The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-22
QUAY INDICTED

Together with his son and EH-s,ate
Troasursr Haywood, Charged with Coh-
sptrasy for the Misuse ef lhO state
Fuuds.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Nov. 2l.-The
grand Jury to-day presented to the
county court true bills Of Indictment
against United states Senator II. 8.
Quay, his son, Richard R. Quay, and
Benjamin j. Haywood. ex-state treas
urer, The bills charge the defendants
with conspiracy with John $. Hopkins,
late cashier at the Peoples bank, for
the unlawful use of the monies Of the
bank in the purchase Of stock and con-
splrAcY with Hopkins in the misuse OF
state funds on deposit In the Peopie's 9
bank. Hopkins committed suicide og
shooting in March last.
subsequent to the presentation OF the
indictments, District Attorney GFahan
appeared in court and asked for per-
mission to Withdraw the attachment
obtained for the appearance before the
grand Jury OF Cashier William Mont
gomery, OF the Allegheny National
bank, OF Pittsburgh, and Cashier Ste
phen 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 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
~ SHiN Ia t1A1PV4n4n1 That
he would then demand their appearance
on the production Of certain books ana
papers Of those banks.
The court granted the district attor-
Hey's request and the attachments for
the cashiers were ordered cancelled.
The true bills returned by the grand
fury are fve In number. The frat
charges N. s. Quay with conspiring
with John S. Hopkins for the unlawful
use OF the money Of the Peoples bank
in the purchase and sale Of stocks of
various corporations for the account,
benefit and profit Of N. s. Quay.
The second Indictment charges NJ. ..
Quay with conspiring with John $.
Hopkins to unlawfplIy buy and sell
stocks knowing that the said Hopkins
was cashier OF the Peoples bank.
The third Indictment charges Benja-
min ]. Haywood, NJ. S. Quay and Rich
ard R, Quay, with conspiring to convert
10 their own use the 100000 Of the pub
lie money Of the state on December /,
1895, when Haywood was the state
treasurer OF Pennsylvania and also with
the use OF the 100000.
The fourth bill charges N, s. Quay
and Benjamin j. Haywood with con-
splracy, together with John s. Hopkins,
William Jivsey, William B. Hart, John
W. Morrison, Henry K. Boyer. Samuel
NJ. Jackson and Charles H. Mckee, on
March 2S, 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 sUb-state treasur-
ers. OF those named. Messrs, Quay,
LIvseV, Hart Boyer, Morrison. jackson
and Haywood had BEEN state treasurers
succeeding each other tn the order
named.
The hfth and last bill charges Benja-
min ]. Haywood as state treasurer, with
unlawfully loanlng 100000 Of state mo-
neg which II Is alleged went to Richard
R, Quay and also with receiving pecn-
MARY benefit from the deposit OF state
money In the Peoples bank.
Senator Quay with his son, Richard
R. Quay, arrived here from San Lucle,
Fla, to-day, to which place they went
over week ago They declined to dis
cuss the indictments found against
them. The senator and his son were
for some time closeted with their eoun-
sci. It is probable they will appear in
court tomorrow to plead to the charges
contained in the indictments and, as
District Attorney Graham Will press for
an immediate trial, there Is likelihood Of
the case being called for trial on We'd
nesdAY.