The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-13
QUAY SCORED 4 P'I's|
Succeeded 10 Having tie ri p..,.
c'uded as Evidence.
WAS NOT FOUND wlTHoTHtp N. "A.
Therefore, the Judge ~.
Not Properly ne Iut~.s " csa
Evidence Asainst o.

Philadelphia, April ,s--s....
gained 2 partial advantage, "a n 0et
ent at least. to admit as ev,asa. ~ p7s
him The famous "red book ~ ssals
figured SO prominently in n. asa
which is alleged to contain the u. ,s.' y
ease 81 the commonwealth This ~ v =
round IN the desk of Cashier 49, ~
the Peoples bank after the ius,i,m, ~.
c'esed us doors and that lndivIdu,s
taken MS own life. Twelve pase. Z,
book are devoted to what the ~.
charges as Hopkins record q M
actions In money deposited b. K. NV
treasurer for the advantage Il s.. saH
Quay. II contains entries ey,a,A,, law
several years and figures ara -.l ovt1
II which apparently show ,he ., ,.sssa q
OF interest on sums of money arr a'.aila
ing the State deposits. less csv.sit
auctions for the benefit Of Sors. ..ala e. |
These figures. the prosecut,rs WY
alleges, were posted from IN suofnsyI
to the regular ledger of the h,ns poas
lns Senator Quay's account 0on'aia /
In passing upon the question I, ,s.
oIiity OF tne red book. Judge Biddls ~
~ goes not strike me thst knowIsas ~
inc doom mas been brought home i 81 y
aler quay; IL was not found anor> w "
DOCKS on the bank at all 1t was NINA y 4
drawer not in the orderly fbsr.
witch DOCKS OF public inst,uior Z.
Kept pit crowded with a sort Of ruSA. n /
anu an investigation of that book res ss,a
these lgures. am not satisfied ths,,s.s
tnat this book has been made comns,.'
evidence against Senator QUAY
rms decisios was part of an oral o,,..a
by the Judge, In which he establisSsS "
point that the regular books Of M h,.s
We're admissible as testimony.
District Attorney Rothermel mia
saw the disadvantage that the lattsr u,
or the opinion placed him In ma III I,
epTang to his feet to assure the cc,,r, Il.
he mad not argued for the admisslos !,
the red book; had not formally ofTsrss
IN evidence and might not find il nerss,,,~
to make such offer.
Judge Biddle replied that he Ia !,
! derstood the argument of yesterday vi
TINS morning to be on the aimlssiop NJ
az the books and papers, but in view n
Mr., Rothermel's statement he woula vI,s
mold MS decision on this book until i NJ
regularly offered and the question arru,s
Counsel for Mr.. Quay, seeing tbsjr Il.
vantage. insisted that they had Ipc,uss|
the red book in their argument aeaIpr|
1ne ADMISSION of the books, but the jui,,
dismissed the matter for the present
me commonwealth contends that nj
though the red book was kept BY cashIr|
hopkins In separate compartment ava,
from the eyes of the other members
was necessarily part Of the bookkeeuiaf
system OF the bank, and 1t will have III
ne ADMITTED TO corroborate and expliiaI
sntrles IN senator Quay's account In tAsl
ledger.
The lawyers for the defense wore all
gently disappointed at their failure II NJ
cure the exclusion of all the books ., M
nank and thus practically destroy he es,|
OF The prosecution. 1t has been under|
stood that Lawyer Watson's presence N
the case was for the purpose Of makiril
fight against the books.
All of the evidence. practically agsuSl
Senator Quay is documentary, In the shir|
OF letters and book entries, and the at..|
tnde of his counsel has clearly indicated n
purpose to fight to the bitter fend ag,sNI
! the introduction OF such evidence. Thfi|
1 lallure In this respect was not complete
however, as they have apparently ssrui'l
/ the exclusion of the vital evidence toi. 4
| tanned in the little memorandum bNkl
known for purposes Of identifcatlo1s as "
red book, which gains its title from he
fact that the computations OF interest n
it were made in red ink by Hopkins. lhr
were unsuccessful in the effort to KEEL
out the letters and kilograms written n
Senator Quay to Hopkins directing him y
make certain transactions in stocks IaH'l
were all made public at the time o. s!i'l
ator Quay's preliminary hearing In 0c'aN'|
last. The letters are In Senator Qus
handwriting with one or two exceptions
All of the afternoon lawyers arsusa u
cross purposes on the manner Of in'foab'
| ton of the bank books. The district II
torney wanted to avoid the physical inse..|
venience of bringing into the court l .ss.|
several wagon loads of ledgers ana a,'s.
hooks, asking that they be identinea y 4
lump and separate books brousn' II
court as needed. +. MI
The defense would not consens ~,
and the matter was still under ols s.sr
/ when court adjourned until tomo'iS'
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