Show POliCE SEARCHING fO FOR MEANEST MAN Exchanges Worthless Check for Money of Boy Merchants The police department has at last discovered dis die covered the meanest man At least tho the department maintains that ho he is the tho meanest an and today Detectives Careton- Careton son and aDd Cleveland of the local o al detective tive force are hot on his trail tran Thus far thoy they havo not found him but all aU the officers are confident that ho will have havo been boen cap tuned before night The name under which this person wont yesterday was Q G. A. A Stokes according to 8 signature on ona ona a a. worthless check which he ho gave to two small boys boB Tho The two boys who told their story etory to the police department yesterday are Albert Hamal ago 12 12 and Charles Hamal Hamal Ha Ha- mal age 13 of South Second W West OSt Tho The boys were peddling vegetables v yesterday yes vea- and ba had hadT received before boore they met the alleged Mr r. r Stokes He looked at the display of line fine vegetables on the boys boys' down wagon and said ho he would liko like some He gave thorn an order for 10 worth but unfortunately unfortunate unfortunate- ly lr did not havo have the change However ho no ha had a check for 1350 fl signed by Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur A A. A Peters which he would give e to tho the boys boya as initial payment The boys eagerly grasped the chance took the ch check k and save pye all all the tho money they had had In in exchange Then they procured pro procured procured cured the address of Stokes Stokes' homo home said to have o been 1650 1050 South Second West Vest and proceeded to deliver the goods presumably presumably pre pre- to Stokes Stokes' wife At 1650 however the boys found no DO home only a barrenness They studied the tho address carefully but could get no other number out o o. o of it Then they took tho the check to tho the bank to cash it but were ere refused payment In hysterical hysterical hys hys- alarm the youn youngsters then went to police headquarters whore where they ther tearfully tearfully tear tear- fully told their talc tale The police a depart department part me meat ment t was more moro incensed over the story than over nn any sinco since the murd murder r of Patrolman Griffiths and straightway Defectives Do De t Cleveland and Carstensen were put on the case caso and tho the entire department dopart- dopart ment mont was ordered to be bc on the lookout It is thought that tho the alleged Stokes wanted the tho for a Pioneer day colo cole bration A thorough description of him was given ivon |