Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-14
NR. PRDDEY HOLDS
n EEY TO MYSTERY
OF "BLLY'S" HOUSE
!, Least He Says He Does
2, and Hints Darkly at Va
rious Unpleasant Revela-
lions to Be Made for
nsome People"
Managed Colonel Keegan's
~ pnsiness While Evangelist's
psrtv occupied Spring Car
dsn Street Residence - Mr..
welch Still Scornful.

\. mysterious man who ,a,I knows g.,., a..
what happened at l9la spr'ns
NV, .o street while the billy sunday
v',rs1 occupied the house there has oeen
pnV per r. welch, who discredits
i'anu. Charles NJ. Keegans claim that
.0'II 's1 damage was done while the Sunday
Wy as in the house, said the man who
~ letter to the Sunday party IN
- o, trew so much about the house
s,a,rning suit for damages would
ts practically useieS''
tnl'n9 tsdwsrd J. Priddey, manager OF the
hs,aI decorating Company, of 1914
Dps s,reot. who holds the key TO the slt
A. I,,ar that has grown out or Colonel
s.uo, s.,oar,s claim. Mr.. Welch suspected him
kessslding kessldi II. and Mr.. Priddey himself
.srsrmed the suspicion.
pRtppEY HOLDS THE SECRET.
o,,nov all about that house." he said.
,r.,rs ls probably no man in Philadel-
Il. ,bo knows so much about it-that
\" ablle the Sunday party was there
~ priddey, Il appears, went about the
sasss with q pencil and notebook and
.oot down observations. So his state
sssn,s wear a. well-substantiated air. He
~ manager for Colonel Keegan's busi-
r,.s ali the time the Sunday party was
living at 1914 Spring Garden street Mr..
nisSov nromises startling disclosures.
~ sat at his desk in the Colonial Deco
.st,ng offices on Arch street and admitted
~, ha was the one dlslnteresed person
.s.opr all those involved in the Keegan
claim
Il can't say a thing about 1t" he began,
Hyou see. II l favor the Sunday party
viii hurt myself among the liquor peo-
,ls and II go the other way the church
s.onle won't like it. In my business
Ssai with all kinds. But believe me,
know more about that house and what
happened there than any one else in
Philadelphia"
AWhat did happen there?" he was
asked.
4 can't say now" he replied but, let
me tell you, there will be some mighty
UNPLEASANT things coming out when this
comes to trial. It's too bad there can't
Be settlement"
(which side will these unpleasant
things injure?"
that's something else again." he an
swered "I can't say. But those things
will be SO unpleasant that I'd just as soon
be In San Francisco as around here when
tho trial comes off. I have 1t all down on
paper l can't say whether 1 saw any
furniture injured or not. l can't talk
about the marble dog or the missing wine
glasses. II will all come out at the proper
time; but that will be a bad one for
some people
WHILE BILLY" SLEPT.
II developed today that while BILLY"
Sunday slept in his room on the second
floor front there were four quarts of
whisky five of Holland gin and several
bottles OF assorted cordials gathering dust
and eobwebs three floors beneath him in
q wine cellar in the basement of the
/, house
There Is some uncertainty about the
amount Of liquor that reposed in the wine
cellar while the BILLY" Sunday party was
In the house. Ben T. Welch says he un-
derstood 1t was all taken out before the
party moved in.
But Colonel keegan says II wasn't.
7 told 'em I'd clear out the cellarette
IN the dining ROOM" he says, but where
would l put all the stuff I had In the
cellar? had to leave 1t there"
rs all off between the Colonel and Mr..
Weleh, since the Coloners ultimatum ex-
plred yesterday. He had given the COM
nlllee until May IL to reach a settlement.
MI. Welch will now have to talk with
ny attorneys" said the Colonel today.
lhe time limit is UP and I'll have moth
ing more to do with him."
when he heard this Mr.. Welch snorted.