Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-22


inside information. Boggs bought Bay
State Gas stock eight weeks before
| Senator Kenney did. The district at
torney kept back until the last minute !
the Testimony concerning the Bay State |
Gas voucher. Mr.. Miller, treasurer
| of the company, was held in tho back
ground and called at the last minute.
Then, the next morning j. Frank A lice
was called, and he said he believed the
fee was as counsel for the Bay State
Gas Co. He thought he heard oil Of
the conversation between Mr.. Kenney
and Mr.. Addicks, but there was one
man in the city, in the district at.
torney's Office, who could have told just
! what the stock was given for. but be
was not put upon the stand. That
was ~ Edward Addicks. l saw him
with my own eyes. He could have been
put ION the stand, but WAS not. II he
had been the whole matter would have
been made plain to you. Ell.
1.-THE district attorney was going on
tho assumption that Mr., Kenney know
oil about Boggs being defaulter. We
say that he did not know anything
about it. e II e.eil .,1a, Il s-..g.,,s.
II don't seq what gambling has to
do with II. Poor little Willie Boggs.
Helping him ON his road to ruin. Com
mencing draw POKER at lG. Why, there
wds not a. man in the State who could
havescaughtih him He was faster than
any jack rabbit you ever saw. COM
mcncing at is, he got into horse racing,
draw poker, faro and other kinds OF
gambling Did that man need any
backing mp? Crime. He was welded
TO it. And now he is trying to drag .
United States Senator down with him.
"Boggs thinks that by testifying
against this defendant he will gain
something. He thinks that when the
Judge comes to sentence him for stenl-
ing s10IO00, IL the judge don't have
mercy on him maybe the President of
the United States will. He knows that
nothing will be added to the sentence
and hopes he hmy gain something"
Mr.. Bird spoke of the testimony of
Joseph w. Hazell, who alleged that
Hoges prayed cards at the Bayard
House in1Doyer in 1881. lie. also spoke
Of James Stcoady. q hoarler at the
| Bayard House, who saidiho never saw
Boggs there. The testimony Of Harry
Il. Brcckson .was also pointed out to
the jury Referring to Ezekiel Cooper
Off the Formers Bank, Mr.. Bird said
1 his testimony did not agree altogether
, with that of Boggs. quoting some Of
, the testimony. II. T. Cooper's testi-
! niony Also came in for n share Of alton
! tion. Mr.. Bird quoting therefrom.
Mr. Bird began to talk at 3 O'Clock
r and was speaking at D, whom adjourn
ment was made until 10 O'Clock Friday
[ morning.
Levi G. Bird resumed his address To-
: the jury on behalf OF the defendant on
i Friday, consuming about an hour.
3 He told the jury there was nothing
a strange about Boggs, after his flight
from home, going out into the dark
!, ness and desolation, saying it was per-
fectly natural that he should want to
i, get us far out of sight as possible, not
. withstanding that it brought trouble
y upon his family. He also thought 1t
!. was fhe, most natural thing in the
!. world for Senator Kenney to tell Boggs,
a after the latter had disclosed the TACT
q that he was short at the bank, to go
|. and see his friends and relatives and
i see what could be done to pay the
n shortage. '"Boggs was the man to
q make ii up, 2 he said, mot Kenney.
4 You cannot reconcile the testimony OF
q Boggs and Kenney. How are you going
4 to take up this case? You must take
those two men as you know them in
N life. Boggs, defaulter to the extent
n of $40, 600 or $50, 600 before he wenteto
Is see Kenney, and the latter, u promi-
n nent lawyer, an honored man in the
/ town, an aspirant for political honors,
:. attorney before tho Legislature for cor
IL porations and what not. Take those
ii two men as they appeared upon the
" stand. Tho district attorney examined
" Kenney in the ninutest details and II
y is not strange that the witness should
y not know everything that happened on
10 every day. Boggs testified in coo
, N n, ,y1alra haltQpn hf
!. was DISTINGUISHED. Once he lost hii
10 temper, when being examined about
l. Brockson. He got mad and it wouc
NJ have taken q lotion weight to keep hit
VS. anger, down
IN argument he assumes as true the un
az supported testimony of William N
IN Boggs, when the latter spoke of tn,
he others he alleged had assisted him.
IA NOW want you to ask yourselve
1e II Boggs knew all the things he sale
he he did why 1t was Konney had moth
MI ing to do with any Of the schemes b
m make money. II he was in this robber.
IN where is, his share OF the plumber? l
n. you convict him after you answer thes
a. questions you are not fair Inen. In al
ys that they don't charge, in fact, the,
nc admit, that Krnney did not use tn
n. banks money except in tho oyerdrafts
adj Kenncy made good his oyerdrafts lonI
before there was any talk of Bogg
~ running away. What was the use of hi
a. bothering about il If re was in an
scheme Some time in February, &C
gs cording TO the worst they can contend
NJ. by implication, Kenney's accounts wer
,r- good. Bo9gs wont away In May. y
lat Mr.. Bird called attention to the ties
h. timony Of John III. Jones, relative I
Boggs retaining checks which he sal
Ter were not good, and said it was an illus
IL tration of the loose manner in whic
ey the bank was run. He alleged tina
M Boggs' memory was better Mt this tria
he than the lust ono; that prison life ha
he made him come here with new vieor {
To intellect.
ad The isspe VI. Bird said, is intent
XIV intent to aid in robbing the bank. II
,ds hold TINT there WIS nothing to sho
that there was any such intent an
.he acquittal was expected. He said h
Ia was never moro surs of what. Jun
v would do. He pleaded with the jur
he to acquit his client and asked thu
Of there be no disagreement, holding tina
ds. either disagreement Or convictio
,nt would mean death. He conteried tina
as the minority should go over to tn
Ise majority. whatever the result Nigh
wa be. His client had had enough mjser
,ou already and should know now whetht
m? he was to DO restored to life or deaf
- Yves 10 DO his lot 4.s.