The New York herald., 1922-03-22
VISITS TO RICHARD
DESCRIBED BY GIRL
Sarah SchOenfeld First on the
Stand After Jury Is
Completed.
WITH HIM EIGHT TIMES
Promoters Letter to Her
Mother Shows Interest in
Child's Brother.
WITH HIM EIGHT TIMES


girls on whose behalf indictments were
found against Tex Rickard. the first
witness called by the prosecution
yesterday in the trial OF the boxisg pro-
moter. She was put on the stand soon af-
ter o'clock and answered readily the
cora, Chief Assistant District Attorney.
She had not finished her testimony when
adjournment was made by Justice Was
servogal, in the criminal branch OF the
Supreme Court at 6 O'Clock.
The greater part of the morning of the
second day of the trial was taken up by
tho selection of five talesmen TO COM
plete the july. The foreman, Samuel ].
Best, architect and builder, of 81 West
l2sth street, hso to be excused for ph.si-
cal disability, and Albert c. Hay. of ia
West Hath street, a cotton agent, was
put in his place.
In the evi6e,,ce brought out by Mr.
Pecora in his examination of the Schoen-
field girl was letter purporting TO have
been written by Rickard. on his sta-
tionery as head of the Madison Square
Garden Corporation. to Mrs Esther
Schoenfeld, of so Gocrc street, mother
of the witness Tho letter 81 d the
writer was inclosing letter addressed
to the Governor of Wisconsin, in connec-
ton with Mrs. Schoenrells son. who
was serving five years for ,atceny.
witness Embarrassed.
When Sarah. wearing a blue tam
o. shanter. and a Sreenish blue coat over
red sweater and plain cclored dress.
entered the stand she took off the tam.
handed it to a court attendant and
shook her dark, bobbed hair. or lark
complexion and slender figure. she ap-
poared slighly nervous anl at tines
embarrassed by the questions put to hes
by Mr.. Pecora, but only once hestated
TO reply. She smiled occ casioaally and
swung her feet under the chair Her
voice was weak. however, so that the
Jurors furthest from the stand had diff
ficulty in hearing.
She told with a lisp of the times she
had met Rickard in the street in front
Of Madison Square Garden, inside the
Garden. in the famous tower. and IN
apartments at 20 and "A West Forty-sev-
enth street. Usually. she said. she had
been accompanied by Nellie Gasko, 13.
of 725 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn. On
several occasions they went to the Gar
den with the two other girls mentioned
in the four indictments against Richard
Sarah said she first met kickard out
side the Garden last August.
Nellie was with me and introduced
me. Mr.. Rickard asked me how I was
and I said all right Then he asked us
to come inside and we went TO a place
fixed for boxing. He gave us 81 and
VIC went out and spent it."
In detail the girl described the suite
OF three Office rooms in the Garden.
where she said Rickard usually enter
tanned them. on one of tho later visits
there. she said, she got several dollar
bills and a piece of note paper con-
tanning the West Forty-scventh street
address.
Tells of visit to Apartment.
On the evening Of November 10. she
said she and Nellie went to the apart
ment at "a West Forty-seventh street and
were met by Rickard at the head OF the
first fight of stairs. She asserted he
took them to one Of the rooms, where
there was wine on a big bureau" and
that she had one or two drinks. She
said her friend and the man had sat to-
Gether on the couch and that Rickard
had shown them yellow badge and
revolver" telling them he was a police
commissioner"
to the Garden and the apartment, be-
tween September and early January.
Each time. she said, Richard gave them
sums, ranging from a couple of dollars
10 as high as $40 on one occasion. And
after each visit. she said. he warned
them 10 keep silent about their visits.
Mr. Pecora had said he would show that
Rickard had threatened to send the girls
away from home If they talked about
their relations with him.
Richard gave no sign Of being per-
turbcd about the testimony but watched
the witness attontively. On adjourn
mcnt he lit a cigar and was led back
20 the Ton1bs
The five talesmen chosen 70 complete
the jury were Mr.. Hoy, William !. Agar
OF 10 Riverside drive. broker: William
f. Dawson OF SOL West 1S5th street.
auditor: Edward Everett Thorpe Of 235
West 102nd street. real estate dealer.
and Orton G. Dale Of q West Eleventh
street mechanical engineer.