The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-14
WILL BOGGS Be BACK?
President Richardson of the Dover Bank
Says tie Feels Sure Bogss Will Re-
turn-Relatives Say Rumors
Arc Not True.

Dover, DOL, Dec 13 The officials of
the First National Fank havo bcea con.
Quoting an investigation to find ont
whether William N, Boggs, the dcfault-
ing teller, who looted the bank Of moro
than SiOi,oJJ, alone secured the money or
whether others proned by his wong do.
ing. Ever since the dcfalcation lns May
tho bank has been searching for Boggs.
There is u standing reward of SJ.O for his
arrest. The detectives of the American
Surrey Company, of New York, which
was on Bogg's bond and which paid tho
$1,000 surety, arc also searching for HIM.
but he latest Information from the com
puny Is that B1ggs has not been located,
President Harry \. Richardson, of the
bank, who was tn, Republican candidate
for Governor in 1899, said hi, aftcrnoon
Il feel sure that William n Bnggs will b.
back snon. But he " i DO brought back
1t is but qu's ion Of time, for he cannot
oyHdn Us much Ion :cr. In the meantime
every fort is beng made to get at tho
bottom Of hi, matter We want Borgs
and the men whom we believe were cor
ncctcd with HIM Wc can give no partcu-
lar, now, but when onr inyest igation is
ended ahl we s.cnio the Information
winch we sock bo5h Rpgg, and those con-
NC @ ! with hm vii! b. brought to the bar
OF ln>tircto answer the charge.
MI. Il 'hard>on denied all connection
with 'hn rumnrs thai lave been printed.
he sal | that he had no reason to suppose
that BuP1s won d come back voluntarily.
NO bank officials are pretty wsll satisfied
t''n' t.,e money was used In stock spcculn.
ton, and On" Of thom 5 au hority for tho
Statement hat had Eogg5 been allie to
hol on % the stic'ts H. was carrying On
margins ias5 summer until the Sapem.
Der rise he colid have paid back all the
lnnnt y taken tr,,m he pAnk.
The story t.nO tho lcInuiinR teller is
about to come back has been well circu.
lated but it IS not believed by his reli..
tive, here. Tn, do noJ snow where he
is anl have no reason for thinking that
he viii BE- back.
go J,tHrts y Bugs, H IA Fl n 1T the
Dover station, hat no hcsltancy III exp!ps,.
ing his yinws uf the maj ter.
Il do no know anything OF him COM
ing back, " he said to-day. I do not know
where he is, md his family do not know.
do not believe that no will come back.
l am only HI, half brother but his brot her
who lives in Fh ltdclpIia, has written
noe asking Ey whose au ho~ity it was
s,ut1l that nhip wa. yuAi " back.
There was no authority"
David b. BogIs, annfcr half brother,
WHO'S btryi1e .rlt at tneD " r station,
had no he,ltnnry IN rx! re- sing himself,
aud he sounded il new Eryhutr;
Nv iipb NhtN any hlIir VI MN coming
lack, e aid. "tie has never written to
Us ind wo KNOW Euh NJ Of him. W. do
not know where he is, III M opinion tlle
who { tory l. AN Aidirks people sclicnr,
g.. ten up forptlttiCal purposes"
'D' YOU Dt lrHc any one WAS into this
thing with hin,i" wa, asked
Il th'nE it is nm all Addicks PEG, le
sthcihc, wa, the reply.
p ! hers a,u many in Dover who think that
h,It hny Ia. al
Tor po.}J cal purposes and his is / he reason |
that bank Oilic Is, who are spoken to ia |
iee"rucc to tho matter, always suy thar |
the bank viii pursue its Investigation !
along the line OF Justice to the BANK ana It's |
dtposltors.
The s:rstigation of tho officials of tho
bank has cl.aied up the point of how
Rosgs secured the money. 1t is said that
he would borrow he checks of prominent
politicians who were his friend, saying
that he wonid make it all right with them.
These cheeks, some OF them for largo
amount were used by Boygs in his stock
spcculatlpns ani sen! t. New York or
Philadelphia They would be returned
for cJ!l"cttOn through the Farmer Bank
lcra " hrn the oh, cks wcrc sent to tn.
First National Boggs would pay the
money and make no entry on the books nj
his bank. The only trace on them woa Il
at the Farmers Bank
From this ca!lie he story that the pr m
incnt men We're involved. The ufficals uf
the First National now have u iecu,d #
these checks. The point they are IT,, lHglo
decid" is whether the signer, OF ID 5,
checks, who are alleged to be the pruu,i.
merit poll icians, really received Inc money
or part Of it, or whether Il ggs M. ely u,ul
Their names. One of thosr CHECKS allrg-
I'd t" have bocn for $l75 Il. while The ~.
son whose name is alleG, Il 10 huvt ben
signed TO he check had an ucc,un, q! lc4s
than one dollar in the rant, i.vCrntiy ,tr.
richardson WIS approached y Il stranger,
WHO said tha' Boggs wn- N iiiin. ana he |
knew whore he was. blu Ii 1T no money t.,
go after linn Mr. RE HH't.-"n "iItr ,',u
pay the expenses. bat tho inlurluan. HIS
ST. far failed to act
Roggs was vcIv meth, dlca' 1t Is said
mat he Kept an hcc' unt,f II his tran nc-
lions. 1t is stated that during the tiuc he
played poker he ra,i.r uut $500 III .Mi f
I he game. A tow werk> y TO y he II Il h.
got 1900 in Philadelphia, IN I'M. orr 81 u
scheme, although II was MT II poker gtinr