New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-12

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Who was the hrst person you sno"ea the p"'s''
9TH. man who advised me Of their existence
who was the next person.
wen" wen" t they in his CUSTODY"
mo. he never had them
"Mr' Orr. Of HARRISBURG and Mr. Harris, Per- PER,
sflsns for the y purpose
Mr. Gordon denied that he mao pycGe Graham at
letters to New-York and exhibited them 10
a ;ns 20 and Mr. Mr. uey at a Shields
to show e0nneson a Dei" his possesson Of let
ters compromising Senator Quay. but his a"e'"O"'
The with Witness by explanacn stated , that
although he had testified the, he n9a nS s desired
IN ne soy ,hst on one occasion while coming from
New@York 10 Philadelphia on Sunday m nor ia,s
IN May Senators ne quay and had shown them to Mr.
Guey This the only occasion T. hen t Gdnsy
six letters and kilograms OF the Quays and Hay
wood; $50. our.v,~ ,rou,rea Mr. shap.
He is Incapable of description In few words"
svervbody Joined He identified him under oues-
tioning as the Democratic National Committee
The witness asked permission OF the Court TO
explain why he took Of the papers ssa the
Judge said the statement was immaterIa. and
he had stated that the papers lad not been mutt;
that he TOOK S pape never or saw
ceiver Showed them to him.
A. l.. Tabor. who the teller OF the bank
was placed on the stand to identify the Quay let
and kilograms.
THE QUAY LETTERS OFFERED IN EVIDENCE
At this junciure the DistrictAttorney offered in
evidence the first of the famous letters identified
by Mr.. Tabor. saying he would supplement and
prove them by books of the bank which he would
subsequently offer in evidence. The defence OPP
posed the admission of the letters, kilograms and
books on the ground that they are not proper tes-
timony, and Mr.. Rothermel. in support OF his posi-
the testimony produced at the preliminary hearing In
October last. and in addition some new figures not
follow the letters with proof from the books Of the
Part Of the vd mater 1sm the My @
70 october 81 1897 Quay borrowed irom -, The se
nePss Ths BOOKS so ho% hs Henry
Boyer while State Treasurer. received In interest
500 S'f interest eOss and Hay haywood 5ls '''"
MI Rotherme admitted that many Of the trans ans;
limit but ali Went to prove the conspiracy Of Mr.
Quay to use improperly the State money in 'the
WATSON opposed the Sse admission the pro-
posed evidence. II was evident from his areu-
menis found in Cashier Hopkins desk as evidence
were private property and not the books OF the
bank. He sald that while the indictment charged
Mr.. Quay with conspirng 10 use the State money,
the deposits in the Peoples Bank unlawfully
there was absolutely no means of proving that the
money was the property of the State; that it was
not the property of the State. but it
property of the Peoples Bank. since it had been
legally deposited. He argued that no Grand Jury
had ever passed upon the alleged crime for which
Mr.. Quay being tried. and that the Indictment
was fatally defective. Mr.. Watson said he would
reserve his objections to the Red Book" until 1t
Is formally offered. He wished first to await a de-
cision on the question OF the admission of the main
books
Mr. Rotherme stated his contention that the
RED Book necessarily because of the nature
OF its entries. of the books of the bank Pend
Ing further argument the court adjourned until to-
morning