The sun., 1898-02-20

The statements printed above refer to
two OF tie best known banking instltu-
, tions in Delaware.
Mr.. Jerome b. Bell, Of Tnr SUNDAY
STAR stands Sponsor for the first para.
graph and will doubtless be glad to
prove the truth OF his assertion to the
entire satisfaction OF the managers OF the
Farmers Bank in the proper court.
The publisher OF TIE SuN assumes TIN"
entire responsibility iur the statement
concerning tie First National Bank.
| The second night before Wm \. Bog, +
! fled the country the members OF g;I &
Of political schemcrs, poker players,
Office holders, and bank !uuters met i'll
the Dover office OF a conspicuous member
OF the bar Il man especially conspicuous
at this time because OF the prominent
part he plays in the affairs of the nation.
At this meeting Hoggs announced that
the country was getting too hot to hold
him He had to flee.
One Of the gang was delegated to ar
range for the flight OF the teller who had
rlined bank to serve this gang Boggs
had few Thousand dollars and declined
to lake IL purse OF $500, which his cocoon
orators offered hin. lie w2s done with
tam.
Two letters received in Dover tell the
tale.
Vim. n. Boggs will proclaim the truth
to the world.
He is in South America.
A director of the First National Bank
his address and if this official sa" fit
Er couid produce tive letters that wuu'u
uy,r seven prominent politicians n4lh
uIt ui Delaware.
In the tirS, ol these letters Buggs coll-
p..lns bitterly. lie asserts that the nan
t.e l.uslru with the MONEY to plac:te The
surety Company. had never tnlnrd il
Jnrr and the agents Of the CMHr&ny
Nrrr bounding his every step
Inls letter forced Il prompt ctlbnent
viii. the surety Company.
Wm. \. Buggs viii return /" dover
a.d tell all.
rms gang traded through +. +, iu,E-
ril Il Co.,, vino hat plalIuI officers in the
.nrAcl EnIIjug, riiIadcIphia besides
.u. main office in New Hor, ana
ranches in other cilic>.
Checks drawn upon the First National
sank, Of Dover, Delaware, signed b.
i ggs, or amy member of tile gang were
accepted for any amount at Inc cruHt"rS
OF nlS !iruit tu!hbcu d Go.
SO u,altrr WIicA member ni tee gang
signed the c!IrvA, lNry "rlc good al The
Dover D;lnh.
! These checks were deposited in the
Philadelphia National Bank, Of NAi'h
i. i. Courgys is pn sldcit, and credited
to the amount OF +. B. tnihErrt Il Go.
| The Philadelphia National Hanit lor-
wlr,cd them to the Farmers Bank, At
Dover for collection, and finally Bus%s
paid them al the First National Bank.
One of The gang drew checks to the
amount Of ST., 500 although the books Of
the institution will show that he never
deposited a cent therin lie boastcd
that ne could make" money by merely
writing checks on the First Nat ional
Bank, Of Dover. Many OF these checks
were paid to T.. B. Culbert 4 Co.
Another member OF the gang got his
plunder by really keeping q good sized
account with the bank lie would have
Boggs hand him the actual cash outside
of the bank after hours, and
bright and early in the morning he
WOtIiu appVdi aV VIZ iNtNi''"S ~.
window with a substantial sum which
was placed to his credit. His checks
were, of course, good ON the books Of the
Bank and his pass book showed then as
it shows today that his checks were
good" 1t is, however, none the less
true that the money that made them
good was stolen by VIM. N. Boggs With
the full knowledge and consent of the
man who signed these good" checks.
Some of these checks were cashcd n
Washington, by the by.
The two men referred to above were
Il e Napoeons Of Finance who dealt d
rtctly with +. b. Ctlthbert & Go.
The other members of the gang got
their little plumber over the poker table.
Boggs thought himself poker player
lie knows better now.
When VIM. n. Boggs returns to Della
ware from South America he will tell
the world how he lost to these harpics
more moury in one night than he hon.
rstly earned in a year
They knew that he stole every lelny
they wonsirom him.
lie will tell that they knew him to be
thief; that they knew he was robbins
the First National Bank and that they
made him do it because they were direct.
" concerned in his first stcalings
Every man in this clique OF seven men
knew all about the deal. with tuthbcr
4 Co., and they all knew q the two fake
bank accounts referred to Dovc.
1t was a member OF the gang who en-
l. Al.