Evening star., 1934-05-16
ROBLESK|DNAPER
QUEST IS PUSHED
ChiId's Description of Men
and Fingerprints Guide
Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz., May 16.-With
fingerprints and a little girls story
as their clues, officers spread their
hunt today for the kidnapers OF June
Robles.
AS they pieced together the weird
story of her kidnapping and 19-day
Imprisonment in lonely desert
trench, authorities indicated her de-
scription of two men who visited her
during the time she was chained in
her prison, might lead to their ap-
prehension.
She was rescued late Monday by
her uncle, Carlos G. RobleS, 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 inStruc-
tions contained in a 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 de-
manded,
The contact never was made.
Letter Clues Important.
The letter from Chicago and an
other sent to Tucson authorities from
the New Mexico Penitentiary re-
manned important clues to the girls
kidnapers. The New Mexico letter,
written by an unnamed convict, was
forwarded by Warden Ed Swope. 1t
disclosed an asserted plot to kidnap
Representative Isabella GreenWay or
Budget Director Lewis Douglas, but
authorities were interested more be-
cause it made reference to spot in
the desert the approximate distance
from Tucson that June was found.
Authorities meanwhile studied uten-
sils found in the trench with June
for fingerprints which might compare
with those they hoped to find on the
Chicago letter.
Instructions Of the first ransom
note, delivered to Fernando Robes
two hours after June was kidnapped
April 25, were revealed by authorities
last night. The note threat tened death
to the child if instructions were not
carried out.
Instructions Detailed.
"You must follow this the father
was told. Get a car as told, put
sack in the seat and drive the route
until you come to white cloth being
y hn ~ n
your car, then you pitch the sack of
money (Sl5,000 in SIS, $40 and $40
bills) right at the cloth beside the
road.
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. = .
Tell the officers to let you alone"
The second note extended the route
outside Tucson where the father was
to drive so it passed the point 9l2
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 9
pm. to 4 m. each night.
Mother Visits Hideaway.
June's torturous hideaway. where
she spent 19 days beneath blistering
desert sun, was visited yesterday by
her mother and father and her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernabe Ro-
bles.
"Dios," murmured the grandmother
as she stepped about the shallow
trench.
Let us co. she said THE heat,
the people, the loneliness I feel here
makes the heart fast. want to go
back to my June, so my arms show
she is safe"
June is so quiet" she said sadly.
'Weeks it will take for her to re-
cover Her body is simply roasted
from being shut in that awful box
with the sun beating down, and her
forehead has sores from eating mouldy
food, the doctor says. Her leg is so
sore"
June's ankle was painfully bruised
by the chain which bound her to a
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 a knife
in her back if she cried" the grand
mother related.
Excitement Dims Suffering.
Excitement yesterday dimmed for
June some of the suffering she en-
dured while held captive. From far
away London a newspaper interviewed
her by telephone. She assured the
paper she was all right, and what she
couldn't tell, her father. who held
her on his knee, added. Then there
were the cameramen, for whom she
posed obligingly, and the newspaper
men. whose many questions she an
swered readily.
Outside her house, police had roped
off areas to keep back the scores
who came for a look at the little girl
or to add their rejoicing at her re-
turn.
But for June, her most exciting
experience was to come She eagerly
awaited the days when she might re-
turn to her playmates at the school
she attends and who have not seen
her since the day she was seized
while en- route home But when she
might return was indefinite.
For the present, her parents and
doctors said. she must reSt-and for