Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-07-14
TRIAL OF SENATOR KENNEY


Cooper--fes. re
Vandsgrift--On or about September
oath, 1886, s900Y
Cooper--Yes.
Vandsgrift Who received those
cheoksY
,Cooper--Tho Farmers Bank.
Vandegrift--Forw what purpose2
Cooper-For collection.
Vandegrift-Wers those books kept
BY you?
Gray-We have admitted it.
The books, as we'll as letters sent by
the Farmers Bank to the First National
Bank Of Dover and by the First
National Bank TO the Farmers Bank,
were admitted in evidence without
objection.
Irving d. Boggs, who was buokkesper
Of the First National Bank in 1896, was
called in preliminary examination by
Mr.. Vandsgrift, who dseired TO lay
grounds for Offering the individual
lsiGer Of that bank 10 evidence.
vsndagriit--You kept the individual
ledger?
Boggs-Yss. Fs
yaudsgrift- What doas it contain2 &
BoRgs-The individual accounts of
chs customers of the bank.
Vandegrift-How many kinds?
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Vandegrift-In Whist kind was Ken
news?
Boggs-In the active.
Mt. Boggs described how Senator
Ksnnsy's account was kept. He said
be made the eutrias from deposit slips
and from figures called of by William
4 N Boges, but mostly fron personal in
Vandegrift-Are you sure Kennsy',
deposits ware truly entered as you saw
thsm or heard them called OFF
Boggs-Y Yes.
Vandsgrift-- Were all the entries in
Kenney's account made BY you?
Boggs-Most of them.
On cross examination, the witness
said the deposit slips were not always
ip the handwriting of the customers
sometimes they we're IN the handwriting
pfWilliam N. Boggs.
Mr.. Gray obiectsd to the admission
or the bouks on the ground that they
were not regularly and fairly kent.
Judge Bradforii-Thers is nothing
hsfore the court; the books have moi
yet been offered in evidence.
Vandsgrift--I propose to call william
N. Boggs to testify that the figures ht
called oil vera true.
After the district attorney and Will
liam N. Boggs had conferred, the latter
was sworn.
Vandsgrift- have pleaded guilty
to embezzling sl07, 900 of the funds oil
the First National Bank of Doverf
Boggs- Yes.
VandeRrlft--In so far as you callet
off the checks on deposit slips of II. h
Ksnney TO Irving ID. BoRgs did yot
call them off In every instance cor
Yectlyf
MI. Gray obisoted. lie said at
accomplish ia a competent witness bu
commended that an Hocomplice was mo-
rs competent to produce result tina
could not otherwise be produced.
W. Judge Bradford you nutbori
ties9
Grny--No.
II mr.. Gray said the witness did no
cons to testify from mamory, or t,
rsfer to the book TO refresh his memory
u but to make the book evidence, which
Mr.. Gray addsd, he would respectful.
Say could not be done. ~
N The objection was overrulsd, and Mr.
~ Gray noted an exception. Mr.. Boggs
in reply to MIR. Vandegrift's question
N said he cHllsd the figures off correctly
He found that in four instances Their
were Irregularities in kenney % account
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maids two or three days after the de
posits.
This witness was oss,examined b,
Mr. Bird.
Bird-Why would there be lapss 0
weuk bstwesn the payment OF checl
and the charging OF the cheok2
Boggs-BscHuse Kenney did not hav
sufficient money to pay II.
Bird--How many such checks wer
Paid and not charged?
Bogas-A great many.
After further cross examining, Nj
Bird said that, at the proper time,
would prove that Boges time and tim
again admitted that the book was nc
regularly and fairly kept. and thz
Boggs withheld deposits made
Mt bird objected to the book goin
10 evidence.
Pending the settlement Of the qusl
tiun. the court took recess until 81
o'clock,
The case against Senator Richard
Kennay was resumed In the Unite
States Circuit Court. Tuesday aftyl
noon. Soma time was consumed i
arguing on the point Of the admissI
hility of entries from the individuI
ledger Of the First National Bank (
Dover. 81
Irving D. Boggs, Keller Of the banl
was called to the stand by the prosscl
tion. In reply to Mr.. Vandegrift. d
said the entries made in the aoti,
account of Senator Kenney, in MAJ
a 1896, were In hiH handwriting and tine
we're made ontemporaneously with tt
events they represent. His testimor
2|E on this point was corroborated by Wi
38 liam N. Boggs, WIN said he had GALE
of tho amounts from the deposit slip
but that there were four exceptions
which he bad spoken at the mornir
session.
Mr.. VANDERBILT asked Irving d. Bog
to turn to the entries Of May 18th, l89
and tell what they show with relate
to the account of r. r. Kenney.
Mr.. Gray objected to. the witns
answering this question. He said
had been teetified by William N. Bog
that be had withheld entries for sever
Gays, and thus had admitted that d
individual ledger had been irreg ular
A kept. He did not think suon pag
4 should be accepted as correct and TAX
rs evidence which William N. Bog
said were correct ana throw aside sui
I pages az Boggs said we're incorrect. ~
integrity of the book had been shake
1--WE are not dealing with the cor
potency OF William N. Boggs as W
neps." Mr.. Gray remarked. "but be
the book shall speak,
Mr.. Vandegrift held that the cou