The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-22
MATT QUAY INDICTED
With His Son and Others for
Conspiracy to Defraud.
FIVE TRUE BILLS FOUND
Case Likely to Be Called for
Trial Tomorrow.

Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. N.-The grand
jury today presented to the county court
true bills of indictment against United
States Senator NJ S. Quay, his son, Rich
ard r. Quay, and Benjamin ]. Haywood,
ex-state treasurer. The bill charges 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 con-
sp.racy with Hopkins in the misuse OF
state funds on deposit in the People 5
bank. Hopkins committed suicide oy
shooting in March last. Subsequent to
the presentation of the indictments, Dis
tr.ct Attorney Graham appeared in court
and asked permission to withdraw attach
ments obtained for the appearance before
the grand jury, OF Cashier William Mont
gcmery, of the Allegheny National bank,
of Pittsburg. and Cashier Stephen B.
Stone, of the Beaver Deposit bank, OF
Beaver.
The district attorney stated that 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
their presence would not be needed until
the case was brought to trial. He inti-
mated that he would then demand their
appearance as witnesses and would also
insist upon the production of certain books
and papers of those banks.
The court granted the district attorneys
request and the attachments for the cash
iers were ordered Cancelled.
The true bills returned by the grand jury
are five in number. The first charges NJ
S. Quay with conspiring with John S.
Hopkins for unlawful use of the money of
the Peoples bank in purchase and sale of
the stock 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. Hop
kins to unlawfully buy and sell stocks,
knowing that the said Hopkins was cash
Ter of the Peoples bank.
The third indictment charges Benjamin
Haywood, NJ. S. Quay and Richard r
Quay with conspiracy to convert to their
own use 100000 of the public money of
the state nDecember l, 1886, when Hay
wood was the state treasurer of Penn
and also with the use of 500. 900.
The fourth bill charges NJ. S. Quay and
Benjamin Haywood with conspiracy. to-
6 ether with John S. Hopkins William
Lfvsey, William B. art, Henry Il oByer.
John w. Morrison. Samuel NJ jackson
and Charles II. Mckee, on March IS. 1898.
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 sew
eral state treasureTs. OF those named.
Messrs. Quay Livsey, Hart, Boyer and
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 un-
lawfully loanfng s1O0, 900 of state 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
M. s. Quay. with his son. Richard r.
Quay, arrived here from San Lucie. Fla.
today, to which place they went over q
week ago. They declined to discuss the
Indictments found against them. The SEN
ator and his son were for some time clos
eted with their counsel II is probabl. !
-ney Will appear in court tomorrow to |
plead TO the charge contained in the in
nctment and, as District Attorney Ora |
nam VIII press for an immediate trial |
mere is Likelihood Of the case being called /
,or trial on Wednesday