The evening world., 1917-06-19

that Il was impossible for one man
10 remove and replace the hot air
pipe which led into the hole through
which the girls body was lowered
into the cellar. The fact that the
gfri's grave was stuffed With old
clothing in order 90 allow the replace
ment Of the concrets floor establishes
that the murderer removed the earth
fro nnths building before putting the
body IN the hole and discovered later
that he had taken too much earth
away. The earth must have been
carried on In vehicle OF some kind.
Mr.. Doollng was asked II police
whistle was found in a pocket OF a
piece OF clothing which was stuffed
into the hole In which Ruth Cruger's
body was buried lie refused TO
answer the question directly but said
nome OF the articles found In the
pockets were 'signihcant."
Five lockers in the basement OF the
cocchi cellar. apparently used by
young men who kept motorcycles In
the shop, we're stripped Of their con-
tents TO provide hnlng material for
the hole in which the body was
buried. This the police announced
after a careful examination OF the
garments and other material eN-
humed last Saturday.
The name Of Victor Blady. carved
with a penknifs. appears on the door
OF one OF these lockers, according TO
Detective Sergeant McGec. An effort
IL now being made 10 trace ownership
Of the recovered articles The police
know who held keys TO the Coechi
lockers and are anxious to determine
why none OF the missing property was
never reported.
The recovered articles, bloodstained
and solled. at the Fourth Branch De-
tectve Headquarters include such
equipment as motorcyciistH and chauf-
feurs would use Sergt. MCGEE, who
Is IN charge OF this phase OF tho "mur
der cellar" investigation, stated this
afternoon that Blady In his siN-hour
grilling last night admitted ownership
OF some OF the material.
In the hole in which Ruth Crugers
body was found there we're five old
chauffeur's uniforms. One OF them
fits Biady. who Is a youth feet s
inches tall. but he claims he never
saw II before. although he knew Coo
chi and loafed in Cocchis shop and
admits that he was there with two
other men on Feb. 10, the day OF Ruth
Cruger's disappearance from her home
At No. $50 Claremont Avenue.
Following cocch's indictment for
murder, the finding OF a hole in the
moor OF the shop at No. b42 West One
Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Through which Miss Crugers body Ia
believed TO have been lowered TO the
cellar was the most interesting of late
developments.
While the investigation In the cellar
was proceeding Mr.. Dooling noticed q
long. thin pipe reaching from the
cellar stove across the ceiling and
disappearing upward. Running his
fingers along the pipe he encountered
piece OF broken asbestos and then
observed that several strands OF wire
supporting the pipe were new. The
next discovery was startling. II wal
that the entire metal ceiling OF tho
cellar had been recently repainted
after a hole had been, cut around tbs
section admitting the pipe. and thu
section replaced. The paint nlmos
concealed the joint In the metal.
Investigation was quickly trans
ferred to the floor above. In the mid
die OF the floor was found an old
fashioned register. II was not fas
tened I'm place, but was easily lfte'
out. A light was brought and
square hole revealed. 20 by 20 Inches
lined with stained and discolore
pieces OF tin. To prove that Mis-
Crugers murderer would have had n
difficulty In lowering her bod
through this aperture, Mr. Doolln
persuaded Edward Linde, who re
Gently purchased the shop from Mr.
Cocchi, TO be let down. Mr. Linde
big man. but was readily passe
through the hole.
Blady was present during this eX
pertinent. lie denied vehemently tina
he had ever seen the hole before.
Further examination reveale
freshly painted spots on the walls {
a small closet behind the shop, an
over other sections OF the wall wei
patches OF ordinary wrapping pape
scraplnRs from these walls and fro
the tin lining OF the aperture haN
been sent TO experts for analysis.
WOODS WANTS TO KNOW IF pc
LICE MADE HONEST EFFORT.
The body OF the dead girl wi
buried yesterday at Kensico Gem,
terry. Only the family and few clio
friends were present. A gruesomo II
cident was the news that while at Il
Morgue the body had been despoil
by souvenir hunters OF several sh'
hRirpins ana small gold brooch.
Commissioner Woods while a
nouncing that he would make
statement OF his discoveries until !
invpstigation WAS cOmplete said [