Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 6 | Chase Anxious to Drop Case Against Firpo

I Chase Anxious o to Drop Case Oase Against Against- Firpo NEW YORK Oct Od 18 18 Miss Miss Blanca Blanca BIanca Blan- Blan ca Lourdes came to this country last year at the request of Luis Angel Firpo Argentine heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight it was testified today by I William WIdmer formerly secretary secretary secre secre- tary for tor Firpo Filpo at the hearing o oC ot perjury charges brought against 1 the boxer before Federal Co I Hitchcock i Canon William S. S Chase who Instituted in instituted instituted In- In the perjury proceedings and also deportation proceedings at Ellis Island charged that the pugilist pugilist pugilist pu pu- pu- pu committed perjury in his statements to the Immigration authorities au- au i concerning his relations with Miss The woman came to this country from South America last summer on the same steamer with Luis Firpo but bitt she was not allowed all 10 land Canon Will lt lain S S. S Chase Firpo's prosecutor asked permission to withdraw his ca case e alter he had re received received received re- re a letter from the grand jury foreman asking him to appear be before before be- be fore tore that bod body wilh h his evidence The withdrawal came immediately after Commissions Commissions' l' l Hitchcock had ruled that t testimony showing the relationship between Firpo and Blanca Lourdes Pi art prior to the tho pugilists pugilist's application for tl ad- ad t ta ts ih th country was im Im- Im material Withdrawal of the chat charges cs was wall the climax of ot a day da- devoted wholly to the examination of f William Wilmer Wil- Wil mer mner who was treasurer secretary-treasurer to Firpo at the time of the fighters fighter's bout with Dempsey Wilmer admitted he was author of 01 the cablegrams signed Angel and sent to at Havana and declared she came caine to America at his request to visit Firpo