Show CLERK ADMITS FOUND bookkeeper FOR WESTERN LOAN BUILDING CONFESSES TO falsifying BOOKS detectives Detec suspicion youth and place him under arrest plunder practically all recovered no charge preferred salt Lake lahe Walter IV sharp IS 18 years ears of age bookkeeper confessed to the theft of from the western loan and building company of salt lake while in its employ and was placed under arrest friday lie ho Is also said to have confessed to falsifying tho the coti corpany pany books to the extent of tit at a later date all of the plunder with the exception of about 2000 lias has been recovered detectives roy larson and john burbidge found 2000 of the tha stolen gold beneath the porch of sharps home hollie lit in bountiful thursday 1 I do not want to discuss discus the matter said sharp friday 1 I wilt will make A complete statement of bow I 1 lian han died the affair when company officials and the chief of police are present just now all I 1 will say Is that abati I 1 took I 1 I 1 the money Y the robbery of the companas comp anys vault and safe which took place january 21 attracted attrache d much attention tile the vault ault was protected by a strong combination unit and the its interior was protected by a time lock on january 21 sharp reported to tho the police and to lits bis employers that on coming to work lie he discovered tile vault and safe open ind and the gold in missing issing the proprietor of a rooming house above aboe the batik bank said mid he had seen seen a man working about tho the vault tile the previous night but believed him to be one of tile the employees and had not reported the matter to the police sharp was placed under arrest a short time after the robbery upon suspicion ot of having commit committees teed the crime but stoutly declared his innocence lie ile Is a elean clean cut intelligent look looking ang youth and made a very favorable pliable impression on all with whom he came in contact no evidence having been discovered to connect hun him with alth the crime lie he was released inget thoi wind dollars of the missing money was n us in gold several weeks after sharps release chief of 11 police ol 01 I 1 ce burbidge received nn ati anonymous letter from ogden saying that it if lie ho would search in a certain place in the wes tern loan companas comp anys office lie he would find something of interest the chief followed Instruct instructions lons and turned up 41 00 of tho missing gold PI 11 aw W madsen president of the company had lit in the meantime reinstated sharp and placed ull full trust and con in him as bookkeeper on june 4 several false entries vero discovered in the ilia company books it appeared Is as if someone had made tho the entries with the pur purpose liose of taking and covering the loss lom with fake entries tile the police were informed and chit of Dete cUvea attley st 31 beckstead Deck Becka stead tead assigned detectives larson and dur bur didge to 0 o again engage in an tion of the case suspicion pointed to sharp tho the bookkeeper left the western lonn loan company last monday and secured a position with d k local bank lie he was confronted with the new nevy evidence in the he ruse and made a con fit at once lie ile told the police where they ther might recover tho gold at hla his home although lie he has been |