The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-01
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
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urer Hopes Vet 60 Escape Impris-
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Tscons Bureau Of tns Post-Intshsgsnesr.
sfH Txcffse a~erue

TACOMA. Dec a. Special After Eront7s
Of s.ieure REGARDING Las manner IA ~nica
he dlxDosed Of The city warrants issue1
sxglnsf the gfnsral f1nd. ex-Clty Treas
ure- G~crgs w BeEgs today talked frey
Of The matter 20 City Attorney John ~
EhzckIsEcrd.
n has lonx been believed thzt Il Borgs
we're - Iaasine1 ne mizhS tel q great deal
70 the city officials regarding as NzfrAnt
transactions that would explain many
rroblsns tast have been zcDAa trouble
eaEne n the warrant suits that have Been
brought In the past The convicted treas
ura< has always refsTrs1 cusstioaers 10
hss attorneys when these matters were
fyrongsft ~ ana etnee Ms sTres+ and Goa
.lction ~ has bssu Bssssyed that Boggs
would bold baek his knowledge o. city
warrants TIL n might b brought into
play 10 his advantage.
soon after Bis release from jail on bonds.
Rogxs exgd the Post-IntslAgenc@r repre-
sentative tnat be knew q information and
papers which wsre q value &c the city IN
the warraat LITIGATION. These. he said,
were IL the possession Of MS attorneys.
90 be used by them IS tnev believed 10 be
hest The IMPRESSION WAS given out BY
Eo@Egs' friends that he would talk freely
81 these matters II aid were given him Ia
hlN case 50 tast he nigklt escape serving
. terra Sc tae Peniteatt2Ey-
BcggE conference with City Attorney
Sn&ckleford lasted for three hours this
morning. and what was said = being kept
a state secret. From reliable sources.
however II H. learned that B8zgs went
over the books kept IN his Office during
the famous warrant deals. and explained
20 Mr. Shaekieford what warrants were
paid VITA city money and what we're IN
dorsed Ia good faith % the holders and
are therefore valid obligations against the
city.
n must be understood that during the
last two years Of BogEs' administration
there we're outstanding fh0usands OF dol
iaFg worth 81 city warrants issued IN. 1870
ard 1891. These were drawn ga8fsxt the
general faBd and clearly Eere entitled
20 redemption from the first moneys re-
eeivsa by the city frous taxes. etc, Instead
Of calling in these warrants and redeeming
them, Eo.gs ussd ths current revenues
coming into the office for the payment Of
current salary and expense warrants
These BE RfterwaTd Indorssa. = not
paid. and sold them or deposited them ia
the city baaks. When these failed the
warrants could not be found. and Judge
EfaGcup has recently hesd that warrants
thus treated haze legally been once paid
Efforts that have been made Ia the past
70 segrsgats TIE good and the bad war
ranGa have nos Dsen wholly satisfactory.
owing TO lack Of competent testimony and
records II has been supposed that
Roxss could tell this numbers Of the war
rants treated a. above by him, aud his
testimony vii undoubtedly be Of value
ia the present suits brought 20 compel the
city 10 pay.
TO the city attorney BoEgs gave all the
Information ia ais sssssion, and MI
shackisford regards him a valuable
witness in the Bardsiey suit Boggs viii
BE- asked 70 testify on the stand