The sun., 1898-12-05
TRIAL OF SENATOR kENNEY
Will Face Court and Jury For
Second Time Within Five
Months.
NO FURTHER POSTPONEMENT
Counsel For the Defendant State That
They Are Ready to Take Up the
Case and All Their Wit.
nesses Have Been
Summoned.
NO FURTHER DISAPPOINTMENT

More than the usual interest will be
taken in the trial of United States Sena-
tor Richard Rollins Kenney, who has
been indicted for aiding and abetting
William N. Boggs in misapplying the
funds of the First National Bank of
Dover; also conspiring with said Boggs
to defraud the said bank of funds for the
benefit of said Boggs and said Kenney.
For the second tine within five
months Senator Kenney will face jury
of his peers in the United States Circuit
Court this morning at II o'clock to an
swer the above charges.
Everything is in readiness for the trial
and both United States District Attorney
Lewis G. Vandegrift and counsel for the
defendant say that there will be no fur.
ther postponement of the case.
The government has subpnned all it's
witnesses, but some fears had been en-
tertained that Mr.. Kenney would not
have his on hand for the reason that the
Government had not been notified that
they had been summoned.
Levi c. Bird, senior counsel for Mr..
Kenney, was interviewed last evening at
ponement of the trial.
Mr.. Bird said that they were fully pre-
pared for the trial, and as far as they
were concerned no further postpone
ment would be asked.
Continuing, Mr.. Bird said ave have
summoned all OF our witnesses and they
will be on hand ready to 20 on with the
case.",;
When questioned as to what he thought
would be the outcome OF the case Mr..
Bird smiled pleasantly, but refused to
answer the query.
John Biggs will be associated with Mr..
Bird in defending Mr.. Kenney.
The second trial of Mr.. Kenney prom
ises to be more sensational than the first
in July last, when the jury disagreed,
standing to 5 in favor of the acquittal.
At that time all of the conspiracy charges
had to be dropped by the government
and Mr.. Kenney was only tried on the
charge Of aiding and abetting Boggs in
the misappropriation of the funds Of the
bank.
Since then, however, the conspiracy
charges were placed under different in
dictment and after due deliberation on
the part Of the grand jury were returned
as true bills against him.
The checks given under this charge
comprise, among others, the ones given
to Boggs to pay William Anderson, the
Philadelphia contractor, for the houses
built for Boggs through William E.
Cotter, the real estate agent.
The different checks given to Cuthbert
& Go. OF Philadelphia, also figure in the
counts Of the conspiracy charge.
District Attorney Vandegrift will pre-
sent new witnesses at this trial, and the
claim has been made that the Govern
ment has a much stronger case against
Mr.. Kenney than it had five months
ago.
Judge Edward G. Bradford will be on
the bench.
Following is a brief resume OF the facts
leading to arrest OF Mr.. Kenney and
others:
NAV 29, l997.-William N. Boggs,
teller First National Bank of Dover, dis
appears.
June 4.-Announcemen that he was
defaulter printed.
July l4.-Directors of the bank met
and reported that the defalcation
amounted to $lO7, 900; capital Of the bank
reduced from 100000 to $4,000.
February 10, 1S9S.-William N. Boggs
returned and surrendered to the United
States authorities IN Wilmington. The
same day Ezekiel T. Cooper, Amos Cole,
Charles H. Butler and Thomas s. Clark
were arrested for aiding and abetting
Boggs and were placed under bail. Boggs
was taken to New Castle Jail.
March 2l.-United States grand jury
drawn.
April l9.-Boggs indicted by the grand
jury.
April 2O.-Ezekiel T. Cooper indicted.
April 2l.-Boggs arraigned and plead
ed guilty: Cooper arraigned and pleaded
not guilty.
April 25.-Thomas S. Clark indicted by
the grand jury.
May 5.-Cooper placed on trial.
May l1.-Senator Kenney testified in
the Cooper case.
May i4.-Judge Bradford charges jury
in Cooper case.
y.l6.-Thomas S. Clark arraigned
and pleaded not guilty.
May l7.-Jury finds Cooper guilty on
one count.
May 23.-Cooper sentenced to eighteen
months in prison and fine of five thou
sand dollars.
May 2S.-New grand and petit jurors
drawn for United States Courl.
June 7.-Grand jury drawn in March
finds indictments against Richard R.
Kenney and six other men, including
William E. Cotter, Amos Cole and
Charles H. Butler.
June 8.-Kenney and others arraigned
belpre Commissioner Smith and pleaded
not guilty, being released on bail. /
June l0.-Counsel for Kenney entered
informal complaint against the jury
panel drawn for the United States
Court.
June l3.-William E. Cotter surren-
dered to United States Court and gave
bail to appesr for trial.
June 14.-Trial OF Thomas s. Clark be-
gun. ...s.o i
June l5.-William N. Boggs testified
against Clark.
June is. Counsel for Richard B.
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