Evening star., 1899-04-19
State Offers Sheet of Paper in Quay
Trial.
SlAIH IT SHOWS A CONSPIRACY
Expert Goldsmith Explains How He
Reached His Conclusion.
BANK LIENTS TESTIFY

PHILADELPHIA. April t9.-In the trial
OF ex-United States Senator Quay this
morning. Meyer Goldsmith. the expert ac-
countant for the commonwealth was call
ed to the stand and his cross-examlnation
was continued by Mr.. Shields, who, refer
ring to the allegation Of the witness that,
In August. 1896. s100.00 of state money was
deposited in the Peoples Bank, on which
interest was paid, asked if there was any
entry to show such payment Mr.. Gold
smith said there was single entry. The
question was not pressed any further.
The loans of state money, alleged by the
witness to have been made to more than
fifty persons, and on which interest was
paid, were then gone into. The questions
covered wide line of inquiry and resulted
in some legal sparring. Mr.. Shields drew
from the witness that the entries of these
loans did not contain any names of per-
sons. but simply initials. The witness ad-
mitted that he had guessed in some in
stances for whom these initials stood, and
learned of the others from information re-
csived. II was shown that in more than
one instance borrowers paid more interest
than appeared on the books, one man pay
ing S1,163.t4 interest, whereas his account
was credited with the payment Of only
S525 and the balance not accounted for
This ended the cross-examination, and the
redirect examination began.
Redirect Examination.
The district attorney took up the ques-
tion of the relation between Senator Quay's
deposit account and the transactions in
stock on his order. The witness stated
= there was little II any connection Gold
smith was asked to state what the books
showed. Senator Quays balance on deposit
was at various times between April 80 1896
and October II, 1897.
He replied that the balance ranged from
80 cents to Slo,000.5o.
Witness then explained the relation be-
tween the figures in the red book and
the regular books of the bank and eluci-
dated the figures entered on the page de-
voted to the state deposit for the six
months ending October 81, 1897. which ap-
parently show the use of S2OD,0U0 of the
deposit by Senator Quay and the payment
of interest on the balance.
Turning to the page devoted to what is
apparently Hopkins memoranda OF his pri-
yate account with Senator Quay, the wit
ness explained its relations to certain en-
tiles and omissions in the regular bank
books.
At this point the district attorney offered
a new piece of documentary evidence, in
the shape of sheet of foolscap paper, con-
tanning figures in Hopkins handwriting.
The offer was objected to by the defense
The district attorney declared that it is in
furtherance of proof OF the conspiracy, and
stated that it contained entries of amounts
loaned to call loan borrowers and calcula-
tions of the interest collected on these loans.
1t shows, he argued, the scheme adopted by
Hopkins to cover up the conspiracy to loan
state money for the benefit of the defend
ant.
Objection by Defense.
The defense argued that the paper con-
tained only figures, and there was nothing
to indicate that 1t was not fifteen or twen-
T. years old, as it is not dated.
The district attorney offered to put Iiv-
ing witnesses on the stand. the call loan
borrowers, who would corroborate the fig
ures.
Mr. Watson argued the legal points CAL
culated to exclude the paper.
Judge Biddle decided that the paper is
evidence against Hopkins and therefore ad-
mitted as tending to prove the alleged con-
spiracy between Hopkins and Quay. Wit
ness Goldsmith has stated that the figures
on the paper. which was found in Hopkins
private desk, aided him in arriving at his
conclusions regarding the whereabouts of
certain sums of money.
The district attorney read the paper to
the jury, promising to explain later the
figures entered thereon.
William A Barrett, call loan borrower
from ths bank. was sworn He testified to
having paid S46o5 interest on or about Oc-
tober 81, 1897, on a call loan made by the
bank. long list of other witnesses testi-
fled similarly Ex-State Treasurer and
present Director of the Mint Henry X
Boyer testified to paying s3O.G7 Mr.. Boyer
added some life to the otherwise dry pro-
ceedings by turning to Judge Biddle and
20 Tndhe a statement con-
eerning charges made against him while
he was state treasurer. He said:
Wanted to Answer Mr. Rothermel.
Il desire to ask if / can be permitted to
make answer to the district attorneys allie
cations that the payment of interest on
state money was made to me while state
treasurer
MIR. Rothermel interrupted by stating to
the court that all testimony relating to Mr.
Boyer had been stricken out by the courts
ruling. II being prior to 1885.
Judge Biddle remarked that this was So
and under the circumstances he did not see
any reason for Mr.. Boyer making any
statement.
Mr.. Boyer did not press for the privi-
iese, but before leaving the stand he said
Il simply wanted to explain my position
publicly. as have been publicly attacked"
1he examination of witnesses who had
paid interest on call loans was still in
progress when q Recess was taken