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nished o detailed description OF Miss
Cruger and brought other essential in
formation TO the attention Of the detec-
tive bureau.
II is assumed that Mr. olney testified
as to having written to Police Commits
sioner Woods on February IL urging
more activity In the investigation. II
was this letter which Commissioner
Woods turned over to Deputy Commits
sioner Guy v. Scull, head Of the detective
force.
II was definitely announced yesterday
that James W. Osborne has been re-
tained by the District Attorney to
serve as a special assistant in the Cru
ger Grand Jury inquiry. Mr.. Osborne
reported at the once and carried away
with him transcripts OF the testimony
taken before Commissioner Wallstein, to-
gether with other data. He said he was
already at work and that he expected
to hustle.
Mr.. Swami said Mr. Osborne was Sc
lected at n conference held by Gov.
whitman and the District Attorney last
Sunday and that Osborne got the ap-
pointment after several men had been
considered. The selection was made
with the Governors approval" was
the way Mr.. Swami explained It. Mr..
Osborne, as Is we'll known, IL a Demo-
crat with strong Tammany Affiliations.
Under Mr.. Swami the entire inquiry into
police work in the Cruger case iB now
under the direction OF officials who are
not regarded as being hateful to the
celebrated institution in Fourteenth
street. The supervisor OF the inquiry Is
the Republican Governor. Between these
millstones Is a department OF the inde-
pendent Mitchell administration.
New Evidence Found.
The. District Attorney said yesterday
that when this Grand Jury finishes Its
inquiry he will ask Gov. whitman to
designate an extraordinary session of
the Criminal Branch Of the Supreme
Court, and IL conditions warrant will
obtain an extraordinary Grand Jury to
make the inquiry very exhaustive. Jus
tice John w. Con will preside over the
extraordinary session Of the Supreme
Court.
II was discovered by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Alfred J. TalIey that de-
tectives assigned to look for stolen or
missing automobiles have received re-
wards from insurance companies when
ever they succeeded in finding such lost
property. Mr.. Talley suggested that
this state of affairs might possibly &C.
count Tor the eNperLneBB OF tne pOllCo IN
locating missing automobiles and their
inexpertness in finding missing human
beings
1T was very fortunate" said Mr.
Talley, that Mr.. Cruger was a man OF
means. which permitted him to maintain
search for his daughter in spite OF
police rebuffs. A poor widow under
similar circumstances would have nc
chance Of success."
New evidence against her husband
furnished by Mrs. Cocchi was revealed
by the District Attorney. He said:
FOR the first six or seven days after
her husband disappeared Mrs. CocchI
noticed no change In the general ap-
pearance of the shop or cellar. About
the seventh day she discovered that the
front windows Of the cellar had beer
covered with bagging so as to darker
the interior. She does not know who
put up the bagging. We know who had
access to the cellar after Cocchi fed"
Chief Inspector Schmittberger has
prepared the charges against Eeuts
William Browne. John ]. F1annelly AND
Francis Stainkamp and Detective Ser.
geants John l. Lagarenne and Francis
MCGEE for neglect OF duty In the CrugeI
case. Lieut.. Browne Is also charged
with making a false statement. These
men will be placed on trial at IL A. NJ
to-day before Deputy Commissioner
Leon q. Cooley.