Special to Psuslfi* Stars ft Stripes ing was made and as a result a railway security detach-

From PIQ, Hq, 3rd TMRS ment was established at Kumchon and the percentage
By PFC Jack Rengstorff of pilfered trains coming into Taejon. has greatly de-
UPER SLEUTHS of, 3rd Trans. Military, Railway creased. - .
S Service's Criminal Investigation Section have coma
,up with a unique device for use in their unrelenting
Until recently the section was under the 772nd MP
Bn. and had its headquarters in Taegu, but it is now-
fight against crime in Korea. attached to the Provost Marshal Section at 3d TMRS
"Roving Sally" is the strictly unofficial name pinned headquarters in Seoul. The roving lab came in handy
on the boxcar crime laboratory now in use by the sec- as a means of transporting files and. equipment from
tion in tracking down stolen U.N. supplies arid equip- u to Seoul and has also been used in making in-
ment and in attempting flb eliminate situations that tend of vthe unit's field offices by the CI section
to create incidents or violations of railway security. chief, Capt. George 1^. Kickman.
It took seven weeks to transform. a barren boxcar First Lit.;Paul Roe, who will soon take over, as chief
into a well-equipped crime lab. All doubts of Sally's following Hicltman's return to the 21, anticipates continu-
worth were squelched after only two'trips out in which ed use of the crime laboratory on wheels during hia
material and labor costs, that went into its building wer« comniand of1* the- section.
more than covered in the recovery of U.N. supplies.
In addition to such equipment as fingerprinting ap-
paratus, Speed Graphic cameras,, spotlights and other
tools used in crime detection the car has a photo develop-
ing lab, an office with tables and chairs, bedroom,
washroom and a kitchen complete with icebox and
stove. Another special feature is a ' built-in locked
evidence room. . . .'.
Sally is generally manned by one or two investigators
from the main office of the 3rd TMRS CI Section in
Seoul, an interpreter and ,two or three Korean detectives
assigned to the railroading outfit. Both M/Sgt. Byron
Allred and Thomas ,E. Graham, criminal investigator,
2nd MP ;CIS on detached service to 3rd TMRS, have
traveled extensively up and down the Korean peninsula
as mobile investigators.
The car will easily sleep seven people and can hold
sufficient provisions to etay .out. for two weeks or more
a,t a time. To date the longest time out has been 10
days.. . - . • ' • • • • - ' • ' .-.- • ' . - • ' • • • ' . ' • ,. ,
• Without a doubt the roving lab's greatest value
comes in making quick, full-scale, on-the-spot investiga-
tions in towns not easily accessible for men in the sec-
tion's main of field offices.,
HE WENT THATAWAY—lst tt. Paul H. Roe, assistant chief of 3rd TMRS's Criminal In-
Recently in one small town there were a number of
incidents in which U.S. Army tires were being taken vestigation section, discusses a location problem with Ho II Hwan (center); Korean detec-
from freight trains. The lab was sent out; CI men tive attached to the section, and Lee Yong Ho, Korean interpreter, on board '{Roving Sally."
questioned individuals and learned that th« larceny was
well-organized and also discovered that Bom« vehicles
had been taken from freights stopped in the town.
A jeep was spotted in th# area by the investigators.
After a quick inspection it proved to be a U.S. jeep,
painted to look like a Korean National Police vehicle.:
With the information and evidence obtained it was pos-
sible to instantly close in on those responsibe for the
wide-scale larceny. The case was thus brought to a
speedy conclusion and the individuals apprehended ar*
now awaiting courts-martial.
One of the most important operations of the Cl Sec-
tion is to watch trends in larceny from boxcars and
recommend corrective measures. Investigators can no\v:
stay out on such cases for indefinite periods of time
in the Vlab on wheels."
For example, trends showed that there were many
pilfered trains coming into the Taejon rail yards. CI
men1 questioned yard security guards and checked in-
coming cars. '• •
The lab "hopped a freight" out of Taejpn down to
, Yongdqng, the next large town on the line, where it was
uncoupled from the freight. Here another investigation
was made. There were no railway security personnel
stationed there to question so the CI men had to rely on MARK OF BIStiNCTIOK—Applying fin- PRINT ST—Korean detective Kim Bung Soo, at-
assistance from local police and citizens. This process gerprinting powder to the surface of a tached to 3rd TMRS's Criminal Investigation Sec-
yras repeated at i the ne^ct good-sized town, Kumchon* flashlight found at the scene of a xsrime tion, looks on as Thomas E. Graham, criminal in-
->; ' After an evaluation of :$he situation It was determin- is M/Sgt. Byron Allred on board 3rd vestigator, 2nd MP CIS, on detached service with
'.•^'•fid that £he major part' of .the larceny was taking place TMRS's moving crime laboratory. The the railroading outfit, fingerprints a Korean civil-
between Kumchon and Yongdong. A report of the find- large black box is used in finger printing. ian in the boxcar laboratory. {U.S/ Army Photos)

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