The record-union., 1898-11-22
SENATOR QUAY INDICTED.
TRUE BILLS RETURNED BY THE
GRAND JURY.
Charged With Conspiracy for the
Unlawful Use Of Moneys Of
the Peoples Bank.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21. = The
Grand Jury to-day presented to the
County Court true bills of indictment
against United States Senator NJ. S.
Quay, his son, Richard r. Quay, and
Benjamin j. Haywood, ex-State Treas
urer.
The bills charge the defendants with
conspiracy 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 conspir-
acy with Hopkins in the misuse of
State funds on deposit in the Peoples
Bank
Hopkins suicided by shooting himself
in March last.
Subsequent to the presentation of the
indictments District Attorney Graham
appeared in court and asked for per-
mission to withdraw attachment OBJ
tanned for the appearance before the
Grand Jury of Cashier William Mont
gomery of the Allegheny National Bank
of Pittsburg, and Cashier Stephen B.
Stone of the Beaver Deposit Bank of
Beaver, Pa. The District Attorney
stated that he had desired to present
to the Grand Jury, through the two
| CASHIERS udulcO, StlQSIlCC III Tic 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 needed until the
case was brought to trial He intimat-
ed that he then would demand their
presence as witnesses, and would also
insist upon the production of certain
books and papers of those banks.
The court granted the District Attor-
ney's request, and the attachments for
the cashiers were ordered cancelled.
The true bills returned by the Grand
Jury are five in number. The first
charges M. S. Quay with conspiring
with John S. Hopkins for unlawful use
of the money of the Peoples Bank
in the purchase and sale of the stocks
of various corporations for the account,
benefit and profit of M. S. Quay.
The second Indictment charges NJ. S.
Quay with conspiracy 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 Benja
min j. Haywood, M. S. Quay and Rich
ard r. Quay with conspiracy to con-
vert to their own uses 100000 of the
public money of the State on Decem-
ber 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 con-
spiracy, together with John S. Hopkins,
William Livsay, William B. Hart, Hen
ry K. Boyer, John w. Morrison, Samuel
M. Jackson and Charles H. Mckee, on
March %, 1898, unlawfully to use, and
did use to make profit, certain large
sums of public money Of the common
wealth which had been deposited in the
Peoples Bank by the several State
Treasurers. Of those named, Messrs.
Quay, Livsay, Boyer, Morrison, Jack
son and Haywood had been State
Treasurers succeeding each other in the
order named.
The fifth and last bill charges Benja-
min J. Haywood as State Treasurer
with unlawfulIy 1oaning 100000 of the
States 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.
NJ S. Quay, with his son, Richard r.
Quay, arrived from San Lucie, Fla. to-
day, to which place they went a week
ago They declined to discuss the in
dictments found against them. They
were for some time closeted with their
counsel It is probable they will ap-
pear in court tomorrow to plead to the
charges contained in the Indictment.
and. as District Attorney Graham will
press for an immediate trial, there is
likelihood of the case being called for
trial on Wednesday.