Show A CLES FOR GER last ladt wednesday about noon a young man giving ills his name as harold smith age 4 17 I 1 and residence as ogden claiming to be a son of proprietor J F smith of the white while elephant saloon stepped into the cioll jewelry store and asked to be shown a watch mr air holt lifted out a tray of watches and a selection was made the young man taking a fancy to a handsome 23 25 gold time piece which he asked mr holt to lay aside for him as he expected either cither a money order check or his father in person when he woul boull I 1 pay for the watch and take it away away about 2 3 he was waif back sitf a smile on his face remarking that the check must have been lying in the post office where here he had just received it and was now ready to purchase tho the watch the young man also stated that be would like ime to get I a nice pin for his hia mother so mr holt showed him bint a number the lad fin finally illy selecting a 5 article lie handed mr holt a check tor for 40 0 rece receiving alving the jewelers check for 10 in change e li ange left the place and nothing mor more was thought of bf the transaction saturday morning mr holt received a message from th the chief chief of police a pocatello asking it if lie had lost illy any jewelry watches or other irti bicle nicle ni cle 1 the message also stated that a young youn man had been taken into custody ill up there having on his person a gold watch and breast pin bearing the stamp ot of the peters jewelry co at biggham city mr holt could think oi 01 nothing missing so communicated with john W peters who in turn had not lost any anything then it was that air holt thought of the incident Inci incident deni the wednesday previous and the check which he had bad cashed lie he called up tip the bank and got a line on the check which was found to be a forgery th hiers ot wace ar pocatello w wag gi notified and the young man detained on a charge of forgery iii in pocatello he gave ills his name as calvin but on being sweated a little admitted that ills his name was tout a son of mr fred tout ot of ogden sunday morning last mr air holt received the watch pin and check for 10 so he la is out nothing excepting the experience |