When noon passed without a call from the kidnappers, Federal agents feared it was futile to hope that the kidnappers. would again communicate with the boy's parents. Fears increased that the boy had been killed and possibly buried in an effort to cover the trail of the kidnappers.
The boy was kidnapped from the Cash home last night while his father and mother were counting receipts at a general store, also owned by Mr. Cash, Two ransom notes were found demanding payment of $10,000 for the boy's release, 4
Federal agents made no attempt to a apprehend the kidnappers prior to the payment of the ransom money early today. The search was delayed until noon when the kidnappers were given a last opportunity to communicate with the boy's grief-stricken parents. Federal agents feared any earlier attempt to capture "the hide nappers might frighten them and" result in the murder of the boy, Fededal*G-Men" prepared to go into action tonight, however, an. increasing number of farmers arrived here from the surrounding countr to organize an armed searching party, Officials feared the kidnappers would be lynched if captured by the enraged farmers and "Princeton res" iderts. The possibility that the kid appears velic nomai added to the. lynch threat, officials believed. United Press. hu
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