Evening star., 1936-12-06
L.SOLVESCASE
OF JUNE ROBLES
Arizona Child Not Actually
Kidnapped, Grand Jury
Will Be Told.

The Federal Bureau OF Investlga-
k,on has solved the mystery of little
June Robes disappearance and return
To Tucson, Ariz, in 1884. and the So
luton, described by officials as star
tlins." will be disclosed to a Federal
Grand Jury at Tucson beginning to-
morrow.
The bureau already has branded
the strange case secretly as mot a
KIDNAPPING" 1t Is learned on the best
authority.
Evidence supporting that verdict.
uncovered by F. B. I. agents during q
two and one-half year investigation.
will be unfolded to the grand jury by
4 parade of approximately SO wit
nesses marshaled by the G-men.
"The case is cleared up. We will
close it officially. as far as the F. B. I.
Is concerned, when the grand jury
receives the evidence Monday" re-
sponsible oficial declared. This evil
dence will show conclusively there
was no violation of the Federal kid
mapping statute; in fact, no kidnapping
at all"
Special agents, handwriting experts
and other investigators who have
been working on the case will head
the list of witnesses summoned to
appear before the jurors.
Indictment Unlikely.
In view of the non-Federal nature of
the evidence. there appears little like
ilhood that the grand jury will hand
down any indictments in the case.
Whether State authorities will desire
to act on the same evidence is a
matter Of speculation.
In a previous grand jury hearing
OF May, 1885, Oscar Robson, former
Tucson night club operator and friend
OF the Robson family, was indicted
on a charge of mailing notes to the
7-year-old girls parents, demanding
$4,000 ransom. This indictment was
dropped several weeks ago with the
approval of Attorney General Cum
u1ings.
The Robles girl disappeared in April,
1884. The ransom" notes arrived
shortly thereafter. Nineteen days later.
while F. B. I. agents were conducting
an intensive investigation of the case.
an airmail letter. postmarked Chicago,
gave directions for finding the girl in
the desert, about miles from Tucson
Agents of the bureau went to the
designated spot and found June in a
vermin-infested iron box sunk in a
hole In the ground on barren stretch
of desert land. She told an incoherent
story of her experiences.
No Remaining Unsolved Case.
Crossing off of the Robles case from
the F. B. I. list of kidnapings leaves
no unsolved Federal kdnapings on the
books, F. B. I. officials said
With that terse comment they dis
posed of two widely publicized cases
the disappearance of the Browe baby
In Detroit last September and the
kidnapping" of DR.. Milton Ochs in
Chicago last November, as cases not
within their jurisdiction.
The recent kidnapping of New Jer-
sey State trooper by two men and a
woman Is on the official list of kid
napings. but is regarded as solved be-
cause the kidnapers have been def
nitely identified" The case will not
be concluded, however. until the kid
napers. alleged to be Merle Vanden-
bush and Harry Brunette, bank rob-
bers, are in custody.
The Browe case, an investigation by
r. B. I. agents revealed, does not In
volve q violation of the Federal kid
naping law because elements necessary
to give G-men official Jurisdiction have
been lacking. Under the "Lindbergh
law" there must be transportation OF
the victim across a State line for pur-
poses of ransom. The G-men are au-
thorized by law to presume" that a
victim has been carried over a State
boundary if he is not returned with