Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06
ALLEGED MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEYS.


phradsiphla, IA. Oct b.-uni'' >
ss,,ss Senator Quay. MS son, Richard
X. quay. and Charlo H. MeN..
Pr,sburg. law par.nor Of Lleu,. n.''
waiter Lyon. appeared before M's'.
,rate Jefmon in the Central stauon
court in chs oi.y this afternoon 20 an
swer 10 The charge u aiulpifacy ~ ,h'
misuse Of public moneys 10 c'nu'l ~.
yy,,a J,hn 4 Hopkins. former CASHIER
~ ,he psopl.'t nank OF ibis c.ty wnn1l
.,,nrt.ssd suicide soon after ila lsM-
~" ~ M blnk In Mlrh. lai.' f.A-
600 Trea auffr Hayw VOID, COR W.tlln y
v.,rr,r IL Issued ir connection Wiz
the conspiracy chafFcs, w. Iii
ses,rs. bu. u lf promised thai ~ NJ
be mere on Friday TO answer 80 '''
F'' BAIL II FIXED.
A,..r n herring iaaing three hours
e.r.,t,'r otgtv and his ON and M Nc
kcs wsre bound over or app. AZ anee
a, Inc next Germ Of cour.. Eau w W,
ux.t ~ A. 900 IN eIrh casa. haFil ~,
iSns iocai political leader, giving
nal TIL case now sof1 90 the ~.
for rial NJ thc term Of c1uri pas'i''"s
IN November. A.. nt..-,..
M. NNHaIIfNN ~ ~ FANN|||f =
Aaf1rnsy Griham Waa ln ne shape 'l
at,out twenty letters and NUM- 'ti
telsrrama covering q perl1d h.m SOP
tamber, 1891. TO Fenrunfys - ~
drsased by scna.or quay 80 Chsh.e.
Hopkins. directing ne pufcisi-. -
sale OF large blocks - socks lnl n
ranrinF flf she placing % mlrFiusi
issss- INN stnts Treasurer Haywpid
10 ths prsaldor. ~ the Peoples Bank,
and a pri,.tta memorandum book o.
Tho t,wysrs fepress n Ing .he accused
fought hard against the Introduction
N The Inter. claiming thc banks ppoks
and uos mere mom9r1ninm sh9uli
b. Offered, but Il wen, In at evidence
Tn district arurnsy sverrld that
che evidence he pryduced showed ~
senator Qu1y had The uee " ispop
Of the s.ata'E deposit % over s0Voo0o
n che Peoples bank for ssvsk specu..
lanon: shat sttts Treasurer H1ywoll
placed 10000 of seat. iuno. " "
Peoples bank on condition th1t b1e
amount Of money . loaned to Scrasor
Quny's eon. and that there was a reg
uiar assignment OF interds. on atate
depaasa IN the Peoples bank 10 ccr.lin
uecounia, ons-third Of ~ going. e. Mr..
Mckee. all u which he claimed WIS a
vioiass,n o. the state law pirhbiiirg a
nAfIA IIl|NNN ANkNN NNaANNANM - - $3.50"
ac.i0un and that th1 iofuali rerfpna
we're guilty OF conspiracy IN joining
with Hopkins In these transactions
DfsTINGuiSIiED AUDIENCE.
The court room WIS nlisd aimot, ~
euff0caiion with politicians. nrNgpapcf
man and lawyers. The at.urrfya f1f
1hs defense opened the proceedings
with a frulticra cfior, 90 secure from
She district attorney the names " she
persons responsible f1r the protecuilln.
rhsre ere only three wiinctsfa. The
frag was Thomas W. Harlow. receiver
Tor ne Peoples barA, VIM q also a
special assistant distric. agtrney. Mr.
harlow stated tiras In hia capacity "a
receiver ne opened che dcal cashier I
deck and found among other things q
rumhgr OF lct.efa and tsi0Hrafna and q
bqVk cgueainlng memorandn In Hoy
klnr'a handwriting. Mr.. narl0w's ser
scntasiun OF che Letters. telcgiams ane
book.
Albert T. Tai,or. receiving seller oi
the Peoples bank. then lsrsifled M
handwriting In shc book as thN OF
Cashier Hopkins, and als1 IDENTIFIED 4
number q letters az written by seha..
tor Quay ana Treasurer Haywood.
number Of these lJtsrrs were put Ia
evidence. one from Treasurer Hay.
WOOD =, presidfrs McNltnrs. uayinr
that 100000 OF r.aic flnis would bI
dep1ri.ad the following week. and that
Richard Quay be allowed 10 borrow
800. 900.
RED hook" ADMITTED.
Through the third wiing-s Meyer
Goldsmith. an expert accountant who
had worked on the tlnk'n books. Mr
Graham finally got the RED Book
admitted In enid nee. Its entries coy.
srsd from May 1, 1894. TO the cloalnn
OF N ciank near four years later. only
few entries wrrr rcad They showed
that between April 30th and october
u. 1897, the state deposit IN thc bani
ran up from ii25.0oo 20 1896 600
Fvm this total there was rcduc
ton q 20 per cent, evidently, az AIR
Graham alleged, for the banks use
days"
N1r mis- period the entry was com
putcd IN the book o. f5.efi. one ihliH
~ which .ti,S,i. Wa marked paid. c
II. Mckay" In october, 1896, thire wa
q computation ON Interest On state de-
poHlus, amounting TO H,S5S, u whlcl
,g,hii. or one.ihlrd, WAS marke,
Handed 10 G. II. Mci<." The nam
~ &C. ~. Mckee lls Diamond street
tMr. McKee's PittsburE nddrcsa), wa
entered In another part u the book.
In referring 20 the book. Mr. Ora
hAll NANA NNAAA W. ~ NNNNNNN ~ ~
amount u the attte deposit, there va
a deduction OF tho amount Mr. Qua,
hal In use and there was never " q
interest credited agalrat Il, lie AL
there were frequent Ctftries OF "Du
o." due ~. = o." and Due quay"
Al through the ordeal Buuator Qua,
bore an air OF compDaurc. lie prompt
Cd his lawyers frequently and paaac
judgment on every point raised
QuAY's VERSION
Tho senator tonight. In rcnpnnas /
an Inquiry for a statement ny re-
porter OF the Associated Preaa, said
~ think that no one who was prpaen
al the hearing today entertained an
doubt ~ 10 tha truthfulnoss OF m
charge boldly made BY my counaa
that this proceeding was lusligated b
After al It is Nature tina