Evening journal., 1898-05-06

/ gapity of admitting the checks. but the
court decided i'm favor of the district
attorney. Court then adjourned.
TO-DAY1S PROCEEDINGS.
When the case opened this morning
a large number of lawyers sat Within
the radling. Just previous to the open
! ing Senator Kenney entered the court
room and took a seat near Senator
/ Gray.
Judge Bradford, before the case went
on, asked Mr.. Vandegrift to make some
| disposition of the Jurors who are TO
try the case Cf Clark and others who
may be Indicted. A consultation be
tween the. judge and the district at
| tOrney resulted in the former announc-
ing that the jurors were discharged un-
| Til May "a.
The case then opened by the Judge
asking Mr.. Vandegrift If the names on
| the i.t'crs of the Fist Nat.o,ll BaEK
Of Philadelphia to the Farmers Bank
at Dover, had been concealed as order
| cd by the court 1t will be remembered
that the name was "E. T. Cooper" and
| it was written by Walter Morris cash
| ier ofthe Farmers Bank at Dover, at
the instance of lawyers, when it was
discovered that Boggs was a defaulter
| The district attorney replied That they
had, and Judge Bradford asked if the
letters were TO be admitted In their
| now present shape. Mr.. Bird said that
| they would agree to admit fifteen let
ters containing the name of Cooper,
which were written by Morris, but he
! would not agree to admit the other
fourteen which contained the names of
Dover people. either than Mr.. Cooper.
Judge Bradford said that the letters
were admissible If they went to iden-
tify Cooper as the owner Of the
cheeks.
Senator Gray said that the district
| attorney wanted to admit all OF the let
ers as evidence when fourteen Of them
had no connection with Colonel
Cooper whatever.
'1s that your contention?" asked
Judge Bradford, addressing Alr, Vande-
grift
1T is" said the district attorney.
''Well, ! shall not admit them" SAID
Judge Bradford.
This was first blood for the defence
Mr. Barto, correspondence clerk o.
the FirstNationalB Bank of Philadelphia
was called to the stand and identlfiedtht
letters written by him notifying th'
: | Farmers Bank of the deposit of th'
checks of Colonel Cooper by Cuthber
& Co.. in the First National Bank o
Philadelphia.
Walter Morris, cashier of the Farm
I; ers' Bank at Dover, was also called 4
: | identify the letters as having been sen
i, by Mr.. Barto to the witness.
Ezekiel Cooper, teller of the Farm
. | ers' Bank of Dover turned to the led
n / ka L.
- show a record of $3.50 belonging to K
| T. Cooper. On June the ledger show
- ed two items. one for 81 000 This, toS
- was Cocper's. On June 3, $500; o
June 80. 1000; on July 3 variou
| items aggregating 50 900; on July Q
&c 81. 500; August Z, $500; August s. $500
] October 16, 50 900: October II, 81 00C
November 20. SO 900: December IA. 81
600: December %, $1,000 All Of thef
- were said by witness to belong
Cooper. as witness identified them. r.
- ceiving the letters from the First Nf
n tional Bank Of Philadelphia.
N Mr.. Vandegrfft then offered the 70
y lowing checks as evidence: May an
y g.; June 3 % and 80; July 2; August
y October 16; November 20: Decembt
- IA and 21 He also offered the fOreig
- check book of the Farmers Bank {
Dover. The attorneys for the defenC
e accepted them.
~ Ernest II. Ball, assignee OF Cuthbet
& Co.. was sworn, and said that 4
came into the possession Of Cuthbert
" Co.'S books, and produced them in q
- present case by. the direction Of Il
court. Mr.. Ball identified the stul
books Of the company. and those th'
,u the prosecution produced were idenl
fed. but several were lost. Witnc
d. said that he did not know Of any 9th
existing stub-bOOks.
,n S. G. Fulton, who succeeded e.
Page as manager OF Cuthbert & G,
- also identified tn stub-bOOks, but So
a that several were lost.
ID Walter e. Sexton, clerk Of f.
Cuthbert & Co.. also identified d
n | books. and one check for $1,000 ,
June 2, drawn in favor Of e. T. C0Ops
An argument followed on allOwiI
[r. the account ledger of E. ID. Cuthbert
Co. to be put in as evidence. Mr.. Bi
objected on the grounds that the a
.ct mission Of the account books would
d. secondary evidence. Judge Bradfor
mel after perusing the books, said that tn
nd we're entire. showing that the defenda
as had been given credit as we'll
charges. He added that he was
as clined to admit the books, but before d
ing so. he would consult authorities
ng Examination of Sexton then was
sumed. Witness said that on June
nd Cooper was credited with 81 900;
ID: June 80. 81 600; July 2. $1,000; July
,as 81 500; August z, $500; August 8, $
600; October 16, 81 900; November
81. 900; December IA. $500; Decem1
rer 21. no record; July 16. 1896, $l,OO
he July II, $1,000; May z. $500; August
gh 81 600; May s, $4OO; May 8, $1,000; NJ
,ed IL. $500; June y, no credit; June
Ter $500; April 1, 81 800 (this check is
to mentioned in the indictment, but
goes to the general account Of CooI
,o. with Cuthbert) Attorney Bird obje
80 ed to admitting this check.
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