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Show HE'S A SMOOTH LOOKER The Police Rave in Custody to Await Fur. ther Developments. A smooth looking young man named William Thompsou was arrested last night at the instance of Sam Haller, formerly a police sergeant but at present pre-sent an employe of the Walker hotel. Thompson was recognized by Haller as answering tho description given by one of the girls iii the hotel of a man whom she saw coming down stairs with a bundle on the night Mrs. Major Erb was robbed of her jewelry. Haller pointed Thompson out to two police officers and he was taken to the city jail. The girl, meanwhile, had identified him. The police were feeling pretty good over the capture and when they began searching him they found a bad check which will give him a berth at the penitentiary even if the chargeof burglary is not substantiated. The check in question is one purported to bo drawn by A. L. Williams, the coal dealer, ou McCornick's bank in favor of W. II. Graham and for the sum of llo. When Chief Young saw this check ho at once pronounced it a forgery, as he is familiar with A. L. Williams' cherog-raphy. cherog-raphy. and on further investigation it proved to be a bogus bit of paper. Efforts will be made to fasten the Walker house burglary on Thompson, but failing in this the forgery charge will hold good. |