The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-19

Tacoma, Dec. -SpeciaI-Cseorg W.
Boggs. ex-treasuter or The city Of Tacoma.
faces the state penitent.ary This morning
al > clock jury Of MS peers brought in
: verdict Of guilty against him on the
charge OF using the public fu1ds intrustsd
10 HIM Tor profit 10 himself.
The case went TO the jury az SIS last
night. Prosecuting Attorney Csmer fin-
lshed his argument for the state At 0:I5, and
at 40 in the evening Judge Parker charg-
"a the jury. After wal1lng an aaus for a
verdict court was adjourned I'll tins morn~
ing - O'Clock. when the jurors ale3 out,
haVSng agreed on verdict AT o'clock.
a large crowd mad conzregated in the
courtroom. and hush feIl on the gather
ing as Judge Parker read the verdict.
Bogss sat al has lawyers table. and MS
pale face Has bat slightly bIanched as he
heard the verdict read ana realized its
stern significance. Judge Fremont Camp
bell. Bosgs' counsel. gave formal notice
of d motion for new trial, and the court
turned TO other business.
Comments on the verdict arc Of many
kinds. considerable surprise WAS manifest
cd about the city when tae result OF the
tr.al became known. as q disagreement
was expected by many. Some looked for
acquittal, and there were number Of peo-
pie who We're familiar with the case aho
were confident Boggs would pe convicted.
Nheu the jury retired an informal aallot
was taken, and there were seven votes for
conviction and hVe for acqu.tt2L Then
Foreman Newell distributed the pa
perS IN evidence. and after informally dis
CGss.ng the case each Juror gave mis- IDEAS
in a speech of from FIVE To ten minutes
duration When tEey were through. "A bal
lot was taken. resulting in eleven for con-
yictiou anu one for acQuittal Members of
the jury say the one man hung out till S
O o'clock, and AZ last yielded to their argu-
menis.
BOggs was intcrvieWedat the county jail to-
night by d Post-{atelligence correspondent.
He was sitting in a comfortable rocking
chair in the large and well lighted lobby
OF the jail Al one side of the room was
q. couch, on when tho ex-treasurer sleeps
al night. Boggs has never been confined
i'll "a cell. and Is allowed 10 send out for his
meals, and receive visitors at all times
He smiled when the reporter asked him
how he felt over the verdict, and said
why, il hasn't phased me a particle.
Do l look Ike it had?. No sir. OF course
/ am surprised. They re- trying 10 bookkeep
me into the penitentaTy, that's all there
Is TO it,. and Of couIseSI realize thar the
condition of public feeling toward ME must
have had something TO do with il. ! tell
you, there wasn't Il bit of evidence against
me. Why ddR't the state call Bert Alien?
They never by a single witness proved
that | had any knowledge of what they
Old IN the hank, and il must have been
simply presumption that had any weight
against me. But I'm not going TO stop IN
the middle ot the road. It's long road 10
the pen.teutary
IN tell you this: I've always stood by
my fnendz and that's why I'm In trouble
row. / tied too close 10 the men | thought
were my friends How does ii happen
that they let this thing hang for eighteen
months after was o4t of office, ana had