The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-14
POINTS AGAINST QUAY.
The Red Book" Figures Indirect.
y in the Testimony.
THE CLAIM OF THE DEFENSE.

1t VIII Probably 10 That the Senator'S
Account in the Banks Ledger Wa
Fictitious, and That His Name Wa
Dishonesty Used by Cashier Hopkins
Philadelphia, April 14.--Proeeed
In the trial of ex-senator Quay yester-
day were tedious. but nevertheless in
teresting in their bearing upon the fu-
ture Of the case. District Attorney
Rothermel placed upon the stand in
succession the paying teller, receiving
teller and bookkeepers of the broken
Peoples bank to prove the books. All
Of these. In answer to questions, made
reference to Senator Quay's account,
and the bookkeepers said they had en-
tered the figures, but none of the books
were opened to show what the nature
OF the account was. This will be done
later. All of the bank employees on
cross-examination stated that they
had never seen Senator Quay's deposit
book, and they did not believe there
was one. 1t has been limited that the
defense will claim that Senator Quay's
account in the ledger was fictitious as
FAR as he was concerned, and that the
senator's name was used by Hopkins
as cloak for his own personal trans
actions.
The red book" was q big feature of
the days proceedings, figuring indi-
rectly in the testimony of several wit
nesses. Its pages were gone over re-
peatedly and the question Of its iden-
fif3np tf0n With tina hv ~ n ann ~ <ho ha nj
was discussed. and when court ad-
journed a handwriting expert was on
the stand Identifying the writing In
1t as the work of Hopkins.
All this was accomplished by the
district attorney In spite Of the pro-
tests Of the three lawyers employed
by Senator Quay, who fought in vain
against the web of circumstantial evil
deRce, involving the red book to such
IN extent that 1t seems almost Ger
tain that this necessary piece of evil
dence will have to be admitted after
all.
1t was evident from the district at !
torney's attitude yesterday that he
proposes to formally offer the book in |
evidence in day or two, and he ap- |
pears confident of his ability to intro |
duce the testimony which its pages |
contain and which is SO vital in the ]
establishment Of the charge of con-
spiracy between Quay, Haywood and |
Hopkins to use the money of the state |
for illicit gain. As the latter two are |
dead, only Senator Quay remains to
face the charge.
The most interesting witness Of the
day was Clay Kemble, son of William
H. Kemble, deceased, the founder of
the Peoples bank. Mr.. Kemble was
assistant cashier and a director as
we'll. He did not take very active
part in the operation of the bank, be-
ing there as q representative Of his
fathers estate. When asked what
Hopkins duties were he replied: HE
was the whole bank" While this wit
ness was on the stand the district
attorney gained signal victory by
securing the admission of the minute
book of the bank, in which Cashier
Hopkins kept record of the meet
ings of the board Of directors The
particular entry bearing on the Quay
case which the district attorney was
anxious to get in was under date of
Aug. 8, 1896. It reads:
1.-THE only offering for loan before
the board was the note of (Senator)
Arthur Kennedy and R. r. Quay, in
dorsed by M. S. Quay, with stock Of
- attached. 1t was agreed to make
his loan provided R. R. Quay complied
with the presidents request for GER
lain letter." ~