Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-13
QUAY IN COU RT.
The Senator and His Son are Held
for Trial.
The Preliminary Hearing In the Conspra
~ Case Against the Famous Poll
tician Is Marked by IA Lively Lee
gal Contest Over the In-
PRODUCTION of Evidence.

| his son Richard, and Charles H. Nc
| hee, OF Plttsburg, law partner of
Lieut. Gov. Lyon, appeared before
| Magistrate Jermon in the Central sta
tion court yesterday to answer to the
charge of conspiracy in the alleged
misuse of public money in connection
| with John S. Hopkins. former cashier
of the Peoples bank, of this city, who
| committed suicide soon after the fail
| ure of the bank in March last. Ex-
| State Treasurer Haywood, for whom
a warrant has been issued in connec-
| tion with the conspiracy charges, was
not in court, but it is promised that
| he will be here on Friday to answer
| TO his accuser. After a hearing Sem
| ator Quay. his son and Mr. Mckee
| were bound over for appearance at the
next term of court. Bail was fixed
at $1,000 in each case. David II. Lane,
a local political leader, going bail.
| The case now goes for trial at the
| November term of court.
The testimony produced by District
Attorney Graham was in the shape of
about 90 letters and numerous tele-
grams covering a period from Septem-
Der. 1897. to February. 1898, addressed
| by Senator Quay to Cashier Hopkins,
directing the purchase and sale of
large blocks of stocks and arranging
for the placing of margins; a letter
from State Treasurer Haywood to the
president of the Peoples bank. and a
private memorandum book of Cashier
Hopkins. The lawyers representing
the accused fought hard against the
300 80 In 1,+
in as evidence.
The district attorney averred that
the evidence he produced showed that
Senator Quay had the use of 100000
of the states deposit of over S500,0O0
in the Peoples bank for stock specu-
lation: that Haywood placed 100000
of state funds in the Peoples bank on
condition that that amount of money
be loaned to Senator Quay's son, and
that there was a regular assignment
of interest on state deposits in The
bank to certain accounts, one-third of
ii going to Mckee, all of which he
claimed was a violation of the state
law hibiting a bank official from
making such transactions and that
the accused persons were guilty of
conspiracy in joining with Hopkins in
these transactions.
Rufus r. Shapley and 4. s. Shields.
two of the brightest lights of the local
bar. represented the accused. The at
torneys for the defense opened the
proceedings with a fruitess effort to
secure from the district attorney the
names of the persons responsible for
the prosecution.
Ehnrn only thran ,,i+nncCnc
The first was Thomas w. Barlow. re-
ceiver for the Peoples bank. who is
also a special assistant district attor-
ney. Mr.. Barlow stated that in his
capacity as receiver he opened the
dead cashiers desk and found among
other things Il number of letters and
kilograms and a book containing
memoranda in Hopkins handwriting.
This book. referred to by Lawyer
Shields as ''the red book" was about
foot square and contained 200 pages.
Albert L. Tabor, receiving teller OF
the Peoples bank. identified the hand
writing in the book as that of Cashier
Hopkins and also identified a num-
Der of letters as written by Senator
Quay and Treasurer Haywood A
number of these letters were put in
evidence. one from Haywood to Pres
ident McManes. saying that $60O.00O
Of state funds would be deposited the
following week and that Richard
Quay be allowed to borrow 100000.
Through the third witness. Never
Goldsmith. an expert accountant who
had worked on the banks books. Mr..
Graham finally got the red book ad-
mitted in evidence
Only few entries We're read. They
showed that between April 30 and
October 81, 1897. the state deposit in
the bank ran up from $525,00O to
$565.000 From this total there was a
deduction of 20 per cent. evidently as
Mr.. Graham explained it, for the
banks use: then an entry ''less $780,
600 Quay. 1S4 days" For this period
the interest was computed in the
hand book as $5,944, one-third of
which was marked paid &C. II. Mex"
In October. 1896, there was a compu-
tation of interest on state deposits
amounting to $7,253. of which S2.451.
or One-third. was marked handed to
c. II. Mex"
Mr.. Quay last night in response to
an inquiry for a statement by re-
porter spoke as follows:
I think no one who was present at the hear
ing to-day cntertains any doubt as to the truth
fulness Of the charge boldly made 10y my coup
sci that this proceeding was instigatcd by po-
litcal enemies OF mine who hide behind the
district attorney and will not permit him to
reveal their names. and that tSeir sole pur-
pose to manufacture campaign literature
BY false charges that could not be met and
answered except on trial in court. OF course
everybody knows that on such a hearing I
could not be permitted to make any defense
or show the fasity of these charges. and my
counsel advises it would be useless to at
tempt to do at this time and in such a
proceeding. But you may he srre that have
instructed them to force this case 10 speedy
trial in a court where both sides can be heard
and after that to expose legally and punish to
the utmost the insti&ators of this proceeding
My counsel assures he that not scintilla OF
legal evidence offered to-day to justify the
issue OF warrant or binding over. As TO
the charges themselves l have simply this to
say, that they are absolutely false and wholly
without foundation.
Must Leave Inside OF 80 Days
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