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Show ON THREE INDICTMENS. t Philadelphia. City Tr.ar.r Arr.lg-n.d on TJir. Indictments. Philadelphia, Ta... May 2ft. John Kardsley, city ireesiircrof Philadelphia, was arraigned in court today to answer i to the triple charges of misappropriating misappropri-ating $.'i'.l,0(ifj city money, embezzlement i of JfOO.buO and upward state funds. ; and perjury in violating the oath of ollice by loaning city money out at interest. in-terest. Ihe district altorney said the books of the treasurer's ollice showed a bal-ince bal-ince ia the Keystone bank of ffiOO.OOO, i-hi!e in fact thero were only 1 1011,000. In the cash drawer of the treasurer's desk were checks on theKevslono bank for $200, 1)00. These Kardsfey took to Hank Examiner Drew sod asked to have placed to his credit in the Keystone. Key-stone. A similar state of affairs was shown in regard to the money belonging belong-ing to tha city. After tho examination examina-tion of a number of witnesses and after Kardsley took the stand and admitted having deposited state money in the Keystone bank and received interest in-terest thereon. The magistrate committed com-mitted the prisoner under. tiO.000 bail to answer to three charges. |