Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
GIRL HE DESERTED
P|T|ES TREAOWAY.
Ruth Duffy, Whom He Helped
Downward, Weeps for Him
in Correction" Cell
SILENT ABOUT OTHER GIRL

serted ncr Tor Marie, ana althOuSh SnC
herself is serving a three month sen
teuce in the House of Correction. can
still feel enough affection for him to
weep at the knowledge that he il facing
the grim prospect Of the electric chair
Tears came into the blue eyes of
Ruth Shaw, alias West. but really Mrs
Ruth Duffy, when she was told in her
cell this morning. about the predica
mpnt to the man with whom she lad
lived for nearly three months.
She admitted frankly she had never
been married to the man. although she
had been known by his alias of West
and had posed ~ his wife. She j.
only twenty one years old now. but the
story she has to tell is one that is ty1i
cal OF the deep shadows Of the under
world
She has Il husband living somewhere.
And worst of all. she has three year
old baby. who is now with the huS-
band mother.
Th" early days Of her married life.
Sh" said this morning. were happy. Her
husband had Il good Job in the powder
factory at PeuuSgrovc aud she herself
went to work there. Then the baby
came and their home promised 10 be n
place of peacr and contcntmCnt until
one day t"cr" was an explosion and she
was one uf tho victims. Her hair was
burned off. She says. and after that
with the loss of her beauty. she lost the
love of her husband. lie began 10 mis- e.
treat her, she says. and hcr life became
50 unhappy that She left husband and
child and came to this city. TO pick up
II living on the streets as best she could.
RPEainS Her EeIuty
Her hair grew again and her bonuty
returned. Even in the severely plain
dress Of "thp Correction, ," she j. an at =
tractive blonde. and this attructivcncss
served to win III" temporary affections
OF TrcadwGy.
But. even after she began to live with
him, he insisted on her continuing the
street life in which hc found her.
She was arrested by vice squad men
last December q Mt Sixteenth and Poplar
streets, and was released on probation
On March 81 she was taken mp for
breaking her parole. At her trial h"r
husband wRs brought in ~ witness and
identified her. There seemed 20 be- n
chance for II reconciliation and she cs
capped sentence, but life had don" toe
much to her then to make her think
kindly Of u home and II husband and
child. and she returned 70 the streets
On September 23 she was again urrpstrd
by vice squad men and this time was
sentenced 70 three months. Sh" gay,
an address on Pine street above SeS-
euth.
Sh" has been n model prisoner. ar-
rording to Surcriut"ndent Preston. Sh,
has heeN unvaryiugly cheerful and will
ing 10 do anything she has been told I,
Al III, In, Ia,
sorrow was tOday. when she learned q,
tue plight of the man who had wrong"r
her. She had nothing to say about tn,
woman who won him away from her
Her only comment was one of sympathy
for TrCadway.
Her father. she said. is living Il
2517 South Clarion street His name i
Walter Haley.
In Treadway'% diary wcr" found tAl
names and addresses Of three women
They were Mabel Shaw, 200 Arcl
street; Elsie Edwards. 17lT Arcl
street, and Marion Hartley. 1904 Arcl
street.
All Were Same Woman
From police Investigations today il
appears that there three names and ad
dresses were all used by the Sumr
woman and that that woman is rralI,
Ruth Duffy.
To most Of the deui2onS of the under
world tn" woman wns known us Mahe
Shaw. She lived at l7l7 Arch stree
under the nGmN OF Elsie Edwards, bu
il was said there today that she la,
moved last July with her "husbund.
Mrs Bertha WaIdron, who has
boarding house at 1925 Arch street, to
day revealed many Of the details of thr
lives Of some Of the actors in tn,
peirce tragedy. Trradway hoarde,
with her for some time and managed
70 obtain her c"nfdruCn to such al
extent that, when she felt IL i'll Aealtl
and in need Of rest. 81" accepted hi
proposition that mr run hor house 10
her and she herself moved to Drivat,
apartments with her daughter
Sporty Loolting Men and Girls
II went around to thr Arch stree
TO see how Treudwny wA~ grttinI
along. SoOa began u see people ther,
whom | did not Ike. Their wer,
sporty looGiug men and girls
II sp"k" tU Trcadway about Them
but hr said they were friends Of hi
wh" had just dropped In for the eve
Ling. Then ! went aroUnI oucn o'
twice during the daytime and found ia
same kind Of crowd there. ! fOun,
: that Trcadwuy had turned my hous,
into a gambling joint.
He meg this girl-MabP or Rutl
Shaw, as | knew her-and brought he
10 the house. lie told me he was goinl
to marry her.
Il knew that previously to meeting
her ne had been intimate with n cir
| knew as FlOrenCe-thc girl VINO ha
been arrested with him in Wheeling
lie was working then, making dough
nuts In the window Of dOughnut bak
cry On Market street west OF Thir
'"eNtA. This Florence was hrlpjng :
support him at the time Then he brok
with her for some reason and took vi
yI't this Mabel or Ruth and ran m
hons" for NE,
II. and Mabel went to cry HnI
and got marriage hcens" and late
showed Lp a certificate, Of marriage.
told him Mabel had admitted TO I1" 1T
WAS already married. but he 4aid 'W"I
,hat doesn't matter, gave my nam
a. West % it, no good anyhow
Put Them Out Of IIou,r
u our the Whole .ot nat w. ri.
house and VIXEN they left 'A"} stOI
about $500 worth ~! uy clothing
followed them cD thr.- next bourrliu
house on Arch street Drar Twenty frs
and got IL back. And found they la
stolen two gallons Of my WHISKY an
filed the dcIniJohns with watc-.
"Thru girl who gave her name II
Elizabeth Smith tclephonod me and sal
That Mabel mad formerly lived Wit
hrr and had stolen a lot Of cIothin
from her. She had Mabel arrested an
,rnt to Jail for the theft.
As soon us this happened. Treadwa
wen. back 70 this Florence who Is o