The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-17
.6oOr Of RUTH CRUetR
IS FOUND UNDER SHOP
Father CellapseS As His seventeen
Yoar-i>ld Daughter Is Discovered
skssssS In Cellar BY Policemen. =
ITALIAN CHARGED WITH DEED,
Alfred Coccla. Under whose Place OF
business Body Is Located, Now In
Bologna. and Efforts VIII Be Made
10 Estreditr Him.

New York. June ie.--Jnder the ce'-
/ lar flooring Of the motorcycle repair
shop Of Alfred Cocehi, at 542 West
One Hundred and Twcnty-sevenlh
street.-the last place she was seen
! aIive-the body al Raih Cruger the
seventeen, ear-old high school Eiri,
missing since February 3. was found
This afternoon. An effort had been
made TO destroy the body, the ponce
relieve II vas covered with chemi-
cal SUI hstance evidently sprinkied over
1T the time Of death The feet were
destroyed ana only the ankle bones
and shoes remained. On the head
was a. brown hat The tan shoes and
black stockings also had survived the
destroying chemical.
The girls head had been crushed in,
\ deer hole about three inches IN
width was found at the apex ~ inc
skull The body WAS bound NY
\ vadlojrh high school ring ~aF
me last rrk that CONVINCED tn"
father q the murdered ~'rl fhat me
hody vas that Of bis DAUGHTER ~
aln1cst collapsed, but friends TOOK
,..n1 awav NtAout permitting MN f."
view the remains.
roccnt who aed from the city ~"
taye after t1c 81 $ Death. has h@f7
located tn Eofospa T's1' steps h7f"
ALREADY been taken 20 bring f7u oa
r. this caGmtrE re cannot }sn e$-
-rsf3ted bur T--'rtct a t-ornnT Svv p
roves thaf Erc italian .autnortife-
ROW thai italy = Pm ally ct t6@ }.r+'"f
s-a.es VII permit tins eona'ft f0
bring back roCchf
Mrs Cocchi. who STILL retainer
s.oFe 8<teV t.sv f4sN1Hd = an' up
Isa,e was detained by the police A.
in sad sAc re!5 the s.ere half an hoo
.he digging In the cellar began Mr.
before the redv vas found. Ever sin
CoccE. has sought tn prevent at
h.n6e- Il. telling the rclice they Wa"
scaIs - hurt there--thzt they voa]l
fad ro;t52E
The o.e ao-k eerch in the celia
attracted tae attention % the men 80
where RE BODY was, II rested agalns.
4 val n ms extreme rear WIe4
w-rKa3ea removed the bench the
fe4ac wooden aoor under tain
covering ct dirt. The floor was ripped
up a. enre and the crumpled bod
Father Il Hecrtb-oken.
Mre 5-ueet mas rot been Informed
q The fod5nF e Jhf body She h-s
ssesr - at he home and the news
was kept frosa her The fatheg rs
heart eroken lie was I'D away f5ofa
sne sceae bs syrnpashotic friends.
NJ God ny a@ughter was at
~ cca.d say
Ruth rr4eeF ~as happy sch0@
g.r. Yoxed - al her friends
Re~eH Sc pze ,1a }tfe az tn family
SIZE rad To- sweethearts She left
/ ncne or fhs afternoon she Olsen
-s4~sd 20 rs, . TAT OF skNes su'
7 rad left 10 he sHarrened in Cocch''
stop SIZE vas never seen again
Two DAVIS afterwards CoCch disc
psared Many rumors Of the gil
where bouts were run down withoH
avail Five DAYS ago an anonXmuu
letter vas received This set the au
/ tnnr.tles to digging under the Cocch
SHOP
1 u vas rumored tonight that TIVE
rolcer1tn are involved in the case
Il = ~ s.sf- .ss.d 10 haa-e bean friends a
Coechi and n have made a rendez
vous OF his place
Police Commissioner Wood an
nounced tonight ne had ordered an IN
vestiFstion of the two officers He ais
a stated he would ask the Italian GOV
eminent for the return Of Cocchi ant
4 would recommend that he ce charge
U wit. murder