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Show NG CHECKS W THE WHOLESALE Ed Wells, Nineteen Years Old, Is Under Arrest at Ogden. 5 Special to The Tribune. OGD7CN. July (!. Ed tt'clls, a 19-year-old boy and a former Inmate of the State Industrial school, wns arrested at 'J;30 tonight by Sergeant IMncock and Officer Wnrdlaw, charged with passing forced checks: a number of which. In sums running run-ning up to 512. he hnd negotiated with several of tho business man of Ogden. When searched at the station some six or eight checks filled out for varying amounts and bearing, tho forged signatures signa-tures of V. E. Kneass and W. H. Harris wore found on his person. In addition a nuinher of hlank checks, all of thorn like those that had been passed and those that wore Ulled out being on tho First National bank, wore found. The police believe that ho has a confederate in the business here and are trying to wring a confession from him. |