The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-16
LAW TAKES TRAIL
OF MEN WHO HELD
GIRL FOR 10 DAYS
Child Gives Description Of Ab.
ductors; Fingerprints May
Be Big Help
RANSOM NOTES REVEALED
Father Was Led Near Trench
in Desert in Effort to
Establish Contact

Tucson, Ariz., May 16.-R)-With
fingerprints and q little girls story
as their clues, officers spread their
hunt Wednesday for the kidnapers Of
June Robles.
As they pieced together the weird
story Of her kidnapping and 19-day I'M
prisonment in q lonely desert trench,
authorities indicated her description
Of two men who visited her during
the time she was chained In her pri-
son might lead to their apprehension.
She was rescued late Monday by
her uncle, Carlos q. Robes. assistant
Pima county attorney, and County
Attorney Clarence Houston who were
directed to the spot by an anonymous
letter from Chicago.
Ironically enough, June's father,
Fernando Robles. had been led un-
willingly near his daughters hiding
place while following contact iustruc-
lions contained In q second ransom
note; and authorities believe the kid
napers sought to lead him to the girl
because they were afraid to negotiate
for the $4,000 ransom they demand
ed.
The contact never was made.
Probe Note From Prison
The letter from Chicago and anoth-
er sent to Tucson authorities from the
New Mexico penitentiary remained
important clues to the girls kidnap-
ers. The New Mexico letter, written
by m unknown convict, was forward
ed by Warden Ed Swope. It disclosed
an asserted plot to kidnap Congress
woman Isabella Greenway or Budget
Director Lewis Douglas but authori-
ties were interested more because It
made reference to spot in the desert
the approximate distance from Tucson
that June was found.
Instructions Of the first ransom
note, delivered to Fernando Robes
two hours after June was kidnapped
April Is, were revealed by authorities
Tuesday night. The note threatened
death to the child II instructions were
not carried out.
"You must follow this" the father
was told. Get q car as told, put q
sack in the seat, and drive the route
until you come to q white cloth being
dragged across the road In front Of
your Car. then you pitch the sack Of
money ($15,000 In S., SO and $40
bills) right at the cloth beside the
road.
Orders Were Specific
Don't stop, don't speak, don't
change or dim your lights, don't blow
your horn, don't give any signal, drive
slow, be alone, don't have . gun. i. !.
Tell the officers to let you alone"
The second note extended the route
outside Tucson where the father was
to drive 50 1t passed the point 9h
miles southeast Of the city where the
girl was found. but no one ever came
forward to contact him during his
dreary trips which he made from 8
p. m. to I .. m. each night.
June's torturous hideaway, where
she spent 10 days beneath blistering
desert sun, was visited Tuesday by
her mother and father and her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernabe Robes.
June's ankle was painfully bruised
by the chain which bound her to .
stake In the trench.
But the little girl didn't cry while
held In the grave-like hole. The kid
napers said they would put . knife
in her back II she CRIED" the grand
mother related.