Evening star., 1934-07-16
HOUNDS RECALLED
|. IN HUNT FOR CHILD
Descriptions Broadcast in
Search for Missing Drug
PeddIer.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HARTSDALE. N. Y. july ls-
Bloodhounds ranged through neigh.
borhood bush and woodlands ahead
of small army OF searchers today
in a grim hunt for missing 2l-month-
old Bobby Connor.
The battling caSe-which has not
yet crystalliEed either as a kidnapping
or accidental disappearance--sprea
wider In reach over net Of police
wires and radio as descriptions were
broadcast for drug peddler who
dropped from sight at time cor
responding to BobbyS disappearance
four dayS ago
The child'S parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II Connor, have been in close
association with Frank A. Saporitn. A
Mount Vernon attorney Saporito
said the Connors we're good friends
OF his
Denies Being Intermediary.
Saporito denied he was called into
the case as an Intermediary by kid
napers The attorney said the day
long visit Of the Connors At his home
yesterday was only 70 provide them a
day Of rest.
He declared the case had none Of
the earmarks of usual KIDNAPPING.
expressing the belief the child had
been taken by q childless mother or
a maniac, who was now afraid 70 re-
turn It because OF police activity
There have been no ransom notes
The use of blood hounds i'm the
heavy thicketS surrounding the Con-
nor home was a new development in
the case At the request of Green
burgh police State troops rounded ND
four dogs In New Jersey and brought
them TO the scene.
Although the scent Is four dAys old
and last nights rain may have OBJ
liberated It entirely. authorities chung
to the hope the dogs might uncover
more of the missing boys trail.
A dog brought from Ossining last
Thursday night apparently was con-
fused and lost the childs trail behind
the Connor home.
CoIOred Suspect Picked Up.
The search for the mysterious
peddler brought in another Suspect
today-Daniel Dyckee. 81. colored,
picked up in DobbS Ferry for aues-
tioning. When apprehended he was
wheeling a baby carriage filed with
adult clothing.
Dyckes said he was taking home
washing, but Federal agents forward
ed his fngerprints to Washington
Tor routine check-up.
Yesterday Milton Coleman, n.
peddler from Manhattan. was oueS-
TONED, but satisfied police he was
not In HartSdale on Thursday
Five State police wires carried new
enlarged descriptions OF the Connor
Daoy ana OF the mysterious peddler.
despite the statement OF the hov's
IAther. IN an interview with the Tar
rytown Daily News. that the eccentric
was picked up by police Friday night
and absolved.
kidnap Theory Is Held.
While authorities and the child's
parents. said no authentic ransom
notes have been received, the theory
OF kidnapping was not abandoned
Federal agents remain on the acene
Ihe arrest OF Bernard Seidenberr
70 accused OF writing an offer 10
conner 10 sell clues 10 the where
abouts of the child for $50, was an
nounced by Frank Fay. Department
OF justice agent in charge. The
youth, an unemployed theater usher.
was arrested outside a New York
theater. to which the letter directed
the money be brought
Fay said SeidenberR admitted
writing the letter. but the Federal
agent expressed belief the youth knew
nothing of the child's whereabouts.
Seidenberg was held for possible ac-
tion under the "Lindbergh law"
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman called at
the Connor home yesterday 10 ex.
press his sympathy and offer the
grief-Stricken parents the fullest CO.
operation of the State in the search
Tor the child. Mrs. Lehman accom-
panied him. They came by automo-
bile from their Summer home At
Purchase, 6 miles away.
Connor, an electrical engineer said
ne was confident the child was alive
1t Is obvious that the child il not
dead. he said. "or IL would have
been found before this. From that
fact we are getting our greatest
hope"
Connor discounted the ransom
theory, saying he was not able To pay
even a small sum.
AGENTS RECALL nEHIrn