The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-15
Elk Senator .Quay's
Prospects Look De-
cidedly Dark.
EXPERT ON STAND.
Pronounces Red Book
One Of Banks Regular
Ledgers.

Philadelphia, April 14.-Persistent,
keen and brilliant argument between
District Attorney Rothermel on the
one side and Messrs. Watson, Shapley
and Shields on the other, upon the adj
mission of testimony which may go a
long way to establish the alleged guilt
Of ex-senator Quay, was the feature of
today's trial of that distinguished de-
PENDANT, and it eliminated in a decid-
ed victory for the prosecution. The
red book" found in Cashier Hopkins
desk after his suicide, and upon the
admission of which the commonwealth
so largely rests it's dase, was the shaft
the district attorney aimed at the de-
tense.
Before starting his examination Mr.
Rothermel read to the court a state
ment of what he intended to prove
The expert, he said, had made thor
ough examination of all the books in
the case. He found that previous to
April 30, 1891, the Peoples Bank paid
interest on the state deposit to the
state treasurer, and that records OF
payments were kept in a regular way
on the books of the bank. After April
80, 1891, when Mr.. Hopkins appeared on
the scene, new system was adopted
This entailed the addition of another
book now known as the ''red book" tC
the books heretofore kept by the bank
Meyer Goldsmith, an expert account
ant, was the witness upon which the
commonwealth depended to accomplish
its contention.
Two accounts of upwards of $1,000 in
the regular books were incomplete and
inaccurate unless explained by entries
in red book" One was an item fol-
S1519 entered in the individual ledger tc
the credit of the person who received
It, He found this item in the stub OF
the cashiers check book, but what il
represented he could not say until he
had examined the calculations in the
red book. Here he found the amount
entered and the indications that 1t hat
I been paid by the cashiers cheek OF
Nov. 4, 1897 Another item of $5532 II
he found in the regular book dated
May "a. 1894 and found the same item
In the red book dated Oct. 80, 1894.
He stated there were other entries II
the red book, which explained transac
lions in the regular book, but the two
Instances specified We're the only ones
in which he could reach accurate con
clusions as to their nature ana pur'
pose Mr. Goldsmith said that Wheh nj
first opened the red book" he did no
consider it a book of the bank bu
when he compared the calculations en-
tered on its pages with the transac.
ton in the other book. he was torcec
to consider it a book of the bank.
He explained this by saying thai
prior to 1891 calculations such as ap
peared in the red book" We're regu
larly entered in the ledger put sine
then the red book had been supstl
tuted and filled and fixed the same re-
suits.
During the cross examination OF I'M
witness which was concluded by Mr.
Shields. he testified to a page Which
was missing. :.
The defense repeatedly endeaVored U
get from him the statement that ther'
might have been figures and words OF
that page which would clearly eAplall
the entries on the other pages, am an.
that the book as now stands IS unren
abIa This was ruled out, following al
objection by the district attorney