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Show THE BOCUS CHECK. Man Foiled In III. Attempt Last Nlf lit to Ij Ifuslness. Last evening about 6:30 o'clock a man with the accent of a Dane entered the O. K. Shoe and Clothing store on Main street and selected a suit of clothes and an overcoat. The purchase amounted to and in payment the stranger handed the manager a check for 1140 on Wells, Fargo & Company. The paper was payable to Adolph Frederick Miller, and signed by George Lyons. The manager of the store dispatched a cierk to the residence of II. T. Duke, assistant cashier of the bank. Mr. Duke shortly appeared at the institution institu-tion and soon discovered that the cheek was worthless and that no depositor of tho name of George Lyons was doing business with them. On the stranger hearing the name of the cashier mentioned men-tioned he became uneasy and suddenly lost interest in his cigar and left the store without satisfactory explanation. The manager of the store did not lose anything by the investigation. A reporter re-porter called at the store and learned the facts, which are as above given, exclusively in "The Times-" |