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Show RECKARD SAYS HE HAS ALIBI Apartment of Promoter Used as Storage Place of Liquor, Claim , NEW FQRK, Msrch 24 -Jpeninq the defense of Tvx Kickard. charged with criminally assaulting 15-year-old ' Sarah Schoenfeld, counsel for tho sports promoter, today told the Jury I that a perfect alibi would be proved for November 12. L921, the day of tho ' alleged offense. Ma BtSUer, Chief defense counsel. I also set forth that the apartments on I West Forty-fifth street mentioned In I connection with ih case had been rented by Rlokard while ho was ar-ranglng ar-ranglng the Dempsey-Wlllard fight in Tolgdo to More his liquor, because he j saw prohibition coming Rlckard, Steurer said, never had been in the I lite In his life, and had gone to the apartment house only twice to ascer-iin ascer-iin from the Janitor that his cellars u ere it K Rlckard's counsel denied that the I promoter ev er had gone motoring with 'either Sarah or 12-year-old Nellie Gas-ko, Gas-ko, the corroborating witness for the prosecul ion. K l PI DAIJM RJ ( - IRJD Sieuer said his client knew nothing I Of the two girls exci pi that Surah hadi once come to Madison Square garden' I with her mother to enlist his aid In I obtaining the release of her brother.' I imprisoned In Milwaukee i utlinini; his defense. Steuer snid ithat the prosecution would have to 'prove the offense occurred on the I Inhvhl of November 12. Itll Ki fhl ; girls Although Rlckard never kept a di-; ,nr, Bteuor added, he could always re-Icall re-Icall the past by looking at the record' Of events that had taken place at the Igarden und with a glance at the rcc-nriis rcc-nriis to refresh tin memorj the pro-' inoter recalled that Novemoer 12 was! 'no ordinary day in his life. DAY'S I t n I - RELATED Steuer said he would show that in the morning Rtckurd went to the gar-' den; that at 1.20 o'clock he went to. the Polo Grounds to watch the Dart-. rooutb-PsnnayJvania football game accompanii il L his secretary and pub-, licit) manager, and that there he hud exchanged comments with a nws-j nws-j paper sporting writer and Big Bill", Edwurds former I'riip i iuii gridiron star. That ho had returned to the garden to prepare for a dance to take place there that night That he had returned home for, dinner with Mrs Rlckard. as will be proven to ilu icM.no u. "I m ii'' woman who had been the Rickard week-end guest. That Mrs. Rickard had been taken ill and a physician summoned. That luter he had Jjsken his guest and another woman to the dance at the garden and then returned home. I IQl oil HlliK Steuer advanced an explanation for ihe teetlmon) given Thursday n si man Berch. Janitor at the Forty-sev-j (Conttnucd on Page Two.) I ATTORNEY FOR RICKARD SAYS HE HAS ALIBI (Continued From Page One) enth street apartment house, who asserted as-serted that he had been told by Rick-ard, Rick-ard, after the lntter's arrest, to keep nulet. This explanation, according to Htcuer. concerned the llquoi i lied i tho apartment! which area occupied by Walter Fields The Janitor, the lawyer said, had boon summoned -y Kickard solely for questioning con-icrnlng con-icrnlng the safety of tho liquor after a visit paid by detectives working on the assault case. The Janitor assured htm it had been untouched, and then Steuer said, Kickard added his caution. cau-tion. On |