The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-28
KIDNAPPED GIRL
STILL MISSING,
RANSOM READY
AnquiShed Family Awaits
Orders After New
Communication.
TWO SUSPECTS FREED
Mother of 6-Year- Old Child
Is Reported Near
Collapse.
BU United Press

anguished family of June Robes
6-year-old kidnaper victim, reas-
sured by a new communication from
the abductors, awaited hopefully to-
day specific instructions for the de-
livery of $4,000 in ransom.
Authorities, having called off ex-
tensive searches for the kidnaperS
to give the family clear path for
negotiations, questioned two Sus-
poets arrested in Phoenix. They
were owners of an automobile that
resembled the one in which the
child was carried away.
A telephone call received at the
home of Fernando Robes, June'S
father, advised the family to stand
by" for further instructions. Lights
burned brightly in the home all
night. The father kept the vigil
with the baby's grandfather. Ber-
nabe Robes, wealthy retired cattle
man. Both anticipated further
word from the abductors.
The $4,000 ransom money de-
manded, in denominations Specl-
fed, awaited the kidnapers' inStruc-
tiOnS.
In contrast to the two previous
all-night vigils. the wamily was un-
hampered by civilian posses patrol
ing all roads and blocking all safe
means of egress to the Robes home.
The posses were withdrawn, impos-
ing a state of tense stiffness over
the twon where earlier threats OF
violence were voiced against the alb
ductors if and when they were cap
tured.
Two Suspects Freed
Two suspects arrested at Phoenix,
G. r. Graham, So, and Jack Pattie,
48. were released today. They were
taken into custody at a tourist. camp
on information they owned a dark
green sedan similar in appearance
to one several motorists said they
saw on the Tucson-PhoeniX road
with two men and small girl sew
eral hours after the kidnapping.
Qestioned separately, both denied
knowledge of the abduction and
their release was ordered early to-
day when officers became convinced
their car was not the one sought.
The telephone call was received
as the zero hour" approached in
tie twoo-day time limit set in the
original ransom note for the girls
family to deal with the kidnaperS.
The caller notified an unnamed
member of the family to await
further instructions as to where the
$4,000 ransom money should be de-
posted.
Expecting momentarily new de-
velopments, mmebers of the family
awaited a second call The parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fernando Robes, and
the 7e-year old cattle baron Ber-
nabe Robes, sat on the front porch
of their Franklin avenue home.
Lights were kept burning brightly.
Mrs. Robes was reported near COL
lapse from her long vigil.
Crowd Is Orderly
A state of suppressed excitement
prevailed at the sheriffs office. A
crowd of 200. only a remnant of the
hoarde of cowpunchers, Indians,
legiannaires. and other civilian
possemen who had been dispersed
twelve hours before to cellar the way
for negotiations. thronged the cor
ridors of the building. A complete
silence fell over the group, broken
only by the Jingle of an occasional
telephone call from some resident
seeking information.
The situation was much more
orderly than twenty-four hours be-
fore, when rumor told of the for
nation of "necktie parties to
handle the kidnapers.
Police Chief Gus Wollard, who
engineered the capture of John
Dillinger and three henchmen here
three months ago, dropped in to say
he had no new information.
1T seems impossible get any
tangible clue" he said. The best
information we have so far has been
received from June's schoolmates."
Activity Shifts to Phoenix
Activity of investigators centered
northward toward Phoenix, chiefly
in pursuit of the green sedan" in
which June was believed to have
been driven to a hideaway, after be-
ing forced to enter small black
coupe near her school. The hunt
was shifted purposely to permit the
kidna pers or an emissary to open
direct negotiations wit hthe family.
A description of the green sedan"
was furnished by four motorists, who
reported seeing a girl and two men
in tho vicinity of Phoenix. All were
said to have positively identified"
pictures of June as that of the girl
in the car.
Convinced that the kidnapers'
hideaway is some distance from
Tucson. posses roamed mountain
Gus region 100 miles north of here in
the direction of Phoenix. One band
of searchers pentrated the Colossal
cave, a large Subterranean passage
once used by bandits and "rustlers"
as a cache for stolen loot Cowboys
and ranch hands, packing Old
fashioned six-shooters, joined in the
quest.
Despite the many forays made by
these searching parties, their lead
ers had nothing to report when they
communicated with the sheriff's
Office here.