The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-19

William N. bOGgS Is be-
hind prison bars. This is
the first day of his incar=
ceration, and a bT k e II
hearted and peritent p:~is-
oner he is, ready to take
the punishment there is in
store for him, he says. and
anxious to assist the Uni
ted States Government in
furnishing those 0 t h e
men who aided Or abctIed in tho looting Of
the First National bank Of Dover.
William N. Boggs gave himself up.
There was no consideration offered hin
! by he United Statci Govern. nent and the
! officers Of the First National bank o
| Dover nor was his surrender the influence
or cooperation Of any newspaper, Thest
remarks were uttered by l2oggs ard car
! rieu to q REPUBLICAN reporter ami othti
newspaper men by Uni ed States District
! Attorney Lewis c. Nnndcgrift.
HAD BEEN IN PHILADELPHIA
William N. Boggs calno down from
| Philadelphia savo time between and ii
| o'clock. How long he had been there car
only be conjccurcd. But tits known tina!
he had spent several days with his brother,
Walter Bpsgs in the Quaker City. Upon
arriving at the b. g. o. depot the return
ing cashier and his brother entered a
cab and drove tu the office of Mr.. Nandc'
grit,
No one recognized William N. Boggs at
TIL depot, neither was thore frieAd Of his
bro hers in si-ht Therefore the entering
of Tic cab was unnoticgd. William n.
BOggs was glad, doubtless, thai his return
was such. lie was on the verge Of ncr-
vous pros,ration because of tho step he
knew was upright, but his brother nervel
him up and proved Il strong counsellor.
Tho cab approached the office Of Mr.
Vanderbilt without knowledge on the
part # that official. 1t required only half
Il minute for the occupants to leave 1t and
reach Mr. NandegriIt's Gtlicn. He was in
and when william n. Boggs faced the
official he informed him that he had come
to surrender himself to tho MED States
Govern ment with the desire TO set right
the error he had committed and to re-
ccive whatever punishment tho Govern
ment saw fit to Inete to him.
His surrender was that Of truly peni'
tent man and the meeting between Mr..
Vandegrft and Mr., Bogs5 pathetic. Now
in,possession Of that man the aut horiLies
two years, Mr.. Vandegrft started to the
Federal building. Marshal Short was
found and to him Mr. Boggs present ed
himself.
In u short time Francis Skunk Brown,
Philadelphia attorney for the First Ma.
tional Bank of Dover put in an appear.
ancc Henry A. Richardson, the present
cashier of tho Dover Bank, also appeared.
They had been in this city long before
William n. Boggs surrendered himself.
anu ~ Is llcIblOiS DItSuIlCu tbup b'itS
knew of the defaultlns cashiers intended
action. Thoy would not admit this how
ever.
As soon as Marshal Short placed Will
liam n Bogss in IL safe place he and Dis
trict Attorney Nandcgrift sought infor-
| nation concerning the whereabouts OF
the prisoner. But he would say nothing.
| COOPER, BUTLER COLE AND CLARK APPEAR
| Shortly after leaving the man Mr.. Van
! degrift was confronted by Ezekiel +. Coop
cr, Amos Cole, Charles H. Butler and
| Thomas S, Clark, who are connected, it is
alleged in some way with the big dcfalca-
tion. Marshal short arrested Mr.. Colo in
his Market street Office. Deputy Sheriff
Clark caught Mr.. Clark at Dover last
night Deputy Marshal Reardon cd
Mr. Butler at Dover and Deputy Marshal
Hawkins brought Mr.. Cooper from Mil
ford ,rhes. warrants were sworn out
| yesterday, therefore it is positively known
that it was known that William y. Boggs
would surrender himself.
The presence Of Francis Skunk Brown
| Henry A Richardson and Walter ;. Bogg-
here is further proof. But whatever infor.
| nation the authorities had in their posses
sion and which is not divulged the fact re.
mains that William n, Boggs is in Gus
tody. All the mon offered security which
was satisfactory to the government and on
| which they were released.
no sURETY FOR MIR BOGGs.
| But it was not 80 with William N.
Boggs Neither will he offer bail Whether
the Government would accept it is another
| question, But there are friends of Mr.,
BCggS who uro willing to furnish any
amount District Attorney Nandegrift may
demand This Of course must be at the
request Of the imprisoned man.
! SENATOR KENNEY's POSITION.
The name Of United States Senator
Richard Roland Kenney, it will be renom
bored has been mentioned with those OF
tn big dofn!cation but Mr. Nandcgrifi
would not say whether warrant had been
| issued for that officials arrest neither
would MIR. Vandcgriit say writ would be
issued.
! This course is private ono to Mr.. Van
| degrift and it is only to protect the ends OF
| justice That no information Of the chprnc.
ter should be given out Whether Senator
Kenney knows of William n. Bogg,' sur
render is unknown, but it is known that
he has not been IN tho city.
VIII re WAS B0GGs?
This is n question which the imprisoned
man now win not talk about He not
only refuses to discuss with newspaper
men about his whereabouts but he has
thus far refused to converse with Mr..
Vandergrift on the subject.
Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Richardson evident.
| ly know, but are opposed to making any
statements that William n. Boggs him,
| self would not make.
| A REPUBLICAN, reporter sought diligont-
| ly for an interview with hr. Boggs but it