The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-05
A QUEER WARRANT STORY.
How Ex-Mayor Bo~xs Disposed of His
PROPERTY.

Tacoma News. April
The slst Of J.. S. whifshoase As re-
cszyer OF me State Savings bank against
George ". Boggs has developed rather
. strange condition OF affairs IL the mat
ter of Boggs having any assets 10 satisfy
the Judgment tas plaintiff holds against
htra IN the sum % S. 81 S.
The matter came up again In c9en
court yesterday. the recesye- taking
such steps as he found necessary 10
compel Boggs 70 prove that ne Is not
possessed Of money or securities sufficient
70 ii1Eidase the tadgreat The hearsnS
was taken from Department / OF the su-
psr5or court into Department :. ana the
investigation proceeded before Judge
SsafIcap.
When the ex-sfty treasurer was put
on the stand he testified that he did not
own a dollar in real estate or any col
lateral, having transferred the former
20 the Tacoma National bank 20 secure
= In The sum of $1,000 for which he
had been indebted The mining prop
erty be had owned In SskiyoG county,
Cal. he stated hs had sold 70 the Elliott
Greek Mining Company for $sto.ee. accept
ing their note secured by stock OF the
company TO that amount in payment
This note and collateral. he said, ho
had turned over 10 the Columbia Ma
tioEsA bank 10 secure the gentlemen OF
that institution against loss as his
bondsmen for Seaoo on the security he
furnished when elected to the city treas
uryshfp. His interest In the match fac
tory ne has also assigned to the bank to
secure a personal Indebtedness.
1t was also shown thai he had turned
over 20 the bank a receipt OF Nelson
Bennett. dated October. 1893, which re-
ceipt. being written in lead pencil and
signed by Bennett. is an aeknewiedg-
meat of the receipt from George w.
Boggs OF warrants of the amount OF
S. ss7.25. ito DC returned and the fur
Their acknowledgment of the return Of all
but s5.eo0 of the same at some later date.
When Judge Stalicup heard this ne ex-
claimed:
Warrants. What kind OF warrantsT'
city warrants"
what are the numbersT'
81 don't know"
''Who does the receipt run to-George
w. Boggs. or George W. Boggs. city
treasurer
George W. Boggs-''
Recently Mr.. Bennett was served with
a writ of garnishment on behalf or Re
ceiver Wmtef1ouse, asking him 10 state
what money or goods OF Boggs' he had
In his possession or under his con<roa.
Mr. Bennett In his answer stated that
he neither owed Mr.. Boggs any money
nor mad any properly pSioiisA-AS " ~'iA'
Boggs under his control.
When the bank people were asked
about this particular transaction they
stated that they had made no demand on
Bennett for rhe money or warrants, ana
could not tell whether ne has the war
rants
However, the greatest discrepancy
seems to lie in the statement OF Bosgs
with reference to ahe transfer OF inc
mining property IN Siskiyou county. Cal.
On March IS, during the proceedings
supplemental TO the execution now neid
by Receiver Whitehouse, Boggs swors
that he had sold This same property 10
Nessrs. Armstrong and Mcdonald, for the
Elliott Creek Mining Company, the con-
sideration being not note Tor $yp,-
600, but a note for $4,000. which
was paid by the purchasers on or about
the first of March in check drawn on
the Columbia National bank for s5o.eoo.
He further swore that he paid this
check, all Of 1t, into the bank. to hqui-
date his debts, and that he owed the
bank the full amount
When taxed with this first statement.
he said he had been altogether mistaken
IN what he had sworn to in the first IN
stance. and that the present testimony
Chat of yesterday was correct and the
other mistake.
The outcome OF the proceedings OF
Yesterday was that the Columbia Ma
tional bank agreed to make a statement
of rhes- account with Boggs, which
should be filed with the court. Tpe
bank people were perfectly viking to
bring their books into court, or TO allow
me receiver to examine them: and st
was decided that a report from them
would be the quickest and most satis'-
factory manner of determining exactly
how the Roggs account stands
The bank this afternoon made COM
rlete report OF its transactions with Mr.
Roggs. as directed by the court, showing
the details or his business with the M
ststutt0n.