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In less than ten days. by his own testi-
mony after he had given that solemn /
pledge, he was gambling at cards again. /
can you believe that MANI Can you, on /
your solemn oath by your verdict send a 4
man TO the penitentiary on the evidence |
OF that man2 Why men, he comes to that |
stand through broken oaths. / mean II |
Broken onthsl He is as tainted as hell. |
You can't believe him Would you be con- |
vlcted on the testimony Of man ike |
thatl Broken oathsl A sea Of lies! My
friend said that was abuse. What would |
you have as dO2 Erect "a monument to
him? 10 would be one OF liesi False
oathsi Am ] painting it2 Am / sticking
to the truth IN the testimony Did he do
these things, ] say2 Didn't he say so2
Didn't he state what he has done2 Now,
gentlemen, as against that you have the
testimony Of this defendant You are
asked by the government In this case TO
knock him down by setting that man up.
You twelve men are asked to take his
life, which up to to-day, occupying. as my
colleague said, "a place OF distinction IN
the councils of the nation. sent there by
the party 10 which ne belongs having
performed his duty as citizen OF this
state. a faithful husband, a kind and af
fectonate father. without any suspicion
for remember that man never connected
him with single transaction OF the kind
ln his life outside Of these which / have
related. He said he had known kenney
TO put SIS OF his own money in "a pool, was
never in any schemes of horse racing or
| cards, IN fact, did not know one card
from another. lie was never IN any Of
the Cuthbert matters except In this one.
never in faro never Ia the Anderson pro-
| iect. Take that man simply on the
ground of interest I'm this case. swearing
/ away hls life to remain here IN the open
sunshine OF Gods beautiful world instead
of the confines OF a gloomy cell. Ohl my
/ friend says he has done that. for he can't
say anything else.
Kenney says there was absolutely no
/ agreement Boggs says there was. so
when he looks 10 his Maker and kisses
his Makers Book, Boggs has perjured his
soul until dear Heaven would not receive
/ a. Which would you gentlemen believe
| IN the light o. all this / don't care about
a reasonable doubt. This case is not TO
be tried on a reasonable doubt We don't
| want any reasonable doubt. Which OF
the two are you going TO take2
| l say that without the testimony OF w.
| ~ BOggs my learned friend cannot move
| an inch. lie says he can try this case
/ without him. Would you know what TO
/ do with the case IL you had not the tes-
timOny of William n. Boggs2 Is there
anything but Boggs' statement to show
| that there was an unawful agreement
| NV friend does not think what he says
sometimes You cannot commit "a crime
without guilty knowledge or intent. No.
No, William N. 3oggs s the Alpha and
Omega of this case. He Is the outside
and inside. the an about 40 and the alto
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could not ana would not, and he knows
it, ask for the conviction Of an Indians
dog.
lie reviewed the testimony OF Treasurer
Miller and j. Frank Alice relative, to the
Bay State Gas voucher and check, and
said az the very moment that Alice was
ON the stand there was one witness In
town who could have testified to the
facts concerning that voucher. He had
been I'm the district attorneys office at 10
o'clock. That was j. Edward Addicks.
He could have been brought here and the
court would have allowed him to testify
II there was any fee for divorce proceed
ings connected with that voucher I saw
him In town with my own eyes. You are
not trying General kcneny for the fact
that he did not nurse this pure, sweet
cheruh back to sweetfulness, gentleness
and piety. He says kenney knew he was
gambling. Suppose he did. You are not
trying him for that The State Of Ken
lucky three times paid Henry Clay's gam
bling debts. and sent him back TO the
Sonatc. Charles James Fox, the leader
OF the English Parliament, lost 100000
gold guineas I'm gambling. and was sent
back to Parliament year after year. The
great Irish O'Connell died almost I'm the
act Of gambling and left his gaming
debts unpaid. Even the board Of directors
OF the bank while knowing Boggs gam
hled. understood that he was a winner.
From one standpoint Kenney knew moth
ing about Bogga being n defaulter.
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with Il. Poor little Willie Boggs playing
draw poker, $3.50 limit While we have
missed youi and that man helped to rush
him 20 ruin. Why great God, there is not
a man I'm Delaware who could have
caught him. He was running faster than
any jack rabbit. Milestones sank away
out Of sight I'm q second. Poor little WI.
liei Won't you adopt him. Mr. District
Attorney? Your minds are TO be wrought
up to pity that fellow. 1t Is the most re-
diculous and absurd story ever heard anC
wonder you didn't laugh az It when you
told it. Forty kimbleiacks couldn't hold
him back Crmel He was welded to Al
and the final glorlhcation OF his life was
when he could drag "A United States SEN
ator down with him. You have to con
slider the hope he has of "a milder SEN
. tence. The bigger the game the lighter
4 the sentence. lf the court don't stand bl
him maybe the president Of the United
1 States will If he cOnvicts these men 4
can't make IL any worse and Il may
) make something better. Mr.. HAZEL tol,
3 YOU the truth when he said that he saw
Boggs gambling prior to January. 1895
p The government was unable to impeaCl
his testimony. And yet you are asked O.,
say that Mr.. Hazell came here and tol,
YOU "a falschood under oath. You ar,
asked 10 say that his testimony s a mah
up Tie, and that he travelled miles TO per
Jure his soul without either rhyme O
! reason You believe Hazelll Now W.
( come TO Brockson. The value of his testl
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him, speaking of kenncy; Yes, the d.
: - , he don't speak 20 me and III
o. show him the road. lNenney didn't spoal
}. 20 man whom they say was "A partne
I'm this robbery. If he had been his part
ncr IN this crime wouldn't he have said
Boggs old man, I win do an I can fol
you. / will stand by you. I viii advance
yoG money 20 pay counsel fees. / vii
stand by your wife. win do everythin'
, on earth for you, for we were In thu
1 thing together But when Boggs come
2 back TO justice we nave II from him him
d self that kenney did not speak to him
e BroclSson Is an honest and truthful man
y The government has not brought a single
Z, witness against his character Bu
= against him they bring MT. Mcgvor
j have respect for Mr.. MclvOr and an othe
sCrbes and pharlsecs. He may hav
misunderstood Brockson or Brocksol
o. may have told him what he said. McIvo
!, must have had some interest In askinl
n him about it. but when Brockson WA
Z placed on the stand and sworn he salt
Y. positively that Boggs used the expires
sion attributed to him.
y Ezekiel Cooper. OF the Farmers BAN
of Dover. witness whose sympathie
were naturally with the government toll
you under oath that Boges said that n
had manipulated Mr.. kenncy's accoun
e and requested Mr.. Cooper not TO tell wha
. "a d ID Fat.