Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-27
Girl and TrecdlUdy
Accused of Murder
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may be the man the police want TO
question. because. he had frequent tele
phone conversations when in her house
with Fred West"
At that time. Mrs. HanIon snid. Ken.
drick had a little French girl at the
house. who was supposed to be his wife.
He finally deserted the girl and Mrs.
Hanlon took care of her.
Allied With Ware Worker
The lodging house mistress mentioned
the name Of a Ware politician who was
acquainted with Kendrick. When the
lodger deserted his wife, Mrs. Hanlon
appealed to this man TO find him and
make him take care of the girl. This
he did, and got Kendrick to pledge him
self to contribute to the girls support.
Mrs. Hnnlon says that Kendrick
worked for an autOmohll" company on
TO Philadelphia said he had worked
with La Barre at Aberdeen. Md
She describes KendriCk as about five
feet six inches tall. weighing about 135
or 140 pounds; dark skinned and dark
haired, parting his hair on the left side.
He has a gold tooth In the left upper
Jaw. to the front. lie was fond of fiashy
clothes.
The police sent to the neighborhood
of Seventeenth and Mount Vernon
streets to look for woman they be-
lievc to be the wife of IA" Smith.
Tenderloin friends Of Treadway say
that Hendricks wife lived In that
neighborhood. According to a story told
by man who claimed to know both
Treadway and Kendrirk, the girl who
lived on Mt. Vernon street had a dis
pute with her husband and parted with
him.
Took Money From Woman
According 70 this story, Kendrick took
n 500 bill from his wife in their first
hour of welded life. and there was a
quarrel which had its aftermath in a
suit for nOnsupport.
The man who claimed to know the
"mob' in whose company Treadway
Travelled, was positive in his assertion
that KendriCk was not the man who
lived for a while at Eighth and Spruce
streets, in the lodgings over u cigar
store. The police are working on the
assumption that the two are the same
man.
According to this information the real
fname of the man at Eighth and Spruce
streets was Marion a. Elliott. lie IS
described as twenty two years old, five
feet eight inches tall and weighing
Nbout 40 pounds.
In facial appearance he is Snid 10 be
weasel faced and Of pronounced
''croOk' type, but Il very nifty
dresser.
Likes "FIashy" Clothes
He is described AZ fond Of wearing
q fur lined coat with beaver collar
pearl buttOnrd shoes and Il fat
crowned derby hat. He was nearly al
ways broke He was afflicted with bOils
and had one on his face when last seen
by his friends. This was Saturday
according to the man who gave this in
formation.
Elliott is said to have wife, who
Is at present believed to be In Jail here,
The man who knows him says he is OF
a very different type from Kcndrick,
who is the bolder sort, while Elliott +
the more crafty,
This same friend said that Marie
Phillips knew all three men well, and
they were pals despite OF their aGmlra
Zion for the girl
Detectives have found many flaws in
Treadway's story, in comparing it with
kuelF own hHO"l'ukV VI nhu' o''uu''y
had happened.
Captain Souder refused to reveal what
these, discrepancies were.
=, Check Up Mans Tale
h Detective Heanley went to Peirce's
\ ,rtni0nk on Market street today RnG
fsAN, exaet measurements of the room,
~. te position Of the gas stove aud
to the spot where the body