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Report Lost

Upon entry to the Staunton hospital the
boys called the sheriff's office in Staunton.
After some two hours of treatment and
questioning, the students drove the girls back to
Mary Baldwin and returned to Charlottesville.

However, the initial report became lost, and
by chance one of the girls called the sheriff
Friday afternoon to check about the report.
The facts were then retold to the authorities,
who reassured the boys that they were pretty
sure who the group was and that they would
use all means to apprehend them. A friend of
the boys found out about the incident and
called his father, George Cochran, a member of
the State Supreme Court. Mr. Cochran called
the Staunton police to reinform them of what
happened, but he is not going to be involved
with the prosecution.