Evening journal., 1899-03-30
GOVERNMENT CLOSES.
Evidence Against w. E. Cot
ter Has All Been Submitted.
OTTER TAKES THE STAND

AND DESCRIBES THE HARRING-
ten FARM DEAL AND THE AL
EElMlAiRI.E STREET HCU5E
DElAdIs-TEaIIs OF HIS arr
RANGEAiENI's With BOGGS RE
GARDTNG MONEY MlAlTTERs.
WANTED no BORROW $500.
The cross-examination OF Wildam n. J.
.BOggs by Anthony Higgins, attorney ,
for w. f. Cotter, was completed yes
terday afternoon, and District ATTORNEY
Vandegrift again took him in hand
In reply to questions by Mr. Vande-
grilt, Boggs Stated that HE never told
anyone the exact amount or his defai-
cation. The interview Of May s, 1897,
took pace at Boggs' house, and Cotter
was very much affected when The wit
ness rsfused to give up the checks and
.st.ers. COtter tscama SICK over the
matter. Cceter claimed that he nal
dome all that he could and Dne Ander-
ison deal would wipe all out He said
if thase ieutens and checks fe.l into the
hands Of anyone he would gat into
trouble. He assumed Couter THAT 81 they
were placed in Kennsy's hands they
wcmld be all right. There was NO claim
made by Cotter that tina amount had
been paid.
Cotters proposition was that after
ain checks were gotten cut OF the way
the profits were to be divided. A .etter
from Cotter to Boggs to the same effect
was admitted in evidence.
After Mr.. Vandegrift had finished
with the witness Mr.. Higgins ques-
toned him relative to the Manley
street transaction. Boggs said that ne
did not know, as he had never been
able to understand It. He had held tine
property for about six months. From
= line Centre county land transaction
lhsre was secured a 5000 mortgage
which went to pay for The Manley
street houses. He also bcught som'
Ang.ssea lots. but ne could not tel
! whether they went into the Man.el
t street property. He was asked If, tl
D view of all this, he considered the in
; vestmenlt unfortunate. He replied tina
: HE did, because they Were newer abl
S 10 wipe cut the checks.
;, Ezekiel Cooper, of THE Farmers Banl
d cf Dover, was the next witness calleN
Il and sworn. He testified To osrtaif
: checks of Cotters being coliecte
It Through the Farmers Bank Of Dover
The jury was discharged UNITY to
3 day at 1915 O'Clock.
S, Z. R. Cochran, Jr.. was adm2tted {
+ practice in the cougt during shs after
is noon
-e IDENTIFIED COTTER'S CHECKS
n AT the opening Of this mornings ssl
D sion of court, at 1OI5 O'Clock. Ezeki
Cooper was recalled TO the stand by NJ
" Vandegrift, and his examination con
s. tinued.
m Witness identified several checks
m the defendant as having passed throus
the Farmers Bank OF Dover in couu
Il Of collection, and bore the cancelati,
w. stamp Of the bank upon them. N
us Cooper referred Ito the books cf q
Farmers Bank and gave the date upI
which a number OF checks Of Cote,
had passed through The bank, and hi
? BEEN sent to the First National Bai
III of Dover for collection
nS William T. Sharpe, cashier OF
First National Bank Of HarringtC
was called to the stand, and identlfl
check drawn by w E. Cctter for
= in favor CT John I. Rankin, dated
- "a, 1896. Mr.. sharpe stated that
= ohecl1 mad been collected by the II;
VI rington Bank from the First Natioi
Bank of Dover, and also IDENTIFIED s.
era, other of Cotter's checks that h
been similarly collected by his bank
Geroge III. RIdbinett, clerk of
~ Union National Bank, Of this city Il
- 81 titled as TO the payment OF several
10 Cctter's checks, which, had pas
- thrcugh the Union Bank for collect
90 by the First National Bank Of Dovel
~ NIr. Cooper was recalled to the sta
i'n and further identified number
Cotter's checks which had pas
~ through the Farmers' Bank and
been collected. Witness stated in
swer to a query from Mr. Higgins, t
there was nrthing peculiar in THE m
ner in which the checks were PAID
'O all transactions followed the regJ
course of business.
MIR. BATEAlAlN TESTIFlES.
John H. Bateman, cashier OF
this l--'' -'''''',''' - s,,. .1,o .,,,o,,D,
and dsposed that HE had been casl