The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-06-03
FRESH FBI FORCES
FLOWN TO FLORIDA

PRINCETON, Fla, June 8:
(UP)-The Federal Bureau OF
investigation today flew new
manpower to south Florida to
enter the search for Jimmy Cash
and the men who 'kidnaped MN
in the most. intensive drive for 9
kidnaper since the capture OF
Bruno Richard Hauptmann. !.
A commercial airliner landed at
Miami and discharged Ia men.
Shaking off all questions they
went. directly to Miami office Of
]. Edgar Hoover Oman cnie..'
who is personally directly q tire
EleSE hfnt- fyrst hs atductors OF ths
five year old boy. - :. !, & !. I;
Leaving the detective work to
the Omen, South Florida began
the third day Of it's inch-by-inch
search for the boy or his body.
Hundreds were in the first pos;
SEES that struck out at dayn
through the citrus and truck
farms, the Everglades and aboard
vessels coasting along the keys.
Rain which hampered the search
Yesterday had ended and the man
hunt was in progress under the
broiling Florida sun. Possemen
suffered acute discomfort as the
struggles through the dense sub
tropical growths steaming after
yesterdays heavy rain.
With good weather conditions
continuing, between $500 and
5000 men-most Of them armed
probably will be participating
in the hunt before dark.
Leaders. of the manhunt prom
ised that when it is completed,
not a South Florida thicket will
be unexpored, o pond or cove un-
investigated or q key unvisited IN
the tireless search.
James B. Cash, ST., the father
who vainly paid $4,000 ransom
for the boy, left his home for the
first time in two days shortly at
ter 8 q. m, for a quick dash I'M
der federal escort to check q re-
port his. sons body had been
found.
With sirens screaming, the G.
men rushed the father to rock
pit near Homestead, where divers
had brought up burlap-wrapped
package which they believed con-
tanned Jimmy's body.
The bag contained q dog. Cash
turned abruptly and silently step
ped back into the federal automo-
bile. He shook his head silently
when asked whether he still hopes
to see his son alive.
The father and mother have
been maintaining silent vigil be-
hind drawn shades Of their apart
ment. Mrs. Cash several times
has been near collapse. Federal
men who guard the couple turn
away all queStioners.
The agents Of the Federal Blu.
reau of Investigation questioned
persons III am amending stream in
their offices on the 18th floor, of
the Biscayne building in Miami,
20 miles north of this village
which was the scene Of the crime.
throughout the night.
At all times In street outside,
was an excited crowd intensely
moved BY each new rumor, readily
accepted as fact, that came to it
from nowhere. Persons similarly
aroused by the strong probability
that the five and half year old
baby had been murdered by the
kidnapers who had collected a
$4,000 ransom from his father,
were gathered in groups hsre,
muttering over each bit Of gossip
that came its way.
From this maze Of rumor Great
ed by the strict secrecy necessar-
lily maintained by authorities,
were some evident facts. The G.
men had not solved the crime but
were working on leads that they
believed would lead to q solution
soon. The persons they were
questioning were almost all wit
nesses rather than suspects.
Agents took them into custody
here and in the surrounding Red
lands farming district and took
them to Miami where they were
Intercepted and released. Four
men had been held for more than
40 hours. One, q negro. was q
vital witness.