The record-union., 1899-04-20

out under the courts ruling.
The ninth day of the trial began with
a request from the jury to Judge Biddle
that he extend the hour of Adjournment
each day beyond 8 o'clock. With the
exception of a brief outing last Satur-
day and Sunday, under the espionage OF
court officers, the jury is being strictly
confined to the jury rooms ON the sixth
floor of the City Hail. adjoining the
oourtsin which the trial issin progress
Judge Biddle declined to grant the
request, He sympathizes with the jur-
ors in their enforced absence from their
homes and business, but said the issues
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haste. After 3 o'clock, he said, counsel
in the case begin the hardest part OF
their labors, and an extension would be
too much of a strain upon them.
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 At
torney said the defense had agreed to
admit as true certain formal evidence
as to the terms of office of the State
1 ,.
witnesses 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,
S1OO,OOO of State money was deposited
In the Peoples Bank, on which interest
was paid, asked if there was any entry
to show such payment.
Goldsmith said there was no single
entry. The question was not pressed
any further.
The loans of State money alleged by
the witness to have been made to more
than fifty persons and on which inter-
est was paid, were then gone into. The
questions covered a wide line of in
quiry, and resulted in some legal spar
ring.
Mr.. Shields drew from the witness
that the entries of these loans did not
contain any names Of persons, but sim
ply initials. The witness admitted that
he had guessed in some instances for
whom these initials stood and learned
of others from information. 1t was
shown that in more than one case bor-
rowers paid more interest than appear
ed on the books, one man paying ST.
1854 interest, whereas his account
was credited with the payment of only
S525, and the balance was not account
ed for.
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 Sena-
tor Quay's balance on deposit was at
various times between April 80, 1896;
and October 81, 1897.
He replied that the balance ranged
from 90 cents to $10,000.5O.
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 October 81, 1897,
which apparently show the use of $500,
oU0 of the deposit by Senator Quay and
the payment of interest on the balance.
Turning to the page devoted to what
is apparently Hopkins memoranda OF
his private account with Senator Quay,
the witness explained its relations to
certain entries and omissions in the
regular bank books
AT this point the District Attorney Of
fered new piece of documentary evil
dence, in the shape of a sheet of fools
cap paper containing figures in Hop
kins' handwriting.
The offer was objected to by the de-
fense.
The District Attorney declared that 1t
was in furtherance of proof of the con-
spiracy, and stated that it contained
entries of amounts loaned to call loan
borrowers and calculations of the inter
est collected on these loans 1t shows.
he argued, the scheme adopted by Hop
kins to cover up the conspiracy to loan
State money for the benefit of the de-
fendant.
The defense argued that the paper
contained only figures, and there was
nothing to indicate that it was not if
teen or twenty 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 legal points
calculated to exclude the paper.
Judge Biddle decided that the paper
IS evidence against Hopkins, and, there
fore, admitted as tending to prove the
alleged conspiracy between Hopkins
and Quay Witness Goldsmith has
stated that the figures on the paper,
which was found in Hopkins private
desk, aided him in arriving at his con-
ciuslons regarding the whereabouts of
certain sums of money.
Ihe District Attorney read the paper
to the jury, promising to explain later
the fgures entered thereon.
William A. Barrett, a call loan bor .
rover of the bank, was sworn. He tes-
titled to having paid $46.05 interest on
or about October 81, 1897, on call
loan made by the bank A long list of
other witnesses testified similarly.
Ex-State Treasurer and present direc-
tor of the mint, Henry K Boyer testi-
fed to paying S3O.67.
Mr. Boyer added some life to the
otherwise dry proceedings by talking
to Judge Biddle and asking permission
TO make statement concerning
charges made against him while he was
State Treasurer. He said: II desire 20
ask If l can be permitted to make an
swer to the District Attorneys auega-
tions that the payment of interest on
State money was made to me while
State Treasurer"
Mr. Rothermel interrupted by stating
TO the court that al. testimony relating
to Mr.. Boyer had been stricken out by
the courts ruling it being prior IT,
1896
Judge Biddle remarked that this was