MURDER OF RUTH CRUGER SOLVED
BY WOMAN LAWYER; FOUND OVER
SCORE OF WHITE SLAVER DENS
NEW YORK, July 5, (By Mail).—
Why did Mrs. Humiston, American
woman lawyer succeed in solving the
Ruth Cruger mystery when New
York’s most famous sleuths failed?
Because she believed in the innate
goodness of girl nature, as opposed
to the police theory that most girls
who leave home are bad.
When little eighteen-year-old Ruth
Cruger disappeared early in February,
after going to the motorcycle repair
shop of Alfredo Cocchi in West l-7th
street to get her skates sharpened,
the New York detective bureau made
a perfunctory investigation, winked its
cynical eve and said, “Another girl
gone wrong."
Not so with Mrs. Humiston.
“In the first place," she said, “there
were just four persons working on
the case, my secretary, two private de
tectives and my self. We had utmost
confidence in one another. My first in
quiries convinced me that Ruth had
not run away; I felt sure she was a
good girl and Cocchi could solve the
mystery.
“When Cocchi was discovered in
Italy, I felt my murder theory was
right. It became necessary to make a
thorough search of the cellar under
the workshop We began that work
but were stopped by Mrs. Cocchi. I
went to the police and obtained au
thority to continue the excavaton that
resulted in finding the body."
Back of this simple story in Mrs.
Humiston’s genius for detective worl ,
she has, through her law practice, a i
intimate acquaintance with the ps\ -
chology of the criminal mind. She ha*
a woman’s intuition and insght int *
the workings of the feminine mind.
Above all, she feels she knows ninety -
nine girls in every hundred are inher
ently good and pure.
Mrs. Humiston declares in he.*
three months’ investigation she dis
covered twenty-two cellars where girls
were made victims of men.
“New York does not know how sys
tomized the danger is for the girls
of our city.” she says. “Girls disap
pear in this city and a too-ready pub
lic instantly says at least the girl
was half as much to blame its the
man. But I can tell you otherwise.”
In one year 821) persons disappear
ed from the streets of the big city
and were never heard from again. In
three of its five boroughs, 244 murdeis
occurred and many remain unsolved.
These conditions indicate either
that New York is the most criminal
city in the world, or the police force
is inefficient. Mrs. Humiston’s rcve!
ations of the inactivity of the police
in the Ruth Cruger case have again
aroused the suspicion that they are
still protecting criminals instead of
the public.
“I found myself blocked by son e
mysterious person at every step,” said
Mrs. Humiston in discussing her diffi
culties in tracing Ruth Cruger against.
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; Mrs. Humiston has done remarkable
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SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Reginald Kerr, Plaintiff, vs. Margaret
P. Kerr, Defendant. Summons.
In the Name of the President of the
United States of America, To the
Above Named Defendant, Margaret
P. Kerr, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned and
commanded to be and appear in the
District Court lor the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, and answer
the complaint of the plaitniff within
thirty days after the date of the ser
vice upon you of this summons, and a
copy of said complaint, and you are
hereby notified that should you fail
to appear and answer said complaint,
the plaintiff will take judgment"
against you for a decree of absolute
divorce upon the ground of wilful de
sertion for more than two years next
preceding the date of the commence
ment of said action.
This summons is issued for personal
service upon you outside of the Terri
tory of Alaska in accordance with an
order for publication of summons
herein entered on the 2nd day of July,
PJ17, by which it is directed that the
summons be published in “The Seward
Gateway,” a newspaper published at
Seward, Alaska, at least once a week
for six consecutive weeks, but also
provides that personal service by a
copy of summons and complaint upon
said defendant, Margaret 1*. Kerr,
outside of the Territory of Alaska
shall be equivalent to the publication
thereof and depositing in the Post Of
fice.
WITNESS, the HONORABLE
FRED M. BROWN, Judge of the above
|entitled court, this 2nd day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen and of the
year of our Independence the one
Hundred and forty-first.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy Clerk.
Pub. July 7, 14, 21, 26; Aug. 4,
11,16, 25._
CITATION TO HEIRS AND ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES
Iu the Probate Court for the Kcnai
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, Deceased.
It appearing to this Court by the,
petition for Order of Sale of real
property, filed herein on the 17th day
of May, 1917, by Leon C. Hooker, ad
ministrator of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, deceased, that it is necessary
to sell all of the real estate of said
decedant in order to pay her debts and
the expenses and charges of adminis
tration; therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that all persons
interested in the said estate appear
before this Court on Wednesday, the
25th day of July, 1917, at the hour of
two o’clock, P. M., on the aforesaid
day in the court room of this court,
in the town of Seward, Alaska, and
show cause, if any cause there be, why
an order should not be granted said
administrator, authorizing him to sell
said real estate for the purposes afore
said; and it is further
ORDERED that a copy of this Or
I der be published once a week for a
1 period of four successive weeks in the
Seward Gateway, a newspaper of gen
eral circulation, published at Sewfard,
Alaska, and the one most likely to give
notice to all parties interested in this
cause; and it is further
ORDERED, that a copy of this Ci
tation shall be posted at three public
| places within Kenai Precinct, one of
* which three places shall be the U. S.
• postoffice in the town of Seward,
Alaska.
WITNESS MY HAND and official
seal this 19th day of June, 1917.
(SEAL) FRANK G. ENNIS,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-officio
Judge of Probate.
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Serial 01686, Sur. 184
In the United Stated Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1017.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE is hereby given that An
drew Grosvold, as assignee of Deborah
A. Luthy, being entitled to the bene
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
184 situate on Northerly shore of Bird
Island, Shumigan Island Group, Dis
trict of Alaska, more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 on beach at ordi
nary high tide Pacific Ocean, cor. not
set, wit. cor. bears South 1.5‘J chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. W.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 60 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1 South 0.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.01 chs. to cor. No. 3;
thence North 14.44’chs. to cor. No. 4,
cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South
1.62 chs.; thence from true cor. No.
4 meandering beach Pacific Ocean at
ordinary high tide (1) S. 51 deg. 38
min. E. 3.28’ chs.; (2) S. 68 deg. 46
min. E. 4.16 chs. (3) S. 74 deg. 40
min. E. 6.72 chs. to cor. No. 1 place
of beginning. Area 14.46 acres. Var
iation at all corners 20 deg. 00 min.
East. Latitude 54 deg. 40 min. 56 sec.
N. Longitude 150 deg. 44 min. 00 sec.
W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5100 and 5073 en
tered at Boonvillc, Mo„ which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath, during the period
of publication, or withing thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1017.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1017.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
stautory period in the Gateway, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survev.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
Serial 01654, Sur. 1109
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Andrew Grosvold, as assignee of De
borah A. Luthy, being entitled to the
benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
: 1109 situate on Sand Spit at Sand
Point, Humboldt Harbor, Popof Island,
Shumigan Group, District of Alaska,
more particularly described as fol
lows:
Beg. cor. No. 1 at ordinary high
tide beach Popof Straits, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears North 1.35 chs. dist.;
from which wit. cor. Sand Point l ost
Office bears N. 35 deg. 31 min. E.;
thence from true cor. No. 1 North
19.37 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears South 0.87 chs.; from
which wit. cor. U. S. L. M. Sur. 1146
bears S. 78 deg. 01 min. W. 13.03 chs.;
Astronomical Station bears S. 75 deg.
29 min. W. 13.01 chs.; thence from
true cor. No. 2 meandering beach at
ordinary high tide, Humboldt Harbor
and Popof Straits (1) S. 85 deg. 58
min. W. 5.19 chs. (2) S. 84 deg. 29
min. W. 6.04 chs. (3) S. 77 deg. 41
min. W. 1.76 chs. (4) S. 59 deg. 13
min. W. 1.08 chs. (5) S. 31 deg. 48 min.
W. 1.02 chs. (6) S. 1 deg. 12 min. W.
0.92 chs. (7) S. 31 deg. 11 min. E. 6.70
chs. (8) S. 36 deg. 01 min. E. 4.06 chs.
(9) S. 45 deg. 27 min. E. 3.32 chs. (10)
S. 54 deg. 45 min. E. 7.55 chs. to cor.
No. 1, place of beginning. Area 17.82
acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg.
10 min. East. Lat. 55 deg. 18 min.
44 sec. N. Long. 150 deg. 31 min. 00
sec. W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonville, Mo., which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register^and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication, or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT
the foregoing Notice be published for
the statutory period in The Gateway,
a newspaper of general circulation
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
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