Evening star., 1925-03-09
BURGLARY CHARGE
ENDS BRIDAL TRIP
Girl Wife Freed, Her Husband
Shot-StoIe Dentists
Gold Is Charge.

A happy honeymoon was wrecked
yesterday when Frederick Edison
Veth, 80, of Milwaukee, was shot in
the thigh during an alleged attempted
burglary of the dental establishment
OF Elzey & Elzey at 524 Tenth street.
while his bride of less than two
weeks awaited a telephone call from
him at their room in the Willard
Hotel
Growing out of the crime OF which
her husband is accused but out
shadowing it in it's tragic intensity.
Is the establishment of this lS-year-
old girl, who was Miss Adelaide LU-
cille Goss Of 1892 Emerald avenue,
Chica go. until February'2s, when she
married Neth
Girl wife Arrested.
She was asleep yesterday morning
about O'Clock when her husband left
the New Willard Hotel, leaving her q
note stating he would telephone be-
tween and 10 o'clock. Shortly after
10 o'clock she received message.
But 1t came from the lips of Detective
Robert Livingston. and its import
wrote tragedy over her illusion of
happiness.
The story was this according to
the police:
Thomas H. Quinlan, a public stenog-
rapher. was in his room adjoining
those OF the Elzey's when he heard
a noise g t the front door Of the floor
below He heard footsteps on the
stairway. the opening Of door lead
ing to the dental parlors and there
was none OF the familiar jingling or
KEYS preceding the opening. So he
investigated
Is shot In Struggle.
Into shotgun he rammed she'll
He walked into the hall just as Veth
is alleged TO have been leaving the
dental parlors.
What are you doing in there
Just in to see the doctor"
Quinlan backed the man into the
dental parlors. He shouted for police.
| police story goes. grabbed the threat
ening gun. Quinlan pulled the
trigger. charge OF shot tore into
the hip of the alleged burglar.
There was struggle. Neth freed
himself. Breaking away, he ran into
| the street, despite the wound, and
QuinIan, barefooted and in pajamas,
sped after him. 1t was not until the
chase had run a course to Twelfth
and streets that Policemen Holder
and Larson of the first precinct, at
tracted by the commotion, placed
Veth Under arrest.
There was blood on the les of the
fugitive. An ambulance was called.
Quinlan told his story, and while
Veth was arriving at Emergency
Hospital, headquarters, represented
by Detective Livingston, was already
starting an investigation.
Find Gold In Trunk.
Wires to Chicago and Milwaukee
| were dispatched, asking for informa-
! ton as to Veth, as soon as his name
was learned. Then Detective LiV-
| ingston went into his personal effects.
| quantity of gold taken from the
office of Elzey & Elzey was reported
recovered A quantity of gold also
was found, it is alleged, in his ehects
at the hotel.
Mrs Eeth was taken to the House
of Detention. There she spent last
night Today she was released. Po-
lice are convinced she was in no way
implicated in the alleged acts OF her
husband.
The reply to the wire to Milwaukee,
from Chief of Police J. q. Lauben-
heimer. said that Veth, according 10
his father, is "drifter." The chief
added that Neth had been arrested
in Burlingto Iowa, in January, 1914.
! for alleged false pretenses.
II probably will be several days pe-
| fore Veth will be able to leave the
i hospital for a court hearing. In con-
nection with the investigation into
| his case, poIice are looking into a re-
! port that an unsuccessful attempt had
| been made to jimmy" the door at the
dental establishment of Waldo r
Pearce, 1904 G. street. Inspector Grant
| is having members OF his force make
every effort TO identify the gold re-
covered from the prisoners baggage.
| Gold taken from among the prison
| er's effects has been identified as the
property of DR.. David Lee Bowman,
| 1116 G. street. and DR.. d. d. Beekman.
| 1925 New York avenue. The recov-
cred gold was stolen from the offices
early yesterday morning prior to the
| time Neth was discovered in the
| Eleventh street dental establishment
and shot, police say.