The sun., 1897-12-16
TIE Nan WITH A PULL
Treasury Department Inactive to
Oblige One Of the Gang.
MORE BoGGs REVELATIONS.
A Worthless Member of the Bar Tried
to Force His Services Upon the
Defhulter,s Wife.
) BoGGs REVELATIONS.
Special to THE Sun.

Special to The Sun.
DOVER. Del. Dec. l6.-The Treasury
Department Of the United States has done
I nothing towards clearing up the Boggs
scandal because one of the gang has a
"pull."
Il is quite the custom Of the depart
( ment to take decidedly active part in
cases like this.
Looting National Bank is an offense
which the Federal Government does not
ordinarily ignore.
In this case things are different. The
men in this steal are men OF influence
and .'influence'' means "pplP' and
"pulp' means protection" Here is a
significant proposition.
"Who is the man whose 'pull' is strong
enough to keep the Federal officers in
active?'
- That's easy. .Mo
Here is little incident which has
been overlooked. 1t is printed merely
to advise the gang Of seven that the
game is up.
The day after Boggs' fight was adver
tised to the world---four days after he
really fled-:-one of the gang who is a
member of the bar (not necessarily
lawyer) called upon Mrs. Boggs in Dover,
and announced to that lady that he was
her attorney.
He insisted upon being recognized as
her attorney in fact and Mrs. Boggs,
with some earnestness, positively refused
to have him connected with her affairs
in any way. He was politely shown to
the door.
A conference with the rest Of the gang
was held that night and as a result OF
this coniab this worthy again called
/. mon Mrs. Boggs and stated that her
husband had commissioned him as her
attorney and specifically prohibited her
from having any other. This was lie.
Mrs. Boggs again repudiated him and
his statements and upon ordering him
from her house urged him never to call
again. Subsequent developments reveal
that this member OF the bar merely
wanted to represent her long enough to
gain possession OF his own due bills,
n ,tes and other obligations which he hi d
reason to believe she had. She has
them today.
They are worth as much as he-noth-
ing. ,,.,
As to the gambling losses OF VIII
Ropgs there is still another chapter.
He played the horses by proxy.
His commissioners were two men IN
the hotel business downrhe State-two
brothers.
According to the reports filed by these
Judges of horses and other "good things
Boggs only played "dead ones"
AS Boggs was busy in the bank it was
decided accommodation to have brace
of "knowing ones''-such as these
carry goodly roll to the track and drop
it. Nobody on earth-not even Boggs-
now believes that a dollar OF his money
was ever wagered.
1t is truly pitiable sight to see this
gang. One of the number has not been
sober an hour since the expose of De-
Gambler 6, Those at a distance were sent
for. They are near at hand now. To
day one OF them was in Wilmington
where several earnest consultations took
place. Yesterday one of them was in
Philadelphia looking for consolation but
found none and upon his return last
night he brought only cold comfort and
the tattered remnants of a jag to his
companions in crime here.
AS to that purse of $4,000 raised by
Boggs to placate the American Surety
Company. 1t has been generally sup
posed that it was bunch Of money.
Not SO. It was collateral upon which
the money was to have been raised
was raised, perhaps.
The fact remains that the man who
received these securities, valued at ten
thousand dollars, kept them. Mr.
Henry d. Lyman, vice president OF the
American Surety Company, asserts most
positively that they have not been turned
over to him or any other official OF the
company. They have not been returned
to William N. Boggs or anybody repre-
senting him, and they are now in the
possession of the man who received
them from Boggs or he has the proceeds
Of their sale.
The members Of the gang are now
seeking shelter and tonight it looks as IT
another Of the gang will "peach' within
forty-eight hours.