The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-02-27
Bank Looters Naive
Their Hearing
Cooper, Cole. Clarke and Butler
Fear Too Much Publicity.
HELD IN BAIL FOR APRIL Court
Mr. Bcpgs Did Not Appear-Thc Action Of the Gang the
Result of Lengthy Conference at Which
Senator Kennc\ Was Present.

Cooper Clarke and 1ucr"m'r r' the who assisted Mr. William
Igg in National Bank OF Dover waveda hearing yesterday
before United States Commissioner Smith
Bradford in the United States District Court which
April p "
Kcnny and Franklin Temple Colonel Ezekiel r. Cooper and
others attended that conference
Senator Kenncy Yesterday meeting that hear
ing would advertise the defendants too much lef re the trial
publicity detrimental to lis business ra-
and the would the Grand Jury anyhow was best to defer
things until he
Attorney vancgi much ev nc be "sHIat til" hear
ing and surpris dat the OF the affair."
of The Federal building n'd busy yesterday morning
Long before the hour for the opening OF the doors the pp" b" to
crowd The hail.
odd lie dor would b, opened AMI Walter NJ Er&5s who is
taking oy in the affair." would through closing the doc"
Among John H. the haired editor Of
the Sentinel and former cashier Of the looted bank lie had con" to VII
mno on the early train and transacted some business before responding to tie
Irwin D. IDsg okkepr bank also on the early lie hay
slowly the latest addition being the who made the ahats which caused
the trial. Francis Skunk Brown with h" and the disappeared promptly
into the Mr. Richardson had held short interview with
the door, int, the ,r room were o l and in less than
3)son's re va not a seat.
in in p,ss curiosity
which not when remembers that cn of the crowd
posed b sss former ncishbo and friends
Shortly " 10 o'clock Of the his appearance He
the first Of the accused AM his Cole,
With hin" Peter L. Jr and Representative B. A. IIazeL
The took whc they I'd them the
railing wu with folded
looking straight before him. few minutes later Colonel Ezekiel Cooper
walked anty procured him facing
Of assernbagc
not prominence given
seemed to EMO, it,
The appear EI", Kcnny who looking as
though jrs mnbx strobe in all the of
shave and five cigar
subse gracefully into
seat near the "n'h facing the spectators
Ar'u this Colonel get trip the
Attorney Cooper Spvty lie
returning minutes late.
Iriy cssing spoke
and the attorney hastily and with him
There the door and the tly form Charles Butler appeared
lie dit n , m Took a" he felt . like smiling and he dnt r,
.rx; .;c; "rpa""y
sized 1 S % @ WA" %s "~ Ss ".s "" w He t in . % % s'"" cs ]
1 ] 3 % !, u * ; ter a.; s S, ,
@ ; ri; 5 $ 6 $s & @ %: % ;; ,''' $ proceedings % had
President S d; ' %S" t" Ss s%S '
wi, % a Nv Y; did % % : ] in" @ s :":s s "% n A % did nc" ask bail am"
s$ S:fS is ss "' the ''"@ s s ;st %' Cooper
s: $;: % = ) :": y s rs %; {: e.;
as:"" S"s"% '"' ns i" s '" "
::si S1 % ;; %S; $% ; * u " ?
ssss w ~a ans witnesses " disclose the character G" the de"
~, Bird Rodney counsel for co and
vhehss % anv 1" M"n y.n s cyei ' this and @ % smi
ss there 1 ""s o" s "G
.,dG f9Gers ins, bail soo h bnan Franklin
iSs T s :' % i. Ss an"
'' s % R"" ts%%S"s" "|% t:s T S % n % f. @ @
'f % P; @ % S "f y Stis fa
!$: 's sss1 & H.% 9 a1s ' Hs accompanied by Deputy Clark
@ % sast s % % %