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Show liAHHSLfiVsSJEAUXGS Uore Crooked Work Brnuiht to Liirht by tli, Iivntiauoa of Fhilsde'iphia'i Ex-Tteaenrer'i AfTin. A UUB BILL TOE $30,257.53 That H VT Trying to Kaop for Him-j Him-j self Rithfrtd in, aud the bterstted i I artius Called on to Explain, ruiLADKLraiA, June 27. T'l the course of the investigation oft!ef-fairs oft!ef-fairs of evt'ity Treacuivr Jisrdiley, iu coauocthm vith tho ( llendoiiniiiji; i. Co. law department, it is lem n.l ttiut the bankers who were depositors in the Fourth Strent National bunk had on May S3 received a clearing hoii'e d'.if bill from that institution fit $'C1,'.'7.1 .',s. About ten days es;o It was presented by a messenger of the t ;ly Trust company who a?kcd that the bill be uiadn psya-bio psya-bio to their order instead of lileuilen-nng lileuilen-nng & Co. This request made on behalf of Hards-ley Hards-ley who ss'.d the due bill was his property prop-erty and not public money. Miss Tat-ham, Tat-ham, a niece of I'.ardley's, who made the request, said het uncle wanted to have it trautderred this way to the Trust company. The demand of the Trust company was refused and the city so-licitor, so-licitor, after investigating tho matter, had a bill lilod in the court of common pleas against Hardsley, his wife and tiiuce, the l'ourth .Street National bank, Ciendenniug & Co. and the City Trust company. The injunction asks th it the Fourth Btreot batik bo restrained from paying pay-ing tho bill, ami that Hardsley, his wife slid n.ri'n li resirainu.l from negotiating it and compelling them to transfer it to the-city authorities. authori-ties. It was also asked that (ilenden-ning (ilenden-ning & Co. bo compelled to explain tho transactions which led to Hardsley getting get-ting the due bill. The Court liirlded, rim.ADiaruiA, Juno 27. Judge Cordon aud Judge Finletter lodav handed down two conllieting opinion iu relation to the right of the city's claim to the property of the Bradford Mills and to coniiniui the injunction in-junction restraining John and James Jiobson from selling the Bradford mills under the judgment for $I7J,0U0 confessed con-fessed by the Bradford mills to loli-sous loli-sous at the instance of John Bradley in order to protect the Dobsons agamst liabilities incurred as sureties for Hardsley as city treasurer. Judg-Cordon Judg-Cordon stated on the motion to dissolve the injunction in tlm case of the city against John and James Dohson and tho Bradford mills that the court was divided its opinion and that according to ordinary ordi-nary rules of practice the preliminary itiiin'cl'on grained lv tho court oi, th tillLg'ct tiio bili would fall. I he biil. however, was not dismissed but would pass through the court and ho heard according ac-cording to the usual routine of such cases aud that a full court might make another decision when the ease came up for linul hearing. |