New-York tribune., 1917-07-27
Cocchi's Son Link,|
Others in Bural|
Of Ruth Cruz.
Boy Heard Men Talk;,.
Cellar on Day Bod,
Was Disposed or
Kept From Back Ros,
Father Refused to L., b.
Enter Where 1t Is Thou,L
Slain Girl Lay

One Of the witnesse, ,,,,..
fredo Cocchi, charged with ~.
der Of Ruth Cruger, will b. h,.
year-old son Arthur. The n,a.
low declared yesterday that !.
allowed the freedom of hi, q.
motorcycle repair shop, in w,,, =
Street and that he went ther. ),
warm on the afternoon Of r...
lS, less than an hour after HI,
had killed Miss Cruger.
Cocchi has maintained thai,
no aecompiiees in dispOsins n \
body Of his victim. James W Oh.
Alfred J. Ialley and John 7. n..r'
Assistant District Attorneys. ,,,..
ing the investigation Of the mu,,.. 4
not accept Cocchi's statements !, a
respect. In their quest for III. ,,.'
or persons who may have helped C.,,,
transfer the body from the str. a.
to the cellar and then bury i,..,,
the grave escaped detection q, :, !.
months, the story told by the IA, :.
have an important bearing on II, "a
tion of the mystery.
Before questioning him, M. Tan,
asked Arthur if he knew what N. a.
sequences would be if he told Il,
Il would go down below and h,v, ..
stay there until God forgaye me- !,
replied, simply.
Heard Voices in Cellar
after school on February u
changed my clothes and went dow /,
see my papa" he continued. II v,I
in but there wasn't anyone Their
stood near the heat register and h.I
some men talking down in the etTr
Then ! went out front to 20 down a N
by the outside stairs, but psps u-l
out and met me and told me 10 20 IA,
upstairs. He followed me I'd uj
started TO go into the little back rx-
TO get drink Of water. Papa told a
not 10 go ,here because the door y,|
locked. He said the pipes were irors
The boy said he was sure he hear
two men speaking in the cellar k
sides his father. Who they were .,
doesn't pretend to know. The prose
cutors are making every allowance isI
his youth in the matter Of hearing h,
voices below. Any theory that hi,
might have that the voices were 4
friends of Cocchi's on the police tsr,1
tes not doyetail with the facts noE /
the possession Of the prosecutors. d,
tectives did not visit the shop unit
the afternoon of February IA.
The boys story about his fs,h,
telling him not TO try 70 get into a
little back room, however, is regard,
by Assistant District Attorney DooliH
as corroborative of the theory b.
up by newspapermen when the BOZ
was exhumed that Cocchi had cs'
cecled the dead girl in the back rSi
until he was able to prepare her grs7
below.
Grand Jury in Session MONDAY
The grand jury will resume i. ~
sions on Monday. II was learned ya
terday that Deputy Police Comes
sioner Guy Scull has sent Erl'',1
request TO the special grand jury ~
ing that he be heard as a witne" y
fore that body. Information TO u
effect was given out by Assistant W
trict Attorney Dooling.
1T is too early 10 call Comnn''o''|
Scull." said Mr.. Dooling, when s'it)
whether the grand jury would ''ae)
the request. I'VE haven't proTssa1
far enough yet. There are sev.nl WI
resses yet 70 be heard bei,s -
shall be ready to question Mr SaL
Mr.. Dooling said it would Be ,Ss'
sary TO examine the Rev. Dr. ~,
son, the Cruger pastor; NJ Vns1
and George II. Olney, who wron ss y.
ter 10 Commissioner Scull, osioN !.
commissioners turn comes 70 e ~
toned. Mr.. Dooling said that y Ms ~.
even be necessary 10 call ComFn'"'-
Woods also. a.,..
This is a progressive invests'I..]] y
made SO unfortunately by us - :.
that in the Police Departrleh. 49, y !,
pears that everybody got MS intw-] ~
ton second, third and even ""
hand" said Mr. Dooling.