Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-06-23

''We went over them in Clark's office
and ascertsined how much they aggre-
gated. This whUle amount was few
dollars short uf 81, 600, and he agreed to
call II $4,000 aud give me u hond for
that amount, fnr which | was to sur
render everything ! had in the share OF
checks, papers, &c.
BOND GIVEN TO KENNEY.
"Was the bond given to your"
mo, sir. 1t was given to Richard |
II. Kenney."
"Wby was it given to Mr.. KenneyY'
"Because it would not do for any
evidence OF Indebtedness to be IN my
name, hut the intimate relations he
tween Clark and Kenney made it pos
sihle for such an arrangement to he
made, Tho hond mRtle out to Kenney
would not exuits any suspicion, and
Mr.. Keuney was in position to col
lect II. "
"Did that bonl represent the aggre-
gate Of tho rhecks held out by your"
"1here was nothing in it hut checks
and few protosted items. "
\ "Maa there any witness to the bondY'
No, sir. :"
"Do you know Clark's handwrit-
ing?"
Yea, sir"
"Is that Clark's signature on the
bond?"
"Yes, sir. saw him write it. ="
"The bond was assigned by kenney
to you; was it not? ls that kenney's
seal ana signature
'Yes, sir"
BOND ASSIGNED To THE BANK.
| a. na,;ano1 ha hand In
ths First National Bank on February
2Gth, 1905 lie that your signature!"
"Yes, sir"
Ibid you assign it to the bank when
you came liack?"
eyes, SIR
Mr.. Biggs cross examined the witness.
Iis began by asking whether large
part of the boud did not represent
checks that never were in the bank.
"No, air. the witness replied. 1t
all represents money which was alb
stracted frum the bank"
"DId you not say at one time, ." Mr.
Biggs asked Boggs, that about 81. 900
Of the amount in the s4,0oO bond repre-
ssnted money which you had won from
Mr.. Clark 10 gambling"
mo, sir" was the reply. "1 never
won any of it from him in gambling"
''You now say on your oath that you
uerer said a large part Of the bond
represented a gambling debit"
, "Must smphatically.
. Mr.. Vandegrlft offered the bond in
, evidence. Mr.. Biggs objected, and
, asked the Judge to defer his decision
on the matter OF admitting ii unit
after the completion of this exam inatior
. and cross. examination. The court de
/ cided against him, however mud th'
bond went in evidence.
a Mr.. Biggs asEeu Boggs whether th'
two Cuthbert checks, which had beeI
testified to, were included ir the bond
"No. sir," replied Boggs. The.
: have no connection with the bond
I. having been delivered long before th
/. bond was signed.
,s ANOTHER BOND IN EvIDrNoE.
1t Mr.. vandegrift handed Boggs an
10 other bond for $3.50 and asked him wha
il represented.
. After identifying the signature there
II on as Clark'a, the witnUss said that th
lr boud, which was for S261, was given
10 take up chsckH which he had carried
Is BY way of explanation, ne said: The
i we're checks Of Charles II. Butler, pay
So able to Clark. "
's "Did you have those checks whe
D. Clark signed the bond?" Mr.. Vand'
- grift asked.
10 MULLER DID NOT SIGN.
nj ayes, sir, witness replied. ut vi
,lt aligned on April nth, 1887, aftar wa hH
n. footed un his own chscSs ] snggeste
~ that it should bo signed by both Clar
IN nnd Butler. Butler, who was'in an al
ioinipg room, was called in and agree
he 10 sign the hond, hut for some reasr
Ia he did not do 40. The bond was pr
nd nared in Kehney' Office. AMI Clark WI
'as In have Butler Hign il, but Butlar new
ri sipne,i. had tina Butler checks vii
M mn at CIark's otiica. had all of I'll
IN checks that afternoon and handed the
M. tn ClarE, who, | behave, uelivor'
~. Butler's checks 10 him"
art "Wty was the 500 bond assigned
Kenney!"
le. "For the same reason as in the 9th
lid case.
m "Did you assign it tn the bank?"
ia "It was assigned by me on Fehr ua
,be 26tb, 1893, to tue First National l'a'
of Dover"
ust bond in evidence and it WAC admit
,n- by the court. .,
is MI, Biggs asked the witness wheth
ior Butler did not say that be did not u'
,ss. tb. money and refused to sign t
the check on that account,
mi. sob, no." replied Buggs. But
n nromised in my presence to sign, Cla
cid having explained the transaction
as him."
low mat bonu WIS a'sue' iH
ofiice?"
.ar "Buth we're signed there. "
I'm "Who was present at the timer
,es, "Mr. kenney, Mr.. Clark and
You self. /" .,
Nav "Was MIR. Magee there?"
The "No, sir. He might have been 10
,gs. front Office. Mr. Kenney has two otflc
are We three we're in the back office. an
the believe the doors between the
ank rooms were closed. y
"Didn't Mr.. Clark fefuae to sign
bond offered 10 MIN, on the grot
him that il represented gambling debit
"No, sir; but I'll tell you what
did say
by Here Mr.. Biggs interrupted the
moss and did nOt give him an opT
out tunity to say what he was going
her. MIR, Vandegrift explained that
IN mersly wanted TO make M explanati
m. - but Mr.. Biggs thought it unnecessf
whereupon the witness SAID ne Sim
Q IN wanted to tell the truth.
ibid Mr.. Clark object to signing
bose bund," Mr.. Biggs asked, land say
could mot be made to sign 1t becaus
rbey was gambling deht!''
waa "No, sir, ~ witness replied,