Show but back of forgery there is a woman rew york oct 3 miss katherina leonard sister of harry A leonard the young man who confessed to the theft of more than ay borth of securities from the national city bank declared today anat young leonard was the victim of another man and that he was trying to protect the man and a woman bliss leonard declared that she bad given the comans womans name to the police and that she believed th portion of the securities was placed in a safe deposit vault by the itoman miss leonard said there was a woman interested in toy brother and he was interested ial her I 1 want to say my brother was simply the victim or a wall street man allo knowing his innocence am upon him my brother Is now trying to protect anis man but I 1 my father and mother and other friends will not have it so protecting he man he is also protecting a woman when the police came here they found the facts as I 1 nave given them to you and they also found worth of the stocks in a safe deposit vault where they had been placed by this woman I 1 believe 1 I dont linov the name of the man who has used harry as his tool but I 1 do know the of the woman mies leonard denied tha police story that part of the securities were bound in the leonard home lawyer abraham levy has been retained to defend leonard after a fon g talk with the prisoner mr levy said he was satisfied that there was no criminal intent on young leonards part and that the whole affair was a foolish boyish escapade when the young man Is arraigned fiala mr levy 1 I will make the contention that there was no criminal intent and think I 1 will be able to convince the court of that fact |