Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15
Judge BlddIe Formally Admits the
Famous "Red Book"
DECIDED TO BE BANK BOOK


lHNNlNNtlIflNs AINh ~
day u the trial 81 ex-senator N. =
quay began with prospects Of n battle
royal between counsel as &c the ad'
mission Of the red book" which IA
pert uoidsmlth yesterday said was I'M
doubleday book 81 the bank.
AZ the close OF yesterday proceed
ings Goldnmlth was ON the stand and
was being examined by District At
torncy Rothofmei with reference TO
what the book showed. Mr.. Gold
smith again took the stand this morn
Ing. and ~ an indication Of the pur-
puso OF opposing counsel 20 contest
uvery question which might bring the
contents VI the book before the Jury
before Ia admlrsiblllty has nnnlly been
determined, the first question Ov the
district attorney was objected TO and
after a spirited argument the de-
Tense scored q point The question
What period OF time Il represented
by the calculations IN the red book
Duiing argument the district attor-
ncy indicated that b. pufposed 70
show the Jury that the calculations
werc made NJ Intervals 81 Xix months.
each date being a rcgular settlement
DAY OF the Peoples hank, Mt, Gold
smith was stood aside for thu pres
cnt.
Thc district attorney then offered In
evidence check OF u.b2p, signed John
and endorsed BY John \. Hopkins
and benjamin Haywood. This led 10
another objection by the defense which
thu court oycrrulcd. In 10 doing judge
Biddle spoke ut length TO Mr. quay =
counsel on the number Of useless OBJ
49, 49, .al.I Nlasa aHsIFla
crni basis that the oncrod evidence
aha not mention Sir. quarry. lie said
Il was not question OF Mr. quay
alone but Of conspiracy. ana VI the
evidence offered did not implicatc Mf.
Quay no harm would be- done.
FRED BOOK" OFFEIlED.
Turning to the court MI ho,herine'
said.
And now. your honor. I offcr In cyl.
] dence the book known az the red book.
~ one nf the books % the bank.
Mr.. Quay'r counsel Immediately OBJ
jecicd on the ground that it was not a
book 81 the bank.
\ general proposition OF the dcfcnae'r oh,
| lection. turned TO the testimony ol
| Goldsmith. and taking that portion "a
| which an entry fof ". at3 10 IN the ''rcd
| book was compared az being similar y
| a like entry In the regular books said
I ZINC HfNNHfNuilNn hfNNNNNN NNlHA W.
| cause n this. this book " book OF tht
bank. a comparison between these
items shows difference of four month";
/ in the dates In the two books, Tbs
| proposition 10 prove the rcd book hl
such testimony II a most startling one
Then" he continued. there In ih'
| item of ti,blg That II very peculiar
item. I'VE ,lnd il In the rcd book at IN,
| bottom 0f page written In lead pencil
An the other entries "a this page. viii
| tho exception Of two, are also In lcae
pencil. Taking the si,bia item then the>
turn 10 a stub on the cashiers checl
| book. which In itself u not the best cNl,
dcnoe and SHOW US the check entered
there three days after. IL u evident
| from the testimony ~ the expert" Ia
| continued that the books of the bank
balance with our red book II n not
therefore. necessarily or properly 9
book OF the bank. II was not found
among the books Of the bank. but In .
/ private drawer OF the private desk Of
Cashier Hopkins, n II not PACED ana u
not kept IN the form or style Of a banl
| book, The books entries record natter
that have Ions Hlncc passed. In no In
stance are the entries co.tcmporanooui
with transactions Ia the bank. The OK
| merit Hald the books OF the bank wrf,
we'll kept whereas the rcd book In no
well kept, and It's entries are irrcgulal
and contain errors.
'sThe district attorney himself" Mr.
Watson continued, demonstrates tina
II In not book of the bank. but onli
memorandum book kept secretly b,
the cashier. who II party To the al
legged conspiracy and therefore pcculi
ariy capable ~ writing any figures Il
"a book that viii suit his purpose. III
| motive was % deceive. ana he ma,
have ,lred this book for purposes o
deception. The admission % the BOOB
In this case would violate all the rule
OF evidence, The rcd book was -
Irregular that after the failure outside
persons were allowed 10 take Il ava,
and kocp II for months and photograph
II as national curiosity"
a STRONG POINT.
Mr.. Rothermel. In reply. made tn
strong point that the reason liopkin
did not begin keeping tho red book
until 1891 was because IN that yea
"a law was passed by tho Legislature
creating the state department Of bank
ing; that he knew that after that dat
the books would be open To the In
spection of a bank examiner rcgularl!
ana II WINS therefore necessary TO keel
the computations Of the defendant
share OF the interest secret.
"REp BooK" ADMITTED.
Judge Dlddle. In admitting the IRE
book" said.
when the question originally arose Il
this case In reference To this partlcula
book, ! did not think the district at
torney had sufficiently established III
| proof that u was a bank book, Tn
question now comes In an entirely dif
ferent capacity II seems 10 me tina
AN expert could tell better than an,
ono elise what books are necessary 4
carry out the system In vogue ut tina
bank lie sworo most positively tina
this book Is book Of the bank, III
10 u certain date he said the book
were kept IN certain way aud the &c
counts compared IN the ledgcr n
followed this mp with the statemen
that entries formerly made Ia the led
Ter were now found In this book.
"The gentleman who kept this boo
was the cashier and to use the word
Of the assistant cashier, he was m
| whole bank The question is no
whether the contents Of this book ar
material or mmnterial but whether
is n book Of the bank. ana under thoH
| circumstances II IN admitted. as h
knows more about II than do"
| LOOKING AT QUAY.