Evening journal., 1898-05-11

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| A sensation was sprung in the court |
this morning when Mr.. Bird called |
the attention Of the court to- an edi- |
torial published in the Sun this morn
ing. "A man who would write such an |
article should be brought in court and /
sent to Jail" he said.
Judge Bradford read the article and /
said that it was a gross breach against |
this court, and any publisher of |
newspaper commenting on this case, |
while it is going on, oversteps his au-
th0rity The jury will be instructed as |
to the case and not from any news |
paper.
Mr.. Bird then addressed the jury and |
said: An old saying is that one side of |
a story is good until the other is told |
and now we want you to know the |
other side. We know that you will lis |
, ten to the other side and give credit |
where it is due" He then read the |
statute bearing on the case and gave a |
brief sketch of his client, and said that |
he WAS the trusted member of his party. |
and had held several positions with |
J fidelity. It was during Colonel Coo |
/ per's term as register of wills of Kent |
county he began speculating, and many
} graves are filled with men who did as |
, Colonel Cooper did, and so are the |
) graveyards.
: Colonel Cooper did speculate in Bay
State, and BOggs, upon hearing It. went
. to Colonel Cooper and asked him to
/ speculate for him in Bay State. Colonel
Cooper did so. Boggs said that HE had
e lots Of money, as high IS 100000, which
d he said THAT he made on cards and
= horses Cooper is as simple ais a child
q and he took Boggs' money and specu-
= lated for him. When BOggs' checks
e began TO come in he began TO worry.
d That was natural. Mr.. Bird closed by
d saying that he would abide by the
$ jury's decision
IS COLONEL COOPER TEST1FIES.
CdlJnpl Cooper was examined by
n Senator Gray.
e How long have you known William
u n. Boggs?"
Some ten or twelve years"
, 'gMr Boggs has been indicted for
F. stealing money from the First Ma
~ tional Bank. You heard his story"
II have"
IL Tell the jury in your own way OF
IN the transaction you had with Cuth-
10 bert & Co. and Mr.. Boggs."
''In the early part OF 1895 and the early
part of SO, I began to deal in grain
at from e. B. Cuthbert & Co. also be-
is gan to deal in Santa Fe and ST. Paul
and one day l met William ~ BOggs
Up who said If I wanted to make money
y should go into Bay State. l asked
BOggs how he knew, and he said tha
& j. H. Bateman, j. Frank Allee ang
Mr. Richardson were dealing in Bal
as State I went to the Anderson building
in Philadelphia and met Mr. lAddicks
and asked him II he had any shares Il
X sell in Bay State. and he said that h
re- had 200 shares and that tn
ng Standard Oil Company held the rect
ne Addicks said that Alice was in tn
other room and had bought 200 shares
'eI went back to Dover and saw BOges
IL and he said that he was in a syndi
cate which would buy some Of Alice
uu shares. but B0ggs refused 10 say VIII
MS was in the syndicate. A few days aftC
10 THAT / went to Philadelphia and mi
% Addiclzs and his party at the Pennsy
Zen vania railroad station there. The
nel were going to the st. Louis conventi
10 that elected Mckinley. Alice said s
back to Delaware and tell your pc,
pie net to sell Bay State, as it was g
Ing to advance to So l told my pc,
.o9i Pile"
'nd senator Gray-"Dld You kno
whether Boggs had any money
nOt?"
| plenty, and everybody in Dover sd
Ia that Bcggs was making money. Bcgl
then opened am account with Cuthbe
a1 & Co., and began to speculate, but
lost money and he Withdrew on accOm
CT net being able to meet the checks
sun Did you ever make amy money c'
OF Cuthbert & Ca.?"
Not a cent"
you Did Boggs?'
'Yes, / got $1,000 for Boggs. al
~as gave it to him, but he did not give 4
anu a cent"
-, when did you discover that Beg
/, lOns " was taking money out Of the bank?
N About May IS, 1897. That was D
usn last check BOggs cashed for me-
Did Boggs give you any mon
for yOurself?"
"One day on the train he gave L
81 eco to speculate with. l told h
SEu net to spend any more, and he 81
MI. that l could take the money for m
say self. l told him ] did not want it.
One Witness then explained how he &
ghe ticket for BOggs and said that
was done cut of friendship. bog
MSs eo; said that / was well-knOwn,' he GO
o9' ] tinueta, "and while IN New York
anu anu asked me to see what arrangemerIE
'sss could make to get him off. He ga
me the money When he said that
op5r intended to go ] persuaded him not
60. and said THAT his friends CBogl
OISl IT would see him out Of the trouble"
S IlS did you ever say to Boggs that y
@ ai1u warted 10 go with him, and that
'sss wanted to take his place."
II ''No sir; it is false. I wouldn't ha
ainu gene with him for $4,000. Why, VII
Ao- to I was in Honolulu could have staS
~ there, but I had NO suspicion that ai
thang was wrong.
!, what was your transaction W
~ ~ Boggs regarding MIR. Bucks coming
-. DOver?"
Pay THAT was more friendship. ! s
w w Mr.. Buck and learned from him WI
,lei, ,lSt.l he was going to Dover. / wouid u
~ @ graph BOggs in the name Of Johnso
p, Cooper then said that Boggs wan
pay to lend him money on several &C
In siOns.