The sun., 1898-06-20
THEIR LIVES
THREATENED
United States District Attorney
Lewis G. Vandegrift Receives
Anonymous Letters.
WILL WRECK HIS RITSINFSS
WILL WRECK HIS BUSINESS
Also Threaten H. A. Richardson
and W. N. Boggs.
Trial OF Thomas s. Clark Nearing
the End.-The Case of United
States Senator Richard
Rollins Kenney Will
Come Up Next
Week.

During the trial of Col. Ezekiel T
Cooper in the United States Dlstric
Court, for aiding and abetting William
N. Boggs in misapplying the funds 0
the First National Bank of Dover
United States District Attorney Levi
G. Vandegrift was in receipt of an un
usually large number of anonymous let
ters.
These in the main threatened to injure
him financially and also wreck his bust.
ness, if such thing was possible, and
stated that all means would be adopted
to accomplish this purpose unless the
district attorney desisted in his purpose
of convicting Cooper.
In one or two instances the letters
stated that his political career would be
ended and others asserted that he would
meet with bodily harm:
That Mr.. Nandegrift paid no attention
to tl.ese missives was fully evidenced by
the result of the trial and since then the
government has been endeavoring to
secure these anonymous letter writer's
but without any success up to the pres
ent time.
Letters of similar nature have since
been received by H. A. Richardson,
president OF the First National Bank of
Dover He has received several in refer
ence to the cases against two of the in
dicted men. These letters are printed
with pen. Threats against his family
have been made. So much bitterness
has been aroused that Mr.. Richard
son does not venture out OF his Dover
home late at night for fear OF violence.
Open threats of violence have bee n
made against others interested in the
prosecution. William N. Boggs has been
threatened several times. Since the re-
cent indictments it is said that threats
have been uttered against Boggs' life
by supposed friends OF one of the indicted
men.
All OF these letters are now in the
hands of the government and from now
on strenuous efforts will be made to cap
ture the men who use such despicable
methods in their endeavors to defeat the
ends OF justice.
THE CLARK CASE.
The trial of Thomas S. Clark will be
resumed in the Federal Cout this morn
ing and it is probable that the govern
ment may close its case by the time of
the noon adjournment, as but 4 very few
witnesses remain to be examined.
The defense, it is thought, will con-
sumo the remainder of the time until to.
morrow night, and on Wednesday it is
thought Judge Bradford will charge the
jury.
SENATOR KENNEY NEXT
The trial of United States Senator
Richard Rollins kenney will not come
up in the United States Circuit Court
until the beginning of next week, and
who will be associated with Judge Brad.
ford on the bench is as yet unknown.
In the meantime the demurrers filed
by counsel in the cases of Senator Ken
ney and Charles II. Butler and the plea |
in abatement in the case of John r.
will be argued before the
court, and an opinion in these cases is
expected from Judge, Bradford by Friday.
From present indications the court
may ntinue until the latter end of July,
rs it is thought that all OF the men in
licted will be tried before adjournment
s declared for the summer months.