The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-02-01
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NcClintock of that city had been lead
ing e double life--a DR.. Jeykl and Mr..
Hyde-in fact. The physician fell
dead in his Office Dec. 20, and records
which he left behind show him to have
been the leader of powerful Kansas
City motor theft ring. One Of the
disclosures that makes the affair of
some interest tc our local people is
the fact that since the death of Nc
Clintock and the discovery of the de-
tectives they have made an arrest of
a son-in-law of the doctor, a John De-
Forest, who is said to have been one
Of the principal workers with the doc
tor in his crimes. This John DeForest
will be remembered by many Of the
older residents of Milbank as having
conducted laundry here, after the
death of Jens Peterson, the first man
to engage in the laundry business
here. The article in the Post says:
"John DeForest, official of the Ma
tional Oil and Refining company Of
Lawrence. Kan, son-in-law of DIR. Nc
Csintock, is held by police here.
DeForest was brought before JUS
tice John George Wednesday charged
with the theft Of a machine from the
franklin Ice Cream company.
"He entered plea OF not guilty.
His preliminary hearing was set for
Feb. s. A 81 800 bond was furnished
by Mrs. McClintock, his mother-in-
law.
Police claimed to have DISCOVERED
new evidence duplicating DeForest,
following his arraignment.
Among effects left by DR.. McClin-
took, they say, they found letters and
kilograms from alleged automobile
thieves in many eastern and western
cities, discussing the "turn over of hot
cars"
''Rayen and Myers claim to have
evidence Of DeForest's connection
with the theft Of machines stolen from
tsese persons:
&C. c. Rolf, Leavenworth, Kan,
Joseph Bernstein, 525 Maple boule-
vard, Kansas City, Mo-,
"Dr. J. L. James, Blackburn, Mo-,
A Ford sedan, property Of an uni
Identified Olathe, Kan, citizen
I'm addition, Rayen and Myers de-
clare, they have signed statement
from Charles E. Stowell, 1922 Monroe
avenue, in which he confesses to be
ing "the tool" of Dr. McClintock and
DeForest in the theft of cars. Sto-
we'll was arrested January 20.
with his arrest, police found a
handbag, the property of Or. McClin-
took. taken from his Office the day OF
his death. The bag, containing what
police claim to be one of The most
complete layout of motor theft acces
sories found in the past year was in
the home of Mrs "A. Riebcr, 1926 Cor.
rington avenue, a friend of the M
Clintock family.
MRS. Richer was asked to keep The
bag without knowing its contents. She
said. It was found to contain full
set of dies for changing car numbers:
bills of sale made out in blank, "im-
pressionp papers from which numbers
could be placed on automobile parts
and six motor license tags, made out
20 assume names at addresses which
proved to be vacant lots.
"The bag, police say, was taken
fr0n DR.. McClintock's Office before hi.
6 was removed by DeForest.
:. DeForest denies the charges.
He declares the motor cars witt!
I which his name has been linked were
ginA - him By his father-in-law, DR.
4cClintock. He says he took the cars
in good faith.
"DeF0rest has had several brushes
with the Kansas City police, but in
each instance succeeded in escapin,,
prosecution. In all cases his name
was linked with Dr. McClintock, but
because Of the physicians position and
his years in the community, his ex-
planation of how he came into pos
session Of stolen motor cars was ac-
cepted as true.
"Dr. McClintock was ouestione,l
twice about stolen cars found in De
Forests possession. In both cases the
physician said the cars were his-pur-
chased in good faith.
THAT DR.. McClintock and DeFor-
est had dealings with motor thieves.
besides the self-confessed StowelI, il
the opinion Of police.
DR.. H. E. Moss, deputy coroner, de-
clared Wednesday that he was salts
fed that DR.. McClintock died Of nat
= ural causes.
"Dr. Mess personally conducted !