Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1891 — BOOKS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. [ARTICLE]

BOOKS WILL BE INVESTIGATED.

Controller Lacy Will Permit the State to Investigate Bardaley’s Books. Mr. Lacey, Controller of the Currency, has sent the following letter to Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania: “I have the honor to inform you that tho Secretary of the Treasury has referred to mo for reply your communication. In accordance with the request therein contained I have this day authorized the receiver of the Keystone Bank to permit a committee of three or five citizens, to be designated by you.to examine the books, papers and accounts of said bank, with a view to ascertaining what deposits of public moneys in which the State of Pennsylvania had (St has any interest were made in said bank by John Bardsley, the late treasurer of the city and county of Philadelphia, and what became of the money thus deposited. In accordance with your suggestion the authorization is limited to an examination as to deposits of public funds passing through the hands of John Bardsley as treasurer of Philadelphia and agent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and of such funds as the said Commonwealth may be direct' ly or indirectly interested in.” > Deputy United States Marshal ‘‘Jlm’« Yates, a notorious character, was killed by “Bob” Marshall in a brawl in a gam. blingden in McAloeter, Choctaw Nation, on the 3rd. Some forty shots were fired and great excitement prevailed. Marshal escaped.