Evening journal., 1897-06-03
A BANK TELLER'S FOLLY
Gambling Leads Teller Boggs
to Peculation.
DEFAULTEDi THEN ABsCOEDED

"a lO04NO MAN VIM ilAD hN III
OPPORTUNITY FOR A SUCCESS
Full BUSINESS CAREER, sue
CUMBS TO THE FASCINATION OF
POKER AND Is RUINED.
Special Disuatch Evening Journal.
Dover, June S.--William N Boggs,
teller in the First National Bank of
this town. is missing, and 1t is feared
that he ia a defaulter. but for how
many thousands is as yet merely a
matter of conjecture. Hugh G. Browne,
of Wilmington, attorney for the Ameri-
can Surety Company, which is on
Boggs' bond. was telegraphed for this
morning. and arrived here on the noon
express, and the work OF ascertaining
the amount of the stealings OF the
young man and the liability OF the
company is already well under way.
It is feared that It will amount TO
several thousand dollars but in nowise
sufficient to affect the standing OF the
bank which Is one of the oldest and
strongest in the rural section OF the
Peninsula. Teller Boggs has been
missing since yesterday, but where he
has gone is not known.
To those who have watched the
young mans course during the past
Ave or six years this disgraceful ending
OF a most promising life is not a mat
ter OF extreme surprise.
! Mr.. Boggs was young man raised
near Dover and we'll connected. Hg
was bright and good-looking and his
capacity for making friends led Hon
George V. Massey and other promi
nent Kent county business men to in
stall him In the First National Banl
as book-keeper. He showed unusua
capacity and It was said OF him tina
he could turn to the account Of an.
depositor in any ledger without con
sulting the index, 80 phenomenal wa
his memory. Not only that. but HI
{ could tell the balance OF almost an.
depositor without even consulting tn
ledger.
His conduct was such that, when III
! health compelled Philip Burnet, nov
r Of Wilmington, to resign as teller
Boggs was given his position, and hi
p cousin, Irving Boggs, succeeded hin
Y The missing man married Miss Miller
> a most interesting young woman, {
this town, and now has family {
three or four charming children, th
home being on Bradford street
5 About four years ago Cashier Bat'
R man. OF the First National. becam
quite prominent as an Addicks worke
!. and the gas magnates funds for Ker
r county we're deposited in his banl
! Quite naturally Teller Boggs drifte
: into politics under the auspices of hi
II superior and figured prominently
r the campaign OF two years ago. havln
4 previously held the post OF clerk
Town Council
i Then came the legislative session
D two years ago Il was gay crowd
II young fellows who followed in Il
train Of the gas man during his VIII
ter's stay at the Hotel Richardson, an
poker-playing was one OF the dive
ct sions.
y Boggs' political affiliations thre
il him into this swirl. and, althoul
young at the gaming table. he soon b
70 came known among the boys as one
IN the most successful players in the tow
M IL did not become known to the bar
10 directors until some time after the sc
NJ sion closed and would not have be-
40 known then, but for the fact that
IA young man here lost a large sum
is money belonging to his father an
st when pressed for an explanation, sa
that he lost It at the gaming table az
that Boggs won II. The father went
the bank and raised a disturbance, al
an on top OF that came a sermon on Z
II evils OF gambling by the pastor OF {
an NJ e. Church here, in which su
an pointed illusions were made to Bog
an that the directors were compelled
ar take cognizance OF them. They call
or him before them, called his attention
n the complaints against him and ga
N him the option OF disseminating gam
an ling or resigning from the bank.
promised to do better, and, for a tin
kept his promise.
M Some time ago he drifted into {
~ company of professional gamblers, a
ict for several months has been spendi
'e- his spare time in gambling resorts ol
ay side the town, presumably in Philad
Ol, phia.
el It is supposed that he lost all he h
OF at the hands OF these professions
0W and then, in an effort, to recoup, us
ire the banks money, hoping TO make
lucky play and not only regain his o.
personal losses, but also replace
money he had taken from the bank
nat Both he and his wife have the sy
on. pathy of everybody. for they are be
nal possessed of extraordinary faculty
in making friends.
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