Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04

have been proud to know the po-
lice were trying to find the man
who had run him down and left
him in the street to die. Now,
since Ron had been proven inno-
cent he could feel all of the bitter
ness for the traffic police leaving,
and he felt grateful to think Of all
the trouble they took trying to
find the guilty one.
At her bridge club meeting Carla
was trying to tell the girls" Of
the experience they had gone
through. She was saying, I'VE had
left a New Years party and driv-
ing along a boulevard that was
quite wide when a car kept get
ting closer and closer to ours. Re-
membering all Of the auto hold
ups Of late, Ron told me to check
the doors and windows and hold
on as he was going to try and get
out Of the situation. He did but
the block was long and the other
car passed US and blocked our
path.
The driver jumped out Of his
car and tried to open our doors.
Finding them locked he beat on
the windows with what appeared
to be a gun. So, Ron got out of
the car and told the man to stop
pounding on the car. He, the other
man, said he was policeman and
he was going to arrest us for hit
and run driving. Ron told him we
hadn't hit nor run anything
down. While they were talking I
put my head out of the window
and called to a woman who was
peeping out Of her upstairs win
dow and asked her to call the po-
lice. She did and they came within
five minutes. Two squad cars. The
four policemen looked stunned
when they recognized the one who
was holding us when Ron told
them this drunken "cop" was try
ing to arrest him for something he
didn't do. They sent the drunken
one away and they took over.
Two nights after this incident I
happened to glance out of a win
dow and saw two men walking
down our driveway and they took
positions so my husbands car
would be stopped.
Being alone and almost time for
Ron to drive in from work !
called two Of our friends and told
them about the two men and
asked them to call the police.
Soon, I saw the two men leave the
garage. They had seen my two
neighbors coming down the street.
One had grabbed a golf club and
the other had a stick. While they
came to the front door to ask me
about the situation my husband
came in with his car. All four
men met at the garage entrance
The two men with the clubs asked
the other two what they meant by
being there. They had badges
under their coats and told my hus-
band they were sent to look his
car over about the accident that
had happened the other night
They looked at the car and started
punching, pounding and kicking
and pulling at the tenders and my
husband told them there were no
marks on his car and they had
better not put any on it, either.
So, they decided to leave, but gave
him a notice to appear In traffic
court the next day.
You who have been through any
thing like 1t will understand the
many trips he had to make over
there and all Of the trick ques-
tons they used over and over try
ing to catch you, II you were not
telling the truth. One traffic Of
ficer said, why didn't you drive
around the fire hose that was
stretched across the corner where
the fire was being put out?" Ron
said there wasn't any fire nor any
hose stretched out on any block
between the home we had left to
our home!
Ron told them they ought to
question the drunk policeman who
had stopped him. From then on
they only called him once more
because Ron's boss had his lawyer,
one Of the most successful lawyers
in the state. look into the matter.
After that we heard nothing
more from anyone. The man who
had been run over and left for
dead was an officer In the TRAFFIC
court, but he did not die. some