The sun., 1897-12-27
letter FROM WILL B0GGS
Bcorps the Man Who Holds
n $4,000.
FAMILY Is INTER ESTED
j Inspired Article Written by q
Subsidized Agent Well Worth
4 Reading Between the
Lines.

Dover, Del, Dec. 2G.-An officer OF
the First National Bank has been called
Sto Philadelphia to consider the latest
Communication from Will y. Boggs.
is In this letter the absconding teller
~ rays
s# 81 kept this man (mcaning the leader
OF The SevcnD in food and clothes foi
years and to-day he retains that which
would insure ne the kind Offices OF the
s Surety Company and make my imnedi-
s@ ate return possible | will come, how
NJ ever
8 This refers to the $4,000 BoggS left
N to placatc the American Surety Com
II pany OF New York.
Here is an extract from a letter writ
ten within week by one member OF
Boggs' family to another, showing that
they are in hearty sympathy with the
plan for his voluntary return:
"Thc thing for Will to do is to return
now and do his share in getting things
straight. From what | KNOW | can't
imagine a fellow who is in the fix he is
with a brighter outlook. lie must re-
turn before this opportunity passes"
The opportunity" will not pass. Will
Boggs can return when he likes lie
will come.
Note the situation in New York. The
gigantic swindles operated by Dean 4
Co., are now being scrutinized in the
Courts. The relations Of +. b. Cuthbert
! u Co., with Dean & Co.. and Of Boggs 4
Co., with Cuthbcrt d Co., are well
known. 1t was through Cuthbert u Co.,
that "The Sevcn' yspecuated. 1t was
Y these specllations that plnnd red the
III First National Bank OF Dover.
N The following inspired article was
u published in the Philadelphia Inquirer
yesterday under Wilmington date line.
1t is significant.
''rhe approach Of Christmas has some
what driven the thought OF politics from
the minds Of most of the people Of the
State. OF course Il few politicians are
always thinking of political events and
chances; but the Christmas season has
been OF more importance than political
opinions. Little has therefore been
heard OF the chances Of different randi-
dates for various positions. In fact the
reported return OF William \. Boggs, the
,ciauIting teller of the First National
Bank OF Dover, has caused more discus
sion than all Of til" politics which has
been talked Of in the past month.
There is every reason why tIis Bo-2g.'
matter should br dist'ussrd for il the
dcialIting teller teller had come back
when it was predicted that Er would II
is likely that there Wnulu Lave resulted
one ui the greatest sensations " iGlrh lave
ever occurred in this state, btlt Ii" did
hot cone, and without him ot!ling can
Il be proven and nothing can br done.
II This Brg-- matter j. going to be
Il OF direct benefit to the public III
4 one way, il Not in more. Whether
VI it is shown that there we're
N others in the steal with Bogs~, or not, it
NJ will show the rotten condition nt politics
n in the lower part rf the State and pattlc-
IN ularIy in Dover. The EngES matter will
MI accomplish this good in THIS way. The
s two leading parties are now stirred up
IN agains, each other ovrr the matter and
n in order to prove that Boggs' downfall
was due to the efforts " one crowd, or
ss the her. each crowd will make it Il
point to bring out all Of the bad which it
% knows about the other and that will be
consdc. able. Even now the two sides
are each asserting nat the other ruined
Doggs. As Il matter OF fact, hc ruined
Z himself. lie may have had bad friends
and he may have been induced by some
Of his particular friends, but not the
political leaders, to 60 deeper into the
n matter than he had first intended, but he
;&s.s yFas the one who was responsible for the
thph and he will have to face it. lie
Knows this and he will consider ii before
~ comes back. 1t is useless t, claim
that Boggs was n weak minded man,
who Gould be led about by the people
who are are indirectly accused OF being
in with him in his spcrIllatlUnS; he had
more brains than all OF the rest OF them
put together.
It is true that Boygs has been advised
to come back and tell his story. He has
been advised to come back by his people
because they think that it would be cas-
4 ier to take the sentence, which the law
4 imposes, than it would be to continue II
H " wanderer on the lace Of the earth, with
out money and without friends. The
S8ei former teller is considering tIs matter
5s now and The investigation of the bank
1 Dfiicers is being continued. What they
find ont remains to be seen, but
, there are some people in Delawar who
kssy}fe very much agitatcd over the state
Sainents which have been made
III may yet be that the BoggS case Will
up one Of the worst, il not more
UNI Man one Of the worst. political rings
II 6hich ever fastened themselves upon
N ne lower part OF the State; rings along
H Xide Of which the boldcst achievements
sOf the politicians OF New Castle connty
but mere child's play. IL TINS IS
sR&#SSdonc, then the return Of Bogss will have
something for the good OF
4Hthe State and many would like to see