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Show doaniTs mmw. He Cwts Mixed Up Iu a Real Estate Boom and Plunders From His Employers. EMIGRATED TO SALT LAKE CITY. Tho Young Man Returned to the Scenes . of His Operations and He Pleads Guilty. Los AMiM.t.s, June 23. Special. Kdward W. Doaue, formerly bookkeeper book-keeper in tho Iais Angeles National Bauk, was brought before Judge Boss, in tho I'nited Slates district court, to plead under tho iudiotmeut for emlx'z-lenieiil emlx'z-lenieiil brought against him by the federal grand jury, Tho account of Doano's arrest at Salt Lake City a few days ago was published at tho time iu TiiK Timks. Siueo ho was brought back to tho oily ho has been iu the couuty jail. Tho particular offense for which ho has been indicted was the falsification of un entry In tho cash book of tho bank for JUTS, March 21. 1888, and false entries ou May lltth aud September 1st, 1888. The young man, seeing no chaneo to evade punishment for his crimo, decided de-cided to make no tight, but tako his medicine, and when ho was called yesterday yes-terday morning he pleaded guilty, Ho was considerably overcome by his situation, sit-uation, but asked no clemency, neither did ho trv to excuse his nets. Judgolvoss deferred sentence for an hour, In order to investigate the circumstances cir-cumstances under which the defendant was placed. When passing sentence tho Court said that, while the oll'ense was a very serious one, there are circumstances cir-cumstances which justify tho imposition imposi-tion of tho minimum tientonee, which is live years' imprisonment. Ho therefore there-fore Bouteucod Doane to that length of I |