The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-12
SENATOR
ON TRIAL
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! iIVu ElEos EhStsi
When the United States Circuit Cour
convened this morning the attend wa
larger than at the opening session of tn,
trial OF Senator Kenney. E B. Page
who was manager OF the house of 4. b
Cuthbert & Co., OF Philadelphia, was the
first witness He identified office book.
and turned to letter press copy Of a tele.
gram of May 10 1896. At this point Ia
the proceedings tho defendant handed d
number OF kilograms to the District At.
torney There wrre ten kilograms thai
the defense could not produce.
The eight kilograms wer. introduced In
evidence subject to N odlcation. On Juns
| Co. 1885 a telegram was sent to Kcnney
calling for 5000 stating BAY State Gas
WASH. On June95. ano,hec tels gram was
sent and tho defense admitted all the COP.
ies Of the kilograms from CuthLerl & Co,
to kenney. 10 MIR. Bird witness stated
that check for 5000 had been received by
Cuthbert g. Co.. from Kanney aud the
check went to the credit of William N.
Boggs This was admitted by the Gcv.
ernment Witness was requested to re-
main Us witness for the defonso In order
to provo regarding check forS25C.
N. D. Steele. receiving tell1r OF the Phil
ndolphla National bank. was callod to the
stand and tho dofcnse admitted tho pass
ing Of the checks through tho dlfferons
banks
j. b. Barto. the corresponding clerk of
the Philadelphia National bank identified
Letters writton by him to tina Farmers
bank at Dover for the later to collect Ger
tain items from the First National OF Do
vor. william Anderson testified that no
lives In Philadelphia. In this fall Of 1898 bo
received checks from Kenney and deposit
cd them with the German American Tito
Company. He was q contractor at that
time and was erecting houses for Boggs
Thess checks went fer the payment of
sapIO.
MIR. Bird admitted that Kenney gaze five
checks to Ander on for Boggs Dsrlc
Attorney Vanhcgrift admitted Kennpy re.
cclved no benefit from these checks.
George j. Ritter. of the Gerrnun AmerI-
can Title Company, deposed to sending
checks deposited by Anderson to Dover,
Delaware for collection John J. SommsrS,
DR., depGscd the kenney- Anderson checks
passed through the Market street National
bank Of Philadelphia
George IL. Robincita Of tho Union Ma
tlonnl bank this city gave similar tcsti-
mony asto the passing of tho checks. Tho
live checks given by Keuney to Anderson
amounted to Il 255
Robert S. Downes, Deputy Sheriff of
Kent county. was the next witness. !Io
sold property dt Harrington on April II, |
1896. He received telegram from
kenney to buy the farm. On May H. 1895 |
kenney gave check for 81. $50 to Sheriff |
Shaw. II was deposited In First NatioDal |
bank OF Dover ami tle money was rcceiy-
ed. DR.. Thomas fr,im, was paid off his
claim ind taxes and COSTS were paid Tho
deed WIS made out to William N. Bnggs
and he paid the Sheriif's fess two days
after the sale.
Them was lively time between counsel
over the witness evidence. The farm was
purchased for Boggs. After kerney gays
his check for tho price of the turn, Boggs
was given check by the sheriff for the
Tees which he had paid
Ezekiel cooper depossd to The receipt OF
the konney chcckS
irving ID. Boggs kept tho individual
eugerat the Fist National Bank at Dover
N 1896. ktnDy's account was kept in tho
active ledger. Ths entries were made
rom slips or ~ cal'3I to hin, by w. N.
boggs the entrles ara correctly entered
IN the Ledger. In his abserc. tb, entries
we're made by Bogga. The entry slips
yore nus always in the handwriting Of tho
customers.
Senator Gray here objecrel to the ad-
Mission or the ledger, on tho grounds of
Regularity and was not properly kept
District Attorney Vanhcgrtf. ANNOUNCE
u that he would Place w. n Boggs on the
thhu 10 prove that tho entries were made
u the regular coarse Of business from the
,eposit slips and that he would then offer
nc DOCKS FOR what they wers worth. vii.
inm n. Boggs dcpossd to MS position at
ne calling on OF the deposit slips.
senator Gray objected 30 Bhsgs testify.
ng, from the books. He could not have
UGH a memory to speak Az to tncl partic.
lar Item. This is getting tho evidence in
y u side door.
The objection was oyerrulod Boggs
lok tho stand and sail his recollection
'as good regarding kenEoy's account.
lie made and examination and found ir.
OCULAR les In knnncy's account The do
osits were not en- cred Oh tho lotlgar IN
] several days Inter. 10 NJ Bird Eoags
.ated that checks were often hold Tor u
eek and not charged up against Kcnncy.
h1ra were other checks paid and the
ooks did not contain them. ,
For forty years DR.. Fowlcr's Extract OF
'ill Strawberry bus been curing Skinner ,
'mplaint, dyscntory dlarrhoea, bloody !
'lx, pain In the stomach. and IL has never