Evening journal., 1898-05-10


"Hcw much did you lose at cards?"
The witness said, with great empha-
sis: Thousands Of dollars"
Did you lose much on the races?'
Thousands" ," he said
Where did you generally play the
races?"
We'll, l played at Gloucester and
when that place was closed played at
Bennington"
Did you ever expect to pay the bank
back the money that you stole by play
ing at cards and the races?"
Once more Boggs reflected and in a
voice full of emotion, he said: Yes, sir,
/ must confess that l did"
Did the people of Dover know of
your card playing?"
yes, SIR
who did you tell that you were al
ways ready for a gamer
1T was given out that | was invin-
cible; yes, sir, l was invincible."
Yes, because you had bank to
draw on" said Mr.. Bird
Yes. and they knew it," said the
witness.
What game did you mostly play2"
Il must confess that poker grew on me
and other games were also a great fas-
I clnatiOn, so much that / was never sat
isfied unless l was in game.
Did you ever play with Mr. Coo
per?"
"No, sir, never played with Colonel
Cooper in my life"
did you not play cards every night
in the year of 1896, but especially on
Saturday and Sunday nights?'
Saturday was not a good night, but
we never missed on Sunday. We would
start the game in the morning, play
until dinner time, and after getting
something to eat we would resume the
game. and play until supper and after
supper we would play all night
"Was that your life in Dover?'
mot always"
while playing cards did you not
deal heavily in horses?'
"Yee. When a fellow came along and
had a good thing he would always come
to me and tell me of 1t. Then he would
saw: Now | owe you some money. and
| know that you are in hole, and you
may be able to win to help you out
Then you always gave the money!
yes"
, WAS it the banks funds?"
! "Yes, sir"
Would you put your hands in the
drawer and take the money!
Yes. sir"
What was the result Of your race
| track transactions?
. q lost thousands Of dollars"
Cant you say the exact amOunt?'
"Well, about 100000
"Did you ever play faro?"
"No. sir. but / would advance none.
+. to others to play at Gloucester
~ How much money did you carry ol
. your person at one time?'
. About $4,000, and l have carrie
. $4,000"
= "How much money would you talk
3 in a week?"
= "The one who gave you your infor
- nation can tell you"
How do you know that someon
= gave me my information? If l were
~ tell you where I got my information
would take all night. You are we
- known in all the Middle Atlant
,s States"
40 Now how much money would yo
|, take in a week."
n various sums, sometimes $500
~ sometimes $500; sometimes $1,000.
did you ever play poker at an
81 other place besides DOver?"
n "Yes in Wilmington, in the yea
~ 1897. I used to back a game here.
"Mr. Bird here turned to his co
X league, Senator Gray, and said, soft
voice: "Call in the police" Then r.
plying to Boggs' answer, he said:
"You mean the First National Ban
ar Of Dover was the hacker"
40 The hands Of the clock in the cOu
room pointed to 8 o'clock the hour 81
r. by the court for adjournment, and NJ
Bird said that it was too bad that the
20 had to adjourn, and he wanted to 8
IA on.
~ "Can you finish in FIVE minutes
al asked Judge Bradford, addressing M
" | Bird
or "Your honor, I wouldn't answer tn
.'s for the world" Mr. Bird said. Con
re then adjourned.
he TO-DAY'S HEARING.
er Boggs was called again TO the staH
Id this morning and Mr.. Bird resumed d
n Cross examination.
all Can you account to this jury as
ril where the other sS4, 900 went in the d
falcaticn in amounts, SO the jury q
100 underestimate"
so Mr. Vandegrfft objected, saying tn
90, the jury is not trying Boggs, b
Cooper, for the S23 600 of which
100 spent. The court was about TO susta
MIR. Vandegrift, when Mr.. Bind inte
Yer posed and said that he would sh(
to that the jury should know the con'
ton Of the bank from the time the {
falcation began. The jury sh0u
IS. know how and where the money of Q
of bank vent. and it could only be broue
cut by Boggs telling of the begnnl
II of his steal.
I'VE viii show that Boggs ga
nat Cooper money out of his own funds, a
we will prove concluslvely THAT it "
Boggs who was paying Cooper mon
that he was making on his faro ban
and his card playing and his race tra
schemes"
Boggs then resumed, saying that
could, providing he was allowed
To Look at a memorandum.
Iu' Was ii made at the time leading
-er' to when the lcsses were discovered? ?
"I do net know"
'an 'When was it made?"
~ "When l reburped"
out Mr.. Bird here began a scatohing
"a rangue against the witness, but ha v