| Show ROBLES JURORS TAKE NO ACTION Probe Pro be Fails to Bare BareI I Inside Story I TUCSON Ariz Dec 18 WP RI-A RI A federal grand jury reported in four terse paragraphs paragraphs' today that evidence evidence evi evi- dence in the alleged of little June Robles 32 months ago did not warrant the indictment of any person or persons Frank E. E Flynn United States district attorney announced a few minutes later he was in full accord accord accord ac ac- ac- ac cord with the report and would recommend federal investigation be discontinued leaving the inside story of the baffling case as much mucha a mystery as ever Judge Albert M. M Sames ordered the report filed filec secretly but released released re re- re- re leased it after learning its contents It said We feel that federal authorities have done everything possible to solve this case but we do not feel that the facts disclosed by the evidence evidence evidence evi evi- evi- evi dence are sufficient to warrant the indictment of any person or perSons per per- sons Longest Probe The brief report concluded the longest investigation in the history of the Tucson district of federal court During nine days the man 17 jury of Tucson b business men and University University University sity of Arizona faculty members had examined more than 50 witnesses including including- the little kidnap victim now nine years old her father and mother Mr and Mrs Fernando Robles and Bernabe Bernabo Robles her grandfather to whom ransom notes demanding were addressed H. H E. E Andersen director of the bureau of investigation in Arizona declined to comment on the jurys jury's Continued on Pane Page Two Column Ono Robles Jurors i JB f T f v Take N No A Action r Continued from Page One report but indicated he was satisfied satis satis- fied fled that the long and baffling case had hd been wiped from th the governments government's govern govern- ment's ments ts t's records Statement Promised i District Attorney Frank E. E Flynn presented the great mass of evidence to the jurors said he would prepare a statement for release re- re lease Jease ease later in the day j Tune June then six years old disappeared Reared en ro route te home from school April 25 1934 Nineteen days later she he was found chained in a sheet- sheet Iron box half buried in t the e desert pine ine miles from Tucson An air airmail airmail mail letter received fr front from m Chicago by Governor B. B B. B directed to her hi hiding ing place Her disappearance precipitated a manhunt such as the southwest had not seen since pioneer days 1 A few hours after her disappearance disappear disappear- ance nce a boy delivered to Junes June's father and grandfather a note demandIng demanding demanding de de- de- de manding He could not describe describe de de- de- de scribe cribe the men who wh paid him to deliver the note S Several veral suspects ts were w re questioned All were released June Alive r r The childs child's parents at t this point b disclosed receipt of a note aying saying T that June Jane was alive It was in I Ianswer n answer to a questionnaire intended for June published in Tucson new newspapers papers a at the suggestion of federal agents Questions that could be answered only by June were asked To one of these she replied The little box with the key in it is In daddys daddy's desk Several days after the abduction all forces of of the law and vigilant citizens were withdrawn at the re request request request re- re quest of the Robles family who announced announced an an- flounced publicly it was ready to todeal todeal todeal deal with the kidnapers The ransom ransom ran ran- som sam som was WB deposited in a Tucson bank The family claimed it was WB never paid On May 14 H Governor re received received re- re the airmailed letter disclosing disclosing ing the location of the desert pit in which June w was s held captive It was signed XYZ XYZ Okey June said she ad spent the entire 19 days of her absence in the he pit She said two men visited her occa- occa occa occa- to bring food and water b T I n u but she could not describe them She said they called each oth other r Will and Bill Oscar car H. H Buster Robson a former former former for for- mer schoolmate of Junes June's father and former dance ance hall operator was arrested by the department of justice justice justice jus jus- jus- jus tice November 8 1934 and ald charged with sending th the rans ransom m notes Robson Held Government handwriting experts expert testified at a preliminary hearing that specimens of handwriting handwriting hand writing and nd that of the tha extortion ext notes were identical and Robson Bobson was ordered held for fop grand jury Investigation in investigation investigation in- in his bond set at the highest in the states state's hist history r. r I n t later was reduced to A federal grand jury ret returned an n indictment against Robson The Th The government disclosed at th the time it i had no case ase bec because use th the child had hail not been carried across the state line Robson was never brought to trial The indictment nt finally wa was was' dismissed last month when the new new grand jury was called Flynn and Andersen both a announced announced an an- flounced several weeks ago the case cas case had been solved to our satisfaction and said the complete story would would woul be e presented to the the grand jury I They hey indica indicated ed edat at the time they dl did didot not ot expect indictments |
