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Show BARDSLEY ST0LE HALF A MILLION From the City or i'lillailplphla and the Slate or Pauiuylvanf . I'lin.ADic.i'iHA, Aug. I".'. The Hards-Icy Hards-Icy investigating committee uf the council coun-cil resumed work yesterday. Expert Brown testified tint the entire delici-' cticy of H irdsley to the city anil state, after crediting him with W-IO.nOO, the amount of the due bills in the Keystone bank, was Vio,S.i.". When ho was requested to give an account of ail of Hardsley's loans and payments of pub-lie pub-lie immevs to individuals, thero vva3 roiisiiler.iule discussion, some of the committee fearing injustice might be tlotio to innocent parlies. Committeeman Committee-man Etting, however, said ho wanted to know just what citizens borrowed the money from Rardsley after ho became city treasurer, and he atlded that he knew tho iistot those vrho did so before his election to that office was very small. If. was linally allowed Rrown to jiie a report of tho transactions in which I'.ardsley paid money to others, and he beean reading an account of the loans. Thero are hundreds of these transactions, ranging from ti't to $,J5,-tliK). $,J5,-tliK). The expert had not gotten far into the lengthy statement when the ooin-mittee ooin-mittee took a recess until Monday. |