New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-19
Cocchi Indicted for
Ruth Cruger's Murder

in the rear OF the main floor OF the
shop was also found TO be covered WIN
dark stains. and the walls OF this room
had been daubed with paint IN spoIs.
II is believed this indicates frantc
effort TO hide the blood which spattere1
the walls. The paper had been stripped
from the walls of the store IN various
places near the rear room: ne
searchers took possession OF other
strips of paper which were suspicious
~ stained.
After the grating and the pipe pc
meath it had been removed DETECTIVE
Edward Lind. who weighs ESQ pounds
tried to slip through the aperture III
the floor and succeeded easily. -,
Victor Blady, who is being held win
Mrs. Cocchi as a material witness, was
put on the grill by the detectives iate
last night. Blady, who lives IN Edge.
water y. J.. and works in the plant OF
tho Manhattan Dive Works. near the
Cocchj bicycle shop, is declared TO have
been an intimate friend of the missing
Italian and to have visited him In the
bicycle shop before and after the muir
der was committed.
Tries on Blood Stained Suit
The detectives last night made him
try on the blood stained suit which was
found in the hole which hid Ruth
Cruger's body The suit was later
taken 10 Broadway tailor whose label
appeared in the coat IN the nope OF
ascertaining for whom II was made.
During the examination of Blady his
mother and brother remained in the
Detective Bureau. The detectives said
NJ I frt INC a n.
ments, but if anything Of value was
learned from him il was not revealed.
Added strength was given the police
theory that the murderer had accom-
plices in his crime by the fact that they
have learned that Cocchi was not a
strong man. and it is unlikely he could
have handled the girls body alone.
Cocchi underwent an operation for an
abdominal ailment at St. Luke's Hos
pital a year ago, they learned. This,
physicians there are said to have de-
clared. left him weak.
A statement was issued from the
Italian Consulate yesterday declaring
that an examination of the Office rec
ords showed that no passport had been
issued to Cocchi. On December ! he
applied there and announced that he
wanted 10 return to Italy to serve in
the army. He was refused because he
failed to pass the physical examination.
He did not return. The statement
added that it would have been impos-
sible for Cocchi to leave for Italy
through the port of New York without
a passport. The statement advanced
the theory that he slowed away on an
outgoing vessel or else appropriated
passport and attached his own photo
graph.
Hope To Extradite COcchi
District Attorney Swami does not an
ticipate difficulty in securing Cocchi's
eXtradton. "ln view of our relations
with Italy at this time, ! think we will
have no trouble" he said yesterday. 81
personally will call on all the members
of the Italian War Mission to this coun-
try and urge them to use their influence
70 secure the prompt return of Cocchi
to this country. This is good time TO
get the Italian government to recipro-
cate with US. If they try him there
he's liable 70 get nothing more than
three months Imprisonment. Mr.. Black
and | will call on the President of nee
essary and ask his aid. A trial in
italy will not satisfy us for Cocchi.
Three months Imprisonment is the
average sentence for murder in the first
degree there
Police Commissioner Woods yester-
day outlined the various investigations
being carried on. 1--WE want TO get
Cocchi in ja,. first Of all, and make
sure he doesn't escape. Then we are
now trying to determine if he had any
accomplces, and to learn the details of
the murder. Also, whether there has
been any culpable negligence on the
part of the police"
Aaron Marcus, attorney for Mrs.
Cocchi, who is being detained as wit
ness, announced last night that he will
make efforts to-day to secure her re-
lease on habeas corpus proceedings.
Mrs. Cocchi has authorized me to
state that she has no knowledge of the
crime" said Mr.. Marcus. "lf her hus-
band is guilty, she wants him brought
back here and punished, and she is will
ing to help in any way she can. But
her detention is unjust"