Emery County Progress | 1905-10-07 | Page 2 | Wanted to Show Them

WANTED TO SHOW THEM young man took securities to dem on strate to bank how easy it was new york by the confession ol 01 henry A leonard a young clerk in ithe the employ of halle brok era ers at 30 broad street the mystery 51 I 1 the robbery on wednesday of last week of worth of securities from the national city bank was fully cleared up monday the prisoner who is 13 only 24 years old and who has previously borne the reputation of an industrious and thor hughly reliable clerk made the as toun founding ding statement in his confession that he had planned and carried out his scheme of forgery and robbery not from any criminal motive but solely to show by what a simple device the elaborate safeguards of new york banks could be set at naught that this statement is true is in a measure corroborated by the facts in the case and Is the belief of the young oung 3 mans employers by whom he was highly esteemed