Page #2 - Dr. Forrest C. Allen - 3/5/43.

Capt. Carel and I took this boy from the address on West 2nd
Street and went to the address of the Paine boy and went in. We
found the Paine boy and another boy in bed. As I recall these
boys admitted riding around in the car, but denied any attempted
high jacking.

We then took these three boys to the address of another boy who
was in the car and who lived in about the 600 block on North
Robinson. We got all four of the boys together in the car and
talked to them for quite a- while and there was some question in
our minds about the supposed high jacking.Inasmuch as the car
was not harmed and was returned to its owner and there was some
close or family connection between the boy who took the car
without permission and the owner of the same, we did not feel
justified under the circumstances of arresting them for the theft
of the car.

I remember that we then took the boys back to their respective
homes and kept their names and addresses. Later follow up inves-
tigations were made by officers of the Detective Bureau and the
result of these investigations no high jacking charges were filed.

It occurs to me that some where in the picture there was a suggestion
that there was some altercation between the boys in the car and

the drug store delivery boy, but there was no high jacking intended
and it was the outgrowth of some past differences between the boys.

Inasmuch as no charges were filed and no arrests were made, there
would be no record of this in the Police Department.

It is my opinion now and was then that the whole thing was merely
a boyish prank and I believe that no useful purpose could be
served by making this thing public.

Trusting that this information will be held confidential, I remain

Very truly i (2
r ille Scanland,
Ass‘\t Municipal Counselor.

GS: EN