Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Thought Him A Murderer November 23, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 23, 1904
John Lakson Questioned Closely By Detectives
John Lakson was picked up on the street yesterday by Detective Hillyer and 
Vaughn,on request of J.N.Olds,and was put through a sensational course of 
questions that made his hair assume the perpendicular for a few minutes.He was 
told that he bore a most striking resemblance to a man who was wanted in an 
Eastern city for a triple murder,and he had to clear himself before he was 
permitted to leave the Police Station.
Lakson was able to show that he was not the man wanted for the crimes,which 
occurred seven years ago and was released.His ame was not placed on th 
eblotter.It was with a great sigh of relief that he left the station

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