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Forged Check Incident Foiled at Whitney Bank
A 14 year old boy Wells from Lewis presented a check for 7.25 bearing a forged Al Petit signature at Whitney Bank. Clerk Harry Cavenaugh consulted Jas. G. Whitney and Al Petit, who declared it a forgery. Sheriff Duval, Marshal Cain, and the Occidental hotel witness, await the man who handed the youth the check while the boy, frightened, identifies the suspect. The case targets a well known local man. authorities continue their search.
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Whitney Bank
Harry Cavenaugh
al Petit
Wells
Lewis
Occidental
Marshal Cain
Harry Wells
Frank Wells
Occidental Hotel
Donse
T. E. Miller