Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25

TO time: II didn't do it," The pris.
uncr seemed near collapse.
Trcadway in Surly Mood
Trcadwny was in Surly mood after
brought him shortly after : o'clock, but
AZ first he refused TO eat II.
II not eat another thing" he said.
until | get out of this - Jail"
Later. however. he changed his mind,
and slowed away the breakfast
Wheeling turned out to see the priS-
oncrs off. The arrest of the man and
woman caused intense excitement in the
town. Yesterday the car stolen from
Pcirc" was the principal object Of
curiosity. This morning hundreds OF
persons took advantage of the holiday to
crowd to the station aud catch the
good looking youth and the pretty girl
who had gone with him 10 Wheeling
masqucrndnS in boys clothes, be put
on the train handcuffCd to the de-
tCCtives.
The girl was dressed in feminine garb
when she was taken to the station. The
crowd stared at her aud found il hard
to believe that one 80 youthful and pre-
possessing could be implicated in Il
brutal crime.
Man and girl went quietly with the
detectives Th" crowd opened to let
them pass when the train was ready
90 leave. and the first stage of the jour
ney was begun without incident.
Girl Not Perturbed
Marie. who IL only eighteen years
old. apparently enjoyed herself OF the
trip from Wheeling to Pittsburgh. The
HrpNu,lni y .IItEn.n finn 4,
with women. who apparently wanted
to get good long look at the girl ~
the murder cUSe. Marie srcmcd to en-
joy i.
laughing "Wh"rr are they going to-,
anEWayt
Some one suggested that they might
| be going 10 Pittsburgh to 80" the
Thanksgiving Day gam" between Pitt
and Penn StHtc.
Wish was going. but | guess they
wouldn't let me. sh" said.
She amused herself looking at ncws-
iaIrrs and magazines. and critlciZ"g
uicturcr Of herself which were printed
in the Wheeling morning papers.
She told n little more Of her history
! on the train. bnt only enough to make
il more mystifying. Sh" said that two
4 more Of the names she had used on
occasion were Mari" Phillips and Marie
/ Stnplp. The only "permnurnt name
! she seemed to have was "IiUUtS, which
| was the name given h"r by TrCadway.
! She said that under the name "i
| Marie Steele she had lived for some
/ time four months ugo NJ n house on
! Arch street above Twentieth. and had
! left two trunks Of clothes there in care
Of the landlHdl.
Crowd at Pittsburgh
Al IL" way e. I'ittSburgh her utti -
/ tudr WAS merry and often tippnni. At
! Pittsburgh ther" wHsa big crowd wait
| ing and the detectives hurried th"ir
charges ont of the sutton and 70 II res
! tuuTaut.
Marie had been provided with u
{ Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and
man widely known in charitable and
business circles in Wheeling, whose
nam" the police would not diyulgr.
Z Early this morning. 81 ~ 20 be sure
, not to miss tn" glrl this man had gone
TO the station house and asked the lieu
tenant to take hin, LoNn to see the
Youthful prisoner.
The elderly man talked to her awhile
aud said he was sorry to ~"r 81 young
/ and pretty girl in :" serious scrHpr
''It'o too bad youN HAY" TO sp"no
your Thanksgiving in pri~nu," he said
"Wrll, III be- "n the train, anyway,
said the girl.
You can get Il Thanksgiving dinner
on tn" train at all events said th'
visitor, and he CAV" her money to pa!
for it. lie also sent her some maya
zines to read ON the train.
Find Bloody Handkerchief
Among the important finds made b!
the detectives in the room occupied
by Treadway and the girl. One of thcs
was a hundkerrhef stained with wha
seemed 10 be- blood; another was
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