The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-20
UNEXPECTED TURN
ofthe Prosecution in the Quay Case.
The State Closes its Case Abruptly.
Probable Action OF tho Defense.

ofthe Prosecution in the Quay Case.
The State Closes its Case Abruptly.
Probable Action OF tho Defense.
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.-Unex-
pectedly to almost every, person inter-
estcd, the prosecution In the trial OF ex-
United States Senator Quay. for con-
spiracy, closed Its case to-day after
nine days full OF argument. clashes OF
counsel and testimony largely OF an ex-
pert nature. The general expression OF
opinion had been that the trial would
drag through many more days. and
when District Attorney Rothermel an
nounced that he had concluded there
were expressions of surprise from all
parts Of the court room. The end came
ut 2 o'clock. Just an hour before the US
ual hour Of adjournment, and after q
brief consultation among counsel for;
the defense and Judge Biddle. the latter
adjourned court until tomorrow In or
der that Mr.. Quay's lawyers might have
time to consider what steps they shall
take with respect to the presentation OF
their side.
1t was stated that the question Of en-
tering demurrers to tho prosecutions
evidence or proceeding with the taking
of testimony will be decided by the de-
fense's counsel tonight. From the
evidence already presented. It Is appar-
entity evident that the commonwealth
Innpn1s In rpalv for rppr,icttnp ,,nnr ba
testimony OF its expert. Meyer Gold
smith. as to his interpretations of the
accounts In the red book and other
books Of the Peoples bank, and upon
the Jury's opinion OF the books, papers,
letters, kilograms and checks offered In
evidence. As to what extent the testl-
mony Of the defense's expert, should he
be called. may Offset Mr.. Goldsmith's
testimony remains to be seen. The con-
tention Of the defence in argument and
cross examination has been that the
calculations Of Mr.. Goldsmith are not
borne out by the books, but on the
other hand show that Mr.. Quay did not
use state money nor receive interest on
state deposits. and that whatever loans
he received were made In the custom
airy manner and backed by sufficient
collateral. 4.
To-day's proceedings were devoid of
sensational features. The dry routine
Of figures and involved explanations of
accounts took up most of the time. Mr..
Goldsmith's cross examination was con-
cluded and redirect examination was
begun by Mr.. Rotherme!. The points
brought out by him were that the cash
account and interest account of the
bank were deficient by the omission of
certain sums received us interest; that
1t was customary to designate call loans
by initials instead of names. Upon the
question OF Mr.. Quay's balances in the
deposit account from May. 1896. to Oc-
tober 1897. Mr.. Goldsmith said:
I'm 1896. on June 23. the balance was
S2.5G: on November q. S2.T77G6: on No
rember Is, again s2.56: in 1897, on Jam
uary I, so cents; on October 26. Sl0000.50.
and on October q, so cents, at which It
remained till the end of the month.
Those are all the variations from April
30, 1896, to October 81, 1897"
Director OF the Mint Henry X. Boyer
was on the stand and after testifyins to
paying interes. on October, 1891. or q
call loan. asked permission to make q
statement in reply to the district at .
terney's allegations In the course Of
testimony that he received interest on
state money while state treasurer frpm
May. 1889. to May, 1881. His request
was not allowed, but the court stated
all records Of replies to those questions
were stricken out under the courts rul-
Ing.