Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-17

lar and had a cap pulled down. The
clerk could not identify Treadway az
the man, but said he was about the same
height.
Detective Jimmy Mulgrew, whose
work, with that Of Harry Heanley, re-
suited In the arrest Of Treadway and
the girl in Wheeling on November "a,
was the next witness.
Mulgrew gave in detail vivid de-
scription of the defendant and Boots
Rogers. He said that upon their ar
rival in Wheeling they first looked al
the rcd Pathfinder car which was in q
garage nearby. Upon their return tc
the police station the detective received
a telephone message that couple an :
swering the description of Treadway
and the girl were stopping at room
ing house on Main street.
Describes Arrest
Accompanied by Detectives Heanley
and West of the Wheeling department,
l went to the Main street address ant
spied Treadway leaving the house.
testified Mulgrew. 81 said to Heanley
Grab that fellow and he did. asked
him his name and he said 1t was Nor
man ID. Williams and that he lived in
Lorraine, o. He denied that he had
N'NibNth ullhutlpnlu.
we took him back to the house from
which he came, at $40 Main street, and
there we found the girl, Boots" Rog-
ers, whom Treadway said was his wife
and who gave the name Of Boots
Williams. Searching the room tina,
they occupied, we found various effects
belonging to Pcirce, among which were
military brushes, a pocketbook and q
travelling bag We took the couple tc
headquarters and locked them up"
Mulgrew then went on to relate how
he searched the various pawnshops In
Wheeling in an effort to recover various
articles stolen from Peirce's room
When he returned to the station house
Mulgrew was told Treadway wanted to
talk to him.
Treadway Blamed "Ar'
81 went to the cell room," said Null
grew. And there the defendant
whom I knew as Williams, admitted he
was one of the men wanted. He told
me that he had been to the theatre or
the night of November 90 with his wife
on the Saturday night before the body
Of Peirce was found. On their way
home they met AZ and Jack the
only names he knew them by. He sale
Jack was very drunk.
We also met Peirce, and he wa,
drunk said Treadwny. 'Peirce wantet
me to get couple of chickens and ] got
into q machine and went around t
2049 Walnut street, where was living
and got Marie. We then returned t.
2009 Market street. Peirce's home, ant
I saw ZAP and Jack" standing OF
the corner.
'Peirce, Marie and myself wen,
into Peirce's apartment. and about
twenty minutes later cap and Jack
came in. "Al" said, Hands up!" ant
then hit Peirce over the head with q
blackjack. ! got scared, took Marie ant
left. went back to my room. Abou
half hour later cap and Jack
came to my room and "Ar" pointed ,
gun at me and said, IF you don't COM
with us I'll kill you" Marie and my
self got dressed and went along. "
Speiser Wins Point
On cross examination counsel for tn
defense brought out that Treadway ha,
been locked in Central Station withou
a hearing from November 25 to Decem
Der G. When counsel tried to bring ou
why he was held so long without hear
ing Assistant District Attorney Speise
objected and was sustained by tn
court.
Heanley on Stand
The next witness was Detectiv
Heanley. He corroborated the state
ments of Mulgrew. He said when h
saw Treadway he told him he was
member of the Philadelphia detectiv
force.
II said to Treadwsy: You look lik
r-It. MI, - e.
murder Treadway replied You 60
the wrong man.. l replied to him:
hope so. I'm not going to bulldoze yo1
into making any statements. I'm goin
to treat you as fairly as If you wer
my own brother
"Treadway said to me: You seer
like n pretty square fellow, III tell tn
truth Then he made the same state
ment to me that he made to Mulgrew
except he told me that he had let Ell
lott off at Eighth and Spruce streets I
get his belongings; then went to Cam
den with Moss to get his belongings
and finally stopped back for Elliott.
He told me that he had bough
three gallons of gas and two gallons G
oil at Sixty-third street"
The cross examination had begu
when Detective Heanley remembers
there was something he had wished {
add to his direct testimony.
"Treadway told me-" he said, "tha
the others and myself intended knock
ing off Peirce for dough but 1t was nc
our intention to kill him."
The cross examination, when it wa
resumed, was brief and brought OF
nothing new.
Detective William West, Of Whee
ing, was the next witness.
THE only thing l heard Treadwi
,say," he testified, was that man /
the name of Smith was the one wi
hi. Perce with a gun given him
, Treadway."
Fred II. Frazier, chief Of police
| Wheeling, testified that Treadway hi
refused to talk when first brought j
"When he was willing to talk the o
6cers notified me and I sent for Mu
o grew and Heanley.'
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