The New York herald., 1877-12-26
A FASCINATING FRAUD.

THE CAREER OF JOHN HOPPER BoGGs, THE
GEORGIA FoRGEg-HIs EXPLOITS IN BOSTON,
WORCESTER SPRINGFIELD AND saLEM-nIs
RECOGNITION AT MARTHAs VINEYARD AS THE
LION OF THE SEASON.
Bosroy Dec 25. 1877.
In the HERALD's Washington dispatches, published
last Sunday, there was a brief announcement that
request had been made on tiis government Tor extra
ation papers with which TO b ing away from St John,
n. B., an accomplished swindlcr, answering to tho
impressive of John Hopper Boggs This ndi.
vduai, mary Massachusetts people ahrV, is
of tho clever and remarkable villains OF the
period. His true name Is US above given, but he has
goue ut different places under the aliases OF
John Miller, Major John Thomas md Charles Chap
man. He nns, perhaps, just turned forty, OF me.
dun height, stout tuild ana ,rne inclined to be
portly, Weighing perhaps. two hundred pounds. HIS
hoad Is shapey, with an Incidental bald spot around
his dark hair, which no always has cropped Short and
has trle OF wave in H. His complexion Is ncalthily
nord and he wears handsome dark mus,ache, his
eye is bright his manner frank, intelligent and At
tractive.
A CAREER CRIME AND SCANDAL
his le s, ems always 10 have been OF vice and
deceit, far no could make 1t profitable, and
this respect no has been pretty eucccssfu, He always
puts up ut the best hotels ana gives outward
preston that lie Is prosperous and liberal million.
na!rc Hero In Boston be boarded al the Revere had
the finest apartments in the house and managed to
gam access to some of the refined and aristo.
cratic circles OF the city.
As tho story goes Bogss born in Queen Anne
county, Md., where he married Miss Miller daughter
OF the local minister, by whom no had two children
Just before the opening OF tho he forged heavily,
deserted his family and fed South After the war
turned up at Augusta, TIA, having assumed tho
name Of his deserted wife. MIllcr as we
ss, now omaoes oa sn' sns whs aeen. ,0a % '%o
dozen years out Ci about S60U00 by'orgery
bczzleusn he also married another vile, Dy whom
notes james q. Bailey Bros. in,lmate trends,
ana lett Augusta. He next turned up Ut Charleston,
bsnop out Of sso,oo5 Ho IS though. 10 have gone
thence 70 Cuiornm, but turned up IN New England
last January. He lived handsomely AT the Revere
anu went to Worcester aud springfield as MAYOR
Thomas.
At MARrHA's VINEYARD.
He was a somewhat notable attraction at Marthas
Vineyard last season, beng accompanied by u young
ana stunning woman, who claimed TO be rlcn Buffalo
IN. ~ widow, ana the PAIR gave the most elegant
entertainments possible About this time Major
Thomas won tho confidence and money OF spriug-
field drummer and he proved ''Mdy Killer, 10 the
disgust OF certain gentlemen from this part oi
the country, 1t Is sad II IS also thought that he
concerned III tho big diamond robberics mat took
place at the Vineyard ABOUT this time. But Thomas
recOg nized Dy AN Augusta (Ga.) man. TO whom he
he was living With woman not his vile. Tho SWIM
died Augusta parties werc notified and the chase after
the lorger began which has just ended III hIs cap
ture.
REQUISITES A ROGUE.
lie had most retcntive memory, was accom- pllshod,
sudiously polite ana carefully agreeable He rather
overuid tho business trst, 10 bring Suspicion
upon himself but soon dispclicd II with great art or
course there people who now say they always
knew him 70 be VILLAIN. BGt the degree oi conl-
dcnco that Thomas every ywhcre inspired TO have
been leas remarkable than the success with
no carried out his crimes. While here he pretended
to be Now York lawyer sattling up the estate OF
ward Ia the metropolis. Hc said to have lad
81, 900 deposited IN the Chic0pcc Bank.
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN.
One Of his dashIng aud accomplished female COM
panions '.Mrs WeUb," created considerable excite
ment IN the social circles OF salem. She placed
self under tho OF eminent Boston pny sican,
and by HIM turned TO of hls assist
a rising young member OF tho medical profession and
u OF of the oldest families OF Salem. She
represented herself woman OF wealth and
culture, Ynd produced marked Impression,
1t Is said upon her young medical ad-
wiser. On the occasion OF tue annual Now
England festival the artlul widow went to Salem
passed several days under tho hosptable root oil
tho young Doctors pareuts was received as an non-
ored guest and thus OBTAINED eRtrce carte Lunce
the highest aristocratc circles OF the city, Mr..
Boggs accompanied her during her stuy Salem as
her trusted nnancai agent III charge o Immense
Western interests From Salem she returned tho
Parker House, and the sudden dcnoucmcnt can well
be to have struck social circles IN salem as
thunderbolt from u clear SKY.