Cicero Won't Let Police Talk to Youth |
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Chicago, Jan. 16 - Authorities investigating the alleged confession of a 13 year old boy that he set the tragic Our Lady of the Angels school fire today described the youngster as “very disturbed.” They expressed reservations as to the validity of his statements. |
Chicago police officials smoldered over what they termed the lack of cooperation from Cicero police who questioned the youth. |
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“Our men never have been permitted to question the boy,” one Chicago police official said, and added. |
“We weren't allowed to talk to him because the Cicero police said his family was so distraught they wanted no part of the police at the time. |
“We planned to hold a 'council of war' today with the Cicero police and attorneys for the boy's family to ask that the boy be given a second lie test.” |
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News that the youth had confessed setting the fire which claimed the lives of 92 children and 3 nuns 3 years ago, came as a “surprise” to Chicago authorities. |
John E. Reid, polygraph expert, obtained the so-called confession Friday while questioning the boy on a polygraph at Reid's headquarters at 600 N. Michigan av. |
Altho Reid declined to reveal the boy's identity or to discuss details of the case, he told CHICAGO'S AMERICAN. |
“Unless this boy gets he help I think he needs, he could even destroy his whole family.” |
Reid said the boy's history as a firebug dated to when he was 5 years old. If he doesn't get psychiatric help, Reid said, he might set fire to his own home. |