Bennat thought about trying to reach dick's family back when he was writing a short piece for the new yorker. Officer beardsley had given him strict instructions to leave the conant family alone. So ben sat on his hands until something happened that caught him completely by surprise. Dick family got in touch with him. Not joe from peach tree city, but two brothers who lived not that far from piermont. They were kind of curious about what it was in their brother that had caused me to care.