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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEJ-PHILADBLPJEtlA THUBSDAY,' NOVEMBER 25, 1920
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COLLECTOR ROBBED GIRL HE DESERTED
BY ARID BANDIT PITIES TREADWAYi
SEEK 10 CURB BIG
POWERS IN LEAGUE
Small Nations Demand Larger
Rele With Four Members
of Council
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PEIRCE MURDER SUSPECT AND VICTIM'S AUTO
SPEAMSERI,
Ooneral Beeth, Chief of Whole
Held-Up Man Threatens
Threw Pepper in Eyes of
Victims in Stere
te Ruth Duffy, Whom He Helped
I Downward, Weeps for Him
in "Correction" Cell
Army, and Bvangoline Held
Services
SUITS AND CASH STOLEN! SILENT ABOUT OTHER GIRL!
WELCOMED BY CITIZENS
AMENDMENTS ARE SOUGHT!
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A lobher ud n be nf red pepper
Instead of n revolver In obtain if.'O from
Jinx Sri der, :i collector, nt the store
of Angete Capclle. SIS Catharine street,
late last night.
Snyder drivis n wagon for n whole
anle grocery nml makes collections.
He lives nt INI." Seuth Seventh strict.
While lie was oelloo'itig a bill at
Capelle's Ins1 night, u mnsked Minn, I
inirry-nve venrs eiu, wearing n urewn
ault anil r'ii leered cap, entered. '
The limn whipped out u levelvcr mid
covered Copolle. Siivder mid n cus
forecr. Then he espied u box of red j
pepper en the counter.
duns make a nelM but this will
burn your eves out," said the robber,
seizing the box pf pepper. He menaced
the three men with pepper, obtained
rinyder's money and several dollars
from the cash register and bached out'
the deer
In the street the iii.in threw the pep- I
per In the gutter anil escaped.
The pe'iee of the Seventh and Cur-
oenter streets station are conducting an '
investigation.
Merris I'ure, tailor, of MS Viuei
Ktrect, suspected three "customers" who I
i'amc into bis "tore of being held-up
men, se he wcuc upstair" and armed1
himself with a revolver. ,
Then, because "he did net want te
sheet the men." they made their escape
with three cned suits ei nlethes nod
3135 in money, taken from one of !" w.v t' ere was an explosion und she
I'ure's pockets while the gun reposed wt "' "f Hi" victims. Her hair was
peacefully iu another pocket. burned efl. she says, nnd after that.
I'ure reported te the police that the 1th the less of her beautv. she lest th
mn came Inte his whop and asked te love of her husband. He begun te tnN
le 8ttfd with entire new euttlt of treat her, ,he savs. nnd her life beearue
dethlng. He said "he didn't like their ' se unhappy that -he left husband and
leeks, " ku he went nftcr his gun. When J child and came te this cit. te pick up
the mtin were dressed in the new suits a living en the -trcits as host she could.
mey rctuseu te pay aim started nn ar-
gument. Mill Pure did net draw hi
weapon but one of the three men
did, and covered Pure, while another
searched him nnd took tin- Sin.") from
big pockets Then they ran from the
stbre te Kleveclh street and esiaped.
man who held him up and reek the
J18. but he could net Identify th"
ether two nnd they were released. I)e
Salis was held without buil for trial.
He claimed un address ou Seuth lluu lluu
creft street ns his home.
A Negro grabbed a pocketbook, con
taining ?41), trem Mrs. A ti. Ward, of
Seuth Fortieth street, ou Fortieth
street between Pine strct and lialti lialti
jnere avenue. H 10 o'clock Inst night.
The woman n screams attracted Pa Pa
trelmuu Wilmer. of the Thirty -sis end
street and Woodland avenue station.
The patrolman saw the man run south
en Fortieth street and ran after hlui,
firing three shots
I'eucstrlans joined the patrolman iui
the pursuit of the man who ran east
en Baltimore nonue and ebciiped
through an alley. Mrs. Wurd's pocket
book, containing 15 of Che 41), was
found later in the alley.
Detectives McDowell and linker, of
the Thirty -second street and Woedluud
iivenue station, liclleve they knew the
thief.
FORTY-TWO PLANES IN RACE
"
Twe Crash Just Before Start efl
Pulitzer Cup Trophy Event
Mlneela. N. Y.. Nev. 'J7. ( Ity A.
P i Forty-four high-speed airplanes
get their preliminary test this morning!
n tbi Pulitzer air trophy race here te- ,
iuv
't'we of the ra ers (auie
through a head en lelhsiuii
te griet
en the I
ground just herere the time fir the race
te stait. Th' y were withdruwn, r
during the intrj list te forty-two.
Lieutenant O. 15. Kelly, while land
ing from a trial tlight. crush-d iil
Orence ma' him into a l.eening plane.
Naval I.uuti uant .1. 1". Wefr, in the
cnclcpit of the l.eening iiiailuue. suf suf
tered slight injuries, while l.ieuteuum
Kelly lest two lieth ii the uc Id' nt.
WILL ESCORT BOOZE IN N. Y.
U. S. Agents te Fellow It Frem
Warehouse te Consumer
Neiv Yerli, Nev .'"
Roetlegging in Ne v
lis A I' I
! uus dealt a
severe mew roeav ev in- iinneiiuce-
uient of Charli's 1J. o''nei, federal
prohibition director f r this sure, Umi
plans have b' "u laid i" etllci.illr -sietti
very dri'P of liquor from Its withdrawal
from the bended warehouse te the ulti- '
mate consumer Ari int-n-nte .inm ,.(
"cbtsiks and bftlam p ' has bc-ii de
vised for ee iiriliniil'en of the weik of
various enferci meiit agents, lie said,
milking efforts te ipvrt lnpjur te ts'ver
age juirpeses "in reusinelv dillicult and
dangerous.
Jt it is ne. mi i.i i ttiH' ,inv
liquor withdrawn is sU dlvirted, "rmiti
Usued te the elTendi-r for withdruwal
lll be revoked, allow mg stmk te be
conliseated nnd an iishesmeiii ,f nn
additional rut of STJ se pe- unllen lev
led aside from IcjhI pre i ngs for vie
latleu of the i ightc nili uinendne n'
SIGNS JOB SURVEY CONTRACT
Crlffenhagen te Get Additional Sum
for City Classification
for udditie'iul work in (InssiQi nliun
and grading "! i itv
Moere tejnv s gne.l u
iruit f.e .-"''.'" i
Associates
t'l-iti'.ns Mnver
si,pieiaeiitlll ion
1 .. Hi' InUgell lllld
1 nder an eiu.111.1. eiirii.t f..r :?l!l.
"IMi the tirilfenliageii ci.. .in ru rferim d
ceiisidHrahli- work in ' 'ns-ifv ing nud
stiind'inliing n line ipal ti"stti,iii nnd
speiifviug th" sulari'-s wi.icli should In
mid. but after tin- sum set a-. de for th
work hud 1 ti spi nt it was feui d tl en
was slill mere work te he dei"
In n op.nien given rcuitlv l .ty Se
llciter Smyth said (In city did ret I u v .
re p.iv the salaries rieririinindd by
Oriffenhiigeii urd thai tin flim w -slniplv
eiigugeil te Htundnrdlze .esitncis
in keeping wltll penvwlens nt the ne.v
city charti r
Descendant of Henry Clay Dead
Islington. Ivy , Nev 'J" tllv A
Y I Mis Deshu llreckinridge. neti.J
suffrage and woman's club worker, died
here today of npeplexv Her husband
is editor of the Lexington Herald. Kin
was a greul-grui.ddiuifhtcr of Hemy
Clay.
Mendell's Injury Only Slight
AVjishlUsten, Nev . L'.'i. Kepreseiita
tiJve Sletidell, of Wyoming, Ilepublinin
lender of the Heuse suffered only shgh'
injury In his full nt hi hemu here
Tuesday, it was said today at bis eilice
r In maierlty leuder his secrtfery uald
L.u-t uifiit ncimivw .11 ev lure auu i vf Trendwuv
Fairies arrested t'lree men at I"iKhth Hut. even' alter she began te live with
?nJ,..S.ft."2"'h ''l:e,'r. he unHw-red h,Mlt l(, ,,;,, )(,r rnntilllllnl. .
n beferTlstr.; OMis? Kleve h ' - !"" 'j'? , '
utij KieiiLiie'ii .tiieiiHei Ler'Hiis us me
Pier T. Treadwuv nrreted with
Marie Williams in connection with ihe
minder of Henry T. Peirce, left one
girl in thi clU who, although he de
sorted her for Maile, and although hc
herself is serving a three uumth sen
lence in the Heuse of t'orieetien. can
still feel enough affection for lum (i
ueep nt the knowledge that he is fining
the (trim prospect of tli
elcctrn chair
Teurs mini' into the blue eves of
Ituth Shaw, u'.ias West, but leiilly .Mrs
Uuth Duff . when she was told, iu her
cell this morning, about th" predien
melit te tt.e iiirii with whom she l.ud
lived for uearly three months.
she ndmittcd frankly she had neve"
bet n married te the man. although sue
hu.l been known by his alias of Wor
and had posed as his wife. She is
only twenty -one jear.s old new. tmt the
story she 1ms te tell Is one thnt is typi
cal of the deep shadows of the umler
wcrld She has a husband living semcwlcu
And worst of nil. she lias n thn (year
old Imbv. who is new with the hus
band's mother.
The rarh days of her married life,
she said this morning, were happy. Her
husband hed u geed job in the powder
factory at I'ounsgreve nnd she herself
went te work there. Then the baby
tame and their home premised te be a
place et peine and contentment untl
IScgalus Her lte.iuty
It I.. ' ;-. , i i
i hit nun Kiev, aiim nun uer eenuty
reiurneu. i.veu tn tne severely plum
dress of "the Correction," he is an at
tractive blonde, and th.ii attractiveness
erved te win the temporal affections
streets, and was released en probntien
On March -I she was taken up for
breaking her parole. At her tiial her
hu-bund was brought In as a witnes and
Identitied her. There seemed re he a
chance for a reconciliation and -he es-
capid sentence, but life had done tee I
much te ler then te make her think I
kindly of a home and a husband nnd
clillil, nnd sue returned te the streets
On September IXi she was again arrested
bv vice sound men neil this titn., wn..
sentenced te three months. She cave i
mi address en Pine street above Se'-
nth.
She lias been a model prNiiuer, ac
cording te Superintendent Preston. She
has been unvaryingly chewrfifl nud will
ing te de anything she has been told te'
de and tne Hi t time she bus shown I
sorrow was today, when she leumed of
the plight of the man who had wnuigeil
her. lie had nothing te sii about the ,
woman who weu hjm away from her.
Her only comment was one of sympathy
f ir Trcadway . " I
Her father, she said, is living at
L'."17 Seuth Clarien street. His uume is'
Walter Haley.
In Trendway 's diary weie found the!
names nnd addrisses of three women.
They were- Mabel Shaw. L'"K) Audi1
street; IJNie Krinnrd. 1717 Arch
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All Were Same Weman i
i'rem peiiee rndtigatiens tedux it,
apis'ars thut thete thri'e names and ad-
dresses were all used by the suiiieihutr end of the revolver and hit Pclri
woman and that that woman is lenlly
Ituth Duffy '
fe most of the denirens of the under
world th" woman was known ns .WhI"
Shaw, She lived nt 1717 Arch sticet
under the name of Klsic lMwanU, bur
it was said there today that she had
moved last July with het 'husband."
Mrs. Iterthu Waltlren, who has a
bearding house at HI". Arch street, to
day revealed muiiy of the detuils of the
lues et Heme of the actors in the
i'elrce tragedy. Trendwuv bearded
with her for seine time and managed
te obtain her eiihilcne te such mi
extpnt that, when she felt it. ill health
and in need of a rest, she in eepted Ins
preposition that he run her house for
her and she hers. If moved te private
! apartments with her daughti i
S)rty.Ixsaliiiig .Men and dirts
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I went around te th. An i siriet
house in the evenings, sli,. smd t"da' ,
In see liew 1 reuiJwuy vva getting
aleiif. .Sju:i I began V see people there
whom I did net like. Thir
were
sporty -l('0i.lns men and girls
"I spek" te Treadwuy about them. '
but hi said thiy were friends of )ilN
who hud just dropped In for the eve
t.iug. Then I went are.nq . a. (.r .
twice during the daytime und found lli
Hiime kind of crowd there. I found I
. i that 'Ireitdwav hud turmd my house
into a gambling Joint. I
"He me thii girl Mabel or Iluth !
Shaw, us I knew her und brought her
te the heuiic. He told tne he was going
te marry tier
"l knew that previously te meeting
her he had been intimate with a girl
1 knew us Flerencts -the girl who has
been arrested with him in Wheeling
u" W0 -"? "!aki'iK ,,"l,Br-
llllia IU llll- Slllll.l J1 n UI'UKl'O'll lIIH
erv no .Market street west of Thir
tientli. This rierem e was hilping
support him ut tlie time. Then he broke
with her for some reason and took up
nit 1 this Mabel or Ituth ami run my
Incise for me.
'II., and Mabel went te t'.ty Hnll
and get 0 marriage lieense and later
shnwul rae a certificate of n.iirrluge 1
told him Mabel had admitted te 1 n- !c
vtiir already married, but he said 'Well,
fhut doesn't matter, I gave my nam.
as West e it's no geed unybevT
Cut 'I hem (Jut uf Heuse
1 pIK the vhe'e Hit ml' 1 .
house Hiid when th"y left 'hv stele
about .s.'lOfl wi -'h "f my clothing 1
followed them te tl.ei- next bnardlng
beuse en Areb strit" n'-ar Twentv ftrt
and get U badt. And I found they hud
stolen two gallons of my- whisks and
filled the demijohns with water.
"Then a girl who gave her name in
Elizabeth Smith telephone' me and suid
rliat Mabel had formerly l.ved with
her and hud stolen n let of dethlng
from her She had Mabel urrested and
sent te Jail for the theft.
"As seen in this happened, Tremiway
went back tu thin Florence w 0 of
Ii'dlan bleed ni.d comes from Oklahoma.
"I tin sure he became aequuii ted
ith Mr. Peine through all these
wetmn he Knew, wnennver a dpertinit
lien vmiieii in et un 11 puny no wnum
pi (me Treadwuy That s about wint
.lied with Mr Peine, I should
think.
' I found out afterward that tin-
Fnrence, who new gives her nume us
Mnrle William, han already done three
Pcler T. Trradwaj, alias Nnitiian llllanis. who was raptured In Wheellti". . ".. with Marie Williams.
with whom lie lied from this city after the Mtrdcr of Henry T. Peine. business man, In Ills apartment, anil
Mailiel street, catly Sunday morning. 'Ihe motorcar shown Is the one used by the fugitives In their flight.
It was iceeu'rcd in a Wlieclln; garage. It belonged (e Pclrce
Find Pence's Pin in
Wheeling Pawnshop
rnntliiut'd rrum I'n-r One
shop, at 10y0 Market strait. Wheeling.
The name given by the man who pawned
It whs net learned.
Meth pawnbrokers wen- peMtixe that
it was neither Treadway nor the dis
guised Marie Williams, ma-king as a
man iu u suit of Treudway's old
clothes, who had pawm-il their articles.
Search te discover Pelrce's watch Iu
nnv Wheeling pawnshop mi frultles-.
Trendway told a In um-tinitial story
of the crime ns hi was being brought
f p m Wheeling te Pittsburgh.
This 'AT Smith, who did the kill
ing." said the piiseii' r. "livid in Phila
delphia soinewlxre near Klghth and
Spruce street". He had ipiite a rep
as a rrnp shooter. 1 hadn't met him
until Saturday. He had a friend whom
I knew eulv bv the naim of Mack
Kut'ittlav nighl the pair came te my
apartments near I went; -hrsf and Wal
nut streets. They wire both drunk, ami
I didn't want te let them iu because I
wns afraid they'd nuule a row and get
us put out. Se I went out with them
te get something te int.
S.iys Others Were Ilrunk
"When we were ciitlug we met Pen
I knew Peirce well. IW invltci me te
ring Marie te bis place. He said h
'had some geed liuuur. lie didti t invit
the ether two becaus- they were drunk.
Tbev get awful sere about it, though.
"Marie and 1 went wilh Peine te
his place, and we bad l"ep drinking a
while when the deer opened suddenly
urnl 'AT and Mii'-h' came in,
"Hew did thew knew where le lind
yeuV" Tnadwav was asaked.
"They'd b'-util us talking iu the ie
taurant. Thev weren't s(, dniuk th y
didn't remember th" iiildri'si'.
"Well, tlu-j came in, and this Til
low 'AT Unshed a gun nt our head. I
put up my humls, but Peitve didn't ait
Hub k cnuugh. Marie mid another gill
who had come with us ran out-of the
room and down the stairs.
Says Slayer ."Went Had"
"When Peirce didn't put h.s h.inds
jp 'AT pulled out a jack and soaked
Mm ever the arm. Tin n hi hit him
.iguin ever the heud.
" "Al went bud then, and teflk the
ever the bend with it -cenil titin
Then he pulled out the heavy wrench
from bis pocle t and hit him with that
When 'nl' and .luck' bad robbed tl
bedv thev made me go downstairs vv!tliitim lour mouths age nt a
them nnd start the big car. Tin v Ai'h street above twentieth.
siinl III nave m lime mt uer no-
state line. 1 was ntriiid te resi-t and
get in. Marie was there in the street.
She wouldn't be left bihltid, and jumped
in. tee. We bear it out Walnut street.
"1 i un easv give you ways te prove
that what I say is
fin- "s ,,ut at Sivtv
true. .. steppcii
third and Chestnut
streci's. There is n gas smtien theie,
nl the lieitiiining of the Cobb's Crick
! Heiilevard
"We beiiL-ht leurfiii gnllens of gas ,
' it this station, and wliile we were fbeie I
the ie men in the tar mated a .Negro
Hid a white man who vvurKeil at tlie
'station. They treated tne ivve eui ei
' one of the thrre quart bottles ei wiiMty
' they hailxtehn niter tney
Willed I'fin e.
Alse Meppid at C'umlierland
"Then vv mnt straii'lit t. Ilultinieie.
We bought tin gallon's of gns ut n gar
age in the ,iint block en Calvin ftreel.
We get fuiirte n kjnllens mere iu Cuni
bdlnnd, Md.
"It was a t.rrlb'e trip through the
mountains. We were going ns lust us
we dared, und iu some plines then
wus n feet nnd a half "t snow. We bad
te keep both headlights and both spot
lights going full tilt te get light (iieugh
net te break our necks. That was why
the storage batltry was near dead when
I
icik bed W heeling.
Three or four times I thought we
were done ter. We bung right en the
edge of inek read-, and 11 little 11101 e
would have taken us our. We get by
all right though We were n-arly (bad
when we get te Who ling."
1'fterl.s te lind anv one in the vielnltv
of Kigbth and Spruce stnets who knew
or had ever In-urd of U" Smith proved
unavailing thi afternoon.
The manager of the Mining com
pany s gasoline "tntieii 111 SUty-third
ami Chestnut streets, t-iud that se fur
.is he l.i.ew, no automobile of the tvpe
111 which the trip e Whi cling was
made stepped at the station for gaso
line cirly Sunday pinming
Tieadviuy's Story Hit
I was hen
iinlnv night."
"i.lamin tlm
1 1 I ler ns
ill. Illltll tl lllilllllf II t
III! it'"i 11 nut ..
he said "Ne red 1 r
1 .. ,
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o'deck ,siintiiiv iiiuiiiiiK. th're was no t
Ofie at l"he stJlliell bin 11 nlht wuteji
inau, who i- net outherized te sell use-
li"" . - . , ,
"I fume en duty again nt 1 e clock
Hiindny meining. nml I 'mm say isisl
lively that Ce quartet diil 1101 ebtuin
anv gasoline at our station that dav .
"The sterv that two of the luell
gave one of two quarts of whisky te
one of the men attendants nt the stn stn
lien l net fiiiblble in view of the I'm t
that we imtilev only girls te sell thu
giineiiuc umi oil,
I'litil the very minute the prisoners
were put aboard the train this morning
for Pittsburgh for the first stage of
, ln(,ir
return journey . man auu girl
deniid thev were guilty of the brutul
murder of Peirce
"I didn't de it, I didn't de it.' Wil
bans repeated.
The man spent u bad night in hlM
ell at the Wheeling Jail. All night
long he tossed en the liurd prison cot,
I w pioiiniL.;euK!nio- 1
! te tim": "I didn't de it." The prls-
enev si emul near collapse
Trendway in Surly .Meed
Trcadway wus In a surly mood after
his sleepless night. Pireakfa-t was
brought him shortly after 7 o'clock, but
at first he refused te eat It.
"I'll net eat another thing," he said,
"until I get out of this lull."
Iiiiter. however, he chnnged his mind,
and slewed awnv the breakfast
Wheeling turned out te see the pil pil
eners (iff. The arrest of the man and
wenriu caused intense excitement in the
town. YesterdiM the car stolen from
Peirce waii the principal elijict of
curiosity. This morning hundreds et
persons took nil milage of the holiday te
crowd te tin1 station and catch the
geed-looking veuth and the pretty girl
who had gene with him te Wheeling
masquerading iu boys' i lethes, be put
ou the train hnndcuflVd te the de
tectives. The girl was dressed in lemiuine curb
I when she was taken te the station. The
I crowd staled nt her and found it ban
te believe that one e yeuthlul and pre-
peses.sius could be Implicated in u
brutal crime
Man and girl went iiuietiv with the
detectives. The crowd opined te let
! them pass when the train was icady
te leave, and the lirt stage of the jour
ney was begun without incident.
Jlrl Net Pell ill Ik d
Marie, who ir enlv eighteen v ears
old. upparcnllv enjoyed herself en the
tiip from Wheeling te Pittsburgh. The
car vvn. crowded te .suffocation, mestlv
nith women, who apparciilly wanted
te net a L'oed lein: leek nt tile itirl in
weiiieu, wen upptirt'iiii.v wnnieii
a geed long leek nt t:ie girl in
urder case Maiie seemed te en-
the mil
kJey
it
What
i.ll the irewd''" she ilsk'tl,
"Where me they going te,
laugliiiu'
any way .'
I Seme one suggested that they might
be going le Pittsburgh te sr,. ih.
Thanksgiving Day guuie bitvvieu Pitt
' and 1'enn State.
"Wish I vvus going, but I gucs. tle-y
wouldn't let me," she said.
She amused hi rself looking at news
papers nnd inagn7incs. and criticizing
plctutet- of herself which vveie printed
iu the Wheeling morning papers.
She told a little mere of her history
en the train, but eulv eiieiiKh te innl.e
it mere mystifying. She said that two
meie of the names she had used en
invasion wt"-e Minie Phillips mid Mmie
Steele. The enlv "perilllllieilt" lillllie
she seemed te have wa. "Heets," which
was the name given her hi Trcadway.
Sin said that under the name of
Marie Steele ,-he had lived for some
house en
and hud
eft two trunks of i lethes then iu cjre
ei the laudlinhi.
Crowd at Pittsburgh
All the wnv te Pittsburgh In r atti
tude wits merrv mid often tlippnnt. At
' Pittsburgh there wiimi lug crowd wnlt-
Ing nnd the detectives hurried their
barges out nf tht stutien and te 11 res
tuuranf.
Maiie had (icon pievided with a
Thunkigmiig limine with turkey and
proper lixill's by the generosity of 11
man widely known in charitable nud
business circlis in Wheeling, whose
name the police would net divulge.
Karly this meriiing;, se as tn be .tire
net te miss the ylil, this man lind gene
In the station house and asked the lieu
tenant te take bun de v n le sic the
youthful prisoner.
Tlie elifeily man talked te her an bile,
ami said he vva. seiry te i-ee se young
and pretty a gill in se seiieiis n scrape.
"It's tee hud you'll have te spend
jour Thanksgiving iu prison," he said.
"Well. I'll be 00 the train, any way,"
siild the girl.
"Yeu inn gel it Thanksgiving dinner
en the train at all events," said the
visitor, and he gave her unmcy te pay
for it. He also sept her some maga
zines te lend en the tr;in.
Find Meedy lliiudlierililef
Among the important finds made by
the detective, iu the room occupied
bv Ti end way and the girl. One of these
wus a hiuidkcrchf f stained with what
seemed te be bloed: another was 11
biekin .!l-enllli(r icveher. The rub
ber grips of u revolver woie found in
the 100111 witli Peine s body.
Ildshaw Doubts Tnvidwuy
Dctistiie Ilelshuw. who from the
first, has been In illicit charge of the
11 urder investigation, (lid net believe the
story of Tninhviiy wh"ii it wus told
him this morning, nnd remained in
credulous ciin utter llic report came
et the paw nbrekers' failure te identify
tne prisma i
"I won't femi nnv opinion en this.
.
" "' '
until
fepment," sjlid the detective,
the prisoners an- brought back
te lie city litis, evening.
and I have a
, . ... .. ,,. ,..., I ,
them te arrive about 11 o'clock tonight.
"I believe we huvP the right people.
I don't cine what si'ery they tell, I think
the police can overturn it. What Tread
way told about the stick-up doesn't
agice with the facts in the case. If
there wan a 'party,' us Treadwuy says,
why did ilie victim huve his overcoat
und hat en':"
Due ilct tiil of Trcadway s confession,
hew ever, seem te be borne out by
evidence just unearthed by City Hall
detectives:.
IJel.ihuw' has learned that early Sun
day niiirnp g a motorist was stepped by
u weinun ut Twititieth nml .Market
streits. She said her hushund hud been
hurt in 11 tuxicub accident ulul bh was
anxious te reach friends.
The motorist, nl her request, took hir
in and carried her us fur lis Fifteenth
and Chestnut streets. Hhc departed
ni.,1 am i ttipbtruit street.
'iiiie'i i' m ii ,. ..I..,, . . .....
In Tremlway's confcHSIen he ape
In Trendway conicssien no npone u
luutv-
BaHiTiTiW .
him and Alnrie Williams te the drinking
bout in Pciree's apartment. It is be
lieved the woman who told the story
about her husband's injury was the s'C
end woman named by Treailway.
The police are new seeking thlf
woman. They want her aid as a wit
ness In solving the details of the my
steiy. Detective P.elhnw talked mere freely
than before imluy about the man and
woman new under arrest. He said
Marie Williams was net Treadwny's
real wife. The woman te whom the
(prisoner is inarriul. the detective said,
is known as Huth West. She formerly
i lived en Thirteenth street, in the
I southern part of the city. She is new
I In the Heuse of Correction, the detec
i tive said, serving a term for disorderly
I conduct. She bus been nrrested sevcrul
I times, according te Ilelshaw.
Trcadway was aricsted at least onee.
l!elImw said, with Marie Williams, en
,a shoplifting charge. He also has been
I suspected, iicceiding te the detective.
in robberies ami held-ups. He ami
, his real wife. Kuth West. hai' a baby.
The police de net knew where the
'child is.
i Mitiie William U something of a
i mi story te the polite. She said in
Wheeling that "he had been un actress
and a waitress l.utei she denied hnv-
ing hern an aclres. She has tiled se
tiiiiev mint,
in the pat. i elective uei
i h1BXV MlVs that he tlees net knew her
' con eet identitv. He has learned that
i she lived ou Walnut street near I'wclfth
some months age. but was ordered out
Icehum- alie was considered an undo-
slrnble tenant. .
In Wheeling the girl told th
su,4u,,- .........
. I" Wheeling the girl told the police
'"he li id worked in restaurants at 1. bili-
teenili nml Maikct striets and at I If -
teentli nml .Mai het sirieis ami
teelltll mill Knee stieets.
Kemembered by Waitresses
Mnnngers and waitres.es ut n res
taurant nt Flftteiuh and llaee tm ts
n mt inhered a girl answering the de
scription of Marie, who bad i nine there
te work July -li and remnincu tnete
I three weeks.
1 The Kirl said her' i.niiie was laith,
hut that often she was called Pearl.
I She Kiive an nddn-ss ou Vine street
alsive Sixteeutli street, and later Faid
she had moved te a lodging house en
Fifteenth stieet below Itnce.
It will be remembered thut a slip of
paper was found In the automobile iu
which the flight te Wheeling was made
with "Frem Penrl te Douglas" written
en It.
Mrs. ,lyi tie Ashford. of 2(110 Wnlntit
. . .. I . . . IP I n.l VlmlnWII.
Sirevl, Wlieie 1 ii-iiiihj iiii'i .,,,,,-- ,, . 1
llilius leilgeil ter 11 wick neierc nn
murder, said today she hud known them
as Mr. und Mrs. Fred West.
"The girl seemed nnxleus te impress
en me that they had a eahy." said
Mrs. Ashford. "Tnts baby, she told
me, was In a home somewhere, but
she was going te get It and bring it
te live with her at my home. She
spoke of this babi several times and
shorn il me Its pietuie."
Mrs. Ashford does net believe the
story told bv Tn'ttdwuv ami the girl
about being invited te a drinking party
by Peirce.
"I Ik-ui il th( 111 Using the telephone
S.itu-iluy night." suid Mrs. Atbferd.
"The man 1 ailed Puree mi ihe phone.
I knew it was Pelri", bemuse I beurd
the name llefere he 'telephoned he
said tn the ;,irl : I 11 get held of
Pclr. e '
..rl Told Him In Iliiiry
"The girl answucd: 'Well, huuy
up then.'
"1 eveihi'iiri'l Treadwny's side of the
ceiivci alieii It seemed te 1110 thut he
wus talking te two men eue of tbtiu
i'elrct . lie didn't seem te get liny sat-
isfadien from Peirce. J innlly Tread
way iiui'l, I think
It was te the ether
man. ell. you
come ureuiiil for him
and bring bun te our place.
They went up te their 100m. I
beard him say te the girl: 'We'd bet- I
tir go outside anil wait 011 the 1I001 '
step.'
"The gill answered. 'Ne, he'll hen' I
bis horn when he comes.'
"Thut was all I heiml the night efl
the murder.
"The Wests, us I knew them, came
te liv at 'my beuse en the afternoon 1
I et Neviinber lii. I (barged them $1" ,
a wceK. ft nil ini'V paid ua nisi week s'
rent 111 udiiinoe." '
PLAN PEIRCE FUNERAL
Murder Victim Will Be Buried
in
Lansdale Tomorrow
Tl funeral of Henry T Peinv, (.
murdered manufacturers' m;eiit of this
city, will be held in l.iinsdnb. where his
wife family lives, Insteiul ni )v,rl
Washington, wh-re Peine mode his
bone . ,
est(rllly Piirie's hedv c,u tuken
te I.aiisdnle by lieerge R. Hufl, I.uns
dale undertaker. Although the peine
family have lived at Fert Washington
for several years. Airs I'elree was
horn und raised in l.nnsditle. She is n
gradual" of the I.lllisilnle High Schools.
Tier maiden name was Mis I.men.i
Iloerso, nnd her family livid en Fifth
strict, in I.aiisdale.
Her brother, Pinker S. Jtoeise, t (l
resident of the lewn.
Fund Officials te View Game
Mernt T. Coeke, ,li . of Philudel
pbln, who is chairman ler the state if
Pennsylvania committee In the I'nlvei
slty of Virginia centennial cndeivincir
fund drive, Is representing the Key.
stone State at the si lal ThanVsgiving
celebration in f'hnriottesvilti', Vu to
day. The occasion Is the pliivmg of the
annual fnnthull game between Virgin. a
nnd North Carolina luiveisiti s Meer
lugH of committees nud eiliulnls In the
fund drle will pieeede and folio iv"1 the
KUtue. , ut
Ity the Associated Press
(icnevn, Nev. !!.", Ne meeting of !
the assembly of the League of Nations
was held leduy in order te give tin
members full time for committee work,
and it Is possible there will be no sea sea
fden tomorrow. While some of the
"emmlttees tire reported te be progress
ing with unexpected speed, the tendency
thus far is for sur" and slew eolutlens.
Distinct lilies of cleavage seem te be
making their nppearnnce nt the meeting
of the assembly, delegates from the
smaller nations insisting thnt the
countries they represent sheud play nn
Influential role in the work of the as
sembly and the council of the league.
Scandinavian and Seuth American rep
resentatives are prominent In the con
versations occurring at cessions of the
ii'senibly, and it is expected their leaders
ure planning te take pnrt In the debates
which will begin senu.
Honerlo Pueyrreden. foreign min
ister of Argentina mid one of that un
' Hen's representatives. Is one nf the
I leaders In demanding that smaller na
tions should elect four members of the
I council of the league, nnd he cem te
I 1 .1 t ..e .i. 1..1I.. .
iliive 110- uiieii 01 11 iieiiiifri 01 1111111-
cntial delegations.
Sweden. Norway and Denmark evi
dently purpose te take te the lloer of
the assembly the right for amendments
te the cevefinnt of the league. In ad
dition several nations have tuken decided
views regarding the economic blockade,
the international court und mandntee.
The proceedings of the usscmbly.
which are nt present really being enrried
011 by the committees, mav be censid
ered us merely preliminary te its real
work, which will begin when these com
mittees submit reports nnd debate
begins.
FLAGPOLE 120 FEET TALL
IS DEDICATED TO HEROES
Richmond and Kensington Erect
Staff te Men Who Lest Lives
A Uagpole 120 feet high nnd n huge
American lag were dedicated today
nt the Coheckslnk Playground, (slar
und Ann streets, in honor of Pert Uich Uich
niend and Kensington boys in the
vicinity who lest their lives in the war.
The ceremonies took plnce nt ,'t o'clock,
and were preceded bv 11 parade.
Funds for the memorial were raised
through the Fathers' Association by
popular subscription solicited by the
Hey Scouts.
Members of the American Legien, u
detail of marines from the navy y'nrd,
ltey Scouts, veterans of foreign wars,
Spanish War nnd (!. A. It. veterans
took part in the purede which fenned
its line of march at 'Ji.'tll o'clock
at Richmond street and Allegheny ave
nue. The route led te dnsper street, te
Clearfield street, le Arnminge avenue,
te Ann street and Inte the Cedar street
entrance of the playground.
Majer A. .1. Drexd Middle, president
of the Fathers' Association, was master
of eciomenies.ut tlie exircise.s and chief
marshal of the parade.
Frank W. Mclvin. formerly a first
lieutenant in the Twenty -sixth lnfan
tiy. First Division, made the dedi
cation, and F.inct L. Tustin guve
the iKcoptunce speisdi. K. .1. Cutlell
addressed the gathering also. The
invocation win given by Dr. Theo Thee Theo
deie W. Mare, pastor of the Richmond
.Methodist Church, and the benediction
was by- the Rev. A. J. Arkln, of St.
Clcorge's Protestant Epicnpul Church.
Margaret Piier. si yen rs old, dressed
as the Cieddes. of Liberty, and insisted
bv Wililuin Haines, ten years old,
raised tlie flag. Other school children
gave 11 salute te the Hag. and 11 llniil
tiihute was paid by the murines, who
gave u salute.
ASKS SOCIAL DEPARTMENT
Senater Kcnyen te Introduce Bill In
Coming, Congress
Washington, Nev. 'Je. -Illy A. I'.)
Creutien of a Department of tfeelnl
Welfare te "safeguard and promote the
social welfare of the people of the
Fiiited States." is provided for In a
bill prepared by Senater Kcnyen. nf
Iowa, for introduction al the coming
sissieii of Congress. The bend nf the
department would be n member of the
cabinet.
The new department would have
transferred te its Jurisdiction the public
health service and the hygienic lnhoru lnheru lnhoru
tery new under the treasury; the Bu
reau of education from the Depart
ment of Interier: the ('Millien's bureau,
women's bureau, the bureau of Indus
trial heusint, and transportation, the
Fulled States employment service and
the I'nlted States empleyes commis
sion, new under the Laber Department,
and the office et home economics from
the Department of Agriculture. An
fititiiMtunt secretary of social welfare, te
1 1. m.noleteil hv Hie President, ut II
! .i,., nf s.vvfin nor vrar. als,, K nre-
vided for under the hill
ROBBEDJLINDER BRIDGE
Polite Highwayman and Aides Take
$11 Frem Victim
Tbne higlivvnviuen attacked lleorge'
lliibsencaiu, of Conshohocken, Pa., this
inernitig under the Spring Ciiirdeu street
bridge of the Philiidelphla and Reading
Railway und robbed him of SU.
Rubsenciini wiis 011 the wuy te the
ticket uffice when n man jumped from
behind 11 stone pillar and ordered him
te threw up his hands. Relieving the
inbber te be working nliuie, Riibsen
cam shewid light. Twe ether men then
1 nine te the aid nf the first highwayman
One of the robbers searched Rubson
dim while the ether two held him, ,
Cevering t heir victim wilh revolvers
the men tlien backed uvvuv and disap 1
pe.ind In tlie windless, me man who
Inst uoiestisl Kubseiicniii was viy
polite ill bis methods and trem a i'.
si'iiptiell given the po'iee they believe 1
he is a thief known a- 'The J.itt,,
Minister "
AUTO IS WRECKED
A small new touring car wus virtuiiilv 1
ilemei'.siied at - e ciecK huh morning at
fie smith side of 1'uy Hall It was
owned and driven by A Ciiplrr, uf .141 Hi
Fast Meri.- street. Owing te the coiull ceiull
liiui of the street It skidded as it was
I'l'lng driven along preparatory te taking
the 1 111 11 down Bread street. The car
I hit a lighting stundanl Neither Cuplcr
I i.er two friends, who were bounced nut,
were 111 the bluntest degree hurt. The
automobile leeks as though it would
iievi r 11111 iiirain.
IIKA1IIN
1'iM.s ,VI iU lute n ulilem . i'3 j
l.aeiss iiliii, in Nuiiiihr Li In mi i
Ull IllS'l JuNT.H, run if tht lull iirh.1
,li' r 11. 1 il I 'hii HMneyJeims nnd I'aiiirrTm
10 r J'ini s In His ssvcntlilli yar of liln ,.
It ,h'i m eii'l IrK'lld ur nviuj t ii.j
tervleu en Haturday, Nev i'7 t la o'clock
neon at the Church of 8t Luke and ih
''ni'ihanv 13Ul and t?urucs ku InUrnifnt
Dllvatc.
AIISS L. V. LAMnRKCHT
Dr. and Mrs. II. J. iJimbrcclit, of
"02 West Cnmbrl.i street, nnnetince
the cngnBemcnt of their daughter,
iMIm Itilsa Virginia !nmbrccht,
te Mr, Clinrlcs A. Schaffer, of
Legan
Story of Life Told
by Treadway's Girl
Centlnurd from Pae One
She tried te de her best ny me. but I
didn't nppreclate her kindness.
"Fer the lust two years I ve been
kicking around in n let of cities of the
Last. I wus never In the theatrical
business, as I first said, hut I've
worked in Mroeklyn and New Yerk 'for
about it year nnd then I went te Phila
delphia, and lived nt 1725 Mount Ver Ver
eon street. In Philadelphia 1 worked
as 11 cashier and nlse a yoitress In
lestaurntits. I worked nt Eighteenth
nml Miirket streets, nnd also nt Fif
teenth nnd Race streets. About eight
months age I met Treauvvny. At first
lm wus It one. n ns Nerma n Williams te
me. I de believe right new that his
name really Js Williams, but he says
it's Tread way, nnd be should knew. He
was a geed fellow. We went, around to
gether te dunces. I have been with hltn
te dances In West Philadelphia nud
also nreund Mrend und (i Irani avenue
and Twenty -first nnd Montgomery ave
nue. He nlvvnys treated me fine.
"About three weeks age I went te
live with hltn 'in un apartment heue nt
1208 Spruce street. We stayed there
two weeks nnd then we moved te J049
Wnlnut street."
Pressed for detnlls of the murder of
I'elrce, the girl, without 11 trace of
fear or emotion, related hew she "beat
It" from Pelrcc's apartment when the
fighting began.
"It was n (ininucn prnwi, neuiing
else," she declared. Don't you believe
it was anything else, either."
She denied she had deliberately plnn
nrd te have Peirce robbed, stutlng that
nil she wanted was ti ride in the red
rat ing car.
"They cannot put the crinie of mur
der en iis." she cried, tossing her head
In challenge. "We were invited te
Pciree's apartments te have u midnight
lunch ufter a ride, and' nothing cNe.
"It was while we were getting this
lundi that two men entered the apart
ment nnd ntlarked I'elrce. Ne matter
what liny one else says, this is the
truth. We are going back te Phila
delphia willingly te prove we are net
concerned In the crime. If we were,
couldn't wc light our return? We knew
our 1 ights, but we weu't tnkc advantage
of tlifin, simply because I knew every
thing cun be explained nil right."
Then the girl became silent. She
remained se for fully five minutes, then,
looking up at Detective Hanley, the
smiled, rose and held out her band,
"I've said all 1 care te new," she
said. "Resides, it's getting late, nnd,
honest, mister. I'm sleepy. I think
I'll jump into my Hilly Murkes and
get my beauty sleep. I knew you'll
excuse me. Nighty-ulghl. Sec jeu ill
the morning."
Then she calmly stretched out en the
pine benrd. pulled the brown overcoat
that she had worn when she had
dressed ns 11 boy up tu her cliln and
closed her eyes.
"Can you bout that kid?" asked one
et the patrolmen who had listened te
the conversation.
"Ne." answered another one. "Yeu
can't even tie it."
! POMERANIANS SHOWN
Mrs. Charles R. Troxell Acts as
Judge at Hetel Walten Exhibit
The Philadelphia I'nmetunlan Club
held a Tliunksgivlng specialty show
this afternoon at the Hetel Walten, and
a large number of high -class dogs ire
down- were judged. Resides the usual
prizes there weje 111) specials for
which the competition was unusually
Mrs. Charles R. Troxell. of this city,
for many years a Pem fancier, judged
the entries.
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AUTOMOBILE
We huve a most attractive
selling contract te offer men
of experience and sales records.
Lexington Moter Ce. of Penna.
W. A. KUSBR, President
Lexington Bldg.
ncnernl W. Ilrntuwcll Beeth, of U
den. world lenrlnr of , e",J'',l
Army, was the chief speaker in ik!l
"day of devotion" Dreernm nf ,. e'
vatlen Army Auditorium, Dread itrMi
and Fairmount avenue, today, marklnV
n special ob-ervance of Thanketlv k.
Hay. The noted leader spoke at 1
service this morning, nnd two ether
services will fellow, one at 3 o'clock
this afternoon, the final ucrrlcc at 1
o'clock tonight.
General Beeth, with Oemmandtr
Evangeline Beeth, head of the Sl-i
tien Army in the United States, arrlrH
In this city at 5:30 o'clock last night.
They were met by a committee et
fifty citizens, headed by Judge Jehn M,
Patterson, and Beveral hundred Salra
tlenlsts Including Lieutenant Colentl
Arthur 1 Brewer. ''
Edward J. Cattell greeted Oenenl
Beeth in behalf of Mayer Moere, who
was unable te be present. Then, whllt
two Salvation Army bands played tht
"binr ispatigicu uanncr- and many 1 1
heads were uncovered, uencrai Uoeth
was escorted by .Tudge Patterson te anil
nutmnebtie nnu tnneii te Hetel .Majestic.
General Beeth said he was celling for
1000 men nnd women te serve as Halva-''
tien Army missionaries In China and
ether far-eastern countries. Doctors,
nurses, teachers, preachers and news. '
nnnermen nre wanted. The eeneml
said he had nccurcd 300 volunteer? iB-l
Scandinavia nnd ethers from Helland,
Switzerland, the British Isles nnd Cai
adn. He hopes te enlist ethers in tbii
country. 1
BRIDE STICKS TO PRISONER
Seventeen-Year-Old Wife Says Al
leged Bandit la Innocent
"My husband Is innocent. I love him
and will net fall him just because ht
has been falsely nrrested," declared
Mrs. E'Izabeth Fleam, seventeen-year-old
bride of Charles Fleam, of Christian
street near F.lghth, held yesterday by
Magistrate Carsen en a charge et rob. -bcry.
Jehn William, a barber of T"lliui
and Rntistead streets. Identified Firara
nnd Geerge Brune, of Highth and Car
penter streets, as the men who held un
and robbed him Tuesday night. Hruae
und Ficnra were held without ball.
Dr. Rebert B. Ferstcr, n deetlst. nf
110! Walnut street. later confronted
the two men nnd said they entered hW
elhce I uesitay and nfter beating him.
reuneu mm 01 a scar: pin valued at
.$'.'000.
The nolleo ftnv thev bollevo Vfanm (
one of the nute bandits who committed
four robberies between 4 and 8 o'clock
last 'iuesdny evening.
SEEK MAID AS THIEF
New Empleye Disappears Alie
$3000 In Diamond Rings
A domestic is alleged by the police te
have stolen diamond rings valued at
SI'.OOO from the home of Georce Dfipr-.
berg. 1M04 North Flftyfeurth streeU I
Wynnefield, while the family were at
dinner last night.
The servant, obtained through an ad
vertisement yesterday morning, kote
her name at that time ns Maud .lark
son nnd her eddress en Twenty-second
street near Wharten.
While dinner wns being sprved she
went upstairs and did net nnswer a rail.
Investigation disclosed thnt 11 $2000
diamond engagement ring, belonging te
Mrs. Degcrberg, and two ether ring
valued ut ?500 hnd disappeared. In th
maid's room her bag was found pack
cd te go, but the owner hnd departed.
Back te Mission Werk In India
Miss Mary Berthwick, n daughter et
Ex -Councilman Pringlc Berthwick. et
Chestnut Hill, ttnlled yesterday from
New Yerk un her way te India, whereil
she will remain for six years engagM.l
in missionary work for the J.utlieraa'
Church. She had been home en a tur
leugh.
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