| Show i I CONTACT REPORTED Hunt for Missing Child r Temporarily Called Off I To Permit Negotiations fr p l I vF V j i 1 t 4 f I 3 r 1 4 j 4 I 4 1 r of I II I r of I June Robles Wealthy Grandfather Makes Makes' Three Trips rips Away From Home o e During Night J 1200 REWARD POSTED Agreement to Meet Ransom Demand Rumored By Pru TUC TUCSON ON Ariz April A. 27 deputy dep dep- uty sherif who declined to his named to be used said id today he e understood thai haL contact was made during the night with the kidnaper ot J June ne Robles 6 The con contact tact il if it was made was believed to have followed a tern withdrawal wal of official and volunteer searchers at 2 a. a m. m t at the request of the Robles family Members ol of the family were quoted as saying they hey desired to negotiate direct with the abductors if pos pos- sible sibie fearing the little girls girl's life would be forfeited iI if the hue and cry continued much longer without result No immediate confirmation of the negotiation report was forthcoming Bernabe Rabies Robles wealthy grand father tather ot of the child it was reported had agreed in communication communication cation with the abductors abductors to to pay a ran The family refused to make any st statement hunt Officially Halted ed edThe The hunt hunt to which h hundreds of vol volUnteers had rallied remained ot of in abeyance this morning Searchers however we were e ready to 10 take up the hunt a again ain should the reported n negotiations miss fire Police machine guns temporarily were out of respecting cUng th the Urn Um ilY desire to get the little girl back fo I A port ot of negotiations negotiations' bf- bf tween Bernabe Robles and the kid came came during the forenoon from a detective e ot of the Tucson city police force torce who also declined to tobe tobe be quoted During the early hours Robles was known to have left his home three times tim He w was s not followed and it was not known where he went Ransom Reported Cut While a second alleged ransom note or of yesterday reducing the thc demand ot of the abductors from to 10 was branded a lake last night by Colby S. S Farrar in charge ot of the investigation reports grew today that Robles was coming to an agreement with the kidnapers lor or payment of a lesser amount than originally demanded for the childs child's return Authorities indicated they would remaIn out of the picture until little June again is safe with her family it if developments gIve any assurance that can be accomplished by the family tamil tam tam- il ily within a re reasonable time Rewards posted for the capture ot of the kidnapers were brought to 1200 today with the issuance of a proclamation procla procla- mation by Governor B. B B. B of offering Ie ring in the name of the state stat The Morgan McDermott post of the Continued on Pate Pace Two To CONTACT MADE IN KIDNAP CASE I Grandfather Agrees to Meet Demands Search for Girl Halted Continued from Page Pue One AmerIcan Legion ln in Tucson and the Pima county board of supervisors yesterday posted each Confers Attorney Shortly before 11 a. a m. m Bernabe Robles concluded an hours hours' conference conference confer confer- ence with hI hisson son Carlos Carlo G. G RObles assistant county attorney As he em emerged from the conference the reputedly wealthy grandfather of little June at whom the ransom demand de de- mand is believed to have been aimed rather than at her parents Mr and Mrs Fernando Robles did not show b his he discouraged discouraged dis- dis by demeanor that felt over prospects for the safe return ot of the child County Count Attorney Clarence Houston said that the serious condition of Mrs Robles influenced the decision to pay ransom ag halt th the hunt FInt Great Manhunt Launched Previously the search had extended extend extend- ed into canyons canons arid and desert wastes surroundIng Tucson Cowboys ranchers veterans and peace officers cers joIned the greatest manhunt ArIzona has ever known During the manhunt hundreds ot of shooting quick cowboys trod the desert des des- ert city while scores of older volunteers retrieved ancient six shooters from attic hideaways strapped them on and offered their services to authorities Shotguns came from backroom closets and old army rUles rifles were lifted from trun trunks Never before authorities saId had volunteers rallied to such an extent In an Arizona manhunt Lynching Talk heard There were members of the throng which gathered at the Pima county courthouse yesterday and talked of ofa a lynching Mrs Harold Smith told police she saw June being coaxed into a battered light sedan Wednesday afternoon She dId not investigate becaUse be cause she feared it would be a rude intrusion into something that did not concern me She described the man as dressed In an old grey suit and with several days days' growth of beard on his face This description fitted with that of Junes June's year old cousin Barney Kengla who saw her enter the car when the man called to her Rewards totaling 1000 were ot of offered for Junes June's return by the Morgan McDermott post of the American Legion and OO by the Pima Pi- Pi ma county board of supervisors Race Drivers Admit Assaulting News Men I LOS ANGELES April 27 Two P auto racing drivers today sought probation pro pro- bation on their pleos of guilty to assaulting assaulting as- as a newspaper reporter and ph photographer pher On May 10 they will appear for forsen sen sentence ence before Judge Judg Charles S. S I Burnell who told them You took the wrong way about it when when- you attempted to tell the editors editor what they they- could do Babe Stapp originally indicted for tor James Lee Lec Examiner reporter re- re porter end and Louis charged with felonious assault on John Ben nus photographer for the newspaper pleaded guilty to the reduced charges after their counsel explained they rC realized they were wrong in the methods they cho chose to express their opinions Hoover Denies Lindbergh Ransom Money Found WASHINGTON April 27 J. JP-J. Edgar Hoover director of the justIce departments department's division of investigation today described as without a tilla of truth reports published in Boston that a large amount ot of the Lindbergh ransom money bad been found in New England The reports he said apparently grew out ot of a visit to Vermont last week end of ten special agents of the division in an investigation of at an ex cx- case Convict Ex-Convict Foils Illinois Kidnap Plot BELLEVILLE m. m April 27 UP- UP Sheriff Jerome Munie today credited Herman Donnehold Dannehold 32 former convict con con- vict with ith frustration of a plot aimed against William N Beltz Baltz former Illinois congressman congressman Dannehold a member of a 8 gang of three men men went t tD Marshal Philip Lippert of and revealed the of his confederates at the last moment His confession resulted in their capture Dannehold described the plot as 83 an to capture Baits Baltz inside ot of the First National bank of Millstadt of which the former congressman was wa president The kidnapers expected to loot the bank and spirit Bal Balz away to tobe tobe be held for ransom Dannehold was alleged to have revealed House Committee Public Enemy Reward w WASHINGTON A HINGTON April 27 UP- UP The house judiciary committee today voted voled to report f favorably the Patman Pat Pat- man bill authorizing the payment of a federal reward of for forthe forthe the c turc dead or alive of any one designated by the attorney a a public enemy nemy I CHICAGO AprIl 27 W lP ot of a suspect carryIng of the paid for the release of Ed Ed- ward Bremer St St. Paul banker and Brewer from kidnapers several months ago was was disclosed here to- to day The suspect William E. E 34 a reputed was arrested yesterday In a Chicago gambling es es- and has been held In The money found in pock pack ets it was was' disclosed Included 2665 in 5 and 10 Identified as part of the ransom mone money Federal authorities said they hoped arrest would help to bring about apprehension of other sus sus- peels in the Another man said to have more of the ransom m money ney i is being sought In I I |
