Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-08

Kenney, for which he paid s407. After
that witness continued operations with
Cuthbert & Co., spending ON his own
account about $1,000 Of the banks
money, in this connection He lost
about $4,000 OF the banks money in
horse racing operations. Sometimes he
went to the drawer and took money out
for the racing operations, but seldom
took money for other things. He adj
mitted abstracting $1,000, which he
sid he gave to Cooper
| His losses on cards, he estimated,
amounted to something like $40, 00Q OF
SIS, GOO. He also lost In operations back
ing faro bank, this amount probably
| reaching $1,000. lii sspeculations with
| Cotter, including the Anderson matter,
| he lost about $1,000. He also lost the
banks money IN suhdry other matters.
He asked Permission to consult memo
randa, but Mr.. bird objected.
In the campaign Of 1854, witness said
he used the, hanks funds amounting to
upwards Of 80, 900, in campaign mat
tiers, for which ,he was never re-
imbursed, but that did not represent
ALTO hisislosses lin political matters
during that campaign. He also said
he lot John +. Salisbury have Sl.l00
or 81, 200 of the banks money, which
he believed had not been paid.
He placed $1,000 to the credit of
L. q. Rosenthal in February, 1897, to
prevent exposure Of poker playing.
Witness lost In tho bucket shop enter
rrise of Amos Cole 4 Co., about so, 900,
Boggs being the silent partner and
furnishing the banks money. Witness
also was connected with discretionary
pool with j. E. Collins and Frank
Thompson. ina Wall street, New York,
matter, and lost about Sl,600. Mr..
kenney had no connection with this
matter.
| Witness said there were many other
small matters of this kind, but he
could not remember all of them Off
hand, and Mr.. Bird objected to him
consulting memoranda. Mr.. Bird asked
him the amount lost in the transactions
not mentioned, but witness was unable
to tell him. Y
Boggs said Mr.. Kenney never had
any interest in his card playing and
he believed Mr.. Kenfey did not know
anything about card playing. Boggs
played cards from tho middle Of 1895
| on an average Of one night q week.
Sometimes he played all night, and in
1896 played about every other Sunday.
Sometimes the stakes were large. He
lost 5000 on one1 occasion. He always
paid what he lost and the $500 was
paid soon afterward out of the banks
funds. fs
Mr.. Kenney, witness explained, had
no interest in faro, although Mr..
kenney was his counsel at that time.
Mr.. Bird asked witness whether Mr..
Kenney was not at the time regarded
as having the largest practice in Dover
Witness said he was, on certain lines,
and was regarded by the Legislature as
tho leading lawyer. Mr.. kenney, he
said, had no interest in the real estate
operation in Philadelphia: that is,
none of the money should have gone
into hiss pocket. Neither had Mr..
Kenney any interest In rbe money adj
yanced to John f. Salisbury.
In regard to tho Amos Cole matter,
Mr.. Kenney, as counsel for the build
ing and loan association, was en-
deayoring to get 4 loan for Cole from
the association.
Boegs also said Mr.. Kenney had no
interest In the money lost during the
campaign Of 1894. y,
Relative to the visit OF the witness
to MIR. Kenney's residence in 1885, he
said he went thero for advice, expect
ing an exafnination would be made at
the bank. u speak to him about tho
directors having heard of his card
playing. III tho board had not dis
covered the poker plnying he would
not have called upon Mr.. Kenney.
That was the first time he told Mr..
Kenneyi about his shortage, and the
latter offered to assist him in the col
lection Of certain matters and would
do what he could to prevent disclosure.
He did not tell him to consult his
friends, but Boggs told him he held
the obligations of others, the amounts
aggregating upwards, OF $4,000. He
had checks Of Thomas s. Clark, he
said, amounting to about S2, 800. He
had no checks when he saw MIR.
Kenney, bnt memoranda.
That visit was 10 October, 1895, wit
ness said, and MIR. Kenney was elected
Senator in january, 1897.
did Mr.. Kenney say" Mr.. Bird
asked, Ego out and; sec your relatives
and friends and get them to help you
fix it upf"
"No, sir, was the reply, "that was
the very thing we wanted to avoid. :"
Fixing il up?'' Mr.. Bird asked.
NO" witness replied, 1--WE knew
none of my relatives had anything to
spare. "
Witness said he was dcfaulter ut
the time of upwards of $50, 600. He
expected 10 fix the matter up by
obligations and raising $4,000 by SUBJ
scription.
Mr.. Bird asked him how he expected
tn ruiGa tho f,apuav hu entt,tftnrs cub
scriptions. He answered by saying he
expected to make most OF the money
up from his income His salary was
81, 900 as teller, $3.50 as clerk of town
council, 800 as treasurer of the build
ing and loan association and about
$500 as notary Of the bank. He could
have saved 5000 a year.
Mr.. Bird asked witness IL he had any
other income, but he could think of
nothing else. He had made as life in
surance agent, several hundred dollars.
Witness said he was summoned before
the directors the day after visiting Mr..
Kenney, the directors present being
N. B. Smithers, james Pennewill,
Wilson L.. Cannon, Manlove Hayes
and Harry A. Richardson. As far as
he knew, that was the first intimation
they had Of his card playing. He had |
not played prior to January, 1895. He |
told the directors that he had played |
cards for money; and courted an in
yestigation Notwithstanding that he
was then defaulter TO the extent of |
$40, 900. t1
In other words,,' Mr. Bird re
marked, you'bluffed them OFF,
THAT Is rights witness replied.
Boggs promised the directors that he |
would not play again, but within eight |