The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-08
THE TRIAL OF KENNEY.
Cross Examination Fails to Shake
the Testimony of Boggs.
WHERE THE STOLEN MONEY WENT

BOggS Iad Accounted tOf ONeF SDOs-
900 of 1t When Judge Bradford stop
ped That Line of Questioning-Ken-
ney Not Involved In His Gambling.
Wilmington, Del, Dec. S.--The cross
examination of William N. Boggs, the
defaulting teller of the First National
bank of Dover, was resumed yesterday
In the third day of the trial Of Senator
Kenney, of Delaware, on charges of
conspiracy and aiding and abetting in
the misapplication of the funds of the
institution.
Touching upon Senator Kenneys
overdrafts from the spring to fall of
1896, the witness repeated his former
testimony that the bank lost no money
Mr.. Bird endeavored to have the wit
ness give Senator Kenney's balance in
the bank in April, 1897, a few months
after his election to the senate. This
was objected to, and the objection was
sustained by Judge Bradford. The wit
ness was here asked to give in detail
his losses from various operations in
which he used the banks funds and
lost that money Finally Judge Brad
ford interposed and indicated that the
purpose of the line Of examination was
not attacking the credibility of the wit
ness.
Before this Boggs had accounted for
over $4,000 of the shortage. OF this
amount $4,000 were lost in race track
operations at Gloucester and other
places from 1898 until his flight; $4,000
in marginal stock operations with Cuth-
bert & Co., of Philadelphia; between
$4,000 and $4,000 in poker playing; 81
900 in faro playing; $4,000 in building
operations; $1,000 during the political
campaign of 1894; 81, 200 in a bucket
shop" with Amos Cole e. Co., in which
Boggs represented the company; ST.
500 in a discretionary pool in Wall
street; $1,000 as hush money" to pre-
vent exposure of his card playing,
which was paid to L. C. Rosenthal.
In none of these, the witness said,
was Mr.. Kenney interested, and all
the money used by Boggs belonged to
the bank.
Boggs repeated his statement made
in the examination in chief that Sem
ator Kenney had been his counsel prior
to October, 1895, when he first told him
he was a defaulter, and that it was in
his capacity as counsel that the wit
ness called upon him. Mr.. Bird then
went over the details of that meeting
but did not shake the testimony of the
| witness.
Mr.. Bird then examined Boggs with
| the apparent purpose of scouting the
witness statement that he had NJ
thought or hope of escaping some pun
ishment by testifying. Witness saiC
he had none, and added that he wished
it was all over and he had no occasion
| to be put through a similar ordeal a
each trial.
| The proceedings were almost entirel
| devoted to counsel inquiring of tn
| witness whether he had testified to Ger
tain things during the trial in last July
| He read from a record of the proceed
ings of that trial. Boggs said he haC
| answered many of the questions, anC
| some he said he did not remember
! Those portions of the previous testi.
| mOny which were read while in sew.
| eral instances not as specific as his tes
| timony in this trial, did not materially
differ from it,
Upon redirect examination Boggs saiC
that in the spring of 1897, just before
| his flight, Senator Kenney knew tina
| Colonel Cooper was responsible will
Boggs for the loss of about $25,0 o
the banks funds. He also said Senate
| Kenney had written him a number o
letters during 1896, inquirlng about tn
checks witness was Withholding. 7
the bottom of some of these were adde
the words Destroy this" or Bur
this" Witness said he did not destro
them until just before his flight in May
1897. The witness still maintained tina
| Senator Kenney knew he was a default
er, and that they had discussed tn
matter. He admitted Kenney was h
counsel, but said he was compelled
4 go to him because of the defendant
4 knowledge of the true state of affairs
Referring to the loss through Colon
\ Cooper the witness said Cooper kne'
that Kenney was aware of it, and tha
| several others, one of whom, Thoma
S. Clark, has been convicted also knev
| of it. Witness also said he never eX
| pected the disclosures to come so a
to fall on Senator Kenney and tn
others, and had it not been for tn
manner in which the farmers Nations
bank, through which some of the de
fendants checks came, kept its aC
counts the men named would not hay
been suspected.
Several other witnesses We're exam
ined in corroboration of Boggs' stat,
ments in reference to certain check
and when court adjourned Willia1
| Anderson & Co., was testifying as
Boggs' building operation with respe,
to certain checks Kenney had give
Boggs.