Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-26
William N. Boggs Makes an
Interesting Statement.
THE CASH DOVER
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within few weeks Of a year now since
William N. Boggs, the embezzling teller
of the First National Bank of Dover,
was locked up in the New Castle Jail.
Interest in him as q young man who
was able to steal s107, 600, everything
there was in sight, in fact, right under
the noses of his official superiors, has
somewhat wancd because the story has |
been told over and Over again until
everybody is familiar with it.
But interest in Boggs OF another kind |
| is still as keen as ever. He knows a |
good deal that he has not told knows
| things involving Senator Kenney's rela-
| tionH with the bank, knows the nature
/ of the scales which covered peoples
| eyes and enabled him to carry on his
looting without interruption, and he
knows, too, in general way a good
| deal about the channels through which
Gasman Addicks' fertilizing streams
of money flowed through the arid
regions Of Kent and Sussex counties,
making Republican votes sprout up
like mushrooms in a night M
On this last point Boggs has never
been quoted, but to q reporter Of The
World whossaw him in the New Castle,
Jail day or two ago he talked readily
on the subject, though evidently keep
ing in reserve many details, the memory
of which lighted his handsome but
rather sad face, with a ray of sardonic
'humor every now and then as they
came to his mind. 4r
"In 1894" +" he said, ''the money for
both Kent and Sussex used to all come
direct to Dover. 1 did not have the.
direct handling of it. 1t was brought
down by a man connected with our
bank who went to Philadelphia after
it. / don't care to say just what the
amount was, but at least $100.00 were
} spent in the two counties in 1894, and
!. it all came to the back room Of the
First National Bank in Dover. 1t was
brought down in ordihary gripsacks
and was in bills ranging in denomina-
tion from five and ten dollars upward.
: ''In the back room of the bank it
was made up into bundles and marked
for the several districts IN which it was
used. When the Addicks leaders for
: to them. ,5
; EVIL EFFEoT ON THE Bank.
: "Now, / had nothing to do with the
! handling of this political money. 1
was the secretary of -thecAddiclss COM
imittee in Kent and knew in general
, way what was going on, but with the
!, actual handling of the cash, L had
!, nothing to do. might say, however,
q in passing that had there not been SO
: much politics in the back room of the
s. bank there perhaps would not have
been SO much looting in the front
!, room.' Sc
: In other words, while political
= financiering was going on in the bank's
, sanctum sanctorium Napoleonic finan-
a ciering was going on on large scale
: in the bank itself, with Mr.. Bioggs as
. the Napoleon. But with all this he
/. did do little Addicks work on the
y outside, and did it with the banks
e money.
g Eyes, it is true did use the banks
@ q asked the question. "But Addicks
= = did not know it at the time. That was
~ in the campaign of 1896. was in
pretty deep then, and getting deeper
every day, thought ! saw o way out
through Addicks. l determined tt
d Jump into tho campaign, and if Ad
ID dicks came out all right to go to hin
and tell him / was short in my ac
Y counts and tell him that part Of tht
10 shortage was bank money spent fol
10 him. But Addicks did not come ou
IS all right, and was then afraid toEtel
Y him Of my situation lest he tell th'
u bank official, my superior, who hat
8 been handling Addicks' election mon 9,
lg and who was very close to Addicks
is So that money Addicks never mad
good to me. will not say just hoy
20 much it was, but it was into tn
10 thousands.
le SIN the '96 campaign continue,
u Boggs, "there was somewhat differen
~ system. Instead of sending all tn
~ money for Kent and Sussex to tn
!" directors room of our bank for dis
g. tribution to tho leaders, the leaders
ne that is the principal ones of each 9
nt the two counties, went directly to Ad
g. dicks house at Claymont. They wen
es there for Sunday conferences an
brought back the money with them.
PLAN TO KIDNAP MONEY HANDLERS.
- son the Sunday night before electio
no there was job put up to kidnap for
y, ~ of them on their way down on the mic
oI;s night train. They had from s75, 900, |
'to ~ 100000 with them, and the plan wa
y. to take them from the train and hol
OF them tied up in the legal entangl,
70 ments until it was too late for them
ple p use tho money the following Tuesda,
- ~ election day.
p "I got telegram Sunday evening
LOS look ous for the, midnight train,
followed two men, who knew were ]
the scheme, to the station, and whe
they got on the train and went off 9
ed it | waited until they returned on II
ng O'Clock train in the morning. The
er- / knew the game had fallen through.
lg, This dashing plan to. head off Az
w dicks vote-buying fund was hatcht
mn in Wilmington and failed Of succe.
or, from the stupidity or something else
to the detective employed. The men bea
'ad ing the money from Addicks'' hou
Ich were followed. Instead of getting on
ac- train at Claymont they went up u
railroad toward Philadelphia as far
Chester. Here they got ON the Norfo
night express, which stops ut Wilmin
vas ton. They arranged things with Il
ton conductor so that they got the use
on the sleeping car smoking room. .
off. this, with their bales of greenbacl
,et, they locked themselves. The detecti
ay. got on the train at Wilmington. T
md plan was to arrest the boodle-bearei
ich take them off at Middletown, whe
The carriages we're in waiting, and dri
the them to town several miles from t
ped railroad, where the processes Of the Il
would be delayed until it was too "a