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Show TEX RICKARD SURPRISED BY ACCUSATIONS OF YOUNG GIRLS Promoter Who Professes Ignorance of Assault Charges, Will Appear in 1 Court Wednesday W'-1 N'KW YORK. Jan. 21 To RIck- ard. promoter of sporting events, was' charged In Magistrate's court today with criminal assault on IG-year-old Alice Ruck, public school pupil and daughter of an ISast side widow-Through widow-Through counsel, Rlckard, who surrendered sur-rendered on learning a benc h warrant had been issued, denied the charges which were made by the Children's society on complaint of the Ruck girl. Two of hor companions, Elvira Ronz el 12 and Anna Hess. 11, were held as witnesses, the society Quoting the girls' as saying Uaekard met them last fall at his public swimming pool in Madison Madi-son Square Garden, gave th?n. money, took thern to his office and then on December IS, lost, assaulted the Ruck girl In an apartment. Hi, Li) UNDER BOND The promoter is under $1,000 bond for examination Wednesday. His attorney at-torney said In a statement that Kick-ard Kick-ard was the "most surprised man in tho world" that ho knew nothing about the" case. Tho three girls appeared In court clad In cheap dresses, plain coats und cotton stockings. Their parents also were present. Soon later, tho parents .rofosse-J to have known nothing of the -deny until un-til called to court. Complaining that their daughters were being ,ie)d by the Children's society they said that tho girls went to public -school anu were home early at night. All said they had never heard of Rlckard Tho Hess girl's mother aald . she was summoned to a police station last Saturday night, where eh 2 was told m ' her daughter and the Ruck girl had been given to the Children's society after they had gone to Rellovue hoe- " pltal and falsely reported having tftk- Bj en Iodine Since then the socloty hae detained all three. H Vincent Plesarra, superintendent of B I the society, who filed the charges ft'-' against tho promoter of the Demp- ' yCarpentler bout, said that after v the 1 hlldren's court helel the glrla on la 8 blanket charge of Incorrigibility last I week th society physician examined R thorn and found that the Ruck girl v alone showed indications of assault. H STORY OF GIRIS m -' Subsequently, he alleged, tho girls 'Kr- told this story IB. Rlckard had talked to them lost fall while 'hey were In their swimming - suits at Madlspn Square Garden, and Rr 1 ch a dollar. Later they again E went to the. pool, and he (cave them E' ' each another dollar The third time E he asked If they would have a drink of wine, but they declined. TLH "Well then, come up and see my office " he was alleged to havo said IN" THAW CASE 1, According to Ulesarra's account, the ibH I girls went to the office In the tower i, I of Madison Souare Garden, the same iH tower In which was located the Stan- fH ford White studio that figured In the K Thaw case, where they assorted Rick- Bsfl ard Improperly conducted himself. W ' On the night of December 18 he F LLfl was accused of having taken Alice WtwM Ruck and Anna Hess to the apart- ; mmM ment said tQ have been leased by an- j other man. wherw, it was assorted, he assaulted the Ruck girl and impaired mmt tho morals of her chum. k mWm |