Hutchinson gazette., 1898-11-24
INDICTMENTS FOUND.
Senator Quay and Others Must
Answer Serious Charges.
THE ACCUSED READY FOR TRIAL,
They Are Charged WIN thc Unlawful
Ote Ur pubic Moneys -PciIncs
said 10 lSe Hack Of the
indictments,

Philadelphia, Pa, November 2l.--
The grand jury Monday presented to
ment against United States senator
N, $, quay, his son, Richard H. Quay,
ana Benjamin j. Haywood, cN.staie
treasurer, The bills charge the de.
}tndeHls with conspiracy with John
:. Hopkins, late cashier OF the pe0'
pes bank, for the unlawful use Of the
moneys of the bank In the purchase
of sIock, and conspiracy with Hop
Rms In the misuse of state funds on
deposit In the Peoples bank, Hop.
klns committed suicide By shooting
In March last.
Subsequent TO the prpscnta ion OF
TIE indictments, District Attorney
Graham appeared In court ana asked
for permission to withdraw attach
nlcnls obtained for the appearance
before the grand jury OF Cashier VIII
liam Montgomery OF the Allegheny
National Bank Of i'ltlsEurg and ,asn'
der William II, Stone of the Beaver De
post Bank of Beaver, Pa.
The district attorney stated that hn
had desired to present TO the grand
jury through the two cashiers named
certain eyiVtace In the salt against
Senator Quay and others, but as this
matter had passed cut Of the hands Of
the grand jury their presence would
not be needed until the case was
brought to trial, He ntlmatcd that
he would then demand their appear.
ance ns witnesses. and would also In
sist upon the production of certain
books and papers Of those banks.
The court granted the district Nttor-
ney's request aud the attachments for
the cashiers were ordered cancelled,
The true bills returned by the grand
jury are Rve in number The first
charges NJ. S. Quay with consplrng
with john s, Hopkins for unlawful
use Of the money Of the Peoples bank
In purchase and sale Of the stocks
OF various corporations for the ac-
count, benefit and profit of NJ, S.
Quay.
The second Indictment charges NJ
s. Quay with conspiring with John S.
Hopkins to unlawfully buy and sell
stocks, knowing that the said Hop.
kins was cashier Of the Peoples bank.
The third Indictment charges Ben
iamin j. Haywood, NJ. S. Quay and
Richard Il. Quay with conspiracy to
convert to their own usc 100000 OF
the public money of the state on De.
cember |, 1896, when Haywood was
the state treasurer Of Pennsylvania,
and also with the use OF the 100000.
The fourth bill charges NJ. S, Quay
and Benjamin j. Haywood with con-
spiracy, together with John S. Hop.
klns, William Livscy, William II. Hart,
Henry X. Boyer, John W, Morrison,
Samuel l.. Jackson and Charles IL. Nc
Kee, on March rs, 1893, unlawrully to
use, and did use to make profit, cer-
tain large sums of public money OF
the commonwealth which had been
deposited in the Peoples bank by the
several state treaSurers. or those
named Messrs, Quay, Llvsey, Hart,
Boyer and Morrison, Jackson and
Haywood, had been state treasurers
succeeding each other in the order
named.
The fifth and last bill charges Ben
jamin j. Haywood, as state treasurer,
with unlawfully loaning 100000 OF
state money, which, 1t is alleged, went
10 Richard r. Quay, and also with re-
ceivlng pecuniary benefit from the
deposit of state money in the Peoples
bank.
NJ S. Quay, with his son, Richard
j, Quay, arrived here from San Lucie,
Fla, Monday, to which place they
went over week ago, They declined
to discuss the indictments found
against them. The senator and his
son were for some time closeted with |
their counsel. 1t is probable they will
appear in court tomorrow to plead to
the charges contained in the indct-
ments, and, as District Attorney Gra-
ham will press for an immediate trial, |
there is likelihood Of the case being
called for trial Wednesday.
Norfolk, Va, November 22.-The
hurTying OF the work upon "arships
continues at the Norfolk nary yard. |
and the probability is that the night |
work will proceed for some time. The
cruiser Montgomery, it is now stated, |
has been ordered prepared for serv.
ice with the North Atlantic squadron |
at once, and work upon her will be
rushed to completion, 1t Is stated, to
join the squadron now assembling at |
Hampton Roads.
The gunboat Princeton, attached 10
the squadron by recent order, has
been repaired and has just had n sea
trial and is ready for service.
The gunboat Apache, II Il now
stated, will not be placed out OF com
mission, but will be retained in serv
ice. ---------------------
United States Marshal StahI and
party OF deputies left Texarkana,
Ark, Monday afternoon with forty
prisoners convicted at this term OF