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Show FORGER .EXPOSES HIMSELF. fl Opened Account Under Two Names With the Same Banking-House. Lm NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Through a H blunder In opening an account with Lm the Monroe bank under two names, Henry Amsel has fallen Into the hands of the police on charges that he Is one of the cleverest forgers and letter box rlflers In the country. Amcl Is said to have operated in tho. Wmm East for three years, but constant search was fruitless until he was lden-tilled lden-tilled by an employee of the Monroe Lm bank on the east side, where he had opened an account in the name of a 'H business man. He deposited, It is al-leged, al-leged, several checks of tho man's firm WM and later appeared to draw all the WM money except a few dollars. WMw Then the paying teller recognized him as having some time ago been, a cus- tomer under another name and dctec-tlves dctec-tlves were placed on Amsel's trail. His arrest soon followed and the detec-tlves detec-tlves assert that many banks, espc- WMm dally on the east side In this city, are Interested in the capture. Amsel Is said to be the owner of sev- Lm eral horses now running at Ascot park, Los Angeles. WM |