Show FORGERY WAS POOR But the Forger Now Has Money to Burn Merchant along Second South street have been made lie victims of a rather clumsy forger giving the name of W II Hoffman The police have been looking for Hoffman for two days but he Is not yet In the city jail Wednesday evening I t a stranger stepped into Sal Sickles Jewelry store and asked to see home cheap valchcs After some dickering lie selected a watch nnd chain priced at H and len dcrcd In payment a check for 5JO0 on the National Bank of t the Republic drawn by i G S Inline I and p iyahl to TV IK I Hoffman He I I explained tint he was employed In the wine loom sit the Knutsford hotel and gave several pnrllculars of the work which made hisS his-S I plausible Mr i Sickle accepted time check and gave the man IO in change Yesterday morning the eheck was sent to the bunk for collection and was at once returned with i the I statement lhat It was 11 forgery and t poor 1 one at that It was explained also that four or five I similar checks had been 01 tlmllal chert Ilul presented pre-sented all made In the same manner and for amounts of 310 or 10JO Mr Sickle ImmodlalHy placed the matter in I the haiuhi of the police and Detective Anderson was detailed on the case He waa told that the Jan Hoffman wan It person of slight build of medium height smooth shaven rather rath-er light I complexion with a large Roman 1 Ro-man IiOe and spfiklng with a German Ger-man accent lie vat attired fn ci Inw crowncd silk hit lL darjc jiblrt and trousers and wore no cnat or st Officer Anderson went to work ner goilcally n nil y i > lorday afternoon brought In for identification u a round stout little man with I dark curly hnir a round face and a very dark complex Ion Needless to bay the idenlllicatlon was not established I is said Hot man was seen in the city yesterday by I member of the police 1 force who recognized rec-ognized him from the description but forgot to arrest him |