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Show Alleged Forger Held. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 28. Al' Lake, alias William Mason, wanted in San Francisco Fran-cisco for alleged forgeries aggregating &J00O, has been arrested in this city on telegraphic description. Lake was conn-dential conn-dential bookkeeper for Robert Trost, a San Francisco contractor and mill owner. Before the forgeries were discovered he had fled and was chased all over the country coun-try before Anally located in Seattle. Chief of Police Wittman of San Francisco has wired to hold the man until the arrival of an officer. The man under arrest aenies that his name Is Lake, and says he ts in the employ of an Insurance firm in Portland. |