Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-15

"wh9t, II anything, did YOU suppose
he had done In relation to tho defnlca.
tiongn 80 1tas -,.....,. ..-,
II had no INFORMATION from him.
except, based upon his statement rela
tive TO his bond at the bank, sun.
posed that he had paid up the shortage.
He told me that no had satisfied Mr.,
Massey, one of his bondsmen, and /
naturally supposed everything was all
right, ! supposed he had made good
thu defalcatlon. I"
Of his own aside from his salary at tho
"I knew he had independent re-.
sources In 1894, 20 and 49,
ibid you know OF what they con.
sisted?i,
II did"
Wore they matters you were con.
neeted withs',
.sSome Of them. y
Mr.. Biggs handed the witness A
memorandum made from certain records
by Mr.. kenney and asked him. "What
wore Boggs' resources during that
period, aside from his salary at the
bankYn
Witness replied; From this record,
which is a typewritten copy of ons
which ] made, l refresh my memory.
| In the fall Of 1895 Boegs received from
the sale OF stock Of q Baltimore build.
| ing loan S575. think in TESTIMONY
he said it was something over S60G.
| His salary rs treasurer Of the building.
and loan association at Dover ii isaS
was 500, ind from the same associa.
| tion he received in 1907 Sl10. lie sold
| on June 22d, 1893, stock of the build.
| ing aud loan association. for which he
received 1852. In July discounted
note for him for s304. %, the proceeds
of which turned over to him. ! dis.
counted for him on the same day
note for $500, the proceeds of which
| were 1907. 90, which | also turned over
to him. On July 9Th, 1896, he received
from the building and loan association
81, 200, being " loan male on his farm
in Mispillion hundred, which has been
testified to. In May, 1895, he received
$l52. the profits Of note for 1885,,
which was bought from an insurance
man in this city. He received in 1896
on Judgment from a man named
Holman SOL. Of from . nota Of one Car
hart, sl0i; from tho Harhelt pote $3.50
and from one Rusk, 1925. All OF thea
ter. In October, between tho LIST and
18th, he received $500 from the sale Of
a mortgage taken on some iuad, from
S. x. Belts, the then parliamentary Of
Kent county, From February, 1aD5,to
February, 1897, he received from the
town of Dover, salary as clerk Of Town
Counc ], and other fees, $500. The
aggregate Of all OF these amounts. which
date from the fall Of 1895 until Febru.
ary, 1897. was "a, 2sp. H."
''Are these resources outside of his
salary as a bank officer and his notarial
fees, being notary OF the bankg''
"They are?"
Had Boggs said anything to you
about making money out of gambling
} or speculationY" -,
Eyes, he had publicly, on mora
than one occasion, said that he
I had made money by gambling and
/ speculation and that he was ahead
Of the game at his speeulations and
card playing.
"Mr. Kenpey, there are some eight
/ or nine checks given by you to Cuth.
1 bert Il Co., not speaking of the 5000
check, but checks by you for YOUR own
benefit and purpose. William n. Boggs
has testified that there was an under
standing between you and him thai
those checks were to be paid out OF the
4 funds OF the bank and that he did 50
: pay them. Is TINT true?"
"There was absolutely no such nr
derstanding. If / had check thu
& came to the bank and had not the fund.-
I there to meet it was promptly mott
fled and in each case made it good.
% ''Were those notices from Beges and
other officers Of tho bankY"
& From every oiileer Of the bank al
different times
10 "lIow otter WINS your passhook bal
10 unoedfn
"Sometimes once moath and some.
times it would go two or three months. p"
= was balpncedY'
g. "Either u balance or small over.
A. draft
ID "Thare are five Anderson -'hocks az
le grogating 81, En-. We're those checks
d signed by youf''
A. "Yos, sir. -
"sstato to the court and jury the cir
cumstances.
" The first quo Of thosa checks was
given by me in September, 1906, at tbC
req lest Of William N. Boggs, who said
~ he hud real estate transaction IN
Philadelphia, that he desired To trans
o. init the amount and having no account
10 in the hank, asked mo for my check
re He said il would not be charged to hi
and he would pGy 1t. That is also trit
es as Ia all of the other Anderson checks. '
y, Were they given with the idea tina
I'd you were to pay them2"
a. ma
"Did you ever hear Of them againH'
mot until | heard of the indinl
=, ment.
lie .tHad you any interest IN the Phila
lelphia building transaotionsG"
ID mono whatever :.
Id "Did you know William Anderson
"No. ], mover saw him until saf
him in this court "
We did you know anything about tA'
to hpuses?''
or "No.n
"When you gave those checks Y
Boggs and he said he would take car
of thcrn, how did you suppose he va
y. going 10 pay thoms"
: ~ supposed no would pay them on
1u OF his own money. | had not IN
Nc slightest idea that they were TO CON
r out Of the funds Of the bank. II ! ha
he'd never got them :"
mt Now, Mr.. Kenney, wo come to u
5000 Cuthbert check, dated septemps
Ny aad, 1sM. Did you give it?'
ID, 81 did,"
" State to the court and iugy the eli
1t cumstauoe. -
1T was written by mo on the dal
on mentioned, after the bank had closeu
". Bnggs came 10 me ut my elice, whlp
7" is close to the bank, md said ho wanI,e