New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-14
SENATOR KENNEY's TRIAL
TESTIMONY OF BoGGs. THE DErArnn
ING TELLER
HE SAYS THAT THE SENATOR KNEW OF -.
REGULATIONS ALMOST FROM THE
BEGINNIN'

BEGINNING.
wilmington Del. July l3.--The third day IN n.
| trial of United States Senator Kenney OF Ds,.
| ware charged with aiding and abetting the 81,
confessed defaulting teller OF the First Nations,
Bank OF Dover. william y. Boggs. in defraudir.
that institution Of over $4,000 opened to-day VIII
further testimony relating 10 Senator Kenneys n.
| dividual account with the First National Bank
During the moments prior TO the opening A
| court Senator Kenney. pale and apparently ns,.
vous assisted his counsel. Senator Gray and Lev,
/ &. Bird in arranging the papers NJ the defence
Meanwhile the small oblong space reserved for tia
public was crowded almost 70 sufocstion With
people among whom some of those VIA
| have been indicted by the Grand Jury as result
Of the defalcatons OF Teller Bosss.
Boggs the defaultIng teller Of the bank. VII.
gave important testimony relating To Senate,
! Kenney. occupied scat IN the courtroom. Tia
court was late I'm convenIng. The first wttn..,
| called by Dlstrct-Attorney Vandegrift was T. p
Cooper bookkeeper in the Farmers National
| Bank Of Dover. Mr. Cooper testified IN detail IA
ffty-nine checks by Senator Kenney, OF various
amounts and aggregating over $4,000 being trans
ferred from the Farmers Bank TO the First M.
tional. and acknowledged by the latter. Thee
checks covered the period from May. 1896. until the
defalcation by Teller Boggs A year later.
The remainder of the morning session was takss
I'D with expert testimony by r. f. Ross. Of Phaa
delpha Mr. Ross examined Senator Kenneysae
counts with the First National in respect 10 the ID
stitution's dealings with the Farmers Bank. ThA
latter was one ~ fourteen correspondents with
which the First National transacted buslness
Mr. Ross testimony showed that Senator Kenney
had Frequently overdrawn his accounts with the
First National from May 1896 to November OF that
year in amounts ranging from less than $40 10
over 5000 As part of the overdraft there were
a number OF checks OF the defendant which had
not been charged up to his account at the time Of
their receipt by the bank.
Under cross examination witness stated all II
these check. were subsequently charged TO Senator
Kenney's account and that as far as the checks
referred IN in his direct examination were ron.
cerned all overdrafts had been secured by deposits
Under redirect examination, however. he STATED
that additional checks were coming In In the mean
time which made the defendants accounts In.
dlcate overdraft
At the afternoon session william n. Borss
tho defaulting teller was the stand for over
three hours He told OF the manner In which No
carried along checks OF Senator kenney re.
ceived from other banks. and credited deposits for
him when he had overdrayn his account and while
Boggs was a defaulter in large sums OF money.
That ne was a defaulter. witness said. was known
10 the Senator. and wher asked why he carried
the defendants checks along for weeks without
charging them he said II because we were
all I'm tho hole together" During nearly all thu
period in which the witness's defalcaions toox
Mace he said Senator Kenney was cognizant II
the fact.
Boggs said the checks spoken OF by former W.T.
ncsses drawn the order OF Culbert Co.
brokers. Of Philadelphia. and signed by Kenney
represented transactions in Bay State Gas stock
over half dozen other checks representing
amounts from 500 10 81 600. he said were paid 10
the Farmers Bank. being Kenney's checks. ou:
were not charged 10 the defendants account until
later AS 10 his custom In dealing with Senator
Kenney's checks he said II the account was no.
good for them he would pay them out OF the
funds OF the bank. BY carrying the check ns
cash item from day to day or Withholding the
deposit slip Of another depostor.
He said Senator Kenney first knew OF his belrs
about $1,000 or $4,000 He felt that Kenney was tn
man coniide in, their relations were so nc
mate The enaS and s9Ess do hs tSe wS
invested funds in Bay State Gas stock. eul,dY
RsnH IN hs Riines. and saa sa
state Gas at the same time with him. and they
often discussed the 9, snaor Ke
ney expressed hope that money enough wDaio % o.
TO OCCASIONS scs BoSss said he placed 10 The
defendants credit the sums OF 1907 and SlW Ing
former was money he owed the senator IN ,n.
1896 he credited the defendant with dratt .or
s2l5O He had previously been carrying cnecss
to the defendants credit enabled him to ehsrs.
them to his account. Meanwhile the draft vert
se senate 10 them made up the difference Another
draft for $3.50 went through the same procea'
Unde. cross-examination witness said that 81
OF the defendants overdrafts were anaIy MADE
use OF the money during the time that witness
had msapped the funds. He quoted from tne
count with credi, balance OF over 5000 in April
Court here adjourned. and witnesses cross-exan'
ination will be resumed tomorrow
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