The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-19

Knowledge.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18.-The de-
Tense had its innings today in the trial
of Senator Quay, and It made the most
of its opportunity. Expert Accountant
Meyer Goldsmith, the commonwealth's
witness, was under a scorching fire of
oss-examination all day, and the re-
suit of 1t 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 Shields, admit
tedly the best cross-examiner practicing
at the Philadelphia bar. Nearly all the
apparently damaging entries attached to
Senator Quay's name or account In the
bank. as testified to yesterday, were ex-
planned away or greatly modified by the
statements of the commemorative own
witness.
CONSPIRACY EXISTED.
Judge Biddle's ruling OF yesterday had
the erect OF Confirming 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. II. 1898. Lawyer
Shields got from the witness the admis-
sion that if Hopkins had properly credit
ed Senator Quay's account with amounts
that belonged there the books would
show that at the beginning of the al
legged
tor owed the bank only $236, instead of
over $4,000, alleged
Iaklng up the allegation that Senator
Quay had borrowed $1S5,00O, during the
settlement period ending Oct 13, 1897
the last settlement before the bank
closed, Mr.. Shields forced from Gold
smith, piece by piece facts tending to
show that In nearly every instance the
amounts charged to Senator Quay were
really loans to other persons, politicians
mostly, for whom Quay indorsed Where
there was a definite loan to Senator
Quay, the repayment was clearly proven
In this connection it might be we'll to
say that District Attorney Rothermel
claims that he has clearly established
the fact he started out to prove, namely,
that 100000 of the state deposit in the
bank was set aside for the use of Senator
Quay, and whether he used it himself or
loaned it to others is not material in
proving the conspiracy.
VICTIM OF HOPKINS.
Toward the close of the days proceed
1ngs, Mr.. Shields asked Goldsmith some
questions which indicate that the de-
Tense Is about to prove its contention
| that Senator Quay was the victim of
Cashier Hopkins, who they assert used
the name and account of the senator,
without the latter's knowledge, to cover
| his own juggling with the banks funds.
Hopkins, they say, appears to have
used fictitious names for loans, presuma-
bly, to himself, as well as the name of
Senator Quay. He had the reputation of
being a. heavy speculaEor in the stock
market, and the inference is that the
defense will attempt to prove that Sena-
tor Quay had no knowledge whatever Of
/! the alleged loans on his account.
Mr.. Shields put a 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 acknowl-
edged to be his "guesses'' at the mean
ing of certain unintelligibe figures writ
ten in the red book
FULL OF PROMISE.
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 develop
| ments tomorrow. Much of the sting was
| taken out of the famous "shake the plum
| tree letter" by the statement that the
purchase of Metropolitan stock was made
with $i0.000 of Senator Quay's own
| money, his deposit at that time being
| $50, ,GO0.
| While Senator Quay was listening at
tentively to the cross-eXamination of the
expert telegram was thrust into his
| hand, conveying the intelligence of the
| break in his ranks at 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
| d contemplative manner for several min
| utes. He made no comment to any of
| those seated near him ON the news the
| telegram conveyed to him.