The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-13
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when the eighth dsy Of The Kennsy trial
opened this morning District Attorney
Vandsgrift read the question 10 Cooper II
the defendant Or bis counsel had asked
him II BOggs had made . further state
msnt to the effect that he had no vindic'
tive fssling towards this defendant. The
question was objected to BY M. biggs
examination and IL 10 proper to 60 into the
subject matter Of a conversation explain.
ing tho motive Of tho person making the
alleged statement. The question seems
to the Court a. referring not so much as to
what was not said but what was said by
Boggs The objection was sustained in
the present form Of the question.
"When did you make known to this de-
PENDANT Or his representatives the infor-
nation.
'"Two or three days before tho former
trial.
twas inquiry made then as to the fur.
ther conversation OF Boggs. Mr.. B'ggs
The court-You have the right to prove
the conversation between Boggs and This
R"Mr. Cooper-That conversation occur.
ed in my office. Had you not. inquired
how 1t was that Kenneys book showed
good: There Is no doubt oft. O..
| Arlee b Magee was the next witness.
Hi, testimony was that he studied law
under Kenney. He went to his oiiloe on
| June IL. 1894 He WINS accu ,tomed TO
make deposits for Kenney and have his
bank book posted. During his absence
from Dover ut the University OF Virginia
kennsy's book WINS not posted. As to the
| assignment OF the Anderson contract he
! said sometime prier to Boggs flight he
came 10 the office and brought the Ander-
| son bond.
He said he wanted the contract assigned
| to Mr.. Kenney When done l put 1t in the
pigeon hole until Kenney returned from
! Washington. Ksnney refused to have
| ANYTHING to do with 1t and Kenney tore
or cut Of the assignment. Boggs reason Tor
making the assignment WAS that In case of
Cole and Co. bursting he wanted to save
something from the wreck. In GROSS ex-
animation he testified he did Got keep Ken.
nsy posted about his account.
When money was wanted Mr.. Konney
would bs notified Hs did not know
whether Kennsy kept his account at the
aAnk by tho stubs of his checks and his de-
post book Fifty-eight deposit slips wore
handed to witness and he testified six OF
| them were in his handwriting.
with relation to the Anderson contract
you and Boggs attended to that"
Yes, sir"
"And Kennsy refused to have anything
to do with It,"
"Yus."
"What became Of that assignment
II do not know"
when did MIR; Kenney givOit to Bosgs'
rcpressn tatives.'
II do not know.
"Nuver told Boggs about 1t.
~ ia tN Il IN
Z. J. Faucstt the telegraph operator at
Dover testified Of the receipt Of the tele.
gram closing out kenney's account by
Cuthbert g. Co That was on July IL 1896.
He informed ksnney by telephone At his
home.
In cross-examination he stated that
three days prior he received another tele-
gram. kenney was not In town. That
telegram said his account would be closed
out il he did not pay the margin.
Amos Cole testified he went to Mr.. Ken.
ney to borrow money. He also went to
MIR. Hall aud they told him they thought
| LIE could get the money from the Farmers
and Merchants Building Loan.
He got u letter to Boggs and on that oc-
casion VIII loaned me $50 or S20O, Cole Is
one of the men under Indictment tor aid
funds of tho bank. Jonn H Jones Of the
Peoples Loan was called to the stand to
prove the custom OF the bank In carrying
checks where the drawers had no money to
meet them.
He depossd to the District Attorney that
he never inspected the books Of the bank
to ses il the checks had been charged. He
saw Boggs turn down certain checks and
Lever examined to sec II they were ento:.
cd TO that the cashier could see the entries.
The court ruled out the evidence as being
irrelayent.
The defense here closed and William N.
Bpg9s was called to the stand. He was
shown the Items Of his income as testified
to by Kennsy. By the purchase Of the
Harrington farm he lost about t700
He brands ~ being ridiculous the state
mont that the $500 item represented for
eign CHI ecks The item was examined into
by Boggs and found that check for 1880
came In. check for $500 was placed to
Kenney's account that day. In reference
to the first purchase of Bay State Gas
81 ock, he said he never mentioned Bay
State Gas until Mr.. Ksnney had informed
min.
Kenney informed him he was counsel
for the Bay State Gas Company. In refer.
ence O the card playing in 1881 he denied
posi- lively that lie ever played in that roor.
He never spoke to two OF the men men
toned aud was never in the room In 1881
he did not have fifty cents with which to
play cards Fich Friday evcnlng hs Al
! ways went home and came back on Mon.
day.
He was ouly Is years old at that time.
In reference to the Anderson ASH gnmcnt.
the assignment WAS not cut OIL until after
witness went away
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ease.
F. Blumenthal. accompanied by Mr..
Sullivan of New York,paid Richard PATTI
owsky visit to-day.
r. J. JanvIer returned to his home in
Pennsylvania after u pleasant visit to rein.