The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-11
QUAY TURNS TABLES.
VIII Try to Show Conspiracy on the
Part of Prosecutors.

what each knew about the case. Five
minutes before court opened the ex-
senator and his son Richard came in.
Mr.. Quay was smiling and his features
bore a hopeful expression as he re-
sponded to the greetings of friends He
sat quietly through the entire session
and was apparently the most uncon-
cerned person in the room. Nearly half
an hour was spent in the arrangement
of papers and in consultations among
counsel before the business of the day
began.
Thomas w. Barlow, the receiver of
the bank, who was on the stand at ad-
books and papers found in the bank
on assuming his duties, was cross-ex-
amined by Mr.. Skapely of counsel for
Mr.. Quay.
with the cross examination before his
line of questions, apparently indicated
his purpose to prove that the whole
fabric of the charges against Mr.. Quay
We're those of conspiracy. After
bringing out the fact that Mr.. Barlow
was assistant to former District At
torney Graham during the time he
acted as receiver and was busy with his
duties. the witness was told to tell all
the circumstances of his removal of
certain letters, papers and books from
the private desk of Cashier Hopkins.
Among these books is the one known
as the red book which the prosecu-
ton alleges, shows that Hopkins COM
puted interest on state funds which
l.
papers also included the Quay letters
among them the Plum tree document
Mr.. Barlow in reply said: "On March
29, person in Harrisburg whom 1 did
not then and do not now know, spoke to
me in this city over the long distance
telephone. He said: I want to say to
you an attempt will be made tonight to
take certain documents out of Hopkins
desk, SO they had better be taken by
you As a result of this 1 went to the
bank accompanied by policeman,
broke open the desk and took them
OUT
The witness said he notified Judge
Gordon, then one of the common pleas
judges, of his intention, the latter being
James McManes, president of the bank
For about three hours that night he
left the documents in the possession of
ogdge o9as G0Tdon in bet trust eompanys
virtually in Judge Gordon's custody un-
til early in September.
Barlow explained that Mr.. McManes
had agreed to pay the debts of the
bank and as Judge Gordon was his
friend, he considered it perfectly proper
that the judge should know of the con-
tents of the books and papers.
Mr.. Barlow denied knowledge of the
photographing of Quay letters for the
use of his political opponents. He said
he did not know that they had been
taken by Judge Gordon and shown to
David Martin, or that Judge Gordon and
John Wanamaker had taken them to
New York and shown them to Demo-
cratic National Committeeman James
NJ. Guffey in an effort to make Judge
Gordon the Democratic candidate for
governor Of Pennsylvania last year
Mr.. Barlow denied knowledge that be-
fore receiving the anonymous telephone
message from Harrisburg, Judge Cor
don had opened the private desk and
removed the private books and papers,
He thought State Banking Commission
er Gilkesof had seen the documents
prior to their coming into his (BarIow's)
possession. He stated that early in
September last he showed them to At
torney General Mccormick in Harris
burg. Mr.. Shapley asked witness if
the attorney general had not told him
that there was nothing in them on
which to base a civil criminal action
district attorney and the objection was
sustained.
Witness denied that any money or
securities of the bank had been in the
possession of Judge Gordon. He also
denied positively that Judge Gordon was
present when he broke open the cash
ier's desk.
Mr.. Shapley put a long line of ques-
tions to the witness, the obvious de-
sign being to sustain the contention of
the defense that the memorandum
books taken from a private desk were
not bank property and therefore not
admissible as evidence. This ended the
cross examination. On redirect exam
ination Barlow said Banking Commits
sioner Gilkeson had possession of Hop
kins' keys and had examined the con-
tents Of the private desk two or three
days before the receiver was appointed
The papers in the desk were mixed UP
and in a confused condition.
THE red book was handed to Mr.
Barlow and he declared emphatically
that it is now in the same condition as
when it came into his possession. Mr..
Shapley endeavored to make the witness
say that there We're among the papers
an envelope with Harrisburg poStmark
addressed to President McManes, which
fits the letter from Treasurer Haywood
to the bank, saying that if a loan of
100000 is made to Senator Quay's son,
he will keep the state balance at $500, 900
until the payment of the loan. The
prosecution claims that although the
Names for purposes of forrnality, it was
sent direct to Cashier Hopkins, as had
been the custom of Mr.. Haywood.
Judge Gordon was the next witness
Judge Gordon identified the papers
and books that had been placed in his
possession by the receiver of the bank
and said they are undoubtedly in the
same condition now as when he received
them. Cross examined by Mr.. Shields,
Judge Gordon said he did not gain his
knowledge of the papers in his capacity
as counsel for Mr.. McManes, but as his
intimate personal friend.
Who was the man to whom you
showed the papers?"
The man who advised me of their
who neXt?''
John Wanamaker"
The books never were in Mr.. Wana-
makers custody. Mr.. Orr of Harris
burg and Mr.. Harris, a person friend
of the witness, had the papers in their
possession for the purpose of photo
graphing them.
Mr.. Gordon denied that he had placed
the papers in the hands of District At
torney Graham at any time. He denied
also that he ever took the letters to
New York and exhibited them to Ma
tional Committeeman Guffy and Mr.
Wanamaker there. Mr.. Guffy had only
three of the fhirfy-SiX letters a nd teIe-