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The evening world., 1917-06-18
Vital Events That Followed
Disappearance OF Ruth CrugeT

Feb 13Ruth shop Alfredo Cocchi
No 542 West Hundred Twenventh Street pair
of skates she had left there to be sharpened
Feb 13e disappearance the police night family
according police
all
the o
Feb 15Cocch disappeared his shop NJ He collected
debt of @ He had by police and his that
he nothing accepted police
reported
missing
said he had borrowed IS her left about
belief that
with twelve hours They the kidnapping
theory police
Is left voluntarily
Cocchi cellar but the search revealed nothing but door leading
a
Henry
Doong that he had driven Ruth Cuger
from Cocchis shop the afternoon of Feb. 10.
March 3M Doon stated he had examined motorcycle policeman said
Assistant Doong stated
Cocch implication friend o'clock the night
of Feb 15 that he had been persuaded" to go away
March 1Deec break into in which they informed
reported him."
probably
Italy,
lie had during the Of February
Mrs Grace HumsOn attorney for the cruser begins the
Of Cocchis cellar
13-Mrs Coch forbds digging n cellar
Humston
for authority dig
Magistrate Breen
washid The ementf
Commissioner is
l Borough President Marks
President Marks permission to dig under the sidewalk
June 6Mrs Cocchi sold the repair fittings $500
Attorney he
Police to of Ruth
Cuger and Cocchi There connection between
! appearances" he said
Acting Captain Detectives Bureau
replied;
"No has disappeared York.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
MRS. HUMISTON,
Who CLEARED CASE,
PLANS NEW CAREER
viii Give Up Law Practice tc
Devote Life to War on
White Slavery.

Mrs. Grace Humiston, the lawyer.
whose persistency solved the Cruger
mystery TO the extent Of discovering
her body and establishing the fact OF
her murder. intends 20 give up her
practice and devote her life TO war
ring upon the white slave traffic.
Many women OF wealth and promi-
nence will back the crusade. among
them Mrs. Felix Adler, who with sew
eral others had called on Henry d.
Cruger, Miss Cruger's father, and Of
fered to finance a vigorous search for
the slain girl.
The proposition is 10 organize a
bureau whose sole purpose shall be to
end white slavery. II the police SYM
pathize with the movement, the bu-
reau may become branch of the
Police Department. II not, the wom-
en- behind 1t say it will be organized
independently.
Those Of US who aided Mrs. Humis-
ton in this matter" says Mrs. Adler,
urge that some organization, prefer
ably woman's organization. make II
possible for this highly gifted and
very capable woman TO continue the
work. Undoubtedly she could find
and save many girls"
Mrs. Humiston, who is as keenly
interested in the movement whether
entrusted to her or not, says;
II believe that, as an outcome OF
the facts sure 10 be dug out OF this
case there will be organized, probably
In the Police Department a special
bureau operated by skilled men. who
will devote themselves exclusively 10
an effort TO stamp out this evil.
Personally l shall do my part.
was brought into this case by Mrs
Felix Adler. whose strong interest In
defenseless young girls is responsible
for an immense amount of good worl
which Is being done very quietly.
Il have seen 80 much and hope to
be able to accomplish so much in be-
half OF girls who are constantly meet
ing tho same risk that cost Ruth
Cruger her life. So l shall give Ut
my law practice and devote every
energy possess to this fight against
white -slavers.
1T never win another case In my
whole career as a lawyer, l shall still
feel that my labors have been well
worth while. have found the body
OF Ruth Cruger and have vindicated
= her honor.
II know Of other victims, and
only WISH / could afford a house lr
t the country where l could protect
them. IL Scme wealthy person woult
only pay the rent would do the rest
Il know OF twenty-five cellars
, where young girls have been brought
] by men and made their victims.
have been asked. Why not tell thu
pollceT Just as soon as l should Dc
? that the young girl would be spirited
} away or never seen again. | wouiC
I like to get hold of the Police Depart
ment list OF girls who have disap
= peared. Ninety per cent. OF them.
, feel certain. are under the eontro
OF men,"
The evening world., 1917-06-18
Italy Likely TO Cut Red Tape
And Send COCChi Here for Trial

turned over, as is every suoh candi-
date for free passage home, TO Dr.
Savini OF the medical stan OF the con-
sllate for physical examination. 1t
was found that Cocchi had varicose
veins and no was rejected. Nothing
more is known of him at the consul
ate. When applying for his passport
he gave his mothers name as Jocunda
ana his fathers as Au4ustlnl Cocclr
and declared he was born on July "a,
1881. at Malipagni. In the Province of
Bologna.
IL would have been possible, accord
ing to consular authorities, for Cocchi
to nave escaped 10 Italy without q
"Feligllo dc Via" issued in his right
name. llo may have shipped as a
seaman or fireman on some Italian
hound craft. Mr. Poccardl thinks
IN this is probably what he did. All
| that IL would have been necessary for
him 10 do would have been to sign the
ships articles.
The evening world., 1917-06-18

According 20 the strict letter OF the
international law Of eXtradition in ef-
feet between this country and Italy,
the italian Consul General Gaetano
Poccardl, told an Evening World re-
porter to-day, Alfredo Coccht cannot
be eXtradited to this country to stand
trial for murder. lie can. however,
be brought here as witness, or de-
positions and atiidaylts can be sent to
Italy to be used In his trial there.
The present allied relo tions existing
between Italy ana America however.
added Mr., Poccardi, may, and prob
ably will, result in the severing OF
much OF this red tape, and Cocchi is
likely TO be surrendered to the authori-
ties sent TO get him without further
formalities. II tried in Italy for his
crime Cocchl could not receive a moro
severe sentence than life imprison-
mont. as the italian criminal law does
not provide a death penalty.
But" said the Consul General with
a significant shrug perhaps the elec
trio chair here would be more agree
able than life sentence in Italy"
At tho request OF The Evening
World tho passport records OF the
consulate were searched and It wa
discovered that on Dec 4. 1915, some
time before Ruth Cruger's disappear,
ance, Cocchi had applied for fire.,
] transportation TO Italy. saying that
he wished TO join the army lie wa'
The evening world., 1917-06-18
POLICE SHOULD
HAVE FOUND BODY,
mitchell ADMITS
Mayor Promises That If Dere.
liction Is Discovered 1t
Will Be Punished.

Mayor Mitchell unhesitatingly ad-
mitted to-day that there was no ex-
cuse for the failure OF the police TO
find the body OF Ruth Cruger.
They should have found that
body" said the Mayor.
The Mayor was questioned concern
Ing the CruBer case in his ofiice In
City Hall, and he had a stenog-
rapher present 20 take down the In
terview, which followsi
"All that can be said" said the
Mayor. sis that II is regrettable that
the police did not find the body at
the time they made their first
search, as think the Police Com
missioner has already said. When a
police officer searches premises and
there Ia something that is to be
found there and ought TO be found
and they fail to find 1t, there Is no
excuse. They should have found It,
"If there has been any derelie-
tion, meaning by that something
more than a mere unintsntiona'
failure, I assume the inVestiga-
tion that is in prooess-that OF
the Police Comn1issioner-will de-
VoIop II, and II derelietion 10 found
OF course il will be punished. J.
think tho work done by those who
brought about the final discovery
Of the body is highly commend
able and deserves appreciation.
From the point OF view OF the po-
lice, might say that while the fail
ure to find the body in this particular
case should not have taken place
that the failure In single instance
in the face of long and consistent
record of good service-ls no more
proof of incompetency on the part OF
| the department as a whole than a
single brilliant achievement In the
| face OF q long record OF incompe-
tency and dishonesty would be vim
dication of the department as q
whole"
Q. Mrs. Humiston, they say, hat
some tip. Why wasn't 1t possible FOL
| the police to get that same tip? A
I don't know. 1t may have been pos
sible. Perhaps the officers assigned
| 10 Iilt case ulu uOl uO Alltll Nblh " u
enough. Those are matters for th'
Police Commissioner to determin,
administratively and to take sucl
action as may be necessary.
Concerning the report that Mrs
Grace Humiston had discovered tina
twenty-five other girls mysteriousl!
disappeared from their homes her
and are still missing, the Mayor said
"a case OF this kind leads TO specu
lation. / do not know what girls haV
disappeared. II their cases have beef
! reported TO the Police Department
they will be on record there, subjec
to any ones call for information.
have been asked whether the Polic
| Department would give out informa
tion concerning girls who had dis
appeared or information concerning
unsolved murder cases. Anybody cal
have that information that goes ther
and asks for II"
q. DO you think II calls for n shake
up in the Detective Department
A. l don't express an opinion as L
whether 1t calls for that or not. ina
Is one of the things which diligent In
auiry on the part of tho Police Com
missioner, which Is now under way
will develop. And I know the char
acter OF his administration we
enough TO know that he will tax
whatever action may be necessary
The evening world., 1917-06-18
LIFE SENTENCE FOR MoYER
Prisoner Receives IL stoIcaIIy Hut
His Mother Faints.

A twenty four -year-old youth. Harold
Meyer OF No. 226 Reid Avenue. Brook
lyn. was sentenced to life Imprisonment
this afternoon by Judge Dyke in the
Brooklyn County Court for an assault
committed by him on William McMahon.
with whom he had duarrelled over a
girl. The evidence showed that Meyer
had waited for McMahon outside sa-
loon In the vicinity OF his home and had
gouged the latter's right eye out
Moyer had four previous convictions
for assault against him. Il have nc
choice. on account OF your record, hui
TO sentence you for llfe." said Judge
Dixie In committing. Meyer. The younl
mans mother, who was in court
screamed and then tainted. Meyer tool
his sentence stolcally
The evening world., 1917-06-18

. -totaih CioNlNA fNRNSiHNJ NHI
While the Commissioner is disposed
10 critlcise the police work on the
Crnger case. the Detective Bureau
heads interested insist that they did
eysrything possible. although they do
not attempt 10 explain why they did
not move the tool ohest in Coochfs
nellar, under which the body OF the
siri was buried.
Nor do they try TO explain why
The theory was persistently advanced
by detectives that Ruth cruger had
--gons away with a man." and why
they 30 industriousiy followed al
legged information that she had been
seen leaving "a taxieab and entering
the subway al point In Harlem.
The first detectives assigned 10 the
case we're LArgarenne and McGeo. II
nukt DO said Of McGee that he was
N at the finish and that he admits
he did not do all that was required
OF him at the start. When no trace
was found Of the giri the police work
suddenly switched, on Feb. l6. to a
bNNAIDu TOT inc lllhtAAk NSNoAAAs
"a simple method OF police reasoning
ARGUED that II Cocchi was found the
ygiri would be with him; this In spite
Of the fact that Cocchi was not tho
sort Of person who would inspire
rpore than passing notice from Ruth
Cruger and that he had been In hii
shop and answered all questions put
70 him for three days following tbs
report TO the police Of the girls dis
appearance.
Capt. Dan Costigan and his mel
started out 20 looK for Cocchi, but In
cidentally they searched his shop ant
found nothing. Thsu the Bureau o
Missing Persons took up the search
4.,ot for Ruth CruEer, but for Cocchl
Finally Lieut. brennan was special!
Assigned 10 look for Cocchi-not 70
Ruth Cruger,
WHO HELPED coccHl IN HlS
FLIGHT. BIG QUESTION
The discovery Of the girls bod.
7dnd the arrest Of Cocohi are but tn
beginnings of this possible solution
|, " the mystery OF this crime. Tn
The evening world., 1917-06-18
100000 CENSUS FORMS.
That Number Sent 20 New YORK '"'
Alone for state work.

ALBANY, June 1S.-As indicating the
rapidly with which Albany has WORKED
TO furnish extra supplies for the state
census for New York City since the De
flciency developed there early iast WEE, 'h,
Capt. @. q. Henry state Dlrec'o' Vi wv
"By tonight $500 900 additionsi ..s1, en-
rolment forms will have been shipped
10 Greater New York. making s'900S0'SSSSUU
supplied with which to reSis5tttsr si'VV,yUO reS,,
msEins ssiT 1000 900 in all; 100000 add
tlonai militia enrolment notices have
been shipped. making 5000 proV,ueI, e,
FOR the enrolment OF l'fVo'oVo men VI
Authority was granted to e. p. Good GOD
rich Director OF Census for greater NeW
York. 10 print several hundred Thousand
additional forms.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
U. S. MILLIONAIRE MAKES
HIS OWN BED IN RUSSIA
Charles r. Crane Also Washes
Dishes In Petrograd Hotel on
Account Of Strike.

PETRoGRAD. June 1s.-charles r.
Crane, millionaire American manu-
facturer and one OF the members of
the American mission TO Russia, had
20 make his own bed, act as his own
waiter and wash his own breakfast,
lunch and dinner dishes to-day.
with hundreds of other guests at
Petrosrad hotels, Crane was victim
OF a general strike Of walters. They
are demanding part ownership OF all
hotels and restaurants.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
PERSHING HARD At WORK.

Completes Social Functions and
Takes Up Active Duties.
PARIS. June 1S.-Major General Per-
shing was hard at work in his office to-
day.
He has completed the round Of social
functions in connection with his arrival.
and has busy week ahead OF him IN
dealing with important questions re-
garding arrangements for the arrival OF
the American troops.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
DIED.
FREDERICK
GRANT
CAMERON

GRANT - FREDERICK CAMERON
GRANT,
Body will lie in state al THE FU.
NERAL CHURCH (CampbeIrs). Brood +.
way, Goth and o7th SITS.
LUKENs.-Dr. ANNA LUKENs.
Body will lie In state at THE PU-
NERAL CHURCH tCamDben). Broad
way. o8th and 9th SITS.
TOOMEY-THoNAs f.. June Ia. aged -
yeRrs,
Funeral from his late home, TO
Throop ave. Brooklyn. Tuesday. 2 p. N.
Burial Holy Trinity Csmetery.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
Count PIunkett and other Sim
FeIners Set Free.

DUMAN, June 1s,-'Count Plunkett'
Member of Parliament and Sim
Felner, and the other members OF
the Sim Fein who were arrested on
lime when attempting TO hold a
prohibited meeting here to protest
against the Imprisonment OF Irish
rebels. were released to-day.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
Dent Hayes Robert IL Dead In Cali
fOrnia.

CORONADO, Cal. June 1s.-Dent
Hayes Robert, publisher OF the San
Francisco Examiner. Is dead at his
home here after a long Illness MIR
Robert, who was about fifty years
old, at one time was editor of the
New York Journal.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
JAMAICA WINNERS.

FIRST RACE - For three -yaar;, ,olds
and upward selling; with SOU % added.
shoes los CTroisej. to and, out nra
ond; sargon 3D. 100 (Cruise). 80 10 4,
TO I. out, third. Time l.+7 So Only
three starters
The evening world., 1917-06-18
FRS. COCCM WANTS HUSBAND RETURNED.

Mrs. Cocch who has been detained material witness al
lowed 70 her home at No Is Manhattan Street, this afternoon in
The custody detective change her clothing and her two children
the Of ngors Her counsel Aaron Marcus said he
would endavor to obtain from custody by Of
of habeas corpus Mrs. Cocchi said:
II amazed to learn Of the discovery of the body of the missing
chi the cellar Of my husbands shop he killed her he not alone
in the crime He is much of coward to do anything like that by
hmsef hope they bring him back mere and he guilty want
see him punished"
Grand Jury spent but short time in the indictment OF Cocc.
His wife, who had been sbponaed appear witness not called
The witnesses Detectives Larganne and McGee who
originally assigned the from the Fourth Branch Dr. Otto Sulz
Of Inc District Attorneys staff, Helen Cruge sister of the victim of
e tragedy Peter McEne who assisted in digging out the body from
cellar Of Cohs bicycle repair shop, and Dr. l. l. Danforh the
physician Of the Cruger family.
m was learned to-day that Coce located In Bologna through his
Wife, He her and she turned the letter TO Capt. Dan
Cosgn had been unsuessfry engaged in trying to solve the
mystery Ruth Cruge This fact held to establish that Mrs. Coh
ignorant the for her husbands departure from New York
She utilized her first opportunity help the police although she did at
Tempt the advice Of lawyer to halt the digging up of the cellar Of
her husbands shop.
Talking the Cuger today Commissioner Woods said he
had offer for the Police Department There will be an
Investigation alleged interference the part Of certain bicycle
policemen who hang around CoS shop with the work OF the Fourth
Branch detectives but the Commissioner believes that there ground
Tor suspicion criminal completely the police should not investigate then
selves For that he has asked District Attorney Swami look
into the police end of the case and the issue in the hands Of
kian torney Fitzpatrick.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
IRISH PRISONERS WELCOMED.
Countess MRrkievicH Not Am""s
Those Greeted in Dublin

LONDON. June is.-Large ero"ds
gathered in Dublin this morning 70
welcope the released Irish prisoners.
all OF whom. with the exception OF
Countess Marklevicz, arrived TO-DAY
mcT prisoners 10 their homes. = There
was singing OF Irish songs and a
great deal OF cheering, but no dis
order.
Countess Markievlcz led a band OF
reVoIutionlsts which attempted to
capture Dublin Castle, kllllng a
! guard. She was sentenced 10 dealh,
| but the sentence was cohihuhteu TO
penal servitude for lie
The evening world., 1917-06-18

big question rests with the financial
ability OF Cocchi TO get away from
the United States and the possible
knowledge OF the crime that was In
the possession OF persons who were
interested In aiding him in mis- es-
cape.
The girl was the victim OF a ripper
"A degenerate. Tho autopsy. con-
Quoted at tho Morgue by Drs.
Schultze. Schwartz and Danforth, in
dioated that shO had made a terrific
fight for her honor. She had been
felled at the last by a blow which
crushed the skull for an area OF three
by four inches, and then. probably
as she was dying. had been slashed
through tho abdomen with n keen,
heavy knife. the blade penetrating al
most to the backbone. The blow or
the head is believed to have beer
dealt with the girls own skates
which were dug up in the cellar yes
terday.
Three questions TO DO answered are:
!. Where was the murder com.
mittsd.
2. How did MIns Cruasr get to
the cellar. the only entrance be.
ina from the street. without be-
ina seen, or how and when was
her body taken there?
3. How many persons were
eonoernSd2
kron, the private detective VIII
Was Mrs HumistonB malnstay y
mas a theory which answers two o
tho questions. lie believes the cir
was murdered upstairs In the littl
room behind the Cocchis' shop, an
that her body was lowered at nigh
from the rear window to tho celia
window. This would account for tn
rope tied around the ankles. Bot
Mrs. Humiston ana Kron believe Coo
chi had two or perhaps three accom-
, pllces,
? II In known that both on the nigh
, Of Miss Crugers dlsappearance an
! on the following night Cocchi cam
, from his cellar at midnight, soile
, and dirt-stalned, as though he ha
oeen digging,
EN-
The evening world., 1917-06-18
Former King OF Greece Crosses
ItaIY ON WAY 60 sMItkerIRnd.

ROME. June 1S.--Former King Con-
stantin and his consort. ex-Queen
Sophia. were en- route across Italy to
switzerland today lie landed at Mes
been cscoitad from Piraeus by allied
Wurships.
The evening world., 1917-06-18
'ERFuL FRIENDS" AIDED N
FLIGHT TO ITALY.

The theory that Cocohi had power
ful friends Is supported by the fact
that when he vanished. wearing his
working clothes, he had $40. aoaord-
Ing 10 his wife. but on appearing in
Bologna, according to the report OF
The evening world., 1917-06-18
TON TO DIRECT SEARCHFO 20 OTHER MISSING GIRLS

tsstors outside the Department into his place
they found Ruth cruger's And COcch-perhaps
with the aid Of oters-hd the victim Of the crime while
% detectives were held back by Official red and the
police Of forming conclusions and trying to make the
conclusions good.
Tslfth-And coech about the place for two days,
bat was permitted escape although most material wit
ness even he guItless Of the crime.
While the Mayor the Police Commissioner are denonng the
police work in the Cnge there evidence at hand to indicate
that there detective backraek to find where the fault lies The
chauffeur who reported that he drove Ruth Cger subway station
hasn't been brought into Headquarters
Other witnesses VINO gave misleading testimony have not beer
questioned Certain policemen have not been called to the Office Of the
Commissioner
Mrs. Humstons statement that she has been asked to investigate
the dappmce Of twenty-five girls also under investigation by the
District Attorney There will be considerable digging In cellars and back
yards within twentyfour hours
There exists but little doubt that Coh in spite Of international
pcaons will be brought to New York to stand trial for murder DSt
Attorney will ask the Italian delegates here to arrange for
MEASURES to exert their influence that direction The Department
State has already taken an interest In the case.
i committee Of alan-Amcan citizens headed by Egdo Grell
called the District Attorney to-day and volunteered their aid pro-
curing the return Coh II believed that the fugitive will give
information of the possible participation Of Others in the crime
The evening world., 1917-06-18

swift q Company's sales Of Beef In New
York CIV Tor the week ending Saturday,
lunr lG. averaged as follows; Domestic
I,tI lU..b Ctuts per pound, ,-AdVt,
The evening world., 1917-06-18

The discovery Of the girls body
1and the arrest Of Cocohi are but the
beginnings of this possible solution
" the mystery OF this crime. The
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
BABY BURIED ALIVE
TO GET \ FORTUNE

Atlanta, c., Feb. Little Trfxic
Adair, the baby girl Of mystery whc
was found buried alive in a country
graveyard near Ada;rsville, Ga, last
spring, Just in time to save her, viii
inherit fortune.
She has been adopted by wealthy
man and his wife, Who recently paid
visit to the orphans home in the
suburbs of Atlanta and were charmed
by her appearance. They have 10
children Of their own, and assured
Superintendent Hawkins, of the or
phanage, that the child would receive
S5O,00C when She becomes q years
old. and as their adopted daughter,
would be their sole heiress.