The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-30
C0TTER'S :
DEFENSE,
Confined from first page

IIcFiolS W tiie ophninS CT VIC Unlto0
States Court this morning Juror Carpen-
ter asked District Attorney Vandngift and
Mr. Higgins If the court would sit tomor.
row-Good Friday. Mr.. Higgins saiG that
he was Presbyt erian and did not believe
there were any Qunkers on tho jury. Mr.
Carpenter replied that there were posi-,
some Episcopalians but this was doubted,
Judge Bradford Is member Of the Epis.
copal Church but tho Cotter trial will still
go on.
Ezekiel Cooper who was on tho stand
when court adjourned yesterday was thu
first witness to-day. He testified that the
Farmers Bank at Dover and the money
OIL them was collected from the First Nat
ional bank.
William d. Sharp cashier of the First
National bank at Harrington ties flied
that a check from Cotter to John l. Ran
kin dated June ~ 1898 for $37 passed
through hisibauk and payment was receiy.
cd from tie First National bank at Dover
on July Its.
Other checks Of Cotter's had passed
through the bank in the Same way. George
t. Rob!nette,of the Wilmington Union
National bank testified to checks of
Cottor's having passed through tho bank
and having been paid by the First Nation.
al al Dover |
Ezekiel Cooper was recalled and tcSti-
fed that Il check drawn by Cotter fer $50
in favor of A. W. Finley drawn ON Feb
ruary s, 1895, did not reach the Farmers
Bank until March s.
John II. Ratcman testified tha, hc was
cashier of the First National Bank at
Dover. during thc ''infrrcd season"
caused by the dcralcatidn transactions
lie testified to being cashier of the bank
from 1865 until June 1897 lie had abso-
lutte confidence in William n. Bosgs.
No officer of the bank had the slightest
knowledge of the checks being paid by
Boggs. In 1896 or 1897 he spoke to Buggs
about Cotter's account. lie occasionally
saw one Of Cotter's cnecks and as his s,ls-
rciOns were aroused he asked Bu-gs
about them and ordered Boggs to close
the account and wanted the checks stop
ped. Cotter was not looked upon us n
dopositor at the bank. After that he did
Cottrr's checks.
Irving ID. BoggS OF the First National
Bank. dcposed he is teller of that bank
ut present. He had examined the books
of the bank and found that tottcr had an
account at the bank. He had inspected
the !cngars from 1865 to 1892 and made Il
Transcript lie had no account from 1889
until September 90, 1894. During the pc
Rod mentioned Cottpr had several ac-
counts 1T the bank.
The government rested.
MI Higgins in opening for the defense
said that the witnesses for the govern
ment We're the witnesses for the defense.
When he gets through he expects YER
diet of not guilty and vindication of
the defendant. Coticr never was tod by
Roggs that he was drfa,ntrr. Never
knew how Roggs paid the checks Until
that night of May s. 1897. He found
Boggs to he II customer that tool; mp The
transactions. Every one of them proved
valuable and all the deeds were in Rosgs'
name.
tocr took the stand and testified that
he is about IS years of age. lie has re-
sided in Philadelphia since 1894. lie re-
sided at Dover for several years and also
in This city. His first transaction with
BoggS WAS near the end of 1858. He asked
lto.cgS for the loan Of $40 and gave him
the check as Il memorandum. lie got
the money from Boggs 1T The Dover Post
Office. lie WAS going to the races and
told Roggs he would give him halr of the
winnings. In May, 1894. he met BoggS at
Bakers store and gave him due bill for
$40. While in Washington he gave a
check in favor of Franklin Temple and
wrote to Boggs to that amount. Before
he went to Washington Boggs told him
that if he ran short he would loan
him the money. The Harrington farm
was for sale. He offered the farm to
Boggs and the result was that it did not
take much to buy it. Tho farm was sold
to man named McNamce of New York.
He got 500 as the first payment on the
farm. The price was $2.50O DR.. Fruim
had mortgage for $500. Bosgs held IL
mortgage for $500 and received $500 in
cash. In reference to tn" G. B. Pretty
man check ii was drawn in the Albcr-
marie street house deal. lie had pur-
chased the property for Boggs. lie wrote
to BogEs and received IL letter from
Boggs. The letter read yours received.
don't want to use my own check. Have
Prettyman use the check in the regular
business channels. | enclose note 10 be
shown to Prcttyman."
The money was received from Pretty
man on that check. The Albcrmarle
rhnu r.nn , ',,,,i, y. ''''' "'IN HOUSES.
,,nc " .. ~" ,"'''''' WV " 1t ''''''Aet ''ioft-
H;,,,;n %'v ht,o ,-,...
',ui Ill., H., -A', ~ ivy "ntes''i' ""J'c''o
,h, , aau inv VI ''S'''''nS WIS "''o"ed by
ne ~, 'o"rt:
The price was between $500 and $500
for the houses subject to the mortgage.
The propcrty was nIrch,snd nv, pnG,.,
and III, d.rI mad, ant l., paum.. . 1850
MA ,no,t,, n" "' ,, H"' IN nosss s''''l'.
NV i,''' 'S"Sc "i' tHe houses was pllr-
rh"sea ana bogEs lost his interest in the
deal. hoggS told witness that in case he
was looking for n small loan hn ,voo nj
Nays M','hS 10 hrlp Am out lie felt
i, ''ao plenty or money. In regard to
the business matters B0gGs told him to
use his check and that tho cheeks would
I,o nrn,.;JnI &c., ',',, ' Wv. ',N" "ou.u
n,ttor 81 ,,a,i t'': ICY" "'.i t'iiS
VI '''i 'S,a,' dcals III l'hlladci-
l'hla. BoggS said he would deposit the
funds TO cover tho checks ia olwous
,,t;G,I p,.,.., N'' "'""!a
NM 'h"rl'E hlier Tue IAN election of
lS94 II" met Boggs and he told Boggs he
wanted to bororw 5000 on his nnto and
,h,t bo h,J ,n,I.o,' 81" NV, an"
,,uL ,ul ,,,, i''r> w % "'"'t t'or y, inc
"''N "'''' WIS iiil"r'i'ed mat thcrr plenty
bhhk ana was informed that there was
plenty of money at the hnuk Rnrrs fall
him th,, In ,n;,rht ,,,,t .h, ''''. - - WI