The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-06
TRUSTED EMPLOYE is GUILTY
GOT $3.50, 900 FROM NATIONAL
CITY BANK BY FORGERY.
Henry Leonard, EmpIOye in a Broker
Firm in New York City, Says
He Did 1t on a Bet

NEW YORK, Oct 2.-Henry A.
Leonard, who was employed by Halle
& Stieglitz, a prominent firm Of brOk-
ers, as a clerk, made a confession to-
day that it was he who robbed the
National City bank OF securities worth
$4,000.
Leonard had been for several years
a trusted employe OF Halle & Steiglitz
and lived quietly with his mother in
Harlem He is about % years old
Leonard told the police today that
he conceived the idea Of the theft
some three or four months ago and
had been planning during that time
to execute it and show how easy such
scheme cOuII be practiced on tie
Uarks OF New yf-Tk. On the 26ta 4
September he said he found four
blank checks on the Hanover National
bank. That was in the forenoon.
Later in the same day he said he was
in the corridor Of the National City
bank and among the men waiting in
line he saw man holding in his hand
an envelope marked 100000 AZ per
cent on the envelope. He said ne
heard the loan clerk tell the messen-
ger that the interest was AZ, then,
he said, the messeneT departed Leon
ard then had his cue and went to the
BOwery and there ordered a rubber
certifCatiOn stamp, but before doing
so he cut out the certifcatiOn Of an
old check from which the stamp was
to be copied When he secured the
stamp ne filled out the body OF the
check drawn on the Hanover National
bank Then he said he went to Wall
street and hailed a passing boy and
asked him if ne knew where the Ma
tionaI City bank was The boy said
he did not
He Sent a Boy.
Leonard said he told him: Take
this check to No. 50 Wall street and
hand it to the loan clerk Leonard
meanwhile stood opposite the custom
house and saw the boy take the pack
age and come out with the securities
Leonard said he took the securities to
his house at SIS East 136th street, and
took them to a mail box in the wrap
per, affixed the necessary stamp and
took them to a mail box in the neigh
bOrhOOd Of West Ninety-secOnd street
and mailed them to Dyer Pearl Of "a
West Seventy-third street, who is a
member Of the firm that owned the
securities. There were, however, only
100000 worth of securities in the
package, which were received safely
the next day by Mr.. Pearl. There
were $50, 900 worth of securities miss
ing and Leonard explained that by
saying that to have enclosed them all
Fl. a package by mail would have
made the package too bulky, and he
therefore kept them out and only
mailed 100000 worth. In this con-
nection it was noted by the police that
only about $4,000 worth Of the Sc
curities was negotiable.
August Stieglitz, Of the brokerage
firm that employed Leonard, made the
following statement concerning him:
Henry Leonard, or Harry Leonard,
as he was known in our Office, has
been in our employ three or four
years. He is 20 or % years old. He
has always behaved we'll and we al
ways regarded him as thoroughly
honest and trustworthy. lie believe it
will be found that this thing was not
done dishonesty but rather that the
young man wanted to show how easy
it was to perform such a trick"
NJ Stieglitz declined to say more
than this. In another quarter, how
ever, It was learned that the young
man was in the stock and loan de-
partment of Halle & Steiglitz, who are
big operators on the stock exchange.
Leonard is said to have been at the
Office as late asa Saturday last Halle
& Stieglitz are depOsitOrs in the Ma
tiOnal City bank.
Leonard was arraigned in the tOmbs
police court and held in $4,000 for
further examination. He was not
represented by counsel. As he left
the court room he said to a question
er:
Il did it on a bet"