Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-07-28

VI tHn Dauh. Do yOd suppOsb Nc ulI III
III it reasonable to suppose that man
who commits crime Is going to make
confident out OF other people when 1t
is not Increasingly
"Think Of the peril OF all OF the good
citizens OF Dover o.day. There is not
one uf them who ever had an overdrait
at the bank who is not in danger Of
being brought up on one OF these
charges.
There ia nowhere that the district
attorney can show you that the bank
4 was injured one cent or that Mr. Ken.
uey ever got one cent of profit.
II dan't want to say word against
| 3oggA, who in the eyes Of the law
stands as an arcomplice. although he
is really tho PRINCIPAL. Lie has con-
fesssd to robhing the bank of Sl07, 600,
to gambling and lying at stated periods
IN ORDER to retain hie position at the
bank. In fact lie was living lie.
Where do you go in Mr.. Boggs' lie to
draw the line between lying and speak
ing the truth? Why is be speaking the
truth now and was not speaking the
truth during 1880 and 1896. | cannot
believe that you IL men can think Diff
ferent from me.
| "If there is a possibility Of verdict
| Of guilty at your hands where are you
| to reckon for your peaceY 1t will come
to you 10 the night some time and you
will say, He may have been innocent.
| All Nj. Kenney asks is for you to do
unto him as you would he done by.
| EVERY time an overdraft is paid it
| is paid out of the funds OF the hank.
1t is not criminal TO make overdrafts?,
II ask you. gentlemen of the jury,
to consider the enormous consequences
Of the verdict to the defendant. by a
conscientious verdict Of auquittal you
can rslieve MIN from the hurden of the
Indictment which is pressing him to
the earth; you can bring joy. to his wife
and allow his little girl and boy TO look
to hopeful womanhood and manhood
without the burden OF unjust disgrace.
II expect you to deal With this case
respecting your oaths and your CON
sciences Remember good name is
preferable to great riches, and in this
case O good name 10 more TO Mr.. Ken
ney than all of the wealth oil the Klon-
dixie expect you, gentlemen, to zeal
! with this case fairly. l know you will
and thank you. )"
Senator Gray spoke until 4. 20 o'clock.
MR. vANpEsRIFT CLOSES.
District Attorney Vandegrift made
the closing address, which was exceed.
ingly strong
lie started by telling the jurorH that
il there was any doubt in the minds oil
any of them about the truth of the al.
legations they must not convict the de
, PENDANT. II may be the most Infamous
persscutor, be said. II may be the
, most cunning of counsel. But when
this community believes that of me
hope my last day shall have come. have
no feeling whatever In this case, but il
is my painful duty to conduct the pros
, ecution of an unfortunate fellow citizen.
"I have been accused of endeavorinl
| to cover up the real issue by Offering 81
| much documentary evidence. The rea
issue is in these books an accused o.
| being an infamous prosecutor. Nobody
: knows better than the two gentlemen
: | who havs Just addressed you that
4 have sought every avenue Of escape ii
this case.
I ~ have not mentioned the hiah posi
! ton in this case. l wanted you to con
, slider as between man and man. III i
Q had been known that in May. June ami
n July, 1896, that this defendant was OBJ
! tanning money from tho bank by an ar
rangement with the teller, do you sup
. pose the State Of Delaware would hav,
n houored him with the high positionS
: eft has hesn proved that the defend
: ant had guilty knowledge of the con
0 ijtion OF things at the bank; that h
i was running from day to day on al
q average Of 81, 900 more than he had il
. the rank.
i "The learned counsel have been en-
g deavoring TO cover up the real facts II
/ -. Vha luot fhtna T ~ c0
o ia that man should be convicted whe
he ought not to be. nut when mn
10 has broken the law, has injured his Eel
d low. citizens IA this man has, then con
/. yiction iH justified,
X "This man IL we'll known througbou
II the State, prominent man, leadin
" attorney OF Dover, leading man 10 tn
10 nation, and it is folly for his counsel
is come here and hold him up as fool.
70 This case means more than the cos
OF liberty to one man. 1t mama ths
10 morality, dpcancy and law dseire to a.
Ii sert themselves in this State. Th
Id machinery of the State is out Of ordt
(. aud if it is rot renedied it will 500
TX rattle to pipCes.
it AT s o'clock, while Mr.. Vandegri
was speaking, court adjourned unit
ID Thursday.
rs DiHtrict Attorney Vandesrift mae
Of the closing address,. 10 opening
a. be referred to the letter which Boys
Id wrote to Cashier BIZ N after b
departure. and said tne .ecord of tt
is evidence concerning the letter shove
that BoggG had meant that mono Of IL
of other bank officers were implicated
tU and while others were implicated it d
re not save him. lie took exception
~ tho address of counsel for the defen
3 in regard to Che 81, 900 item, sayir
as that all of tina evidence in that col
nection had hcen quoted and tina; if
d, had different phase would have bet
1T presented.
e, Referring to Boggs be said: 81
by COUNSEL for the defence one Anus
Boggs and calls him liar, a rolb
ny and thief, while the other uaes b
10 evidence to bolster up the defencs
ng their client. They don't want ii
In. records Of the First National at
nd Farmers banks in Dover. the Wilmin
of ton banks and other hanks to go
iva this case. / guess not. That is ii
* yital noint in the case and il Il
records were not in it woulu not a
We for conviction. 1t would be questi
mn of yeracity between man and man, al
,ly / would not want anyone sent TO pris
on that kind OF evidence. You W
ZEN end by those reuords that William
lad Boqgs was carrying this defendant
ing the books Of the bank. "
The The district attorney dwelt at sol
say lsnrth on the 81, $50 check for the TAI
I'll near Harrington. .,.,..