The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-04
FUGITIVE BANKER SURRENDERS
PRESIDENT OF KEYSTONE BANK
III PHILADELPHIA.
Tremendous Sensation Recalled By
Return of Gideon w. Marsh
Wanamaker Forced to Pay Bond.

Philadelphia, Nov. Gideon W.
Harsh, the fugitive president of the
keystone National bank, which col
la3sed on March 20, 1891, returned to
the, city today, after an absence of over
seven years. and surrendered himself
To his bondsman, William H Wanna
maker. The closing OF the Keystone
bank created a tremendous sensation at
the time, and the developments imme-
diately subsequent thereto resulted in
the sentencing to long terms of i'm
prisonment of John Bardsley, then city
treasurer OF Philadelphia; Charles
Lawrence, the cashier OF the bank.
Both have now completed their sen
fences.
Marsh was, at the time Of his dis
appearance, May 10. 1891, under three
indictments for violation of banking
laws. Security in $4,000 had been en-
tered by William II. Wanamaker for
Marsh's appearance in court. He sud
denly lied from the city, and Mr.. Wan
amaker was obliged to forfeit the
amount Of bail, and it is asserted that
he expended fully $1,000 more in an
endeaVor TO ascertain the whereabouts
OF the fugitive. Mr.. Marsh today in
formed Mr.. Wanamaker that he went
from here to Brazil, where he remained
SEAefal years. anu I0tn came back TO
the United States and located in the
state of Washington, where he has been
earning his living. He came east a
few days ago and was in New York
yesterday. He came TO Philadelphia to-
Gay and went Immediately to Mr. Wan
amakeF's office. Mir. Marsh viii be sur
rendered to the United States officers
this afternoon
Not until yesterday did RTarsh's
1rrlns hDx
their search for him for years, get an
inkling as to his whereabouts. Then a
telegram came To the Office of William
II. Wanamaker, who is a brother Of
eN-Postmaster General Wanamaker.
stating that Marsh was at the Hotel
Waldorf Astoria, New York, and would
surrender to him in Philadelphia to-
day. Mr.. Wanamaker, who was in
Boston, was Immediately advised. and
he left that city for New York at once
It is understood that the fugitive and
his bondsmen met il New York last
night and that the agreement was
there reached for Marsh to come to
Philadelphia today and surrender to
the authorities
This programme was carried out
Without being recognized on the street
Marsh went direct to Mr.. Wanamaker's
Office and later in the day, accompanied
by his lawyer and Mr.. Wanamaker, he
proceeded 10 the Office of United States
District Attorney Beck and was COM
mitted to prison to await a hearing to-
morrow morning.
Marsh, in falling to friends who
called on him in the United States
marshal's office. before he was taken
to prison, said in the more than seven
years of his absence. he had roamed
almost over the world and worked for
a living at anything he could do. When
he left he had with him S1,3S5. which he
had collected from two friends, who
owed him that amount. He went by a
circuitous route to Brazil, and after
wards Travelled from place to place all
over the world. He then returned 10
America and eventually located in the
state of Washington, where, he said, he
had earned money at any kind of labor
he could set. BE said he often longed
to come back TO Philadelphia, but was
deferred through a 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 a d.
vorce from the fugitive about a Year
ago on The grounds of desertion, she
making affidavit that she had received
no word from her husband since the
day of his absence.