The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
DEFENSE HAD ITS INNINGS.
IMPORTANT ADMISSIONS MADE BY
MEYER GOLDSMITH.

Quay's Attorney Is Handling His |
Case SkiIlfulIy-Said If Proper En-
tries Had Been Made Quay Would |
Have Been Charged with Only |
1926 Up TO Nov. II, 1S9G-Mny Try |
10 show lie was Hopkins Victim.
Quay Hears From Harrisburg.
Philadelphia, April 1s.-The defense had
its innings to-day in the trial Of Sena-
tor Quay and it made the most of its
opportunity.
Expert Accountant Meyer Goldsmith
the commemorative witness, was under a
scorching fire of cross examination all
day and the result thereof justifes the
opinion that the network of evidence
wrought by the prosecution from the
books of the broken bank, tending to show
Senator Quay's guilty participation in the
unlawful use of the banks money was
very much shaken by the admissions the
witness was compelled to make under the
skillful questioning of Attorney A. S. L.
Shields
Nearly all of the apparently damaging
entries attached 90 Senator Quay's name
or account in the bank as testified to yes
terday, were explained away or greatly
modified by the statements of the COM
monwealth's own witness
Judge Biddle's ruling of yesterday had
the effect Of conforming testimony tend
ing to show the existence of conspiracy
between Quay, Haywood and Hopkins, as
charged in the indictment, to the two
years ending Nov. H. 1898.
Lawyer Shields got from the witness the
admission that if Hopkins had properly
credited Senator Quay's account, with
| amounts that belonged there, the books
would show that at the beginning of the
alleged conspiracy, Nov II, 1896, the sem
ator owed the bank only $685. instead of
over $4,000. as is alleged.
Loans on Quay's Endorsement.
| Taking UP the allegation that Senator
| Quay had borrowed $lS5,000 during the
settlement period" ending Oct 81, 1897,
the last settlement before the bank closed,
Mr.. Shields forced from Goldsmith, piece
| by piece, facts tending to show that in
nearly every instance the amounts charged
10 Senator Quay were really loans
to other persons, politicians mostly,
| for whom Quay endorsed. Where there
| was a definite loan to Senator Quay the
| repayment was clearly proven.
| In this connection il might be well to say
that District Attorney Rothermel claims
| that he has clearly established the fact he
| started out to prove, namely, that $780,
900 of the state deposit in the bank was set
aside for the use of Senator Quay, and
whether he used 1t himself or loaned il to
others is not material in proving the con-
! spiracy.
Toward the close of the days proceedings
| Mr. Shields asked Goldsmith some ques-
tions which indicate that the defense is
about to attempt to prove its contention
that Senator Quay was the victim of
Cashier Hopkins who, they assert, used
the name and account of the senator with
out the tatters knowledge, to cover his
own juggling with the banks funds.
Entries in the Red Book.
Mr. Shields put different complexion
on the entries in the "red book" by com
pelling the witness to admit that many
of his figures were not proven by entries
in the regular bank books but were the
result of what he practically acknowledged
TO be his "guesses" at the meaning of
certain unintelligible figures written in the
red book.
Goldsmith was still on the stand when
court adjourned for the day, and the
questions put to him near the close were
full of promise of interesting developments
tomorrow.
Much of the sting was taken out of the
famous Shake the plum tree telegram
by the statement that the purchase of
Metropolitan stock contemplated thereby
was made with $4,000 of Senator Quays
own money, his deposits at that period ex-
ceeding 100000.
How He Received the News.
While Senator Quay was listening in
tently 10 the cross-exarnination of the ex-
pert, telegram was thrust into his hand
containing the announcement of the break
in his ranks a Harrisburg.
The senator carefully adjusted his
glasses and read the dispatch. Then a half
frown came over his features and his face
turned from the witness to the court room
window out of which he gazed in a con-
templative manner for several minutes.
He made no comment TO any of those
seated near him on the news the telegram