The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-06-27

1T ls the practice 20 assign a case
number to It In the daily record book
and then make an informal memo
.randum Of the case" no said. when
there is time and the desk officer
Isn't busy. the memorandum Is tran
tnoribed into the daily record under
the serial number Indicated"
Q. A case Is not assigned for In
svestieatIon until It is 20 transcribed7
"a NO. 4-
= q How long a time elapses between
the taking OF the memorandum OF a
missing person and It's entry in the
day record7 A. That's a matter Of
discretion with the desk lieutenant
He waits a reasonable length OF time
ito see whether OF not the missing per-
Nson returns or Is found. II this hap
pens the memorandum isn't tran
sscribed.
Q. What time is put down in tho
rocord3 A. The time the memoran-
dunn Of the original complaint was
taken. not when II was formally en-
tered.
rBrown admitted that there were In
stances In which the serial numbers
OF the complaints were not In chrono-
logical order. He was asked to find
these and was for q time excused
from the stand.
Patrick +. Solan. general foreman
Of the Grand Central Terminal, an
expert In concrete. was then called.
1T was he who directed the digging
for Ruth crugsr's body in Cocchi's
cellar.
Q. When did you first 20 10 Al
fredo Cocchi's shop1 A. On June 16,
about noon. ! had been asked TO 70
thsre by one OF the officials Of my
company to aid Mr.. Crugor In the
search for his daughter. Mr.. Cruger
haA an offioe In our building.
. Q. Who was there7 A. Mrs. Hum
iston. Police Sergeant MCGEE, DR..
-AiiIng and n detective named Kron.
They were all on the street.
.. What did you do7 A. I asked
permission TO see what digging work
had been done.
~ aAIN gOu WIN DullQlnK
materials; concrete, for instance7 A.
Yes. I've had seventeen years ex-
perience with the Grand Central ofIi-
: ciala.
Commissioner wailstein got the
witness TO describe from a tracing
what work had been done.
There had been digging from the
sidewalk" he answered. II entered
the cellar vault from the sidewalk
been found. He showed me n girls
waist saturated, with chloride OF
lime and a Newspaper clipping dated
In May.
Before I entered the vault I saw
lot OF dirt on the sidewalk. McOce
told me II had been taken from
the sidewalk hole. I told him he
couldn't have got that much dirt from
~. In tho vault there was another
nothing was found" -
Solan then said he had asked
McGee for permission 10 go into the
lo0iar by way OF the basement door.
Q. What happened2 A. Sergt.
sAlcGee went up and returned 10 say
sthere was some business deal going
son and that II would be done later.
y asked him again ten minutes later
10 get the permission and this time
i got II.
BODY FOUND AFTER HOUR AND
A HALF.
: Q. When did you get into the cell
lar? A. About 1880.
Q. When did YOU finG Ruth Cruger's
sbodyY A. About i.i5.
} Solan testified that before tho body
was found he asked McGee 10 make
the same inspection OF the cellar that
,he had previously made.
A. No.
The witness said ne noticed n two
Inch pipe which ran TO the cellar
floor with q pile OF rubbish by II,
sMcGee, he said. told him there was a
gasoline tank buried somewhere there
in the cellar. At Solan's request Nc
Gee had the pile OF rubbish removed.
The concrete expert told OF his
careful examination of the rear OF
The cellar, where a room was par
tltloned on. When he came back into
no cellar he made a careful inspec-
tion OF II.
Q. What did you hndI A. That
there were two cases or workbenches
with drawers against the east wall.
q. DID you notice anything peculiar
about them? A. That they were not
In place. as II put there for mechan-
iNoi use no CdHth were not fastened
FIRMLY and one projected beyond the
other.
CASE DETECTIVES IGNORED
SI WAS MOVED EASILY.
Q. Now what did you do3 A. l
went to one Of the cases and pulled
~ from the wall.
Q, You're not an athelete. are your
A. No.
solan said ne weighed only li6
pDunds and was feet 6 inches tall.
Q. How far from tho wall did you
pull Az A. A foot or rs inches. II
required very little eXertion. The
case was not fastened In place in any
way.
Q. Was there anything 10 indicate
that the case had been fastened ?
a. Yes, there were rusty nails which
showed II had been fastened some
where.
Q. What did you do when you got
the case away from tho wpll7 A !
flashed my light between II and the
wall.
Q. Whore was McGeo then.
A. Somewhere In the cellar. don't
know where.
Q. What did your flashlight show ?
A. Fine earth spread evenly whore
the case had stood, Then | pulled