Evening journal., 1898-05-13

abetting BCggs. That is what you are
called upon TO say. Mr.. Cooper did say
that he did give BOggs checks. You
must look into the guilt of this mann,
not in a lot of books produced here by
the district attorney. What has the
bringing Of these books adduced? Moth
ing We admitted all these facts from
the very beginning. What was Coo
per's knowledge of the crime of w. n.
Boggs? You must take the intent, and
why w. n. BOggs loaned Cooper his
checks or allowed him to use them.
What is that intent?
1T is easy for the criminal to say It
by his mouth ii is easy fer it TO come
from BCggs' mouth Go back TO when
Bcggs asked Cooper to speculate for
him. Let US &c over this history. BOggs
esked Cooper what is the reputation of
CuthhCrt & Co. as stock brokers. Coo
per said that II was good. So they
made a syndicate. Cooper had author
ity to buy on his Judgment and he
((Boggs) would take care Of his checks.
Cooper thought that Boggs was able to
take care Of the checks They bought
and the stock went down and the
checks were met by BOggs" Senator
Gray then went over the evidence adj
duced as to BOggs character.
"Why was Boggs permitted to make
this big defalcatiOn?" he resumed.
because he had the confidence Of all
Dover. and the bank directors, and the
president When the curtain Is drawn
aside and this skeleton is shown. this
horrible story Is made known. We are
told that Cooper should not have had
! anything TO do with BOggs. Why OF
| course he shouldn't, but he did not
know Boggs' character. Who would
net have trusted him? Why ! would
| myself. and so would YOU jurymen.
! Poor Cooper did that lie wore his
| heart On his sleeve, and when BOggs
| got into trouble he did not go back on
/ him. What If Cooper did gamble in
| stocks? Gambling is like the yellow
fever. IL takes hold on the body and
it never let's go. and II takes the grace
Of Almighty God to put Il I'M subiection.
| BOggs paid the checks ont of his own
resources when he telegraphedC Cooper at
Galveston, Texas, and said that Cooper
was to telegraph Cuthbert g. Co. TO sell
Bay State. 1t was sold and BOggs hur-
ricd around to get money 10 meet the
checks, as he said to Cooper afterwards
that he had a hard time to meet the
checks.
LAS we close the little drama. we
draw the curtain and behold a man
who showed that he still had friend
ship Cne night Boggs paid visit Ia
Cooper and told him that he was IN
trouble at the bank How much asked
Cooper Boggs said he did not know
L am going away said Hsaggs, bu
Cooper told him not to go, as he haC
enough friends in Dover TO see him Ou
Of his tiHIble. BOggs, as you know
left the country. Another day, in Phila
delphia, Boggs and Cooper were riding
and Boggs pulled out a wallet, from
which he took "a $1,000 bill. Take it,
J said Boggs, and try ars1her broker
3 You may get hack all you've lost. No
y one discriminating charge Is ther
against the defendant You must lOol
l. into HIS breast and say whether he /
S guilty or not. The coming home O
o. BOggs, yOu are told, and you are ais
g | told that nothing was held out to hin
v Do men cHnB home and confess am
a help the prosecution without securing
b promise OF something? Some smal
r sentence OF a pardon? Did ever jur
do a thing like that; did ever an Ameri
can jury consign a man ts prison o
- such evidence as has been adduco
7 | against Cooper? No. II is not a Grim
I for one man TO give checks when hav
b | ing no funds I'm the bank. Many Of yo
Z have done the same. Ftaggs told yO'
6 he was a winner. He was makin
money al poker, at the races, in rea
n | estate. You are told 10 disbelieye Coo
| per, because there has been books pro
duced here with all the entries Of Coo
| pers checks. They don't mean any
thing these books.
n I'VE admit all these books. We admit
o ted them from the first because the
r were consistent with the story.
= "Gb back to the first defa.catiOn @
d l Boggs, which was in 1898. What bf
4? came CT the other sS4.O Then g
e back 10 the first time when BOggs in
II duCed Cooper to buy Buy State for hin
q Is 70 not strange that Cooper, with al
/. his knowledge, should throw himse
e away ON such transaction with a ma
IS like BOggs? You are told by the dis
S tr.ct attorney that There ara two con
p ] ficting stories fn this case. Such is
"a faet and YOU must choose for yOul
IN | self One is Boggs' and the other
it COOpers. You must believe one an
3. | disbelieve the other. Now Take a
" the point OF Cooper assisting Boggs
lt | escape. which the district abtUrne
]. | brought evidence TO substanJ.GJ
.s Cooper met BOggs and heard his sOl
% rowrul STORY Cf defa.c2tiOn. His hea'
.s | was cpCnrd Could MOT Cooper haN
s. handed Bggs over TO the authorities
n He was MT that man. He said go am
m hide YOUR shame and / Win hide you
N Cooper uid buy his ticket because i
n. felt for his cid friend all the sO
at row that could be given a friend to
1t friend.
nj Cooper confessed to buying tl
NJ ticket. and he saw BOggs off. nh0
was sad goodbye, and they parte
n thinking never 10 see each other agal
a and they did not meet until Boggs te
h titled against him in this court. W
ls cannot convict this man, for you l0n9
is beyond an doubt, and the court will
instruct you. that you are bound
Nh take the story that is The most pro
a. able II you can find a reasonable III
,e pothesis OF Innocence you must acqu
10 the prisoner. We leave this afternoC
re rcver perhaps to meet again. You
NJ 70 your home whore your VILE and chi
he dren are and y0u talk oven Wi