The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-21

t.! : "a siiuul / Dc resliecttl Wlll1aln ~.
,oE5s l. n IeS.e ana ther i, nutning fur
the o Sav il the matter at present. have
some e,paca TO tleSe people and their
w~h,, viii b. cpmpllet with Mr. Boggs
viii not TALK, nor will Mrs, Boggs, nor viii
they DO int viewed, under any circurn-
stances, 10 reference to the previous move
Hcnts of MIR Bngg,'
Services were mold in thu jail yesterlIy
afternoon beginning II A. 30 o'clock and
continuing for II half hour, Tncy were
conducted by Rov, l. p. Corkran. OF tho
Nazareth M,thoiist Episcopal Church.
Many of those who entered The jail expact-
lng to SEQ tho much talked ~ William
n: Boggs, but were disappointed,
Mr.. Boggs and his wife were within
hearing distance but were too deeply alb
sorbed in their conversation to pay any ut.
tenlion to the service.
MR. BROWN HINTS AT MORE SENSATION.
Mr.. Francis Skunk Brown. who is coun-
sci Tor the First National Bank, OF Dover,
said upon his return to Philadelphia that
the ultimate developments Will bo even
more starling than those of Satur Law, 1t
was largely Trough Mr.. Browns efforts
that BogSs was persuaded to rcturn and
deliver himself to the authorities. Boyg3
ran away on May % Of last ycnr and Mr..
Brown was engaged three days later by
L
bank. Mr.. Brown says he was commission.
ell to locate the missing teller II pos i5le,
and to prosecute every person in any way
connected with the crooked work that had
taken place" 4
"Boggs has not returned to plead tho
baby act" Mr.. Brown said, bat frankly
says he was guilty Of wrong doing, and he
has made clean breast Of tho whole affair.
secured written statement from him,
which 10 m ~ Al ar If nstrnt A f
torney Vandegrlft. which Boggs has sup
plemonted with verbal statements cover
ingever detail Of tho transactions in
which he was involved.
'From my knowledge of the case l do
not believe that Boggs proltea by single
dollar of the sl07 900 that was taken from
the bank. In my opinion he found him
self caught in giving out the banks money
without warrant in Que or two instances,
and in order to cover up these accounts
he went on from one step to another, and
he was taken advantage OF aud used rs II
lever by other parties for their own inter.
ests In other words, men who had de-
posts Of buta few dollars in the bank IN.
duced him to cash checks for hundreds or
thousands, and other people gave him in
return for borrowed money, promissory
notes far beyond their ability to pay. do
not believe there was any conspiracy. but
very SUSPICIOUS.
Speaking OF the four arrests made Sat-
urday rs tho result Of Boggs' d iScl0sures,
Mr. Brown said "Therc are quite mum.
Dor Of other parties who had dealings with
Boggs and the bank, against whom obli-
cations are held"
Mr.. Brown could not say whether any of
these obligations would lead to further
prosecutions THE matter Is entirely In
the hands of the District Attorney, who Is
now in possession of all the facts But
thcrais ono thing certain, President Rich
ards0n is determined that every man who
was In any way implicated in any crooked
WORK will DO vigorously prosecuted The
banks officials arc determined that no
matter who thu guilty parties are, they
shall be brought to justice"
Mr.. Brown declined to say anything
further than that he believed that Boggs
had never left this country. From other
sources the Information comes that Boggs
| hau for same timu boon living in one of
| the Southern States.
When B3ggs loft Dover just before the
| explosion he came 10 Wilmington and
| late that night left for Phllnd alphia. A
| ticket for New Orleans, In, was bought
for him by one Of the men now under ar.
rest. Boggsis then supposed to have jour.
| ney2d South und to have gone to South
| and Central America. While there he
| was ill OF the fevcr and so wrote to his
| relatives, His life was despairod o.. That
| BOggs has been in n Southern country is
! evidenced by his SWarthy complexion.
The attorney VII not say how he returned
During his absence, Mr.. Brown said.
| "Boggs had but little communication
| with anyone in reference to the banks nf.
fairs In fact, for several months after
| his departure his wife and other relatives
! did not hear from him at all 1t has only
been within very recent perlol that ac-
tive preparations for his return were
made. When BoggS arrived in Phiadei-
pha he did not have $40 bill In his poss-
ession'
Before United States Commissioner
Smith Saturday afternoon Il. II. CoopBr,
Thomas $. Clark, Charles II. Butler and
Amos Cole We're admitted to bail for hear.
ings next Saturday.
| Cooper. 1t is charged, received s23 900
| aud his bail was fixed at $4,000, Joseph
l. Carpenter, Jr., becoming bis security.
/ Clark's SHARE of the money Is said to have
| been $1,000. and he was held In s60)O his
bondsman being Samuel W. Hall Butler
who it is said, received $751; was required
| to furnish 5000 bail, Samuel W. Hall also
| going on his bond
Cola's share of the stolen bank funds
| 1t Is alleged, wai st. 40 g. md his bond
| of $500 was vouchcd for by Harry Rams
| burger.
The information in the warrants against
the men was furnished by Mr. Bogg5 him
self, it is sale.
One of the principal spaculations Of Mr.
Boggs was in Bay State Gas previous to
his departure At that timo Mr. Boggs
spoke to number OF friends in Dover, de.
state, and u large amount Of money could
be made. Mr. Boggs and his friends
went to Philadelphia and bought largely
of the stock, it is said through Cuthbert
& Co. ,hlr. Boggs, because Of his connoc-
ton with the bank, did not wish his name
to appear on checks, and this is given as
the reason for borrowing the checks Of
Others. which Mr.. l5oygl took caro- of
when they were returned through the
Farmers Bank, of Dover, TO the First Ma.
ti0nal.
A dispatch to the sun from Dover says:
This city is in an uproar over th" return
of Bjggs and the arrests that have BEEN
made.
II the public sentiment Of this city goes
for anything Boggi would bea free man
and the people that drove him to his decd
will suffer the full penalty for their crime.
The return Of BoRgs has struck tho epGo
pie dumb, and You can hear nothing but
| the BOg4s ca @ all Uvcr tho town.
| To interview the men connected with
tn, case Is like chasing prcascl lightning.
On ringing Tom Ilark'3 DOR bell tho
gentleman who asked to see Mr.. Clark
was old that lie WAS not in, but all tho
inc he could be seen through he window
sitting in his Office.
Charles H Butler, who stays with Clark
could not b. found. Finding that an in
torveW with these men was useless, thl
reporter star cd in another direction and
ran across "Earncy" salisbury coming