The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-01
Posse or 200 Begins
 Search For Kidnapers
(Continued from Page D

lages along the Keys but their movements were undercover for fear of frightening the kidnapers who seized the child Saturday and were paid $1O,OOO at dawn yesterday by the father, James B. Cash, a pros- porous filling station operator.
 Cash appealed to his neighbors to refrain from action. He was still hopeful after more than "A hours of waiting that the kidnapers would return the boy safely as they prom ised to do in two hours after he passed the ransom money to them. G-Men Mobilized
 G-men, who were mobilized by air from northern bureaus, official ly were withdrawn from the case. Working under cover, however, they reportedly had three suspects under investigation in the neighborhood Of Cape Sable-a village on the Florida Keys south of here.
 Arthur c. Ruthzen, chief of the Miami office of the federal bureau of investigation, refused, however, to confirm the reports. He said he might have an announcement before noon.
 Although Cash's neighbors left the area around his home clear, their hope that Jimmy would be found alive was waning fast.
 The sullen crowds which sur rounded the Cash home yesterday were dispersed at the reuqest of county officials but quiet prepara- tions for the manhunt were going forward today. The mid afternoon deadline was a matter of common decision.
 Speedboats were at anchor in the Homstead canal, cutting off exit from the flat land canals in the dis trict. Legionnaires, boy scouts ano Spanish American war veterans col unteered for posses.
 Farmers Respect Promise
 Within the section, however. there were innumerable hideaways. Or one side were the Everglades. Or the other was the sea with dozens of tiny islands and inlets where the kidnapers might hide. South Of hert are the Keys, many of which are seldom visited.
 Little knots of farmers in blue denim and hip boots gathered this morning on the outskirts of Prince ton and in Homestead, county seal few miles south. Although careful to respect their promise and leave the vicinity of the Cash home cleal they were studying road maps o1 the area. They said the search car be started with only a few minutes notice.
 The farmers eagerness to searct for the kidnapers was not subduee by the message the distraught father sent to them by his brother, R. H Cash. The father sent word that ht hoped they wouldn't do anything rash" They sent word back to hin that they would wait until noon to- day before searching for anyone ol interrogating anyone.
 In Miami, Arthur c. Ruthzen head of the federal bureau of in- vestigation office there, and D. c Coleman, sheriff of Dade county, ac- ceded to the fathers wishes anc kept out of the case.
 Federal bureau of investigation ex' perts were studying the three notes left by the kidnapers and it wa believed that they had offered clue' that may lead to the criminals. Twt of them had rough maps of tht roads criss-crossing the Redlands- showing that the writer knew thu country as only native could.
 The first was left pinned to thu door of R. H. Cash's home. mex door to the fathers home, Saturds, night, at the time the baby wa stolen. It directed him to any ernpt: shack in the negro section where