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et 1 2 2% = cas a -= 18 - "8 * . ao eee oF, we eo ee ee tte =: ae rn 1 at At the intaeny € Chevrolet Company it wma8 Leerned that thie oor was ‘purche sed by C. W, DAVIS through HERB WILDS, HERS WILDS paying $400 ‘in cash - ww. $a, & Pes - nd trading in an old 1930 Auburn car. WNo one at the Midway Chevrolet Company © "saw. NPAs. Thie ear woe black in color. | ben ; At the St. Francis Hotel, Bt. Peul, mR. “RICHARD mae, Menncer, wo displayed to agent a letter address to C. W. DAVIS, St. Francis Hotel, bear = ing the return address 4822 Thirtieth Avenue South, Minneepolie, Wi nnesote. _ The letter wae postmarked June 20, 1955. Bt that address, agent interviewed Rs. PAUL scomT who stated ‘Sat las - on Sunday, Mey 26, 1933, while she and her husband were ‘riding on the Minnehahe ©. Parkway, Minneapolis, in their Dodge automobile, they eoliided with a Chevrolet Beden driven by an individual who gave the name C, W, DAVIS and the address &t.. Francis Botel, Their car wee hit broadside and ws ecomplotely wrecked. It Wae en o14 car and DAVIS asked MR, SCOTT how much hie car waa worth and when - - SCOTT stated he thought it ws worth $50, DAVIS gave him $60. MRS. SCOTT stated her knee was injured and when the injury did not improve as quickly as | ehe thought it should, she went to e doctor and incurred medical charges of |. -. “about $10. Since she and her husband believed that C, W. DAVIS was entirely . at fault in the matter, she uote hima letter at the St. Francis Hotel, St. Paul, asking him for $10 medical expenses, which was the letter found by! sie a agent. She received no reply and waa unable to identify DAVIS from any - photographs shown her, describing him as being ebout SO years of age,-five ’. . feet siz inches tail, 140 pounds, sandy hair, and wore glasses. She stated ae Lf he wes accompanied by a wamn whom she described as follows: Age about SO; ”. height about 5 feet £ inches; weight, 115 pounds; heir, reddieh blonde; nice _ dresser. She stated that after the collision, both the min and the wman .. "> eppeared to be very much exited and she noticed that both were shaking very : noticeably. When the woman hed composed herself, ashe went to a house nearby,” evidently to telephone a garage as about 45 minutes after she telephoned, a tow , , wagon from a St, Paul garage caine and towed the Chevrolet amy, the man and the woman riding with the garage car, The acofdent took place on Sth end 2 2, Minnehaha Parkway Raat. MRS, .S00TT had no other informa tion of valaes:. ae ae . _- ian ad After some inquiry in ‘the neighborhood ‘of ‘seth and Minnehaha Porkesy” ast, agent ascertained thet the telephone call mde by the woman had deen mde from the reaidente of ©. EDWARD HOLMGREN, S327 Minnehaha Parkway Esst. They’ deacridbe®-the woman as bad MRS. SCOTT. They recalled that she spoke vithe marked southern accent. They 414 not see the man at close range and could fur- nish nothing but a very vague description of him which would be of no value, It was their recollection that the accident near their house occurred on May 28th, which was Sundey, elthough they stated that it may have occurred on May 27th, ea Saturday; anyhow, they knew that 1t wae a holiday or half holiday.