Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Ruth Cruger Murder" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Ruth Cruger, Alfredo Cocchi, Grace Humiston, District Attorney Swann
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1917 and 1920.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Girl Kidnapped Father Fears as Wide Hunt Fails"
The Evening World (New York, NY), February 15, 1917, Final Edition, Image 1, col. 3.
"Fear Cruger Case Will Stay One of City's Mysteries"
The Evening World (New York, NY), February 22, 1917, Final Edition, Page 2, Image 2, col. 4.
"Cocchi Planned for 'Trip' Before Ruth Cruger Left"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), March 4, 1917, Page 14, Image 14, col. 4.
"Ruth Cruger Gone a Month, Clues Useless"
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, CT), March 14, 1917, Page 5, Image 5, col. 4-5.
"Alfredo Cocchi is Located in Italy"
The Sun (New York, NY), June 1, 1917, Page 6, Image 6, col. 4.
"Mrs. Humiston's Theory Solved Cruger Mystery"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), June 17, 1917, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Cocchi Indicted for Ruth Cruger's Murder"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), June 19, 1917, Page 14, Image 14, col. 1-2.
"Father of Murdered Ruth Cruger Tells of Police Neglect in Case"
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, CT), June 29, 1917, Second Section, Image 15, col. 1-3.
"Mrs. Cocchi Tells of More Bungling in the Cruger Case"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), July 25, 1917, Page 16, Image 16, col. 6.
"Cocchi Bares Details of Cruger Murder; Crusade Started to Safeguard Girls Here"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 28, 1917, Night Final, Page 2, Image 2, col. 2-5.
"Wife Killed Ruth Cruger, Cocchi Swears"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), June 25, 1919, Image 1, col. 1.
"Cocchi Fights to Obtain Delay in Murder Sentence"
South Bend News-Times (South Bend, IN), August 10, 1919, Second Section, Image 17, col. 5.
"Cocchi Faces Jury in Italy"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 26, 1920, Final Edition, Page 2, Image 2, col. 8.
"Cocchi's Counsel Admits Prisoner Slew Cruger Girl"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 28, 1920, Page 9, Image 9, col. 2.
"Cocchi, Slayer of Ruth Cruger, Gets 27 Years"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), October 30, 1920, Image 1, col. 2.

Ruth Cruger Murder: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America