Evening star., 1934-10-18
STOlL GRAND Jury
TO BEGIN INQUIRY
IN CASE SATURDAY.
US, Pushes Prosecution Of
Wife as Robinson EIudes
Police Net.
KlDNAPER'S CAR FOUND,
+ BUT DRIVER ESCAPES
Machine Located at Springfield,
ohio-Mrs. Robinson Denies
Guilt in Case.
ny the Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, KY, OCTOBER 1S.-
A. special grand jury to inquire into
the kidnapping of Mrs. Alice Speed
Etoll today was ordered impaneled
Saturday by Federal District Judge
Charles I. Dawson.
The order was issued on motion OF
United States District Attorney
Thomas J. sparks, who announced
yesterday that he would demand the
death penalty for Thomas H. Rob-
inson, jr., n, discharged lunatic,
sought as the man who abducted the
young society matron and held her
six days in an Indianapolis apartment.
Sparks recounted how Mrs. Stoll
was slugged and taken from her home
the afternoon Of October 10 and held
six days in Indianapolis apartment.
The action Of said parties consti-
tutes fragrant and defiant violation
Of the laws Of the United States,
Sparks said, and urged an immediate
grand jury investigation.
Kidnaper's Car Found.
Chief of Police George Adele re-
ported today q car bearing the nli-
nois and Indiana license plate belong
Ing to Robinson was located at Spring
field, Ohio.
The automobile was picked up on
D tip given by q woman, Adele said.
A man who drove the car to Spring.
Held and who answered the description
of Robinson, Adele said, spent the
night at q rooming house The owner
of the rooming house called the police,
but the man ned before the officers
arrived.
A card bearing the name Of Jerry
Dobson OF South Bend, Ind, was
found in the car, Chief Adele said.
Earl ]. Connolly Of the Cincinnati
Bureau, Department of Justice. said
this typewriter found In the In
dianapolis apartment where Mrs. Stoll
was held, had been shown by tests to
be the one on which the long, RAM
bling ransom note was written, threat
ef1ine death to the victim and her
family.
Ransom Bill Il Found.
Another possible clue to the where
AboutS Of Robinson was seen In q re-
port from Hopkinsville, KY, that one
Of the $40 bills had been found there.
Federal agents were notified.
A demand for an attorney to rep
resent her was made again today by
Mrs. Frances Robinson after q restless
night In the Jefferson County Jail un-
der charges Of participating in the
kidnapping of Mrs. Stoll. She refused
to eat breakfast.
''I would like to talk to an attorney
at once" she said in a note to Mar
tin Connors, the jailer. I'm other
words, charged with serious crime,
! demand 1t as my right"
Connors said he had no authority
TO recommend counsel for her but
would refer the request 70 Sparks.
Physician Twice Called.
The woman spent restless night In
Jail following her arraignment yester-
day on q warrant charging kidnapping
and conspiracy to kidnap. DR.. e. C.
Redmond, physician who attends Fed
eral prisoners in the jail, was called
twice during the night. About n
he gave her sleeping tablets and he
called again at daybreak. An assist
ant ma.ron, Mrs. Ella Zoller, was In
constant attendance.
Ms. Robinson has smoked almost
constantly since entering the Jail
C,nnor said the prisoner voluntarily
surrendered a cheap pairing knife, with
q 3-inch blade, when informed she
would be searched after entering the
Jail
He said the woman keeps asking
for her mother and her child. The
whereabouts Of the child are moi
known, but Federal agents said they
were positive the child was not with
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson while Mrs
stoll was held prisoner.
Has Cell Companion.
Mrs. Robinson slept in a jail dormi'
tory with another woman who wa
released today after having servet
nine months Of q one-year sentence
for obtaining goods under false pre-
tense. Mrs. Robinson once complained
vigorously when entering the Jail las
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