The sun., 1898-12-15

fhe reopening of the case was sur
Ise. Lengthy argument by the Dis
let Attorney matched against the ap-
kals OF Kenney's counsel Mr.. Bggs and
Mr.. Bird. was necessary before the court
V0ecided that the case should be reopened
lon account OF it's exceptionally.
Mr.. Vandegrift asked that the case be
feopened in order that he might prove
{sthat the Bay State Gas stock voucher,
had been executed over Senator
lKenney's signature, was retainer as
counsel for the Bay State Gas Co., and
not as counsel for J. Edward Addicks in
VI q prospective divorce matter before the
y then approaching Legislature, as the de-
tendant stated from the stand at the
Nose Of Tuesday 8 session. Mr.. Vande-
EVxf eNd he had brought to the court a
Gan Who knew all about the transaction
I'd he desired to put him on the stand.
The man was J. Frank Alice. His
l6stimony, when he was finally allowed
I{SS0 go on the stand, was to the effect that
le was the gentleman who had made
fhe contract with Kenney tor the latter's
tlegal services for the Bay State Gas Com
{Epany Mr.. Alice was member of the
executive committee of the company
(which approved Kenney's bill and ord
cred him paid.
~ The reopening of the case had come as
great surprise to the gathered crowd in
the court room, but Mr.. Allee's corrobor-
4 alton of the voucher proving, as it did,
A 8absolutely that Senator Richard r. Ken
X |lney had made false statement on the
H fitness stand, was like thunderbolt
Snd death.like silence followed his testi-
0pny.
#The defendant, as he sat facing the
hry, grew visibly nervous as the awful
truth Of the situation dawned upon him.
His counsel in their cross-examination
| OF Mr.. Alice failed to shake his testi-
mony and the case closed permanently
with the contradiction thus placed of the
defendants testimony.
The address of District Attorney Lewis
G. Vandegrift to the jury, extending
from 3 O'Clock until O'Clock and not
then finished, was made up of the
presentation of the facts OF the case,
making the strongest and severest ar
raignment of man ever heard in the
United States Circuit Court for the juris-
diction of Delaware.
Containing only the evidence produced
bv the Government, honestly presented,
allowing the defendant the benefit of all
reasonable doubts, the address OF the
district attorney was conclusive.
Mastery, and rhetorically perfect, the
address was Ineligible, and its deliber-
ateness carried the force of the district
attorneys argument to great extent.
Mr.. Vandegrift not only asked for a
verdict of guilty in view Of the Govern
ment's testimony, but he took Mr.. Ken
ney's defense and the testimony OF the
defendant himself and pointed out
= clearly that in all material points Ken
ney had been fatty contradicted by
documentary evidence on the testimony
1 Of competent witnesses.
Perhaps the full value OF his plea for
E verdict of guilty in view of the shat
!. tered condition Of the defense, was ap.
A precisted. more fully when he read
after answer1iven by Richard X.
4 |<Kenney to material questions that were
without exception, II don't KNOW or
II do not remember.
The district attorney likened Kenney
to the poor man who is found with
stolen goods on his person, and not be-
ing able to explain how those goods
came into his possession, is held to be
guilty. Likewise with Richard r.
Kenney," said Mr.. Vandegrift, as he
finished reading the long line of 4 don't
know answers. "He is found with checks
/, Of thousands Of dollars on the First Ma.
tional Bank OF Dover, and is not able to
explain them. He then and there ad-
mits his guilt"
Yesterday, which is probably the last
hut one of this trial was thrilling one
and those present will never forget the
terrible look Of agony mingled with an
expression OF nervous dependency
which stamped the face of the defend
ant as he listened to the district attor--
ney's awful arraignment. Sitting behind
Mi. Vandegrift with his head bowed on
his breast, Senator Kenney seemed at
moments as il he could no longer bear
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