The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-25
Evidence Indicates Guilt of
Former Topeka Physician.
Was DIR. C. S. McClintock Auto
Thief Before Death?
K. C. POLICE TAKE SON-IN-LAW
John De Forest Arrested Tues
day in Lawrence.
Officers Say They Have Incrim-
mating Evidence in Grip.

The Kansas City police, according
to word received in Topeka, are at
tempting to sift out an alleged motor
car theft ring of which DR.. c. S. Nc
CIintock. formerly of Topeka, who
died in Kansas City December 20,
was alleged to have been one of the
ringleaders.
Doctor McClintock was the son of
E. S. McClintock, who died here about
two years ago. He practiced medicine
in Topeka for many years and at one
tine had an office at 41S Kansas ave-
nue. His home was with his father
at 1101 North Central avenue. He
left Topeka about fifteen years ago
and began practicing medicine in
Kansas City. At the time of his death
he had offices in the Argyle building
and lived at 100 Garfield street.
De. Forest Under Arrest.
When Doctor McClint6ck died IN
his Kansas City office on December
% he left behtEd a web of tangled
evidence upon which the police have
since been working. His son-in-law,
John DeForest, formerly manager of
filling station at Lawrence, Kan,
was arrested Tuesday by the police
and taken to Kansas City, where he is
being held on a charge of larceny, ii
was reported from Kansas City today.
are alleged, according to Kansas City
detectives. to have disposed of several
| stolen cars. Last Friday a man who
| was arrested in Kansas City made a
! sworn statement to detectives. it is
asserted. that he had long been in the
employ of the two men acting as their
agent in the disposal of stolen ma
| chimes.
discriminating Evidence in Grip.
In a. grip now in possession of the
Kansas City police, and which it is
: asserted formerly belonged to the
! physician, detectives found a complete
set of dies for changing numbers or
motor cars, several bills of sale il
! blank and various papers on which
were notations concerning motor cal
| parts and numbers. Six motor cal
license tags, unused, and issued il
E1921, were also found in the grip, it il
! said.
The first questionable transaction il
which Doctor McClintock was involved
occurred in June, 1921, it is claimed
when DeForest was arrested at Cam
eron. Mo, where he was trying to dis
pose of Cole s. Doctor McClintocl
| Claimed ownership of the car, it is as
serted, but said he did not want Il
prosecute DeForest, and the matte
was dropped.
One Case Was Dropped
Oi1 OClOOeE o1s IL iS dSSSGl6Q,
Cadillac car was taken from Docto
McCintock and restored to it's owne
in Omaha. The physician claimed h
had lost his bill of sale and protestet
his innocence, so that case was ais
dropped. it was averred. The polio
say that later on they began to re
ceive tips that McClintock and De
Forest were disposing of stolen car
in Kansas City and Lawrence.
Two Buick cars stolen in Kansa
City were recovered at Lawrence
where they were alleged to have beel
driven by DeForest and StowelI. TIL
detectives also have another list o
cars which they say they believe Doc
tor McClintock and DeForest wer
implicated in stealing. One of then
was stolen in Olathe and another II
Blackburn, Mo. One of the car
found in Lawrence recently had bee
stolen in Leavenworth and was found
it is said, in the garage of the Ma
tional Oil & Refining company. o
which DeForest is an official, at Law
ence.