Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-20
At GOLDSMITH AGAIN.
Lawyer Shields, In Quay's Interests,
Closely Examines Expert.
LOANS MARKED BY INITIALS.
Witness Admits lie Sometimes
Guessed For Whom These lni-
tials StOOd-JuhEe Refuses to
LenEthem Courts Session.

Philadelphia, April 20.--The ninth day
IN the trial OF ex-United States Senator
Quay began with a request from the
jury to Judge Blddle that he extend the
hour OF adjournment each day beyond
3 o'clock. Judge Biddle declined to
grant the request He sympa thized
with the jurors in their enforced alb
sence from their homes and business,
but said the issues of Il case were Of
the gravest Importance, and there
should be no undue haste. After 3
o'clock. he said. counsel in the case be-
gin the hardest part of their labors, and
an extension would be too much of
strain upon them.
Mr.. Goldsmith. the expert accountant
for the commonwealth. was called to
the stand, and his cross examination
was continued by Mr.. Shields. Before
any questions We're asked the district
attorney said the defense had agreed to
admit as true certain formal evidence
as to the terms of office of state treas
urers. This was done to permit wit
nesses summoned from different parts
of the state to go home and to shorten
the trial to some extent.
Mr.. Shields. referring to the allegation
Of the witness that in August 1896.
100000 of state money was deposited
In the Peoples bank on which interest
was paid asked if there was any entry
to show such payment Mr.. Goldsmith
said there was no single entry. The
question was not pressed any further
The Looms of State Money.
The loans of state money, alleged by
the witness to have been made to more
than so persons and on which interest
was paid, We're then gone into. The
questions covered a wide line of inquiry
and resulted in some legal sparring,
Mr.. Shields drew frcm the witness that
the entries of these loans did not con-
tain any names of persons. but simply
initials. The witness admitted that he
had guessed in some instG noes for whom
these initials stood and learned of the
others from information received. This
ended the cross examination, and the
redirect examination began.
The district attorney took up the
question OF the relation between Sena-
tor Quay's deposit account and the
transactions In stock on his order The
witness stated there was little if any
connection. Goldsmith was asked to
state what the books showed Senator
Quays balance on deposit was at var-
GUS times between April 60 1885, and
Oct 81, 1897. He replied that the bal
ance ranged from so cents to $40 O00.50.
Witness then explained the relation
between the figures in the red book
and the regular books of the bank and
elucidated the figures entered on the
page devoted to the state deposit for
the six months ending Oct. 81, 1897, which
apparently show the use of s200,0 900 Of
the deposit by Senator Quay and the
payment Of interest on the balance.
New Evidence offered.
Turning to the page devoted to what
is apparently Hopkins memoranda of
his private account with Senator Quay.
the witness explained it's relations to
certain entries and omissions in the reg
ular bank books.
At this point the district attorney Of
feYed new piece of documentary evil
dence in the shape of sheet Of fools
cap paper containing figures in Hop
kins' handwriting. The offer was OBJ
jected to by the defense.
The district attorney declared that it
was in furtherance of proof of the con-
spiracy and stated that it contained en-
tries of amounts loaned to call loan Dor
rowers and calculations Of the interest
collected on these loans. 1t shows, he
argued, the scheme adopted by Hop
kins to cover ulA the conspiracy to loan
state money for the benefit of the de-
PENDANT.
The defense argued that the paper
onI there
nothing to indicate that it was not 10
or 20 years old, as it is not dated.
The district attorney offered to put
living witnesses on the stand-the call
loan borrowers--who would corroborate
the figures. Mr.. Watson argued the le-
gal points calculated to exclude the pa
per-
Judge Biddle decided that the paper
Is evidence against Hopkins and there
fore admitted as tending to prove the
alleged conspiracy between Hopkins
ord Ouay. Witness Goldsmith has stat
cd that the figures on the paper, which
was found in Hopkins private desk.
aided him in arriving at his conclusions
reyarding the whereabouts of certain
sums of money.
The district attorney read the paper
to the jury, promising to explain later
the figures entered thereon.
William A. Barrett, a call loan Dor
rover from the bank, was sworn. he
testified to having paid $460o interest
IN or about Oct. 81, 1897, on call loan
made by the bank. \ long list or other
witnesses testified similarly. Ex-State
treasurer and Present director of the
Mint Henry K Boyer t,:@~ led to paying
$3O.67.
To the surprise of the spectators Dis
trict Attorney Rothermel announced
that the commonwealth rested its case.
c. Fl. Mckee Of Pittsburg was the last
witness for the state. He testified he
had received money on three occasions
% attorney for Cashier Hopkins to pro-
feet the bondsmen of State Treasurer
Haywood.
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