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Show FORCER IS CAUGHT BY OFFICERS Sheriff J. T. Morrarlty of Green River, Vyi., arrived in Ogden this morning to take into custody J A. Hansen, who was arrested yesterday by Jailer M. Anderson at the Fair grounds. Hansen Is charged with being be-ing a forger and was arrested on information in-formation from the Green River authorities. au-thorities. A description of the man was sent to the local police yesterday morning, as it was thought that the man might be here attending the Four-State fair. Tho fact that the man is a cripple made bis identification easy, and when seen in the afternoon by Otn-cer Otn-cer Anderson lie was recognized as the wanted man Hansen is an old crimiual who has sered time In a number of prisons. On August 20 he passed a logus check for .25 with a Green River merchant. This act, according to Sheriff Morrarlty, was committed just ten days after the man's release frem the Wyoming penitentiary, where he bad Just completed a term for a similar sim-ilar forger) . |