The sun., 1898-12-15

1T Tor his wedding. II was Has o'clocl
when Mr.. Addicks left the Fedora
building. The marriage took plac'
at Claymont without any postpone
ment. ~ st
During the first half hour OF the after
noon session the district-attorne fin
ished his prayer and Mr.. Biggs presented
the prayer OF the defense. The jury hal
eight counts in the consolidated indict
ment to consider, six being in the old
indictment. and two in the new con
spiracy Indictment.
It was just 3 o'clock when District. At
torney Vandegrift addressed the jury
saying Gentlemen, it is not necessary
for me to say that this case is not only
important to the defendant, but to the
people OF this Government whom YOU
and represent"
Mr.. Vandegrift said that the United
States Government does not ask jury to
find prisoner guilty if there is a reason.
able doubt as to his guilt. ''If there Is a
reasonable doubt in your minds that this
defendant is guilty, then it is your duty
to acquit him. But, gentlemen, say to
you now that there is no doubt. There
never has been doubt since the close Of
the testimony. The defendant is guilty.
"The defendant has had every oppor-
tunity and able counsel to present his
case but every point that would show a
reasonable doubt has been met by the
Government and destroyed. 80
He is stripped OF every defense he
has undertaken to make except when he
says in his own behalf, I don't know
or 4 don't remember The defendant
in this case is man Of business, lead
ing lawyer Of the State, a man who has
held public offices for years and yet he
gave check after check, draft after draft
on the First National Bank and now
says he drew them without any regard
to his bank account,
HE is convicted out OF his own
mouth" said the district attorney. "a
man of his ability never would do this
The testimony shows that he did know
that he was giving checks for which he
did not have the money to meet"
Mr.. Vandegrift then took up Mr.. Ken
ney's bank book and his deposit slips and
then referred to the testimony of the de.
fendant where he said he made out his
own deposit slips, Mr.. Magee only max
ing out six. Down the columns were
the figures and amounts and to say that
kenney did not know how bis bank ac-
count stood would be absurd.
THE defendant was asked to produce
his check book stubs for the vital period
in 1896. What does he produce? He
brings his stub books prior to and after
the vital period but not for the period
which would show the actual balance Of
his account.
That man flling public places, as
this defendant does, didn't know his
balance in the bank is utterly incompre-
hensible. Do yoE suppose that on Nav
Is, when he drew check for So, 800 and
only had 1854 in the bank that he didn't
know what he had in bank?''
The district attorney then referred to
the testimony of w. N. Boggs and said
that this would be attacked by counsel
for Mr.. Kenney. Mr.. Vandegrift said
that the jury could leave out the testi-
mony of W. N. Boggs and yet find Ken.
ney guilty or the evidence OF the books
of the Farmers Bank and of the First
National Bank. "On these books the
defendant is guilty as charged in the in
dictment." Then the district attorney
took up the draft sent by Kenney to a
man in Beaufort, N. G., and showed that
IBoggs' testimony in regard to it had
been confirmed. $3.50 worth of
checks said Mr.. vandegrift, given
with an understanding on this bank
without funds to meet them and then
this defendant expects you to believe
that ne didn't know Boggs was carrying
them"
The district attorney showed that
wherever Boggs states a fact, and you,
gentlemen, stretch out to facts over
which he had no control, he is born out
in every instance" MIR. Vandegrift
'ook the case of the William M. Dickson
check which Boggs had said was given
by Mr.. Dickson to Kenney and the cash
deposited to Kenney's account in the
First National Bank. "Kenney said he
yave this check to Mr.. Magee and Magee
,ashed it. Mr.. Magee came on the stand
md testified that at the time the check
Vas given in Dover he was at the Uni.
'ersity of Virginia.
LET the learned counsel for the de-
ense tell me what object W. N. Boggs
,ad in carrying $1,000, and $4,000, and
'o,OO0 for this defendant if it was not by
N understanding with this defendant.
3oggs didn't yet dollar of it. He was
'arrylng checks, which if his employees
lad discovered he would Immediately
rave been lost.
do you do that for fun?" said the
district attorney, "do you do that
because you like to? No-because Won
'ave to. Because you are in it H
With the other man, with whom you
laye lost money, struggling hand in
'and, arm IN arm, to get out. kenney
nd Boggs had to keep Kenney's account
float with the hope that they would
inally emerge.
"One emerged, the other went down.
Vow how can the one who emerged
'rove ne was not in the trouble. It
sn't in the possibility of your oaths to ,
ind that he wasn't in it.
"How does this defendant explain? ,
)oes he tell you how it was that on June :
|, 1896, his bank book shows a bal !,
nee OF ST. 1882 and at that time he had I
I! !!,S97.69 out IN draft which came in ,
llshonored? 1t was sent to keep up that
'wful credit. The last draft Law in the {
,ank. How could it lay there if kenney !
lldn't have Boggs on the inside?' :
l.. line district attorney then spoke to the