The sun., 1898-12-10
KENEY'S SWEEPING D[M!M
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The defenuaut testified that the names
Of T. 8. Clark, Harry j. Ford. Z. !.
Cooper and J. X. McGonigal were NOS
during the conversation:
''No mans name except his own" said
Mr.. Kenney. =,
"Did YOU say to Bsggs that he could
lool the bank officials again?' NO.
Not words to that effect" y,
The defendant who was on the stand
for the expressed purpose OF attacking
the credibility Of Boggs' statements said
that he recalled the time OF the conversa-
ton by the testimony Of W. N. Boggs,
That far at least Mr.. Kenney expressed
himself willing to believe Boggs' testi-
mony.
In referring to later conversation to
which the ex.teller had testified, the de-
fendant said that during it nothing was
said by either about the defalcatlon. 1t
was in relation to Boggs having been
called before the official board OF the
First National Bank for playing poker.
"How did you happen to be to-
gether?" "Boggs was treasurer OF the
Merchants building and Loan Associ'
alton and / was the general counsel for
that association of which Samuel W.
Hall, of Dover, was the president"
The defendant then testified that the
next conversation which he had with
Bogrs was on the Saturday prior to
Boggs' fight.
"You say to this jury that he never
mentioned his trouble with the bank to
you between the night when he came te
your house and the Saturday prior to hif
departure from Dover?" ~ do"
"What did you suppose he had don't
about the defalcation?" II supposed ht
had made it good because he had told
me that he had, after being called before
the board for playing poker, satisfied
Mr.. Massey"
"Did you know that w. N. Boggs hat
any resources?" "Yes." "Of what die
they consist" Here Senator Kenney
was handed by Mr.. Biggs a memorandum
sheet on which had been transcribed
from copy made by Kenney q list o
the resources Of Boggs as claimed BY
Kenney in 1895. Counting seven note
which the defendant claimed to hav'
discounted for Boggs, loan of $500 from
the BaltimoreBuilding and LoanAssocia
tion, loan of 81 200 from the Dover As
sociation, the sale of farm mortgage
salary as treasurer of the Dover Associa
tion, salary as clerk OF Town Council
and the sale of some stock, Senator Ken
ney testified that the aggregate which wa
81, ,282.l3, was resources of Boggs know
to him (Kenney) from the fall Of 1895 t.
February 1897 "This'' said Mr.. Ken
ney twas exclusive of his salary as telle
in the bank and his fees as notary publ
in that bank"
"Had he ever said anything to you a
to whether he had made any none
gambling?' eyes he said he was q wir
ner."
"Relative to the Cuthbert check
drawn by you, W. N. Boggs has testifie
that there was an understanding betwee
you and he that he was to take care c
them. Is that true?' Absolutely false
| did have an understanding with tn
bank in regard to overdrafts by ! neve
failed to make an overdrait good" I'll
defendant repeated that assertion to til
jury.
1.-THE Anderson checks aggregatin
81 l,255. Were they signed by you?
| eyes"
"Will you tell us under what circun
stances they were signed?"
'The first one was given by me i
September 1896 on the request of Wi
liam N. Boggs. He stated to me that
had some real estate transactions i
Philadelphia and wanted to send Ande
son check. He asked me the loan {
my check and said he would take care
it. | had every reason to believe tn
the bank examiner would never see it.
''Had you any interest in the buildir
transaction?' "No, / knew nothir
whatever about it."
"When yor gave these checks how d
YOU suppose he would take care
them?' 81 never supposed he would u
the banks money. | supposed he wou
use his own"
"Did you give the check dated Sc
tember %, 1892 81 did" "Und
what circumstances?' "The check W
written after the bank had close
Boggs came to my Office and said
wanted me to give to f.. B. Cuthbert
Co. a check for $780, He said it was f
some speculations in which Col. Il.
Cooper was interested and that Coope
who was then either in Boston or o.
West with the Peninsula Press Associ
ton, would be back in time to take care
the check. | gave the check and had fo
gotten all about it until after the di
covery of the defalcat,on. was comil
home from Washington when frier
told me that an examination of ii
books of the Farmers Bank disclos,
many OF my checks not paid After
long search ! found this check Of 50
and calling President Richardson al
I Mr.. Penn ,will, counsel of the Farme,
Bank, together, explained it to them
Thought satisfactorily"
"You were assured bv Bopps IA,
Cooper would pay it?' "Yes, sir"
Had you any interest in the SO
check or the Cooper account" "No
! in the world"
a"Will you explain the check for 81 6
which YOU gave to Samuel i. Sha
sheriff Of Kent county?'
That check had passed my recoll'
tion until I saw in a paper in this ci
that it was charged against me. | we
: to the sheriff's office, and an examir
tion showed the only entry of the S;
ofthe farm was 1856 paid and then t
word settled marked on the entry"
I "Tell about theHmessage which y
sent to Robert S. Downs to buy I