The Indianapolis journal., 1898-11-22
Money Was on Deposit In the Peoples
Bank, of Which the Late j. S.
Hopkins Was Cashier.
FIVE INDICTMENTS IN ALL
TRIAL MAY BEGIN THIS WEEK, POS
SIBLY ON WEDNESDAY.
The Senator and His SON Now in Phil
from Their Florida Fishing Trip.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21. - The grand
jury to-day presented to the County Court
true bills of indictment against United
States Senator M. S. Quay, his son, Rich
ard r. Quay, and Benjamin j. Haywood,
ex-stats treasurer. The bills charge the de-
PENDANTS with conspiracy with John S. Hop
kins, late cashier of the Peoples Bank for
the unlawful use Of the moneys of the bank
in the purchase OF stock and conspiracy
with Hopkins in the misuse of state funds
on deposit in the Peoples Bank. Hopkins
committed suicide by shooting in March
last.
Subsequent to the presentation of the in
dictments District Attorney Graham ap-
peared in court and asked for permission to
withdraw the attachment obtained for the
appearance before the grand jury of Cash
ier William Montgomery, Of the Allegheny
National Bank of Pittsburg, and Cashier
Stephen B. Stone, of the Beaver Deposit
Bank, of Beaver, Pa The district attor-
ney stated that he had desired to present to
the grand jury through the two cashiers
named certain evidence in the suit against
Senator Quay and others, but as this matter
had now passed out of the hands of the
grand jury their presence would not be need
ed until the case was brought to trial. He
intimated that he would then demand their
appearance as witnesses, and would also
insist on the production of certain books
and papers of those banks. The court
granted the district attorneys request and
the attachments for the cashiers were or
dered Cancelled.
The true bills returned by the grand jury
are five in number. The first charges M.
S. Quay with .conspiring with John S. Hop
kins for the unlawful use of the money of
the Peoples Bank in the purchase and sale
of stocks of various corporations for the
account, benefit and profit of M. S. Quay.
The second Indictment charges M. S. Quay
with conspring with John S. Hopkins to
unlawfully buy and sell stocks, knowing
that the said Hopkins was cashier of the
Peoples Bank.
The third indictment charges Benjamin ].
Haywood, NJ. S. Quay and Richard r. Quay
with conspiracy to convert to their own
use 900 of the public money of the State
on Dec. 1, 1896, when Haywood was the
state treasurer of Pennsylvania, and also
with the use of the 100000
The fourth bill charges M. S. Quay and
Benjamin J. Haywood with conspiracy, to-
gether with John S. Hopkins, William Liv-
sey, William B. Hart, Henry X. Boyer, John
w. Morrison. Samuel M. Jackson and
Charles H. Mckee, on March Is, 1898, un-
lawfully to use. and did use to make profit,
certain large sums of public money of the
commonwealth which had been deposited in
the Peoples Bank by the several state treas
urers OF those named Messrs. Quay, Liv-
sey, Hart, Boyer, Morrison, Jackson and
Haywood had been state treasurers, sue
ceeding each other in the order named.
The fifth and last bill charges Benjamin
J. Haywood, as state treasurer, with un-
lawfully loaning 100000 of state money,
which, it is alleged, went to Richard r.
Quay, and also with receiving pecuniary
benefit from the deposit of state money in
the Peoples Bank.
Senator Quay, with his son, Richard r.
Quay arrived here from San Lucie, Fla,
to-day, to which place they went over a
week ago. They declined to discuss the in
dictments found against them. The senator
and his son were for some time closeted with
their counsel. 1t is probable they will ap-
pear in court tomorrow to plead to the
charges contained in the indictments, and as
District Attorney Graham will press for an
immediate trial there is likelihood of the
case being called for trial on Wednesday.