The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-11

office and showed me the telegram, an(
| said "all right" | met Senator Ken
ney and Mr.. Vandegrift at the Iatter's
private office. | was told by Mr.. Van
degrift that Boggs had absolved Senator
kenney of his responsibility as attorney
to disclose before the grand Jury theil
confidential relations, and was alsc
informed that the absolution would ap
ply in court
Mr.. Vandegrift thought that Mr.. Bird
misunderstood the agreement. EIe
would not consent tn Boggs continuing
this line of testimony until after he had
privately conferred with him.
The Objectionable line of testimony
was discontinued.
after your first purchase of Bay
State Gas stock did you confer with any
body? Who did you confer with be-
tween your first purchase and the time
OF your going away? Did yon confer
with MIR. Rlchardson?'
The prosecution objected to the ques-
tons, and the objection was sustained.
Mr. Bird handed Boggs memoran-
dunn, and asked him when he made it.
Boggs replied that he made it in 1897.
and added that it was the record of
Cooper's checks that he and Cooper had
arranged should be paid with the funds
OF the First National Bank.
Were any checks given by Cooper
after the payment OF the checks included
in the memorandum"
None that were paid with the bank j
funds"
GLOW often have, you rehearsed this
case?'
Il lave gone over it only once"
"HoW many times have you becn
brought to the district attorneys ollice?"
II do not know
"Ten times?"
Hardly ten times"
To whom did yol make YOUR first
cunftssion?'
"Io the bank, to the attorney for the
bank, Francis Skunk Brown Of Phila-
delphia."
"Where did You first meet Mr.. Brown
III relation to the transaction?'
"In Chcago.'
''How did you know where Mr.. Brown
wasp
II was in ormed by a telegram from
my brother in Philadelphia.
Did you give Mr.. Brown Il full his
tory of the case??'
Not them"
Continuing Boggs said: 81 surren.
dered myself to Mr. Brown in Chicago.
understood that he was an officer. |
accompanied him 10 Philadelphia.
Witness was cross.examined recently
by Mr.. Nandegrift, but the examination
was OF no Importance Boggs then left
the stand.
Edward ]. Faucet, telegraph operator
OF the Western Union Office at Dover
was the next witness. lie recognized
several teIegrams sent by Cooper to Boggs
regarding speculation in Bay State, all
Df which were admitted as evidence bv
The court.
Witness was not examined by the de-
fence.
MIR. Faucet, manager of the Dover
office OF the Western Union Telegraph
Co., was recalled, and read impress
copies OF telegrams which had passed
between Cooper ,aDd Boggs Most of
hem were in regard to ' Stock transac-
ions. One dispatch arranged for the
iNttIiS VI Digs, SoopcT anu AolIlllS III
he Lafayette Hotel, Philadelphia, and
mother notified Boggs that the bank ex-
miner was in Wilmington. A dispatch
ent to Cooper on August 2sth, 1896,
igncd "B,' said: 81 have no money to
,uy anything" Mr.. Bird remarked that
he bank was broken then The .,ncss
aid that he did not know who sent the
riegram signed ''B." Mr. Bird stated
hat he defence would admit that BoegS
wrote it. (Laughtcr.) Some of the
elegrams requested Boggs to protect
oopcrs paper The impress copies OF
he lelcgrans v cic admitted in evidence.
Irving B ggs, teller Of the First Ma
ional Bank, was recalled, and proceeded
o testify regarding Coopers bank
cconnt. The defence announced tl,at it ,
would admit that the witness made all
he entries in the individual ledger eX.
rpt those that William n. Boggs had |
astiird that he had made. The prose.
ution stated that it preferred the wit
css to testify. After consuming some ,
inH in giving figures, the witness an +
ounced that he was referring to the
irong m. II, which explanation caused ,
Ir Bird to repeat that the prosecution
tas wasting time. Turning to the pro. I
er places, the witness announced q
oopcr's bank balances and overdnfts :