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Show "Hy" Young, Discovered at Early Hour Leaving Office Buildmg, Breaks Dovn and Tells of Stealing Diamonds and Money; Wants to Right flatters. The mystery of the theft of a valuable diamond and some money from an office in the Walker bank, building on September 13, was cleared up by the confession ol "Hy" Young, a boy. 19 years old, who was captured ky ! the police as he was leaving the same building at 4 o'clock this morning. Young' declares he is sorry for his crime i and wants to make restitution. . . One of the cleverest. captures made by the local police for some tizqe was effected shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, when Sergeant Hempel and Patrolman Curren arrested " Hy " -Young, -19 ; years of age. The arrest and subsequent confession of Young, clears up a mystery that the police have been working on for the past ten days. ' The arrest of Young was made at the hour named, near the corner of Main and Second South street. Sergeant Ser-geant Hempel . and Patrolman Curren were standing on the eerner when tbey noticed a yonng man eome oat-of the ... .. . honest boy," said Mr. Bowers. For the first-time .since his arrest tbe face of Young showed shame" and it was with, difficulty that he. kept back the tears from his eyes.. -' When asked-what he had done with the. ring that he. had. received--from Mr. Bowers, Young, asserted that he ' had given it to a "Young lady who was now in American -Fork. . Mystery About .Money, ... i When asked what be had done wit) the money which he had daring tbs, -last ten days he. said that he did, not know. He denied that he had . evei gambled, and says he does ' not drink or smoke. Tbe. only account which he gave of .tbe money - was a new suit door leading to the upper part of the Walker Brothers' bank building. Halted, by Police. V ' " They at ae stopped kirn and asked him what, he was doing -out- e that time" of night. ' At first he was confused, con-fused, bnt later 'said that -he had just been upstairs. The answer did not ' satisfy the policemen po-licemen and tbe young - .man was searched, with tbe result that a fine meerschaum pipe, a number of postage stamps and other articles were found on him-. He was at once taken to the station and 'further questioned. He admitted to the officers that he, bad entered the office of tbe Lynn k Smith company in the building and stolen several articles. Former Burglary Traced. ' ' The mysterV that the police had been working on for the last ten days was the entrance of the same office by a burglar who carried off a diamond ring worth about $200 and $126.15 in cash. The young man was confronted with the charge that it was he who had turned -the trick. He readilv admitted it. He was locked up pending a further fur-ther investigation of the case. Makes Fall Confession. When questioned this morning by Sergeant Hempel and Patrolman Curren. Cur-ren. in the presence of a representative of THE TELEGRAM, Young made a full and free confession. lie stated he bad.- bought-, within the last 'ten days. - . 1 To the officers: and the repertss 1 eung admitted that be had a nuibev of keye with which h had 4.able to enter the office mentioned, together with one -or two othef offices -ui tt bauding. . .,.. Kifled the Desks.'.- ' . ' ' Had it not been for his confessiuq and subsequent proof, it would bava been hard to have believed that boy 19 years of age could have, turned the -trick at the office of the Lynn Smith ' cmPny on the night, of September 13. One . of tbe doors was' opened bv a key. every . desk in the office ws forced open and the contents gone through. The locks were then replaced and the desks locked. Breaking of tie Safe. ' Mr. Lynn thinks he left the outside combination of the safe open on the night in question, as there is no evidence evi-dence that the outside door had beeq tampered with. The outside - door, however, showed every evidence of having been attacked. With the aid of some instrument, believed to hare been a hammer and coldehisel which were found lying on one of the desks, the lock of the inside door was forced off from the outside and the doos opened. This lock wis replaced before, be-fore, the burglars Jeft tbe office, and while it was unlocked and two of the screws partly put Dae into place, it was in the" right position. After reaching the inside of the safe, it was an. easy matter for the robber tq remove the money, which was in an unlocked drawer. Compartment Locked. The ring, however, was in a locked compartment of the safe. This compartment com-partment waa found locked the next morning, but tbe key to open it is not a complicated one, and it is believed that it was opened by a key in the possession of Young. While there was- a number of check's in the safe, none -of them -was touched. The same is true of the robbery of this morning. A check which wss lying ly-ing on one of the desks was not taken. Grand. on ef Brigham Young. "Hy" Youngf is 19 yeara of age. He waa born in this city, and has heretofore hereto-fore borne an excellent reputation. He is a grandson of President Brigham Young. The young man has lived with his mother and sisters on East South Temple street for a number of years. About four years ago the young man entered en-tered into the clar business, aud entered into the cigar business, and for some time ran a little stand on East Second South street. During the early part of last July he laid in a ' stock of fireworks. On the Fourth of July his place caught fire and all bis stock was destroyed. To Mr. Bowers and Mr.. Lynn this morning the young man said" that he had done wrong, but that he would like . to make his wrong right. He told Mr. ' Bowers that be would try and get his friends to reimburse him for his loss, "and then I will go to work and make it right with them," he added. mat uv uml vuum tuu wwvd v 1 tiu nigbt of September 13 and that at that time he bad secured a diamond ring and, according to his statement, $S5 in cash. He told the officers that he sold the ring and that he had received $50 and another ring for it. He said that he had pawned the ring which he had received at a local pawnshop for $20. The-xfficers went at once to the pawnshop pawn-shop and secured the ring. When confronted con-fronted with the ring at the station the bov said that it was the one that he hai pawned. The pawnbroker accompanied accom-panied the officers to the station and identified Young as the one who had pawned .the ring. Valuable Diamond Found. Sergeant Hempel took possession of the ring, and in companv with the prisoner, pris-oner, Patrolman Curren. W.R Lvnn and a representative of THE TELEGRAM went to the jewelrv store of C. E. W. Bowers in South Main street, where Young said he had sold the ring be-longingto be-longingto Mr. Lynn. Mr. Bowers recognized the boy ana said that be had known him for the last three or four years. Mr. Bowers' Statement. "He has been in the store a number of times" said Mr. Bowers, "and I have always believed him to be honest. He came into my store some time ago and exchanged some cuff buttons for something else. He said at that time that he was acting for a friend. Later the boy returned with the goods, because be-cause they did not suit him, and another exchange was made. "When Young came in with the ring a little over a week ago he said that he wished to get some money and another an-other ring in exchange. I had no idea that he had not the right to sell or exchange ex-change the ring. I gave him $50 in cash and a ring, set with a diamond and mbies in exchange for the one that he offered me." . "Is this the ring-that you gave him in exchange!" asked Sergeant Hempel, as he showed the ring that had been recovered from the pawnbroker. Stole Another Ring. "No, that is not the ring thst I gave him, though that ring belongs to me. I have been searching for it for nearly a week, because I missed it from the tray " ''Where did vou get this ring!" asked 8ergeant Hempel of the youthful youth-ful prisoner. - ... r "I took it from tbe tray while I waa looking at the other rings," said Yonng.. -- "And I thought that you were an |