Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1920 — COCCHI SENTENCE 27 YEARS [ARTICLE]

COCCHI SENTENCE 27 YEARS

Jury at Bologna, Italy, Finds Him Guilty of Slaying Ruth Cruger of New York. Bologna, Nov. I.—Sentence of 27 years, four months and three days, pronounced against Alfredo Cocchi in court here as the result of his trial for the murder of Ruth Cruger of New York city in 1917, was arrived at by the court after considerable deliberation. The aggregate urihe Sentence imposed on four counts was 90 years, from which was deducted two years and eight months for various legal and technical reasons.