Evening journal., 1898-12-15

tice. AS 10 the TACT or Mr.. kenney be-
ing counsel for the Bay State Gas Com
pany there was nothing strange in
that. II Mr.. Allee's statement that
the voucher for 300 shares Of the Bay
stats Gas WAS given to Mr.. Kenney
as counsel fee for the company be true.
doesn't IT. after all, simply indicate
that senator kenney was mistaken
whtn he testified to the contrary"
Did Mr.. kenney get one cent OF the
Sl07 600? Not one cent. The district
Attorney not only wants to punish the
men who did take the money, but
,hose who did not He is like the man
who, upon being asked IL he believed
in capital punishment replied Yes, /
believe in hanging a man every two OF
three years. IL creates a wholesome
respect for the law" II, as the distric,
attorney claims. that the bank lost in
terest money by lllegltimate over
drafts, would not they lose money on
legitimate ones? Are you going 10
send everyone to the penltentiary who
has an overdraft on the bank? IL IS
time that business men knew Il II such
is the case. This defendant may have
been indlserert when he loaned WI
lam N. Boggs his checks. Perhaps
when he gave the checks heshouldhave
kepL account Of II in the oheclS book,
but thousands do not do Il. Perhaps
TINS defendant should have LISTED his
own check book and not have Mr.. Ma
gee do IL. He may have been indiscreet,
but he is net the only one.
Il am not here to cI1ticise the bank
officers, but William n. Boggs appears
IN hn fhn "a fpftH la, L
dition Of the banks Affairs, Five cf the
leading men in Dover were the bank
dlrrCtCrs, and when they learned that
Bceg5 was gambling they never ask
Cd II his accounts were correct. They
never had an expert on his books This
man who lied TO his wife, to the bank
directors, o. his b0nlsman and best
friends. and bluded them an, now
comes here and livs to you, gentlemen
li the jury. and tries To convict this
defendant Why. take BOgrs cut OF
this case, and there would be nothing
left Of il. The Farmers Bank books do
not show that the defendant oonspired
TO rob the bank The books DO not
coToboIate Boggs, for IL takes Boggs
TO corrohorate the books"
THE conduct OF the district attorney
in this case is more in the nature Of a
persecution than prosecution. and
III tcl YOU when this case WAS frsl
tried and a disagreement resulted. ]
did not believe IL would be tried. The
jury stood to 4 and to 8 nearly all
.he time. and It is a fact well known
THAT when a jury stood as that jury
| did. there must be room for a reason.
able doubt, and yet he comes here
now and ask you to convict Kenney on
,he same Identical checks and not one
more Therefore. ] say the district al.
tOrney has pressed him hard.
Il never understood why the cas-
should be retired until / saw VIII.
| iam y. Boggs on the stand, and ther
knew William n. BOggs was to lei
out another link and make his evil
dence stronger. Another link, why h,
Cl out a whole chain" Mr.. Biggs call
"a the attention Of the jury 20 allegA
/ l1iscrepan between BOggs testimony
at the former trial and that given OF
the same points at the present one.
AT this point In Mr.. Biggs' argumen
a recess was taken by the court unit
2.3O o'clock this AFTERNOON, when Mr.
| Bdggs will close. TO be followed by his
| colleague. Mr.. Bird. Mr.. Vandegrif
will finish his closing argument to-
morrow, and the case will reach th,
| jury probably Saturday noon,
Before adjournment cf court Mr.
Vandegrif, asked that the trials Of tn,
other bank CASES be continued unit
the regular January term, as he hat
important cases In the Superior Cour
next week which had Gready beef
postponed. No objection being offer
ed by THE attorneys of Cotter, Cole ant
| Butler, Judge Bradford pS<1poned tbs
cases and discharged the jurors no
empanel!ed from further attendance.