WANTED GIRL AND BEAT HER TO
DEATH WHEN SHE RESISTED W
NEW YORK, July 16, (Mail Corres
pondence).—Alfredo Cochi’s murder of
Ruth Cruger, which he confessed to
after fleeing to Italy where he is safe
from extradition, harks back to the
stone age when men took the woman
they desired by force or killed her.
These startling facts were re
counted in Cocchi’s confession, which
was received by Police Commissioner
Woods and District Attorney Swann
today from Bologna, Italy, where the
slayer is in prison.
Cocchi, in his confession, stated
he never had seen the high school
girl until she brought her skates to
his motorcycle shop on the morning of
February 13. She told him she would
call in the afternoon for them. Cocchi
says that then and there he made up
his mint!. When she returned for the
skates he made advances. She repulsed
him stepping back to the door ot the
store. Cocchi and the girl were alone
in the shop.
He Chokes Her.
“I grasped the girl by the shoul
ders,” said Cocchi. I drew her to me
and began to kiss her. She began to
scream for the police—so loudly that
l choked her and then jammed my list
against her mouth. I tried to rip her
clothing off. She was so strong and
resisted so that 1 was not even able to
tear her dress. She fought to the
last.
“I threw her down heavily, her head
striking the floor. She was stunned,
but not unconscious. She continued
lighting, dazed as she was. In my fury
l dragged her to the trap door and
threw the half-conscious girl through.
She landed head first on the concrete
* floor ten feet below. I leaped through
the trap door. The girl was still light
ing.
“With my right hand." the confes
sion reads, “I grasped a stick of
heavy wood. The girl’s remarkable vi
tality came to her rescue for a mo
ment. She struggled to her knees,
her hands raised in a piteous appeal
to protect herself. Three times I
struck the child as she thus fought
for life and honor."
Then followed a description of the
effect of the blows. Very slowly the
girl’s body crumpled. Then ever-de-!
creasing moans issuing from her lips,
she became still.
“I then buried her,” continued Coc
chi. “There was- no difficulty. I took j
the body, still warm, and threw it into
the cavity in a corner of the cellar. 1
shoved it in head first and only put a
box over the cavity, no dirt.”
Cocehi said he left matters thus all
the night of February 13 and until
after the police arrived the next day.
Oh, Yes. the Police
“1 took them into the cellar, but
they didn’t notice anything,” he said.
Cocchi devoted some space to the
difficulties he had with his wife. He
did not tell the name of the ship on
which he escaped from America. Nor
did he state who helped him financially
and otherwise.
“I took a false name,” he said, “be
cause I feared they would discover I
committed the crime in New York and
l would be taken back to America and
sent to the electric chair.”
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ANTI-J VPANESE SENTIMENT
NOT SO STRONG, HE FINDS
TOKIO, July 15.—(Mail Correspon
dence).—That the anti-Japanese senti
ment in the United States is not so
strong as is believed in Japan is the
i opinion of Dr. Waichiro Okada, pro
fessor of medicine at the Imperial
University, who recently returned
from a trip to America. The profes
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comed in the United States, generally
speaking.
It was true that among the labor
element in the West the situation was
different, but he found that the major
ity of the American people do not
subscribe to the anti-Japanese agita
tion in Western States.
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camps, butter, sugar and potatoes be-1
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The death of William Larson, a
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breeding, occurred at the Holy Cross
Hospital in Nome recently. Both of
these men were old-timers in the
Nome country and returned there last
summer after several years in the
States, to try their luck again.
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Charles G. Percy has tendered his
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by Guy G. Geraghty, ‘now United
States Commissioner at that place.
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Andy’s Express, phone Madison 143.
Serial 01686, Sur. 184
In the United States 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 1.59 chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. W.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1 South 9.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.91 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. 49
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. 49 min. 56 sec.
N. Longitude 159 deg. 44 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 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, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
atautory 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.
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 23U6 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 Post
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 BoonviUe, Mo., which said
sorip is filed in Jffneau 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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