Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27

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had been informed, went to the place in.
dieated, and. while one of them deposit
ed package, others watched and
searched the vicinity. but failed TO hnc
any one.
The police and the friends Of the fam
ily worked for two days to find the lad
searched every Granny in the city and
yet obtained no clew of his whereabouts
Chief among the searchers was Joseph
Hardy, Conway's brother-in- law. who
formerly made his livelihood as a florist
but lately has been doing nothing
Hardy recently took to spending a great
deal Of time around the poolrooms, ana
having little money, appealed for aid to
Conway on several occasions. Conway
refused to give him money and a cool
ness arose between the two. But when
the boy was taken from his home on
Monday Hardy was the first to go to the
aid of the lads distracted parents. In q
melodramatic manner he offered his
services with the words:
Whatever has passeN between us
heretofore is forgotten in this hour of
trouble"
Brother-in-law Suspected.
His services We're gratefully accepted,
and he apparently worked with unre-
mitting energy to get some trace of the
stolen child On Thursday suspicion
began TO be directed toward him, but
he denied all connection with the kid
naping, and Conway secuted the idea.
This suspicion. had its inception in the
fact that II. G.. Blake, a furniture deal
er and boon companion of Hardy,
was found to be missing The police
having once taken up this line followed
II, and with success.
An active search for Blake was be-
gun. He was found on Thursday by
some representatives Of an Albany
newspaper and was induced to go to
the office of the paper with Hardy He
was then indirectly accused of knowing
where the child was but he assumed an
attitude Of injured innocence. He was
threatened, but replied with absolute
denials Of the charges. Persuasion was
then tried. The paper offered him 81 900
If he would produce the child. To this
offer he coolly replied, Make 1t 1880.
and I'll see what can do about It,"
A bargain was struck. Blake declared
that he did not know where the missing
boy was. but that he knew man who
did know where the child could be
found. lie promised faithfully that II
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John Conway should be delivered to his
parents within two hours after day
light. The mans cupidity got the better
Of his judgment. He seemed to think
that he could know all about the boys
whereabouts without being charged
with completely in the kidnapping.
Conway Boy Recovered.
A rescuing party left Albany In a
mi n 90 tatFfpar at
route, and finally drew up at the west
ern boundary OF the city and proceeded
along the Schenectady turnpike to Kar-
ners, a small station on the Central,
eight miles west Of Albany. They pro-
eeeded under the direction Of Blake on
the edge of a woods just outside of
Karners Blake signaled the party to stop
Here the reseuers We're shown the
child who was with a masked man
some distance away in the woods. Aft
er some parleying with Blake over the
payment of the ransom, the officers sue
ceeded In rescuing the child without
payment Of the promised reward. In
the commotion Blake escaped. On the
following day, however, he was cap
tured. and with Hardy is now in Gus
tody. The police had great difficulty
in restraining the excited people from
lynching Blake and Hardy.
A third party implicated in the Kid
naping OF the Conway boy is Albert
S. Warner a New York lawyer who Is
still at large and for whom the police in
several cities are searching. A woman
whose name has not yet been made
public is also thought 10 have been
connected with the case,
Warner was said to have been in
Newark. n. J., the day after the little
Conway boy was kidnapped The AL
bany police believe he Is now in Ulster
county.
II is now believed that the abduction
Of the Conway lad was but detail OF
one Of the most daring plots that was
ever invented by man. 1t was planned
10 kidnap children In this vicinity by
the wholesale and demand a ransom for
their return. The work was to be done
/ by a notorious gang OF crooks, whose
base OF operations is New York city
The children were to be taken the same
as was the Conway boy and II ransom
was refused were 70 be quietly disposed
/ Of Hardy, the uncle Of the boy, was
not one OF the originators. but was
merely an informer for Blake and War
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