The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-29
|(OTTER
AND BOGGS.
The Latter Tells OF the Ex-
tensive Deals Between
the Men. They Had
Numerous Irons in
the Fire. &

They then entered into the arrangement
for BOggs to pay tho chscks given by
! Cotter. C0tter knew Of tho shortage at
4 the bank. Witnes. jumped Mt tho idea TO
purchase real estate and mako large sums
~ money. Beside the real estate checks
Y aGstAsr Wsuld slip in some checks for Cot.
tors private account and which Cotter re-
ceived the benefit of after they were paid
ont Of the funds Of the First National
bank. He identified several checks and
other letters. In 1896 cashier Bateman
gave him instructions to close out Cot
ters account. Cotter was in discrediJ aC
4 the bank. The payment of Cotters checks
was without the knowledge or consent OF
the proper officials of the bank. Another
delay hero followed owing to Mr. Higgins
and COtter being engaged in reading the
letters that accompanied Cotter's checks.
A letter written on October 10, 1894, con-
taincd paragraph "What about my two
mo but d. not mention 1t to I. S. G.
Boggs explained the paragraph ..as refer
lin9 to two checks he carried for Cotter.
Ono Of tho checks was for $50 in favor of
j.. Franklin Temple. Boggs then went
over the list Of checks. The first checks
were for Boggs's uso in purchasing farm
noar Harrington Then camo Ave checks
given for Golfers own use. Other checks
vera given for the purchase of houses in
philadelphia They were in Il cigar enter.
prise, Another real estate daal, q eco aero
tract of land In Duck Greek Hundred.
Tho NJ. j. Kelley check for $40 camoin on
July I, 1895. C0tter sent loter sta ing
1bs had given check aud asked Bo1gs to
take care of It, Cotter turned over to
Boggs mortgage for 500 on the Harring-
Iion bank aud u check fer $2oS 90 He
never got anything from tho moi tgage. He
never got any satisfaction rs to thu Phila-
deiphia housvs OF the Duck Crock Hun
dred land. The tract OF land in Centre
County Pa. consisted of 1000 acres oil coal
Hand. A number Of lots at a seashore re-
sort al 80 proved to be a failure. The Dr.
Silver check was the same a. Senator
lHsinrs for the coal land.
Tho total of the transactions between
the witness and Cotter amounted to about
$4,000 The money Which paid the vari-
ous checks came out Of the F.rst National
Bank Of Dover. The amount roprescntsa
loss to the bank
Boggs said that Coltcr was in the real
estate business, and appeared to take II
kindly interest in him, and offered to help
him out. After he first met Cottcr he
asked favors, such as csshing checks or
loaning him money. Cotter knew that
the witnoss was accommodating othec PEG.
pie. Cotter knew that tho checks were
being paid out Of the funds Of the bank.
Boggs was still on the stand when court
adjourned until this morning.
When the United States court opened
this morning William N. Bogss testified
that the VIM. +. Cotter who he had stho
transactions with and the man on trial
wero the same person. Cotter ked Bocgs
to retutn to him all the letters and checks
which Bogss held This request wRs made
IN May 8, when they held conference.
Cotter asked him about Thomas s. Clarks
10 cunt. Co.tar thought 1t was rather
hard to hand over the papers to tho attor-
nsy. Cuttcr always avoided settlement
and on tho dnte mentioned Bogss forced
one Cotter's account at the bank was All
easF way to get money out of the bank.
The checks in evidence did not appear in
CO,ter's account. There we"o not more
than half dozen transactions in two
yeats on cred in the account.
Tho largo part Of trouble at the bank
was caused by carrying checks under he
scheme. They both hoped to 10 nblo to re-
pay the money distracted but all the deals
fell through and tho share OF tho delalca-
ton fell upon the defendant. Co.ter k new
no was thu toller OF tho bank during the
timo these transactions wcro carried on.
IL cross examination Bogys stated that
he would ba "a years II age, on July II
mex. Approximately he knew the extent
OF the defnlcation while he was at tho
bank. The frat check he carried was for
Thomas S. Clark in 1873. He met Cotter
y He knew Cotter built IA mansion and largo
sutbu!lGings on farm short distance
from Dover.
'Do you have to b, Introduced to people
you meet on the street in D0ver:"
1T depends upon the class OF q perlon.
II ho were o person to touch you for the
loan of $40 then AN Introduction would DO
necessary When met Cotte7 hs did not
have a dollars worth of credit in Dover.
Tell the jury how you concealed the dc.
fnlca,innY
Boggs related his clever acts in doing 80
which have been already published
When Boggs went away tho surplus and
individual profits amounted to about s57,.
QUO The liabilities bai been reduced The
bank carried from $40, 600 to SEQ COO which
wins ruled by money being tight or
'ensy." The reason he had rot been dis
covered was on account OF the confidence
In which he las held y The officers OF the
bank.
lie told cottcr that he was n drfHultrr
nbout January |, 1894. tottrr told him
that the matter would work ont all right.
This conversation took I!ar" on the train
between Philadelphia altd Dover tottcr
knew RocgS had been to tlln race track
and had lost heavily Hnd that was Tia"
reason he took 'oti"r INTO his confidence
about the d"falru,ion. lie pvt i!5oO into
The deal for the Fifty six h"Is in l'hiln-
delphiH. They were to make $li,0oV ont
of tn" deal il" never got cent ont Of
the deal. lie was to get fourteen HOUSES
although III" agreement WAS first for 3
houses. Before lie went away he gave
the agrcrmut to Senator kcnnoy. lie
denied that the first lin" he told Cott"r
of III" d"falcation was on May s, 1885,
and did not ask him il h. could raise