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June Robles found... desert cage...
June Robles found... desert cage...
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May 15, 1934
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, May 15, 1934
* June Robles found alive
* Desert cage box - Tucson, Arizona
* William Gettle
This 24 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "June Robles and Gettle Rescued from Kidnappersand Taken Home; Both Ransom Demands Folied" with related photos.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little margin wear, otherwise good.
wikipedia notes: On May 14, after much searching and scant communication from the abductors, Arizona governor B.B. Moeur received a postcard at his office describing June Robles' location in the desert outside Tucson. The postcard bore a Chicago postmark. A team that included Carlos Robles, Pima County Attorney Clarence Houston and several Highway Patrolmen, searched the area for two hours until discovering a small metal box, sunk three feet into the ground and disguised with some shrubbery. June was inside, alive and in surprisingly good health. She had been chained in the iron box in the desert for 19 days. Interestingly, another high-profile kidnapped person was recovered that day. William F. Gettle, an oil millionaire from Beverly Hills had been missing since Wednesday, May 9, was found in the Los Angeles home of his kidnapper.
Category: The 20th Century
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