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Show American Dancer Disappears; 'Find Man,' Paris Police Shrug PARIS, Aug. 7 (UP) Excited newspapers and strangely placid police today sought Miss Jean de Koven, 22, American dancer who, according to one of a series of reports, is being held for a modest S500 ransom bv an inexpert kidnaper. Miss De Koven has been absent for two weeks from her Latin quarter hotel, and her aunt, Miss Ida Sackheim, appealed yesterday to the American embassy for aid. The embassy, in turn, called in the police. They said they could not. pending investigation, accept the kidnap theory. Miss De Koven left her hotel one sfternoon, saying she would be back for dinner. A short time before, she had made friends with a young man who lives on the other side of Paris. He used to send her letters, let-ters, at least once a day, by a taxi-cab taxi-cab driver, who would wait for her answers. The story was that soon after Miss De Koven s disappearance the aunt received a letter demanding 300, failing which Miss De Koven was to be killed. Apparently the aunt tried the personal columns at first, for in the Paris edition of the New York Herald-Tribune were found this series se-ries of exciting personals which appeared at intervals of two or three days beginning July 27: "Jean: Please come back. S "Jean: Please come back. Everything Every-thing ready. S." "Jean: Everything was ready. Why didn't you answer? S." "Jean: Do not understand your way of acting. Want proposition immediately. Otherwise will consider con-sider other action. S." "Jean: Must have letter today in your handwriting concerning us both. S." The final advertisement appeared yesterday. |