Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-15
TRIAL OF SENATOR KENNEY


made. Mr.. Pennewil said he would
,at me know when Mr.. Richardson |
could be at his house and went to my
| oftice. Shortly afterward l was tele-
nhoned for and went to Mr.. Pennewill's |
. house, where l met him and Mr.. Rich
ardson. To them explained the mat
ter fully, and, as supposed, entirely
satisfactorily.
Had you any interest, directly or
indirectly. in the Cooper account with
i Cuthbert e. Co., for which the check
was given2"
None in the world. i had no in
terest in stock speculation after July
. 18th, 1867 .sl1
"You had no interest in protecting
the Cooper account?'
None.
"Explain to the court and jury rela-
tive to the Shaw check transaction.
1.-THE fact of giving the Shaw check
q had passed from my memory and recol-
lection entirely until | saw in paper
that that was one of the reasons upon
(which the indictment was based.
went to the sheriff's Office and made
Pan examination and ! found the only
entry was that Boggs had paid so some
dollars as costs or percentage. :
"Do you remember tho beginning OF
the transaction"
sin the spring of 1896 eithor April
}or March, w. N. Boggs telephoned to
t1ny house, telling me that the Edwards
farm. on which he had u second mort
gage. would be sold on that day and he
had been informed that IL he bought
it, after paying off the first mortgage,
he would have chance to make his
second mortgage. l telephoned back
that it was too late to go to Hafring,,
ton, the 1890 train having gone, and
he told me that the sheriff would take
my order by telegraph and gave me
instructions, upon which | wired the
sheriff. Subsequently Deputy Sheriff
Downes came TO me and told me he
had bought the farm for me. | told
him it was for Boggs. l don't know
whether he went to Boggs and got tho
costs, except by the record, which /
examined afterwards.
'.You didn't pay the costs?"
k1 .tNo."
"The record shows that he did?'
"Yes.n
Witness explained that two or three
weeks afterwards the court met and in
the course of his legal business a deed
was prepared, on April oath, and
nltbouah If was not executed for nearly
two months after that, it was made
put to Boggs, he simply acting as
Fz&ttorney. After the court adjourned
The sheriff or his deputy called on
Kenney for payment. 81 don't know
witness said, "whether l told him to
see Boggs or not. If gave him the
check for S1,650 it was done with the
Understanding that Boggs was to pay
it, the deed having been made out to
him. The circumstances Of giving the
check am unable to explain to the
court and jury"
He said that the transaction was for
khe accommodation of Boggs, that he
had no interest in the farm and nc
interest in either the first or second
mortgage.
Witness admitted having signed six
checks which were shown to him by
Mr.. Biegs and giving them to different
people, stating that he had paid all Of
Them. He branded as false the state
bent of Boggs that he (Kenney) knew
IA Mat Boggs was carrying Thomas s.
Clark out OF the funds of the banl
End said the same applied to Ford
Cotter, Cooper or anybody else. Hi
slso said that he had no knowledge a
The time he gave the checks referred
TO, that Boggs was defaulter.
"The District Attorney, in his ex
animation of Boggs, - Mr.. Biggs said
carrying Ezekiel 7. Cooper, to which
Boggs replied that the very first pur
chase of Bay State Gas by Cooper wa
on the day following one made by you
Boggs said you made the first purchas
and on your return from Philadelphia
advised Cooper to get out of whea
and buy Bay State Gas and you toll
him to see him about it,
That" replied Mr.. Kenney, u
false. The first purchase L made wa
at the solicitation of Boggs and on tn
advice of Cooper. They told me ]
was great opportunity to max
great fad down the State at that time
But all the advice had no influence o
me- 1 held off for some time bu
finally did buy some stock. Boggs ha
told me that he was on the inside,
was great opportunity to make none
and he had made large sum-"
Witness said he never told Cooper
SEQ Boggs about this matter. He ais
denied the statement of Boggs that b
knew that Cooper's account was rollin
up, and did not ask Boggs "how Zel
was getting along"
Mr.. Kenney said he never converse
with Cooper about his transactions ;
the bank and did not know that Boys
il, and Cooper were using the bank
money. He admitted knowing thu
Cooper was buying stock, saying Thu
it was common rumor in Dover. J.
fexplained how he came to get out
Bay State, saying that he allowed h
b, stock to be sold by default, paying l
!. sttention to advices concerning 1T fro
Y Cuthbert S Co. He said Boggs new
= discussed with him any prospect
examination of his accounts in Il
y bank, but Boggs had told him of beii
v before the directors for playing card
v Concerning the drafts, he said he W
% given credit for them at the bank. al
!. admitted that after being sent avn
Nv they came back unpaid. He remel
III bered that at least one contained
4 slip reading "No Protest..
+. Witness said he had paid every doll
u on all the drafts Concerning the 50, |
a. draft, he made the following explain
y tion sin the course of my profession
VI business, many drafts have been {
vi posted by me for different people.
~ cannot tell what that draft isl
y, THAT Mr.. Biggs explained
w. ~ the Calumet, Mich, draft; what
~ its history?" -
wv eff that is the Calumet draft, c
W tell you about it,'' said the witne
w. 1t was given to me in whole settlemt
,e % of an account with the purity who ga
',sr it.. 1t may not have been .irawn
W. W. the man who owed the money, bu
vi had his authority to draw it. a
al, credited it to his account. 1t was