The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-20
The Prayers Have Been Presented and
Argument is Being Made. The
Case Will Not Go to the
Jury Before Saturday
or Monday.

} with the Marshal and the warden. Th
Court acquitted the counsel for the dofens
from any improper conduct. Colone
Cooper was sworn and in answer to Mr.
Bid said Bog9s said to him in Dover tha
kenney was in no wise responsible for th
troubles Of the First National bank. HI
further statei that if he remained and
made clean statement that 1t would il
no wise affect Senator Kenney.
10 Mr.. Vandegrift-Boggs was speaking
of other persons and said that Kenney haC
overdrawn but made it all right to :ht
bank. Boggs made the impression that
kenney was in no wise responsible for the
al about his own troubles but only once
about Kenney. Never had any convsrsa-
ton in 1896 with Boggs. II witness had
such conversation he would not be where
ho is at preseut.
The Court committed Cooper to the GUS
tody of tho Keeper of the peuitontiary at
Trenton.
The defense here rested
T. E. Ross made some corrections to
clerical errors.
John H. Bateman was called to the
stand.
District Attorney Did you close or ord
cred to be closed Golfers account.
The Court-Boggs stated that Bateman
soinformed him.
The witness was excused
The Government rested
! Senator kenney was called
Mr. Bird Boggs testified yesterday that
fora period of three weeks in July 1896 hat
you were in Dover for five days of the<week
| Is that soP
District Attorney Vandegrift-Don an
swer that. An objec, ion was lodged.
~ Tho Court ruled in the question.
kenney it is not true. The first week 1
| visited Dover three times and the same
during The third Week and for only an
hour at time. During the second week l
was at Rchoboth state positively that
was not in Dover.
10 District Attorney Vanaegrift-Ken-
ney to ,liled that the most of bunch of
deposit slips were in his handwriting.
These deposit slips did not refresh his
memory as to whether he was in Dover
more than six times in tho three weeks.
James Wise deposed he lives in Dover.
In 1875 he had charge Of Kenney's business
during his absence. Konney remained
away about three weeks at Rehoboth. In
his opinion he said that kenncy returned
ilvo or six times. For one week he did not
return.
10 Mr.. Vandegrift-I had no other bust.
ness but to watch Kenney's Office How
he fix ID the times was that he made two
the first. one the next and perhaps four
the last week. To be safe he said he placed
the number at six.
The case closed on both sides
District Attorney Vandegrift before
submitting his prayers entered a polle
PROSE- to the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth
and ninth counts. This left the indict.
mcnt referring to the wilful misapplica-
six counts 49,
Both sides presented their prayers and
District Attorney Vandegrift began bis
argument. He said "r.,- e..
"The question which you gentlemen
have been called upon for week to con.
slider, and which you must soou consider,
In the privacy of your own chamber, is the
guilt or innocence of this defendant The
learned counsel informed you that they
were moro concerned over the gravity of
f1n pI,prr hnr If th,, T |
heard that sincerely hoped that he would
from that stand dispel this charge.
~ 81 suppose that when he said this that
ho spoke advisedly; suppose that ho had
some evidence, Let us look at it. The grand
jury sent this Indictment hore thas the
charge might be answered upon the part
Of this defendant That Is what the grand
jury, representing tho people, meant when
1t sent the Indictment here. Taking q gem
'ral view of all this testimony. has this
been done9 The governments testimony
las shown that defendant gave checks
When he never intended to pay them; he
gave them to man who was teller in n
>ank and to man who was known to
lin to be defauIter in the bank
Il would not have been willing to con.
'ict this man upon the uncorroboratel tes.
imony OF any one man. The government
oes not ask you to do that. 1t brings
looks and papers made long before this
ase was ever thought of. If this defendant $
J an innnce0t man, he should have been !
bio to pre- due sonoshing else than his own
acre word. He produces nothing else which t
ou will consider. That being so it will
ehoove Jou to say whethsr you will be-
eve what this defendant says: If you be- r
eve-him. then you will declare that he IL !
OF guilty. He is entitled to every reason +
bio doubt which you may give him. a,
"Ho tells you that ho knew nothing ! /
bout the fraud which William N. Boggs n
as practicing William N. Boggs tells you r
lat he knew" =
The expert has testified that t.
hile the books showed balance for this b
,fendant If all of the checks bad been .
lid thcre would have been ovcrdrafts. n
e spoke OF the drafts given. and said that @
oggs deposited l000to mako good tho lt
count OF Senator Kenney. !"
This defendant takes the position that 81
did nos know that William N. Boggs CA
IS dcfaultor. Yet he says that In 1894 "
,ggs confessed to him that he was dc. In
utter. He says that the interview lasted in
t ten minutes. This is absurd. A al
xyer, as this defendant is, would have ~
ked him questions, as to how be felt and tr,
W he could pay it ne