The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-16
WALL St. BOY OFF WITH $4,000
GOT THE MONEY on FORGED
CHECKS AT TWO BANKS.

Ne Traee Yet Of Clarence n. Lesnard
And where 10 Katharine Miller. .
Young Neighbor Of His In East Orange?
His Plumber Mostly in $1,000 Bills.
The axiom that it's nice to hive plenty
OF money when you're starting out on q
trip with a young woman seems to havc
been accepted by Clarence H. Leonard. q
young messenger OF the Wall Street dis
trict, whom the police and detectives want
for the forging Of two checks aggregating
| $4,000
With young Mr.. Leonard is supposed to
be young woman who was Miss Katharine
Miller Of Hollyw God avenue, East Orange.
NJ. At any rate, she left home on Tuesday
at about the same time that Leonard quit
work.
Leonard. who is about 10 or 20 yean old,
is the son of William L. Leonard Of II Holly
wood avenue, East Orange, About year
and half ago he entered tho employ Of
Haskins h Sells, certified public account
ants, at 80 Broad street, ss a messenger
for their financial department. He came
from good family, was well recommended
and, up to Tuesday, never did anything
that was regarded as in the least suspicious
1t was part OF his work to make deposits
and draw money for the current use OF his
employers. On Tuesday forenoon he went
to the Trust Company OF America With Q
forged check for $2,576 drawn In the name
Of Haskins 4 Sells. The check was oashed,
young Leonard receiving most Of the money
in big bills.
Then he went >to the North American
Trust Company with similarly forged
check for $500. The trust company paid
him tho money, but soon after, realizing
that the amount was larger than that Of
any check heretofore drawn by Haslins 4
Sells. telephoned to that firm to SEE II every
thing was all right. Then the discovery was
made that everything was all wrong.
The checks had been drawn on tho blanks
used by the firm, and, according to Has-
kins Sells, the forged signatures had
evidently been traced.
The bundle of money which young Leon
ard got was made up Of nine 81 900 bills, two
$500 bills and $78 in small bills. The detcc-
tives who were assigned to the task OF 6nd-
ing Leonard at once predicted that he would
soon be arrested, az any attempt on the
part OF 60 young man to nse such big bills
would he regarded as suspicious.
Elijah W. Sells. one of the young mee-
sengers employers said last evening that
as far as he knew no trace had been found
of Leonard's whereabouts or the direction
in which he had started He apparently
skipped away somewhere as soon as he
had got the $lO,O78.
Mrs. Miier, tho mother Of the missing
young woman, said last evening that she
didn't know where her daughter was. Tho
girl on going away. however, said that
port, N, Y.
According to a description which the
Pinkerton Detective Agency secured, Miss
Miller is % years old, but doesn't look 40
old. is OF slight build ana medium height.
and has dark brown hair. light blue eyes
and sms)l nose. When she left home she
wore a gray walking skirt, white waist
and a large black hat, and carried a suit case
marked N. NJ
Leonard is described as being 10 or 20
years old, somewhat under feet in height,
medium build and dark complexion. He
has small mouth and walks on his toes.
When young Leonard went to the banks
he carried suit case The detectives think
he had planned to leave the city without
delay. 1t is said that he had the suit case
in Haskins 4 Sells's Office several days
before he disappeared.