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Show ALLEGED FORGER'S ROSE FARM) WORK I Alex Wanless's Pretended In- H juries Do Not Save- Him If From Arrest. IE Alexander Wattless, aged 3 year. HI known to tho police as one of th clever- Uj est penmen In the west and one who Is fll regarded as original in his method nr fii he Is clever, was taken to Brlgham Cltv flK last night by an officer from that place. Bl where he must answer to a charge of "m forgery In three counts. Wanlea wn R nrrcstod by Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp 8 Saturday afternoon under singular clr- jB cumatanires. 9 The authorities at HrJgham City .-ienl iff I Sheriff Sharp the description of a, man j suspected of forging checks at that place j I i for $120. Tho most conspicuous mark of I Identification. It was reported, was that I tho suspect had his right arm bound up f in a sling. i The sheriff had arrested Van!s b- ILf fore, and so when he met lilin pn the itl street here Inst Saturday and saw that ; i? Wanless's right arm was bound up tho ft sheriff was not surprised. 11 "What's happened to your nrm. AI.v?" ff ! Hsked the sheriff. If "I've had a terrible accident." jepHcd ' If t Wanlpas. "About two months ago I gut ,h In a scrape and broke my arm In three iljjl placos." "Well. then. AW." snld the aherlff. 15 "I guess you can't do much more writ- mif i Inc." illrt''- "No," replied Wanless. "I guess you're mii right, although 1 was pretty clever that- Willi all over now." iJlii-I Wanlcss was taken to the county Jn'JI Jft'J and Dr. A. N. Hanson was called. From Hm J Wanless's arm the physician unwound Ui' 100 yards of medicated bandages. Then ilftf' lhe doctor said there had been nothing Buz the mutter with the nrm. and that Is 1 1 HI ; why they are taking Vanlss back to i tjlfl Brlgham Cltv ;tJjf It Is alleged that Wanlesi- wrote thrc nOI worthless chocks for 340 ich. then ' 8f bound up his arm to give the Impression 'ly? that such a thing as writing would b iiltf Impossible for him. It in alleged th.ii iUljt; the checks wore cashed and that Wan- ft' a, les? hastily loft Brlgham City. Kf,? |