The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-10
|L00T|NC OF THE BANK AS
DETAILED BY ". n. B0CCS
He Testifies That Col. Ezekiel T,
Cooper Was the Principal
Cause of His Downfall.
WITHHELD CHECKS FOR COOPER and OTHERS
Furnished the Money for Horse
Racing, Faro, Real Estate
and Divers SpeCulatiOns.
THE COUNSEL FOR TIE DEFENCE CALLED D0J;;

such fix that we had better both leave
the country"
Objections were made by the defend
ant S attorneys and were sustained.
"Who bought your ticket?'
Colonel Cooper"
"Did you ever honor the check OF E.
J T. Cooper"
81 did,
"How much was the first check ?"
'Five thousand. The check was
drawn on E. B. Cuthbert & Co. of PhiIa.
delphia That was the first time
began to get mixed up in the case.
Then, again, Cooper came to me and
wanted $500 to speculate ON Bay State.
There was pool to be made in which
|, Cooper, Mr.. kenney, John ID. Haw.
kins, DR.. Harry Lewis and Il. Harring.
ton were to put up 500 each"
"Was the money ever put up?'
"Yes, 5000 was"
"Who put up the rest:'
81 did,
"Who were the ones that put up the
money!"
"Lewis and Harrington.
"Did you ever pay Cooper's other
checks?'
81 did"
''Have you memorandum of those
checks?'
Witness here put his hand in his
pocket and produced a small leather
book, from which he began to read.
Messrs. Bird and Gray objected, and
asked for the original sheet OF the
checks Boggs said that he lost it on
the night of his flight, but he after.
wards learned that it was found by his
wife.
Boggs' brother was in court, and he
handed the district attorney the origi-
nal. Judge Bradford then asked BUggs
if Colonel Cooper was present when he
made up the sheet Of the checks. Wit
ness said that he was not, but he after
wards received the sheet. Boggs then
went over each check, which have al
ready been published, as being given by
witness to Cooper
"M'hat became of the $500 which you
gave to Cooper and the rest?'
at was speculated with in Bay State,
as Cooper said that Bay State was away
up and there was chance to make
some money"
"Why didn't you stop giving Cooper
money?'
II wish | llad," said BOggs, "but
Cooper said that he would be able,
eventually, to pay up just as soon us Bay
State advanced.
Boggs then said that he went to Cooper
and asked him to pay up for what had
already gone, but Cooper always said
that he would when the stock market got
better
Cooper many time" here the de-
faulter hung his head, ''came to my
home and we had private talks on getting
money to pay up with the bank, as we
were in fear of being discovered
"Did you ever speculate on your own
accOunt"'
eyes, with Cuthbert 4 Co. bought
forty shares of Bay State
"When did you think Of abscond-
ing?'
as had taken great deal of the banks
money. Cooper, however, was of the
opinion that he would be able to meet
everything. That gave me hope, and |
began to fix up matters SO as to deceive
the bank examiner. When heard that
Mr.. Buck, the examiner, was coming to
Dover | began to fix up the books
"Who told you Mr.. Buck was COM
ing?'
"Colonel Cooper sent me a telegram
from Wilmington saying that Mr.. Buck
would be in Dover in a few hours"
''What did you do with the checks of
Colonel Cooper"
Il gave them to Mr.. Cooper
GLOW did you manage to take the
money out of the bank without being
detected"'
"The bank officials had every faith in
me-"
GLOW did you take the money!
"By Withholding deposits. Colonel
Cooper's check, if it was for $1,000, |
would withhold, providing check came
in the bank of that amount, for Cooper"
"Whcn did you begin to keep the led
ger reguIarly"
"On February 5, 1897, the ledger was
properly kept, and every deposit was
put in the depositor's book thus destroy
ing the gcnuinenass of the ledger
Boggs then told the story Of how he
and Coz pr arranged for his flight He
said that before his flight he gave Cooper
$1,000 to keep those who he (Boggs)
would leave behind.
"Who did you leave behind?''
"A wife and four children
"Did your wife get the money!"
81 guess So"
"Ijiu Col COODaI 90 to New York to