The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-10
BOGGS UNDER
CROSS FIRE.
lie Tells of the First Trans
action that Caused
His Downfall,

offered no inducement in any shane o
form to return home. There was length
argument over Cooper's account and thI
entries made by Irving d. Boggs Th,
evidence was ruled In. He ack wledget
that he had added money to Cooper's 40.
count and filled out deposit slips. Cooper
often overdrew his account.
He held about s.. 900 worth of checks fol
Cooper when be had only ~ cents in bank
When Cooper had 81. 1925 In bank Boggs
was carrying $23,657.4s In checks at iht
bank. The amount was never paid. He was
Unable to do So
In answer to Mr.. Bird Boggs stated
that the defalcatioh commenced In 1898.
His first breach was In carrying small
checks for Thomas S. Clark. The next was
with men introduced by Clark.
Name them:" Harry L. Ford, Jeffer-
son L. Ford, William &. Cotter, Will am
Il. Cotter Jr. Those were tho first gentle
men with whom had race track expert
ences."
Were these transaction relating to
horse tracksp" Not exclusively"
Then give what other means or sys-
ten: II do not think there were any others
at that time"
ITO what extent did these transaction
extendr' 1T extended in different direc-
tions.s First horse races. then poker, and
had still different transaction with
Cotter in relation to some real estate spec
ulations."
Explain your race track connections"
II never cared for horses, cared nothing
for the sport OF running races. only went
into it on account Of the good things held
out to me by gentlemen who claimed to
know them. They knew that Lad lost
some money and was carrying money"
SO far in this transaction all OF your
dofaulting WAS not for tho love of gain
for yourself, but through acts of friend
ship?' "That is fairly correct"
ibid you ever In any Of the transactions
covering this SOY 900 have any idea Of
funds of the bankP'' "No; except TO
cover up previous sums taken-to get out
of the hole"
you have said that one means employ
cd was in games Of cards. Did you find
pleasure in cards"
II had in mind horse racing when you
spoke. l must confess that cards had IL
fascination for lie after Il inc. l was an
important factor in all OF the games"
"You were the in.tigator of most of
themT Il never failed TO accept an invi-
tation to take part"
II want you to state, think it over, how
much money you won at cards?" "The
net result?"
Yes, the net result" 1.-THE net result
was the loss Of thousands of dollars"
Have yon not said you won ten thou
sand dollars?" II may have given out
that was winner to prevent suspicion"
when was this given out?' ''It was
given out frequently by those who PLACED
with me. 1t was given out that 1 could
not be beaten"
"They could not beat your" THAT was
what thew suj1 but Inct
You had bank todraw from?" "Yes
an they knew it,"
You say that the result was that you
were II Iosor?" "Yes"
You say that outside of your desire to
get back money you had love for the
same?" 81 confess that the 1--we grew on
me. did not play poker until after was
away in the hole in 1886"
Ever play cards with Co operp" "Never
did. Never heard of him playing game
Of cards."
Would this game GO on every Saturday
night and Sunday in 1882" do not
know that Saturday night was such q
good time"
What WASP" Sunday"
"How long would you play?" "Well,
n Tho morning, Then would go home
'or dinner, return, and sometime go to
supper and return"
That was pretty much your life in
Dover in 1862" Not continuously. There
were lct-ups."
Now at the time that you were playing
cards were you going on with betting on
horse racing?" "Yes. I never failed to
put up money when man came along
with u good thing"
where did you plRy?" After Glouces.
;er was closed, in Maryland"
"How did horse racing turn out?" I'm
he loss of thousands of dollars"
How much. Canyon not specify? We
want to find out where all of This money
vent" Probably $4,000. l have not tho
memoranda at hand. did not expect that
would be asked"
Never played game in my llte.H
Ever advance money! "Yes"
"When and where?" in the spring Of
81 in Gloucester"
You took the money from the bank?"
Yes"
What was the highest you ever Took"
have carried rs high 81, 3d. probably
= VOJ l went prepared for an emery
,ncv."
How did you get off from the b nk to
y0E "rhe bank closed at 3 u'clok
There was train short time after 81
Did you come back tho same night"
YES"
"You took money from the bank each
limo you went" NO. l took the money
When first went. This lasted but a week.
We won during the week, but on the
as! night we lost all that we won"
Mr.. Bird started to ask another quos-
ion. when Boggs turned toward him an.
srlly and said:
There is a.gen,leman in this room who
gave you that Information. He ought to
know for he went with me one night, and
gave him money to play"
The crowd looked to see if 1t could as
certain who was alluded to, and Mr.. Bird
laid: Everybody in the Middle States
inowsyOu. 1t would take me all mig hit to
ell you the information 1 have about
'ou."
you could have gotten that informa-
ion from but one source" replied Boygs.
While l was at home was protected.
Every one in the Middle States did not
lnow about this"
Where did you stand on faro?" l
hould say that Host about 81 600, would |
lot be absolutely sure. l never played
Until 1896. l was Interested in q game |
IL this city. ! was the hacker"
Mr.. Bird: You meau that the First Ma |
ional Bank of Dover was the backur?"
Boggs: ''Oh, that was understood all |
round. They all know that"
Court then adjourned until this morn
ng. The crCss-oxamination of Bo2gs will
10 resumed at that time.
Tho attendance at this mornings Sc
lion of the United States Court wa, the
argest since tho commencement of the
rial Of Colonel Cooper.
Boggs took the stand and Mr.. Bird be.
IAN his cross-examination. Poggs was
sked to explain where the whcle sum OF
he defalcation went This meant that no
vas to state what became of $S4, 900. Mr.
|andcgrift intcrposed and Mr.. Bird argyll
d that it was proper to bring the facts out
t tho present time. The jury should DO
made aware of the condition of tho First
National bank OH May 7. 1896. Tho court
aid that counsel had omitted in open
curt that these checks had been given
nd paid.
Mr.. Bird said we intend to prove that
hese checks were paid out of Bcggs'
money.
We did not give these checks under
landing that they were paid out of the
unds.of the bank. He had been in the
BUSINESS for three years and we clain tn ut
he funds of tho bank were not in conll-
ion to pay tho checks
Boggs wanted to explain but Mr.. Bird
old him he did not want any expl anatiun
lie hoped to God be would never assist
i'm. Mr.. Bird withdrew the question.
Have you lost any of tn, banks money
rior to May 1896 by advances for political
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