The herald., 1898-11-22
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF THE
STATE FUNDS
DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO TALK
The Trial for Felony Of United
States Senator Likely to Begin
T. Tomorrow
Associated Press Special Wire


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2l.-The grant
jury today presented to the county cour'
true bills of indictment against United
States Senator NJ. s. Quay, his son, Richard
b. QUAY. and BENJAMIN j. Haywood, ex
state treasurer. The bills charge the de
PENDANTS with conspiracy with John 5. Hop
kins, late cashier of the Peoples bank, fol
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 shooting in
March last. Subsequent to the presentation
of the indictments, District Attorney Gra-
ham appeared in court and asked for per
mission to withdraw attachments obtained
for the appearance before the grand jury
of Cashier William Montgomery of the Ale
gheny National bank OF Pittsburg, and Cash
ier Stephen b. Stone of the Beaver Deposit
bank of Beaver, Pa.
The district attorney said that he had de-
sired 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 their presence would
not be needed until the case was brought to
trial. He intimated that he would then
demand their appearance as witnesses and
would insist upon the production of GER
tain books and papers of those banks.
The court granted the district attorney s
request aud the attachments Of the cashiers
were ordered cancelled.
The true bills returned by the grand
jury are five in number. The first charges
M. S. Quay with conspiracy with John S.
Hopkins for unlawful use of the money of
the Peoples bank in the purchase of the
stocks of various corporations for the ac-
count, benefit and profit of Nj. $. Quay.
The second indictment charges NJ. s.
Quay with conspiracy with John 5. 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 to their own uses
100000 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 100000.
The fourth bill charges Nj. s. Quay and
Benjamin T. Haywood with conspiracy, to-
gether with John S. Hopkins, William Liv-
say, William b. Hart, Henry X Boyer, Jc.n
w. Morrison, Samuel NJ jackson and
OnaTles IL. McNee, Oh Marcn rs. 1898, unlIW-
fully to use, and did use to make profit, GER
tain large sums of public money of the com
monwealth which had been deposited in the
Peoples bank by the several state treasur-
ers. OF those named, Quay, Livsay,
Boyer, Morrison, jackson and Haywood
had been state treasurers, succeeding each
other in the order named.
The fifth and last bill charges Benjamin
j. Haywood as state treasurer with unlaw-
fully loaning 100000 of state money, which,
II 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 X.
Quay, arrived here from San Lucie, Fla,
today, to which place they went a week ago.
They declined to discuss the indictments
found against them. They 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 in
dictments, and as District Attorney Graham
will press for an immediate trial, there is
likelihood that the case will be called for
trial on Wednesday.