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Traffic Officers Exonerated In Report to Snook(Continued from Paso 2}chine and Lynch says when he . naked the officer what he was clo-;in?* Henderson replied; 'Tin look-ling for dope.”Hendersnn’s Version Attached to Morrison's report is ,a Jetier by Henderson reuounHng /the incident wherein he declares ;ihat after trailing the former as* jveinblymnn for five miles T miked ;to the man. and he seemed very | nervous/’I I ciicl not know any reason for ghim haiug- so nervous nor the wn-Imnn riding with him/’ continues fcthe letter, “as T did not give ■*V.em any reason to be ao.▼f ii^ ‘JA-^ *** a, iuu ui cGOJktllKBulonsils in the roar of the car. 1 Kook a hurried look hi Uiq |ack fcncl save ft up. Lynch then ■hawed me a. Los Angolas dstec-[tf'/e badge and told me be should Jiva known hotter and also told |i«r he had helped make the nio« |iar vehicle ftr.L.X then fn a joking [way ?vaked him ir he was r^ot :breaking it and he laughed allu {said he was.Botil* Thrown “A* I was standing at the aide the car, the woman readied tbaok and got a bottle and started {to throw it out the window. I tried to prevent her. but she -got ItHg asserts ha was not rtrae 01 ScTHcnnrteous.Officer Farr, a witness, In a, r* jport, substantiates Henderson; and ^adds that Lynch told the woman to hrow out tho bottle.Frank J. Duncan, Merced traffic ^captain, praises Henderson's character, and in reply to Lynch's ■charge that, since Ileuderaon is hinder 21 years of agp, hia emptoy-pient ia illegal, Urn Merced traffic [chief says he ha* an opinion from tho legislative counsel huroau to •he of foci that it ie proper to hire inors as traffic officers.Justice «T. H. When tv of Livings-:qiis who fined Lynch, says the L03 Angeles city official commended ithe officers Tor their rnnrtcous-ie.rs.Dara Hurnett, constable; H. A. |Baker, deputy constable, nnd }L ^ubert, chief of police, all of Liv* Sngston, uphold Henderson's ac-'ions.Charges of possession of liquor ere uoL filed against Lynch or his ionipanion.Inspector Morrison was ordered jo make the invosUgidion hy Frank |(L Snook, chief of the state motor vehicle division. MoniEOjfs re-lort was submitted to him.
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Modesto News Herald
Modesto, California, US
Fri, Feb 17, 1928
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