The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-11-26
THE QUAYs INDICTED.
Charged with Conspiracy with john -
Hopkins for the Use
of State Money.

Philadelphia, Nov. 22.-The grand
jury yesterday presented to the court.
true bills of indictmentagainst United
States Senator NJ. S. Quay, his son.,
Richard r. Quay and Benjamin j..
Haywood, eX-state treasurer. The bills
charge the defendants with conspir-
acy with John S. Hopkins, 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 shoot
ing in March last.
Withdrew Part OF the Attachments.
Subsequent to the presentation of
the indictments District Attorney
Graham appeared in court and asked
for permission to withdraw the at
tachment obtained for the appearance
before the grand jury of Cashier VIM.
F. Montgomery of the Allegheny Ma
tional Bank of Pittsburgh and Cashier
Stephen B. Stone of the Beaver De-
post Bank of Beaver, Pa.
An Explanation.
The district attorney stated mat 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 theirpresence
would not be needed until the case
was brought to trial. He intimated
pearances as witnesses, andwould also
insist upon the production of certain.
books and papers of those banks.
The court granted the district at
%torney's request, and the attachments
for the cashiers were ordered can
eelled.
Five True Bills Returned.
The true bills returned by the
grand jury are five in number. The
first charges NJ. S. Quay with con-
spring with John S. Hopkins for IN
lawful use CT the money of the Peo-
pies bank in purchase and sale of the
stocks of various corporations for the
account, 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 Hopkins
was cashier of the Peoples bank. The
third Indictment charges Benjamin j..
Haywood, NJ. S. Quay and Richard r.
Quay with conspiracy to convert tc
their own use $780, 900 of the public
money of the state on December L.
1896, when Haywood was the state
treasurer of Pennsylvania, and also
with the use of the $1,000
The fourth bill charges NJ. S. Quay
and Benz. J. Haywood with c~onspir-
acy together with John S. Hopkins.
Vim. Livsey Wm. B. Hart, Harry X
Boyer, John W. Morrison, Samuel NJ
Jackson and Charles H.. Mckee, on
March Of, 1898, ~"unlawfully to use,
and did use to make profit, certain
large sums of public money of the,
commonwealth which had been de-.
posted in the Peoples bank by the
several state tr~easurers." OF those
named, Messrs. Quay, Livsey, Hart.
NlOTTlSOH, JdChSOH anu udN NOOu ndC'
been state treasurers, succeeding each
other in the order named.
The fifth and last bill charges BEN.
J. Haywood, as state treasurer, with
unlawfully loaning 100000 of state.
money which, is alleged, wentto Rich
ard R.. Quay, and also with receiving
pecuniary benefit from the deposit of
state money in the Peoples bank.
Returned from Florida to Meet the
Charges.
Senator Quay, with his son, Richard,
r. Quay, arrived here from San Lucie,
Fla, yesterday, to which place they
went over n 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 to-day to plead to the
charges contained in the indictments,
and, as District Attorney Graham will,
press for immediate trial, there is
likelihood of the case being called for
trial on Wednesday.