El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-26
Los ANGELES BOY
ADMITS ROBBERY
Arrested Here While Enter
ing Bank; Says Took $4,000
in Gold From Bank.

Howard Main. an IS years old boy.
was arrested by Capt ". D. Greet
Tuesday morning as he entered tire
First National bank After his arrest
the boy signed a release for S2c55.75
which he told Capt. Greet he had depcs-
tied in the bank and which viii De re-
turned TO the Commercial National Iauls
OF Los Angeles. where Main was en-
plOyed as a messenger. according To the
Los Angeles Examiner of Octo5e- %
He admitted taking the money from the
Los Angeles hank.
While at the circus Monday night
Capt Greet learned that Main was IN
Juarez and was coming to II Paso
Tuesday morning The police and de-
tectlves department, in addition To
private detective. watched for the boy
and. when he appeared at the bank !
Capt. Greet placed him under arrest anu !
is holding him for Los Angeles Officers
To vice president j. NJ Wyatt. Main is [
said to have given an order for the re- :
turn OF the money, mostly in gold. Z
which, according to the Los Angeles {
paper was taken from the bank there
together with Sg63.25 more. The gold /!
was packed and shipped to Los Angeles !
by express Tuesday TO the Commercial /
National bank.
Is in Jail.
Main is being held at the city Jail !
but viii be transferred to the county .
jail pending the arrival Of officers from I
Los Angeles. 4 reward Of $3.50 was !
offered for the arrest of the person !
taking the money from the Los Angeles i
bank end, if Main is Identified by the /
officers, the reward viii 90 to Capt
Greet.
At the city jail Main admitted taking 4
the money. Il certainly took it he !
told a Herald man Il had "a mighty .
good time although ! was worried all ,
the time I had IT, But that did not F.
Keep me from having good time. /
There was no girl in the case M /
rived here Saturday morning from Nj
land and spent $500 for wine and enter 3
taiument. $3.50 for gambling autos and
iuctdentals In Juarez Saturday nishr.
$50 for clothes and paid 5000 FOR (
motorcycle The remainder was spent
for incidentals~
story Of Robbery.
The Los Angeles Examiner OF pC- I
tOber % printed the following story o. /
the bank robbery
y girl and motorcycle figure in /
the adventure Of Howard Main. IS {
year old bank messenger. who dis D
appeared with $4,000 in gold belong
ing to the Commercial National I
bank by which he had been EN-
ployed but eight days
As yet the girl is but a theory.
The motorcycle. however. Is n tan !
gible clew. as city detectives yes
terdsy definitely established the
fact that young Main bought a mo-
torcycle the day Of the robbery. I
Police detectives McMahan and !
Cherry ascertained yesterday that
Main left the city on a motorcycle
within an hour after he left the
United states National bank AT I
Second and Spring streets with the 1
$1,000 in gold five and ten dollar I
pieces
Bought Motorcycle.
& young man whose description
Tailed with that OF Main. it was
learned. had made q hurried bar
gain for Il secondhand motorcycle
at an agency at az South NIail
street Before leaving he had tnc
gas and oil tanks filled TO capacity
Young Main was given position
at the Commercial National bank
on his fathers recommendation
His father had been bookkeeper
there for eight years, before enter
ing the employ Of another local
bank
Given to Messenger.
= r Williams. assistant cashier
at the Commercial National or
dered Main to go to the United States
National bank two blocks away,
at 1910 o'clock Thursday afternoon
At 1870 Williams became alarmed :
and notified the PinkertOu detec-
tive agency. vt o'clock he re-
ported the case to the police. They !
concealed the report until after de-
tectives McMahan and Cherry ac-
companied Williams TO the office Of
the district attorney yesterday
morning TO swear 10 a complaint
against the boy.
Williams declares that he told
the boy TO take "a bank officer with
him to guard the money This was
not done
Detectives Statement.
Detective Cherry said
The boy stole the money. 7 am I
sure because of a desire for indie
pendence and travel His tastes
are uOmadic. His parents sepa-
rated eight years ago and Mrs
Main married W - Lyman. How
ard lived with them recently at
1926 IL Myrtle avenue.
AS nearly as I can judge the I .
boy was unhappy et home More
lh1u year ago he went away D
and landed in Alberta. There he
got job as cook in a camp. got
sick and appealed To the American
consular agent who sent him to
san Francisco. There he worked
Tor time around the Hammam ,
Baths. and he knows a lot of peo-
pie there
Then he came back here. but !
mad hard work TO get a job. His I
associates say that ne told them I
ms step-father pestered him to get D
nusy and that he said in return G
Jhat he hated to he a sponge and @
wished he could blow" 7
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