The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-15
ADDRESSING
KENNEY JURY.

nave no uiluculFy IN ueClulnR DetWeen NC
lvor end Brlckson. Mclvor wa,a repu-
table newspaper man of this city, aud
every Wiimingtonian OH tho jury knew
him and his reputation for honesty and
truthfulness. and those whod not know
McIvOr would only have to ask their fell
low jurors from Wilmington aud thew
would tell them that McIvor's reputati' n
was just as rotated by the district attor.
nay After dspo-ing OF Brockson MIR.
Vando grift devoted his attention for a few
minutes to Joseph w. Hazel, who had
testified that he SAW Boggs play cards for
money rs far back as 1881.
Mr.. Vandegrift saiu hat the govern.
ment had been fortunate enough In seek.
ing one of the three other men Hazel plac-
ed In tho room with Bnggs. Anathor OF
the men WAS out OF the State and tho
third was dead, but the one brought into
court had testified he never saw Boggs
in tho room or about the hoto'. The dis
trict u, torney said that the jucy could
have no trouble in deciding whether VIII
liam N. Bnggs had snted the truth WHOM
no said that no did not play cards for
money prior to 1895, or whether Hazel had
told what WINS correct when he said Boggs
played cards In 1881.
MIR. Vnndegrift said thai in 1881 Boggs
was n littlo over Is years o. age while Haz.
el was young man of 20 yN.rs. yet when
IluLbl SuN pDESs MS C'tSslAtt U anu u illuio
boy, u stripping, playing cards, smoking
and drinking whiskey, with grown men,
hn had made no effort to lay charitable
and elderly hand OH the shoulder vi tho
lad AMI show him how he was doing
wrong.
IN closing this part of his argument Mr..
VandegrifJ said. There Is gone another
rung In the ladder Of straw that the dc.
PENDANT has been building to climb out OF
ka ,,,j,n . ~, TN c n,l,,t
rung is broken and destroyed and now Tor
the next"
Bay State Gas Company stock and the
dealings in it by Senator Kcnnev and
Bogg, was tho next feature of his district
attorneys argument. In dis ho scored
the defendant numerically and Mr..
Vanlegritb bscam ,uloluonb and forcstul,
He told how Buggs had testified that o
and Col mel Cooper had been led into deal
ing in Bay State Gas by Senator kenney,
and how thu defendant had gone on the
stand and testified that he had been iHf1u-
enced Into buying gas stock by Bogos anil
Colonel Cooper Ihasu words Of the deIcn-
dant have been rcfutCd and denied not only
by Bo2gs, but by Other evidence that car
not In con tradicted, Brggs says thar this
defend mt toldthim that he was attorney
for t.e Bay State Gas Company. and could
got Letter and more reliable information
regarding it than either BogSs or Cooper.
Had this defendant not SO stated and in
duced he others to buy Bay State Gas
poor N ,ke' Cooper would not now havO
been where he is.
Til, 10 isn't a semblancc in tho case for
you to believe that this man did no. know
the 81 uaticn IL is not possible. Tho
Farmers Bank believe it. They wanted
to know about konney's checks. Every
avenue Is closed. Escape ended, with that
We have no.! hing 10 do
Out duty is to tho women and children
Of this state AMI whenever the tijne comes
when u man OF high estate &C. advantage
over men Of low estate. We have moth.
ing to do with what happens to thu, man.
That lies with the judge nnh the 'pardon-
ing power II this was II man of low os.
tate you would, unt!ec tho evidence, ren.
der a verdict of guilty within m hour
He has brought this upon himself and
ho has not produced IA iota upon which
you can hang y reasonable doubt. IL men
can loot the bank as was done In tho case
of the Frs National Bank at Dovcr. there
is no safety for lis ard We had bhttor move
out of tho state.
hlr, Bggs congratulated the jury upon
the near approach If tho trials end. Now
let lis see our bearings, or as lawyers say
let us see what the issues are. H. laid spe.
chl emphasis on the words with the IN.
tent 10 in nre or defraud tho association,
aids or aDtts any officer to do SO. 1t Is the
heart ana soul of the charge l he testimony
was reviewed 4. length.
L. IL a dangerous hing for u man to act
as counsel tor II bank defnultcras his case
shows. Considerable has been said about
these drafts. Every one of them was taken
cnre OF and every dollar paid by this defen-
dant, Lot us do it righ'. If there is evil
drnce enough without Boggs then why did
not they begin these prosecutions until
after Bo4gs was brought back here.
Attention was next paid TO tho draft ard
to the Bay State Gas Cow nv t"nr-n. ,,,u
Is Mir Alice is right, Mr.. Kanucy is MS
taken. This casa remind one Of The uAt
on TIM july that was ask II he bCii We
in capital punishment.
He replied yes, and / believe man
should be hanged every two or three s. airs
20 Keep up proper respect for the law"
go ii Is in this case.
There mUol be cause to Eoepupa prop
CT respect for the law. The Dis ret At
tGrncy Is drawing a distinction withou' u
difference when he comes down to the in
tcrest "n 40 Illegal overdraft. This lie.
PENDANT may have been indi,crsot. The
bank officers II! that back did not know
any hing app rsntjy thai went on in that
bank aud bugE y!r;ualv ran tho bank
liorss has blutfed tn bank officials and
his bondsmen He led to them and he
lied TO you ard he want, now to bluff Won.
Take lO2Es out Of this case and tho Far
mer, bank books do not show that this
defendant had tho in.ont to iniure ana
dnfrAnd this association
10 the District Attorney say this case
was tried more as II prosecution. 1t Is
fact that when Jury that stoIi as the
jury in the former trial stood then there
arc grounds for Il rea iunab,c ub'.
And yut the District Attorney comes
here and tries him for the very same
checks. lie has pressed tho defendant
hard and very hard. When Boggs; went
on the stand, it was demonstrated that he
was TO let out another link and make his
evidence stronger.
Di.trict At urney Vandegrlft continued
his argument to the jury a5 tho session of
lhe rhurt this morning. lie said In part
that had Boggs desired to tell any un.
truth he could have Fed abnut tho checks
given for Busgs buneft Blu. Boges does
not do so but tells the truth. ToYch this
case whe'3 you may and it Is plain that
Bogs4 has laid bare his heart und,r his
oath on thar stand.
Ihes- checks ware not drawn to the or
der OF Boggs but drawn by kcnney Tor he
splespurp".e 4 dccciylng tho of RS Of the
bank. They had to de,e.vc In order to
protect themselves from tho awful calam-
lily that confronted them. Look at ,lese
drawn IN but this defendant and they
stood Tor their mutual protection
!, 1t reasonable on it, face that Blggs
gave these notes as accommodation paper
months lclorc he If. Dover The very
thing they wanted t. kscp from was to let
their names 60 On tic same paper The
Only course LEFT for this defendant was to
go on the stand and acknowledge his guilt
or deny II all. Here lrop tho curtain.
DO you believe Boggs discussed with
him where he should go and be sale.
Here this defendant was this young mans
counsel. lilo hat received n confession
that he wa, u lcfnuitor. This defendant
knew day by day, + yGari that Boggs
WAC II dcfautor and gambler.
Then this young mam sad must fly Mr..
kenney, | must leave tic scen0s of my
youth.
Unjust lcavn nv wife and family. Pray
tel mo Mr. kcnLeY Mlcrn | cat 20. OF