New-York tribune., 1917-07-20
Lasarenne Charged ),
Failure to Report :,
Cocchi's charae,.,
Is Arraigned and
Released on B,
Penalty for Alleged G..
Is Six Months and f..
of $1,000

Detective Sergeant John L l..
enne, Of the Fourth Branch
dicted Yesterday for omissio, 49,
in the Ruth Cruger case. II. NJ.
against him was first b,ouss, "~''' :.
Leonard NJ. walls,ein, Commiui,..
Accounts, who recommended n.
pension from the police fo,,.
Indictment returned by the .r,,,,.
nary grand jury which Is inv..,,,..
the Cruger case alleges th,. Ln,,'
failed to make a report on i,.,..
which he had as to the imnonl -
tatiOn of Alfredo COcchi, til. .,,,,'. -.
slayer of Miss Cruger.
The evidence showed that kr,...
had information that Cocchi M
tempted to kiss Mrs. Mary P,m
MS motorcycle shop and tha.hA.
beaten his wife in a quarrel tr,,,.,.
by her accusations of infdelit, NM,
Cocchi. II is also charged thrL,,
enne failed TO investigate nr,,,.,
complaints received by tn. rsEs ).
garding Cocchi's relations Wit. VAN.
boys in the neighborhood Of 4, a.,
In face of this, it is alleged, Luw,
reported to his superiors that c,c,
bore a good reputation.
Detective Immediately ARRESTED
Lagarenne, with his counsel, Ecr,,
j. Sullivan, was in the courthouv v.r
the indictment was returned. Hem
Immediately arrested by Csp,si, h
seph E. 0'Brien, a court sttsnd,at M
was later arraigned before Judu n
lntyre in General Sessions, who Nj,
him in $1,000 bail. Lssarennt iunas
cash security. His counsel s,l.d IN
his trial be set for next Monday M
was denied and, as the ALLEGED edr, !
misdemeanor ana not q prison us
il is expected that his trial viii rs~
sarily take its turn. The penalty
from three to six months in prisar,
a $1,000 fine.
District Attorney Swami ys.srar
wrote to John D. Rockefeller akin,
him to be a witness in the Crurr ease
before the grand jury w. svshn
told Mr.. Rockefeller thathshat sts'
informed that Henry D. Crp,r, i,,is
Of the murdered girl, went 70 hin "
sonally and asked him to take up ,a
Police Commissioner Woods ID. %
ter OF his daughters dissrpsinrs
therefore he desired that NJ. gea
feller tell everything he knew sse.i
the case to the grand iury.
Detective Sergeant Frank yses'
who was with Mrs. Grace Hunifiz
when the body Of Miss Crugtr VA a.
humed in Cocehi's shop, was ss,ir !
witness yesterday before ii. rii:
jury. Patrick F. Solsm, ttit t'.
tractor for the erection Of the Gn,'
Central Terminal and an t1per J
concrete, who located the p'sil'' y
the buried body within a few ri'''a
after entering the Coeehi oi'.rs'
was also a witness.
Motorcycle Men TO Waive
Assistant District Attorney Ali'. J.
Ialley said last evening that A,,e'
cycle Policemen 0chsenhirt %: ra
gerty, who hurried TO the i's 'n,c
with information OF the disapp','',os
of Cocchi on February ls, VII W !,
lowed 70 waive immunity ana .sL'
before the grand jury in their ''l :
half regarding the accusations n',g
Detectives McGee and Lsssrsrst ~
they were misled by Oehsensln :. :.
Motorcycle Policeman herriga1 u y
matter of Cocchi's reputation.
The Board of Estimate yottd I"a !,
day to appropriate s25,OOO 70 ''ip =
expenses of District ATTORNEY ss.', /.
investigation Of the case. Dsu,H = :
tornev Swami appeared persorilll = =
fore the board in behalf OF ss W
cation for the money, and Cor'f'... =,
Prendergast made q speech a's. ~,
board 10 assist the District a' -,
in every way possible. The n''''' -
unanimously adopted. ..s.
Police Commissioner WOODS a., go
yesterday TO check up the aetiyl''ss !, |.
the members of the tra'he sals. !,
means of a punch card system sI =.
to that used by street rsilFn
ductors in giving out trsr:isi', ,;,.,
this way one punched slip will r ~, -,
TO the speeding offender I,.s
turned into the traffic satoa -,t
and the third kept by the Oric'i : -, y,
ing the arrest. Commissione1 |,
also provided for an exa'riias.,, Sa''...,,.,
.hese slips By his personal Ii'."
Woods Starts Investls'''' :.
Commissioner Woods also -; :: !, |,
had instructed Inspector Mysn 3.
Traffic Squad to make tao,,ss ..,.',si
ves,igation in order to M ~ Irs''
ity for the $500 violations AZ. ~
larities in the traffic departn::..r, !.
August, 1916. These were ere...,i,a,,.' ..,,
Commissioner Woods by CGSsS;s Gni..y;s u.
Wallstein in his report 70 w,,,, ~
torney Swami. Inspector ~. Nm, J,
instructed TO file charges ~n'
found dereliction of duty.