Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1891 — FIFTEEN LONG YEARS [ARTICLE]

FIFTEEN LONG YEARS

Ih the Sentence Passed Upon “Honest John” Bardsley. John Bardsley, ex-treasurer of Philadelphia, had sentenced passed upon hirr on the 2d for the confessed crime of loan ing, speculating with and receiving interest on public funds intrusted to his care as the chief fiduciary officer of the municipality. The sentence of the court was that Bardsley undergo fifteen years solitary confinement in the eastern penitentiary and to pay a fine equal to the amount oi his embezzlement arising from the transactions to which he pleads guilty. ’ District Attorney Graham places the deficit at 5553,835.38, which is 538,000 more than Bardsley admitted in his statement. -This amount wUL be reduced by payment to be made by his sureties, so the amount of his fine will not be determined until the examination of accounts is completed.. Bardsley returned to Moyamensing this afternoon, and it is expected he will be at once taken to the penitentiary, where he will be shaved of his beard and be given a striped suit and thereafter be known bya number.