The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-03

trusted empleye of Halle & SteIglitz
and lived quietly With his mother "a
Harlem He is about 20 years old.
Leonard told the police today that he
conceived the idea of the theft some
three or four months ago andshad been
planning during that time TO execute IL
and show how easily such a scheme
could be practlced on the banks of New
York. On the 26th of September. he
said, he found sour blank checks on
the Hanover National bank. That was
in the forenoon.
Saw the Securities.
Later ia sthe same day, he said, he
was in the corridor of the National city
bank, and among the men waiting III
line he saw man holding in hand an
envelope marked $500 coo AZ per cent
on the envelope. He said he heard the
loan clerk tell the messenger that the
interest was AZ, not AZ. Then. he
SAID. the messenger departed Leon
ard then has his cue and went to the
BOwery and there ordered rubber
certification stamp. but before dong 50
he cut out the certification Of an OF
check from which the stamp was 10 be
copied. When he secured the stamp he
filed 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
he knew where the National City bank
was. The boy said he did not.
Boy Got the Package.
Leonard said he told him: Take
this check to No. 80 Wall street end
hand il to the loan clerk"
Leonard then stood opposite the Gus
tom house and saw the boy take the
package and como out with The securi-
ties. Leonard said he took the secdr.-
ties TO his house ~ 5S5 East one Hun
dred and Thirty-sixth street, and with
no delay put them in a wrapper, af-
fixed the necessary stamp and took II
to mail box in the neIghborhood of
West Ninety-second stree, ana mailed
them TO Dyer Pearl. of 81 West Sew
enty-third street, who is d member of
the firm that owned the securities.
There were however, only $500 900
worth of securities in the package
which were received safely the next
day bv MI. Pearl. There were So. 900
worth of securities missing. and Leon
ard explained that by saying that to
have enclosed them al in a package
by mail would have made the package
too bulky. and he therefore kept them
our ard only mailed $500. 900 worth. IN
this connection il was noted by tue 90
lice that only about $4,000 worth of hle
securities were negotiable.
Employer Believes Him Honest.
August Steiglitz. 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 fO'lr years. He
is % or IS wears old. H mas always
behaved well and we always regarded
him as thoroughly honest and trust
worthy. ! believe il viii Ia found that
this thing Vas not done dishorestly,
but rather chat the young man wanted
TO show how easy il was 20 perform
such trick"
Mr.. Steiglitz declined 10 say more
than This In another quarter, now
ever. il was learned that the young
man was in the stOc.l exchange loan
department of Halle < SteigliLz. who
are big operators on the stock OK
change Leonard is said 10 have been
at the office as late as Saturday, last.
Halle & SteiglitZ ne depCsitoIs in the
National City bank.