The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-13

ment of which he is undoubtedly
guilty. ----
withheld by Boggs, finally reached up
into the thousand. notified the coun-
sci for the defence to produce these
checks, and they said that they did not
have them. ! then had to rely on sec
ondary evidence. Finally, however, one
of these checks was found. 1t called Tor
$3.50 and was dated April, 1897. | would
be glad to acquit this defendant, but l
do not believe that you can as the evil
dence, think, is such that it is beyond
a reasonable doubt.
After securing the cash for the tlrst
$500 check, why didn't Cooper say, Will
make this up. will remain an honest
man in place where ! and my father
before me have always been honored ana
looked up to in the community IN which
| reside. The only thing that shows
the deficits is the individual budget OF
the First National Bank from May 1896
up to April 1897, and all balances
agreed, and he should be convicted by
these records.
WHY if ! had my way the brokers
would be swept from the face OF the
earth, for it is no better in the way OF
gambling than the race track faro,
poker or any other device used Tor the
recreation OF thousands upon thousands
OF men; u .ho.
Gentlemen, Mi. cooper .e'.S YOU e.''.u
1t was IN March or apr. INA. DYES
commenced W worry oNei '''o oe'i'N' -
STOCKS. .. A..
Now take Boggs story ne STATES tl!al
three DAYS aiter the 1lrst tIahsaciioll viey
were worried. ION you tilllih 'f'ey s Mete
worried When the call came loI 9IoV,
Sl,ooo, s2,ooo, s3,ooo, 'o0o; uon you
think they were worried before lhe IAN
NOW follow these men ana say Which u
these men would depart rom tie trutl'
Just a little, JUST HUE, cooper says
will depart from the truth.
Let us look AT what tiiey say III ue-
fence. VINO are the people caiieu az WIZ
nesses! VINO are the people Iall'pIers'
some OF them, others not gamblers you
know them-others governors, chancel-
Tors ana other gentlemen VINO came mere
~ :esnls W ms i'o .n any t III; hsst
Inns Nas 81 uP W .'o .iai'i - ~ WIS w.
'lai!aae'ioii "a pi"ii ma! w i'' ~ ".,
up'lsi!. s v'ue oie uas ",.u wy i'i
ile may lail any coiliilil' tii''e Ni' ha.
Mouiu s''l'ie we eo MIMI Is .r'"v
any reason WHY ''e si''"''' noV VIC pun
isl'eu'!
Gentlemen, nave endeaVored TO pre-
sent this case IN all Its devious ways
have done my duty gentlemen. don't
I care whether you convict or not. lie is
charged here with using money to the
detriment of this this bank and to the
detriment of the stockholders. You
o must remember gentlemen that the rights
It of these people are to be protected and
+ that the transgressor should be punished
" for what say he is guilty now.
thank you gentlemen for your atten-
ton and ask at your hands conviction
= of the defendant i'll the manner and form
! in which he stands indicted. United
States Senator Gray, SAID, with the sub
II mission OF your honor and gentlemen O.
the jury. 1t Is not pleasant thing gen
tlemcn to be compelled to appear before
q jury 10 uelehu c''eil'' against al
Ia oo'o"s c'ia'Se.
~ But, gentleman am glad that the de
T. PENDANT in this case saw fit to call on me
2. in this hour Of his trouble. | came here
as his friend and will remain his fricnC
, to the last. | have known OF his career,
and | am here today, gentlemen, to ask
o1 that YOU believe him an innocent man
IS | do not believe that Ezekiel T. Cooper
p is guilty of the charge against him. Nol
> are not called on to say that these
checks were fraudulent. Why we adj
mltted that he used them and we are
lc here today to say that he was used by
70 William n. Boggs to commit acts which
W, he did as Il friend. lie never intende,
y to deny these checks; he admitted then
lie and owned up that he had dcstroyt,
them. We don't want to b ar on an,
part Of this case but what is the truth.
What ii you do have them. we admit
Il, ted thcm but what we did object t
t. was the individual ledger that was reel;
:, ing with falsehnod and lies. What othc
II evidence is there in the case with he cx
e cpption OF the statement Of W. y. Bo2gs
e. going through the role Of checks datin
~ from 1896 to April IF 1897.
Vuw inst OH. .ryo ,hn ortinr nf rooo.
II lie j. drulinn in stocks and using CnT1p
y. he grts Nm, tn endorse Checks for ii.
We Eo@p.' soL,r and owe thrm ia =
ns CuThhnu & Ca, hrnkers of Nnw Vnr
-, and phiioIrlnlia in ord.r tn nntn, ;
~ his cn love 81 snrcuIotinn