The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1898-12-22


Cannot secure - faIr frlai Declared
Co bs UntFan.
rhiladciphia. Dee. 60 District A..
torncy Graham yesterday hlrd In ihr
prnthonntary's Office Of the supreme
court. the answer 81 the common.
wealth 10 the prtiti-a nf United StntcH
Senator ~. 3. Quay, his son Richard
Il QuHy, and former State Treasurer
Haywood. la which the defendants
uskrd the supreme cour, Tor rule TO
show cause why a writ 81 ccrtiOuH
should not be issued 60 take up the
rrrord of examination Of the ease In
which the three defendants are
charged with conspiracy 70 misuse
state funds on deposit In the Peoples
bank.
Granted the Huis Asked for and Pixes a
New Date.
True bills Of Indictment wcrr re-
turned by the grand jury against the
defendants and their trial WIS fixed
for Monday. December i2, but on lLr-
Ccmicr IA Justices Green and Williams,
81 The supreme court, granted the rule
nAkrd for by the defendnnia aud fixed
January / as the time for hearing the
argument,
. ssss;s;sss ...; gs;ss;afz; Statement.
The district attorney SAYS that the
ninjrrivui ihui The defendants cvnii
not obtain n fair trial is "scandalous
and untruthfui and gross imputaiiou
upon the i2 Judges of the Philadel-
phia courts" aud he declares Il to be
untrue, as charged In the petition.
that the prosecutions wcr" inspired
by Judge james Gay Gordon. Az al.
legged
The Answer Of the District Attorney.
Continuing. the answer y1yU:
"Thc evidence shows that public
funds Of the commonwealth Of Penn
Fyl,ania for Year, have been uNrd by
the conspirutors for their private and
unlawful gain.
rubl,e Moneys At the Disposal Of tho De
frndau,G
Interest has been allowed by the
Peoples bank on thcdcpusiis of money
and paid TO the accused. in some cases
placed In the individual deposit ut the
accused In their bank account and
checked out by them along with their
own moneys In the same account. In
Other instances cnshirrs' checks and
drafts have been made payable io the
accused for certain sums OF interest on
the public money, and these dcru-
meuts. bearing the Endorsement Of the
accused. showing the receipt by them
Of the interest money paid, arr in cN.
istcnec. and in possession Of the com.
II Unwralih.
tavaisInE Hundreds of Thousands oi Dol.
lars.
''rhe books show that hundreds uf
thousands of dollars OF public money
deposited IN the Peoples bank were
set apart for the use of ~ =. Quay.
and used 10y him; and that he WIS
charged no intertst thereon. The
books showed that hundreds uf ihuuE.
unds of dollars worth uf stock were
bought for VI. S. Quay with the money.
That whenever be failed to use his full
allowance of public money thus SET
apart for him, interest was carefully
calculated upon the balance not used
by him in the purchase of stocks aud
paid 10 the state treasurer. The dis
trict attorney could not have failed
nor refused 20 proceed upon this evil
dsrce and to bring the accused into
court. TO confess or explain this tcsti-
mony.
Not Prompted by Malice.
"This responder, acted without the
slightest element of malice, prejudice
or III feeling The prosecution ~ 4b.
solutely under the control Of your r..
spondent aud no other person The
aNermcnt that there is amy conspiracy
to persccute these defendants is false.
Constitute. No Defense.
"Respopdcnt respectfully suggcsts
that II II were true that some one In
spired the prosecution. yet n the prose.
cution Itself is just and well founded,
this can In no wise be n defense for
the accused"
The answer snyE Il is utterly un-
important and impcrtinont whether
Judge Gordon, as private counsel for
the Peoples bank, had Cashier Hop
kins' pr:vnte irtirrs and that these let
ters were used for political or other
purposes (which aycrment Is denicd)
and constitutes no ground for the or
der prayed for In the defendants petit
tion.
THE Political Pbsse Of tine Situation.
The district attorney declarc= that
these proceedings were instituted be-
fore Mr.. Qnay made the personal an
nouneement Of his candidacy 10 sue
ceed himself In the United States SEN
ate. Why legal proceeding should
be arrested upon the ground OF a de-
fendant's candidacy for Office, the dis
trici attorney is az a loss 10 under
stand. and all allegations 20 shIs ef-
feet. he says, are irrelevant and sInma-
terial
The district attorney AYERS that In
| seeking trial for these cnscs he Is do
Ing simply hiH duty under his oath of
ofllce. and that In NO doing ke Is not
preindicing and iutlmidating the gen
eral assembly. The prosecution. he
says. was based upon discriminating
evidence" part Of which was pro-
dacsd before the committing magistrate
and before the grand jury, and the
prosecution ''has no other purpose
than that of bringing 10 justice per
s1us whom respondent believes have
persistently violated the laws OF the
commonwealth and used the public
moneys Of the state az though tEay
wrre their own private property"
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