Evening journal., 1898-12-16

was due and owing from the Benport
man TO T. S. Clark. He took Il as that
much cash, deposited II as cash. and Il
came back dishonored. lis that anything
new for drafts2 Ny friend has had a
lucky experience II he never had one
come back dishonored. There are various
reasons why drafts come back dshonor-
ed-one Is no funds, another party out OF
the state, can't be found-that IS another.
on that was to tide him over. my friend
says. and when the draft came back dis.
honored on the Sth or 9TH OF July he
gave another draft. what would YOU have
him do " he did not huVe the cash? How
was he TO meet the draft? The man who
gave him that draft gave him another
and the defendant IN this case made up
the balance. Now IS there anything
unusual In that, gentlemen? Anything
out OF the ordinary / am admitting that
II he had sat down with Boggs and en-
tered into an agreement TO mlsapply the
funds of that bank carrying him I'm his
circumstances OF prosperity. vlgor OF
manhood, on the road TO distinction, with
everything to live for and nothing to rob
for. with a life of milestOnes OF prosper
iiy ahead of him. What can you tell me,
had he TO gain by making that contract
with a man whom as they say. was then
a thief and he knew lt2 He would have
been guilty under this Indictment
HOT SHOT FOR BOGGS.
l never saw Boges In my life until I
saw him as a witness. ] have God knows,
no ill-will towards him. l bear him no en-
nifty. lie has never done me any harm
or wrong. I would help him II ] could,
but ] nnd him I'm a case where he ~ trying
TO send my friend and client to the peni-
tentiary l must show him to you I'm the
light of the rays OF truth, IL is my duty.
You would not think me true TO my client
II did not. IL is no pleasure. l regret
IT, lie Is the most magnantmous liar that
ever lived on earth. You have no ground
TO reconcile his statements, and those
made by Senator Kenney You might as
wen try to fly to the moon az to reconcile
this testimony You can't do H. IL is
| true. as they say. that Senator kcnney
has an interest when he goes on thar
stand II IS the Interest TO keep from
going to prison. but remember the trans
actions, remember the conditions OF these
two men. First let me take this unfor-
| tunate young man. What does he tell
your That i'm iSg3 I don't remember the
/ time OF the year. he first became "a de-
| faulter to that bank 10 was IN the early
| became a defnultcr In carrying one OF
| Clark's checks. Now then remember.
/ gentlemen, that Is nearly three years be-
fore he puts anything In about General
/ Kcnnoy at all. There are discrepancies
about an interview which cannot be rec
onoied His memory after his prison
/ confinement, and since last July has be,
| come so improved that 10 has added a
whole lot of stuff to do with little Caleb
i and he remembers the mlnutest details
Of that interview. Shakespeare talks
about a lie with and without cirCum-
stances Now / say you have got TO take
this man on his own record. He says
that he commenced TO rob that bank the
first six months OF 1898 That was, thai
he carried T. S. Clark's check / want
you 10 think of that. Now / am going C
compare the two men and that Is ths
starting point Boggs was an officer OF
a bank under bond. and he testihes from
Il that one little circumstances or SZuu OF
$3.50 his ruin began. Think Of a. and pu
n nail right there. Put IL with the dis
. trict attorney there and put II there q,
stay. lie never opens his mouth abou
/, | BOggH without trying TO shield him be
thinks he was Immaculate before tina
time, that he couldn't do anything wronl
Without the inspiration and assistance o
Clark. Cooper and Ford. That he was al
angel of light with no idea Of crime cx
cept that put I'm his soul by other men
He was pulled into this maelstrom. Ou
of that $3.50 transaction what did he d'
| before he ever saw kenney? He was n
but right in the money drawer OF tn
bank. He had taken out $4,000 or Sil,00
and lost IL on his own account in hors
racing, not connecting Clark, Cooper, Cot
ter or anyone else with the loss. Begin
, | ming with that landmark in the first Hii
q who knew no wrong, who was led astral
| by all these terrible men, drew on hl
own account for horse racing from $40,
300 TO Sll.O00 and was a loser Of that sum
/ And In playing cards his loss was $4,000
I I don't know whether Il was IN this tria
: or the other that he said he loved poker
! Loved itl Not satisfied with Friday ant
, saturday night, this sweet boy. who coul
: do no wrong. spent all day Sunday an
/, even then had TO connect poor Tom Clarl
= with n. Where did you tell your wife 20
were going, he was asked. Tom Clar
l | drove up and said he wanted TO take m
IN out into the country 10 see farm, wa
his reply. If ] see a villain / like 20 Sc
n one who stands on his own props. ] hat
I a villain who wants TO besmirch Others
) | Sunday. This sweet angel DO you be
| heve a trihe that any man could spend a
i | day Sunday, perhaps until long after mid
= night. and fool his wife by telling he
} | that he had been out riding 70 look a
y a farm with Tom Clark? DO you beliey
! | that2 IL IL the biggest lie that ever wa
= told. Why he could have driven all owe
Z Delaware and into Pennsylvania lookin
H. | al farms I'm that length OF time. Not sal
ished with the luxurious excitement {
d, poker games on Sunday and drives wit
Ia Tom Clark. and not satisfied with hOrs
~ racing. he opens "A scheme Of faro an
,r backs the game. or rather he didn't bac
N u. but the First National Bank Of Dove
y backed II for this angel, this cherub. 70
n are not going to send this man, Kenne.
TO the penitentary on that kind Of lei
: timony n you have It brought before yol
a | Faro! Remember he Is not connectin
ia anybody with this at ALL Not even DO,
a- Tom Clark. He said II was part OF n
Ig 5000 Of that banks money which I toe
M myself. and which nobody else is respoi
M slble for. Stock operations The recol
IA In this case and the books Of Cuthbert
le Co. show that the first transaction Kel
as ney ever had In Bay State Gas was
s. May 6, 1896. and that the whole transa
e. tion was closed out on the 18th or ISL
~ Of July following. Boggs commenced
* IN March OF that year and the bool
IN show g. God knows when he closed
as out. but long after this thing. Wheth
OF II is so or not, my recollection Is that Il
II testimony did show that ne commence
m Il In March and that it continued long a
I'd terwards. But don't look in his accour
b. for 1t might scare YOU. But there Is ol
10 thing certain that those books do sho'
is and it Is that kenney's first purchase
al stock was In May. 1896 and that h
as transaction was closed out as a nnall
rs after the 18th OF July. 1895. Never mo
re and IN that transaction arises these eg
cd checks Of $500, signed by Kenney or 4
Ak First National Bank and drawn to the @
ne der of Cuthbert a. Co. Now then n
IS. friend read these kilograms. You ha
NJ them In evidence. CALI What do y,
OF expect a man 10 do who buys. stock
ut margln2 He makes or loses. and eve
II broker In the world when your margi