The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22
PROMOTER GIVES
BAlEFRAMEUP
ATTORNEY AYERS
Rickard Never Heard of
1t Until Arrested, Claim;
' Case Up Wednesday

events, was charged in mag
istrate's court today with
criminal assault on l5-ycar-
old Alace Ruck, public school
pupil and daughter OF an
east side widow.
\ Irnmc.up, SAYS Lawyer.
Through counsel Richard. Who
surrendered on lrafnut bench
warrant had been issued. denied the
charges which vorc mnic by the
,hildrou's society ON complaint Of
the Ruck girl Two OF hor little
companions, Elvirn Roinzic. 10 and
Anna llcss, II, were held az wit
nosses, the society quoting the girls
AS saying Richard met them last
fan "a his public swimming pool nt
Madison squire Garden, gave thom
money, took them to his uflicc and
then, on December ~, last, assault
ed the RuCk girl In an apartment In
West Forty-scVonth street. few
doors from Firth avenue
The promoter was under : 600
bond tonight FOR examination next
Wednesday His attorney, Max -.
Steuer, said IN statement that Mr.
Richard was the most surprised
man In the world' that hc know
nothing about the caao Tho stntp-
mcnt. declaring The situation mystI-
Tying. asserted lickHrd undoubtedly
had a number or bitter onomios, ~
he now was engaged in considerable
litigation.
The three girls appeared IN court
clad IN cheap dresses. plain coats
aud cotton stockings. Their parents
also We're present
Never Heard OF RlcLnrd.
Seen later IN their humble quar-
ters In the east side tcnementN, the
parents All profcsscd to have known
nothing OF the story until called into
court Complaining that their
daughters were being held by the
chlldren's society. they said the girls
went TO public school and hahitually
were home caly AZ night. An sail
they had never heard OF Mr. Rick.
ard
The Hess girls mother said shc
was summoned to u uoilCe station
last Saturday night whore she WIS
told her daughter and the Ruck girl
had been given to the childrcns 80.
ciety after they had gone to Belle.
Nue hospital ard falsely reported
having iaken Iodine. since then tn,
society had dGtnincd all three chil
dren.
Vincent Pigarra, superintendent ol
tho society who filed the charges
against the promoter OF the pemp.
Carpenter bout. said that ufter
the children's court held the girls
on a blanket charge OF lncurriglbility
last week. the society physl' ian cN-
amined them and foupd that the
Ruck girl alone showed indications
of assault.
subseouently, he alleged, the girls
told this story!
The Girls Story.
Richard had talked to them last
fall white they we're In their swim
ming suits At Madison Square Gar,
den and then Eayc each OF them n
dollar. a fcw days later they again
went tn the pool pnd he gave them
each another dollar. The third tim,
they were there he asked II they
would have n drink of wine, hut they
declined.
We'll then come up and sec m,
office se was alleged 10 have said
According to Mr pizarra'R a.
count. the girls went to the offic" Ia
the tower OF Madison Square Gar
den. whore they asserted Ricknr,
imuruperly conducted hiWsclf
ON the night NJ December rs M
Was accused OF having tnkep Alic
Ruck and Anna Hess ia the Forty
acVeuth street apartment snid {,
have been leased hv another man
Where IT is charged he assaulted tn
Ruck girl and impaired the moral
OF her Chum
Several men wei known In tn
World of sport We q Inv court who
Rickard was arm tgned, ltickard di
bis best To hide ais fac" from "A bat
tory OF newspaper photographers
eNen holding an umhreilatpvor hi
bead az screen when hVehtercd
tRXicab va
Statement or Attorney.
IS After entering a plea OF not guilt
for his clieUtg Attorney Steucr issue
The following statement;
MIR. Rickard Is the most suI
priscd man In the world llo ha
nothing TO with the case. He know
nothing about H."
II was retained bv Mr I UoWar
Lehman, the attorney rOr Mr. Goorg
Rtckard, to represent him IN IN
rhargc that was lodged aga INST hin
~ the magistrates court this morn
bg.
subsequent 10 his arraignment
vent over the alleged charge wit
Nt Lehman ana Mr lirkard ana
fnd that so far as they know Il
absolutely and utterly without foun
dation. Tho situation Is mystifyinl
Mr. Richard is at the present tim
eneRgcd I'm considerable litigatio
aud undoubtedly has number q
Very bitter enemies.
we have not. M to this tim,
tuccecdcd I'm tracing tho cause q
origin Tor this horrible accusation
Ar lN"kard assures me that he
nnRcquainted with the nerson a
Persons who make II and that n
cannot Cont're any circumstances "
feason of which VI should have bee
made. This matter came to him a
great surprise We shall cause
10 be thoroughly investigated and "a
soon Rs we learn the real facts wi
be very glad to give them to N
public"
"Room or Mirrors Again.
II was learned that doteofiv,
we're looking FOR Rickard al n
Herman Reisler bout In the Gard,
last night Al that time ne vas ~
ported - he IN his offices on the ii
teo-ih floor OF the tower
This tower. crowned with "A hror
statue OF Diana. figured In Il
Thaw case. containing the room