Evening star., 1934-06-24
LIBERTY IS GIVEN
TO MRS. F|DANQUE
FL Paso Kidnap Probe Fails
to Solve Radio Singers
Story.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex, June 23.-El Paso
oficers decided tonight TO release
Mrs. Sibyl Fidanque, 80, San Jose,
Calf, radio singer, whom they had
held in custody while they investi-
gated her story that she was kidnapped
last Saturday and brought here.
Confronted with information that
police had evidence indicating she
went to a Santa Monica, Calf.
beauty shop alone and had her black
hair dyed red, Mrs. Fidanque insist
ed she did not remember having done
this. She previously had told officers
here her abductors, a man and
woman, had dyed her hair.
Its all a blur" she said.
Chain Of Events Unclear.
She was unable to refute the be-
lief of San Jose police that she hac
not been kidnapped, insisting that the
whole chain Of events was still un-
clear to her.
Il want to help the officers clear
things up as soon as 1 get home" she
said. THE first thing I want to dc
is to meet the bus clerk Gin San JOSEF
who said he sold me a ticket. In
confident the whole affair will bt
cleared up somehow"
Mrs. Fidanque. the wife of .
Panama Canal zone business man
said she would leave here Immediately
with her son Jack, who came from
San Jose to join his mother.
Sheriff Chris P Fox of El Pasc
earlier tonight had refused to release
Mrs. Fidanque to the son. The
sheriff said he wished to investigate
her story further.
Fox and j. A. Street, Department
of Justice investigator, conferred witt
Mrs. Fidanque afterward, when they
learned from San Jose officers thai
she purchased bus ticket there ano
was seen alone at Santa Monica
beauty shop. where her hair was dyed
Fox asked young Fidanque if hi:
mother was in the habit of makint
sudden trips, and the youth said she
was not.
No Note Left for Son.
my mother always left me a note
when she went away from the house
and / first became suspicious last
Sunday (the day after her disap-
pearance) when I returned home and
found no note" the youth related. 81
thought she might have gone on q
trip"
He disclosed that Mrs. Fidanuue
who has suffered since she was q
years old from a serious kidney all.
ment, often took sleeping powders Il
enable her to rest. El Paso officer:
said they had not known of thi.
previously.
$50 Drawn From Bank.
When mother did not come home
We decided to break the case widt
open," Young Fidanque went on. "l
never expected anything like this t.
happen to u.s." He said she drew S3(
from their bank account the morninI
oiC oLodPPCdICO GU.
Il know my mother would not rur
away with any one" he asserted
She and my father always ge
along perfectly. l never heard then
quarrel. They became separated onl,
because it was necessary that sh,
go to cooler climate for her health.
Mrs. Fidanque shrieked when he
son walked into the sheriff's ofic,
with a CHEEKY, Hello, Mumsie.
Tears Streamed down his face, anC
Mrs. Fidanque was overcome witt
joy as she grabbed her son and hug.
ged him.
Mrs. Fidanque had added few de.
tails to the somewhat incoherent story
she told yesterday when found herr
at hotel, that she was kidnapped from
her San Jose home by a burly mar
addressed as jim by his woman
companion, whom he called "Girlie'
and Maize"
The woman" she said, was shor
and rather stout. She was of fai
complexion, with either blue or graz
eyes. Her hair was red. 1 saw he
clearly when / answered the door bel
last Saturday night.
Her companion was nearly fee
tall and had broad, powerful shoul
ders. His hair was brown and grayin,
at the temples. He wore light sui
and gloves. The girl wore a whit,
dress resembling nurses uniform" !"