The City of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Okla.
March 5, 1943.

Dre Forrest C. Allen, | |
Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,

_Lewrence, Kansas.
Dear Phogs

This is te answer your letter concerning our conversation on the way back from
Norman in the winter of 1940 with reference to Allie Paine and Ug Roberts. As
* ee the facts in connection with that incident are substantially as

Some time during the early part of the year 1939 or latter part of 1988, while
i was Police Chief here, I was riding one night on a tour inspection with one
Cante Wallace Carel, who was then in command of the scout car division of the
Police Department. As wo were cruising over the City a radio eall came out

reporting an attempted high jacking of a drug store delivery boy and giving the
tag mumber of the oar in which the assailants were ridings |

Capt. Carel and I went to Police Headquarters and cheeked ont his tag number
and found the address where it belonged. We went to this address, which as I
recall was somewhere on West 2d or Srd Street, and learned that the car had
been taken by a boy who was either a member of the family or lived at the same
place as the owner of the car, but that the car been taken without premissione
At his address we found a boy who admitted being in the vicinity of the
supposed attempted high jacking with three er four other boys, but he denied
any attempted high jacking, He gave us the names of the other boys who had
been with him and stated that he bad just left then at their respectivé homes
a short time before. |

us

One of the names which he gave us was that of Allie Paine with an addréss as
I reeall somewhere in the 100 block on Hast Sth Street. i did not know the
Paine boy personally, but beoause of his being an outstanding athlete I did
know who he wase I do not reeall the name of Ug Roberts being in that picture,
but it is possible he may have been one of the other boys involved. However,
I do not recall his name in connection with this incident.