
practically looted and that there was little
left for depositors and other creditors City
Treasurer John Beardsley had loaned to the
| bank several hundred thousand dollars of
the city funds and on these loans he had
| been drawing interest for his own Individual
profit. Beardsley was arrested and his trial
prisonment in the Easton Penitentiary sew
eral years of which he served. ne was final
ly granted a pardon by the State Board of
| Pardons.
President Marsh and cashier Charles
Lawrence were placed under arrest on May
| 4, 1891, charged with conspiracy to make
| false entries in the books of the bank and
! the willful misapplcation of it's funds When
arraigned before United States Commission
| er Bell they were held for a hearing on
| May Is. Both secured bondsmen and were
released. Marsh induced William H. Wana-
| maker, brother of ex-Postmaster General
| John Wanamaker, to enter bail for him,
which he did in the amount of $4,000 On
May a. the day fixed for final hearing,
| Lawrence appeared but Marsh had fed
The bail furnished for his appearance was
forfeited and the entire amount of $4,000
was paid to the clerk of the United States
| District Court by william H. Wanamaker
Since that date it is said Mr.. wanamaker
! has spent $4,000 more to apprehend Marsh
| and bring him to trial. Lawrence was con-
| victed and sentenced to seven years inn
| prisonment, which he served less the COM
mutation for good behavior.
THE FIRST CLEW.
| Marsh managed to elude the officers of
| the law, who searched the entire country
| for him and the detectives who were even
sent to points in South America, whence
| there had come reports that the fugitive
| president had been seen. Even after the
| United States authorities had abandoned
their search it was kept up by Marsh's
! bondsman, but without success. Not until
yesterday did his bondsman get an inkling
of his whereabouts. Then a telegram to
William H. Wanamaker's Office stated that
| New York city. and would surrender to him
| in Philadelphia to-day. Mr.. Wanamaker
who was in Boston, was Immediately adj
vised and he left that city for New York
at once. 1t is understood that the fugitive
| and his bondsman met in New York last
| night and the agreement was there reached
for Marsh to come to Philadelphia to-day
and surrender to the authorities. This pro-
| gramme was carried out. Without being
recognized the street Marsh went direct
| to Mr. Wanamaker's office and later in the
| day, accompanied by his lawyer and Mr..
| Wanamaker he proceeded to the office of
United States District Attorney Beck and
was committed to prison to await hear
ing tomorrow morning.
| Marsh, in talking to friends who called
on him in the United States marshals office
| before he was taken to prison. said that
| in the more than seven years of his alb
| sence he has roamed almost over the whole
world and worked for living at anything
he could get to do. When he left he had
| with him $l,3S5, which he had collected
from two friends, who owed him that
amount He went by circuitous route to
Brazil and afterwards travelled from place
to place all over the world. He then re-
turned to America and eventually located in
! the State of Washington, where, he said.
/ he had earned money at any kind of labor
| he could get. He said he often longed to
! come back to Philadelphia, but was deferred
| through desire to protect his children
! from scandal He felt that to return would
/ revive a state of affairs that would be a
! scandal to his family. Mrs. Marsh, by the
! way, obtained divorce from the fugitive
about year ago on the grounds of deser-
ton, she making affidavit that she had re-
ceived no word from her husband since the
day of his absence.
POLITICAL PHASES.
The news of Marsh's return. when it be-
| came generally known late in the day be-
came almost the sole topic of conversation.
Not the least interesting part of the dis
cussions was in reference the effect the
sudden appearance of the bank president
would have in political circles. The name of
the fugitive has frequently been mentioned
in the utterances of speakers at political
mass meetings in the present furiously ex-
citing campaign, and Marsh has particularly
been the subject of heated controversy be-
tween United States Senator Penrose and
John Wanamaker. In a speech a few weeks
ago Senator Penrose intimated that John
Wanamaker, prior to the failure Of the Key
stone Bank, had knowledge Of an oyerissue