The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

yesterday ended and the manhunt progressed under broiling sun.
 With good weather conditions con- tinuing, between 2,500 and 5000 lner - most of them armed probably will be participating before dark.
 Leaders of the manhunt promised that when it is completed, not a South Florida thicket will be unex- plored, pond or cove uninvestigated or Key unvisited.
 Father Leaves Home
 James B. Cash, ST., the father who vainly paid $10,0O0 ransom for the boy, left his home for the first time in two days shortly after 8 a. m. for quick dash under fed eral escort to check a report his sons body had been found.
 With sirens screaming, the G. men rushed the father to a rock pit near homestead, where divers had brought up burlap-wrapped package which they believed con- tained Jimmy's body.
 The bag contained the body of a dog. Cash turned abruptly and si- lently stepped back into the feder- al automobile. He shook his head when asked whether he still hopes to see his son alive.
 Many Questioned
 The agents of the federal bureau of investigation questioned persons in an intending stream in their of- fees on the 18th floor of the Bis cayne building in Miami, 20 miles north of this village which was the scene of the crime, throughout the night.
 At all times in the street outside, was an excited crowd intensely moved in each new rumor, readily accepted as fact, that came to it from nowhere. Persons similarly aroused by the strong probability that the five and a half year old baby had been murdered by the kidnapers who had collected a $10,000 ransom from his father, were gathered in groups here, nut tering over each bit of gossip that came its way.
 From this maze of rumor created by the strict secrecy necessarily 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 a solution soon. The persons they were questioning were O suspects. Agents took them into custody here and in the surround ing Redlands farming district and took them to Miami where they were interrogated and released Four men had been held for more than 40 hours. One, a Negro, was vital witness.
 Held By G-Men Prisoner of the O-men was Mil lard Campbell, 38, now the proprie- tor of what is known locally as a "beer joint" but who in 1925 and 1926, before the collapse of the Florida real estate boom, was a big time realty operator worth millions -on paper. Later he tried to re- coup as rum runner and present. ly is under indictment on a charge of trying to run arms into Hon. duras.
 Also held were M. F. Braxton, 50 Princeton carpenter. a neighbor anc friend of the baby's father who k the prosperous owner of the Prince. ton General Store and six filline stations. and Braxton's son-in-law Ray Rayburn.
 Negro Is Witness
 But most important was Johr Manuel, Negro, who was not 6 suspect but witness. Last Satur. day night, a white man who spok, with slight foreign accent-no uncommon in this section wher, there are many Cubans and Wes Indians-asked him to take not, to the baby's father. He refused Later Cash and his brother. W. P Cash, called at his shack in tn, Negro section of Princeton. Tn