Evening journal., 1898-05-13
TALKS TO THE JURY.
Counsel Address the Jury in
the Cooper Case.
PROBABLE VERDICT TOMORROW
OPENING ADDRESS OF UNITED
STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
NANDEGRIFT, SENATOR GRAY
AND LEVI c. BIRD, DEFENDANT S
COUNSEL, TO THE JURORS.

04AAlNu olouNo AOull AUI dlNlNk dIll
abctting in the robblng of the First
National Bank of Dover. Yesterday af-
tern0On's session was taken up by
United States District ATTORNEY Vande-
griit who addressed the jury ON be-
half of the government. The district
attorney summed up the case in a mas
terly way, going over the books, checks
and telegrams used i'm the effort to
show the plot between Cooper and
Boggs to loot the bank. Mr.. Vande-
grift said in part
The Honorable Court and GenUemen
of the Jury:
so far as my presentations i'm this
case on behalf OF the government 20.
thly are contained in these hoOlNa
which you see THERE before you. and
which tell this great story. l shall call
your astontiOn 10 the dry facts that are
recorded i'm those books. Figures made
by PERSONS who had no other design
| but their regular and daily labor and
who had no idea OF tine money lOanedl
Little did think that | would be called
upon to prosecute "a man whom You
and have known all an our lives and
! respected for such a crime Here he
/ is, born in your very midst, a man who
was held in THE highest esteem from
| one end Of the state TO the other His
| father before him was highly Thought
/ OF. and moved i'm the highest cilcles
None of MS can deny it," MIR Vande-
| grift then took up telegram from
10. r. Cooper to Boggs, which said
| Mr. Vandegr7ft, ''the defendant denied.
| Boggs told his story, but the leadnsd
| counsel says that words coming from
| Boges' mouth come from a criminal.
MY friends, think for yourselves, and
| ask who has the most cause 10 lie
| Boggs has come home to face az, and
ne has. He has nothing to conceal
His story is told and you must reckon
who to believe, Cooper OF Boggs. Haw-
kins said THAT he knew nothing OF a
pool syndicate TO buy Bay State. BOggs
said there was. and told You how the
| pool was formed. Why would BOggs
lie? w. n. Boggs has PASSED Through
hdl. gnd he has come home and is
willing to face alL The die for him Is
! caEt. His punishmest will soon Ire
given him. and remember THAT the
shadow OF the penitentlary is upon
Those who assisted him. Boggs haH
nosh,ng to lose, and nothing to gain
in this case.
"NIr. Cooper testified that he was a
lawyer and an editors man who has
Travelled abroad. a professional. a busi-
8 NESS and q literary man. "A mani having
= a high degree Of intelligence, drew
/ his check fer a Thousand dollars on {
, | bank in which his account was with
3 drafwn. The same is true OF tho Othel
o | checks.
q 90 not believe that when E. r
a | CoOper drew that first check he read
g | lied the enoTmity OF the Offense.
e | know Ezekiel #. Cooper too weA.
l | know that he was and IS naturally an
honest mhn- like others, he wanted
. to get money without the sweat OF his
brow
D 1T is.a question Of whether William
/ n. Boggs tells tine truth or E. T
n Cooper tod THE truth
D "We do not have to depend upon w
b N Boggs. These kilograms came:
e Call on you for 1000; Can On yol
4 for 50. .OOO. Is this man a child whs
lived in the back woods; who nevei
heard Of a check or OF the stock mar
kets? Better is me never had. Wha
i | would a reasonable man have dome
v Why. The first thing he would haN'
!. | done he would have gone TO this mal
n and said these people are looking to m'
e | for these. / want you to quit this thing
d That is what he would have said if HI
2 had not been in It William n. Bogg
z was ON the verge OF ruin and he ha,
told YOU why He hhs told You how
out OF his kindness, ne held back
chhck Of $3.50 for man. This maH
- held him in his power and from tina
y | dav it Was a progression. OF checks
Il | vultures living upon a young fellow
- who had mo idea OF the dangers of tina
/
a had he been asked that when thi
STARTED T.. T.. Cooper did not intend Q
y | commit a criminal ACT BOEgs tell
YOU THAT Cooper knew that he was us
ING the funds OF the bank. They bot
knew it. One CT them has passed o'
to his punishment: the other with ar
10 power Of able counsel Us holding On
. attempting to wrest from Justice tina
which belongs to it The governmen
- persecutes no one; il prcsecutes theT
- until they are declared innocent o
~ guilty.
~ "No cne would be happier than
Ezekiel r. Cooper could be ACQUITTED
cannot prove him innOcen
wherever you go through this case tn
n testimony of William n. Boggs
5c borne out by the facts.
lg 'I have done my duty. You ca
en- find a verdict either way-my con
1u scienee is clear. Your drty is to b
ne done. He is charged with injurlng ih
stoclaholders. Consider that They hay
some interest in this matter Remen
Der that the rights OF the peop
e. among who we live must be mali
ST tanned"
ca SENATOR GRAY'S ADDRESS.
~ "The Court and Gentlemen OF jury
~ 1T is not a pleasant thing in I'll
oi course Of ones professional eXperien'
to defend a client against an odiot
charge This case is no exception to N
rule. and It is not easy 10 tear yourse
X away 10 a court room to a trial lif
'se this. but in some way ! ann glad thu
~ the defendant called upon me in n
raj hour of distress, and l will never forg
his appeal. was glad to go to his r
lief. and l intend to stand by him 10 q
end. knew him from boy and I star
nd here and ask yCu to believe with n
th that he is innocent Ct the charge tn
"a has been put against him. You are n
I. II HarF nruH