Evening star., 1936-07-04
CABARET THREATS
SPUR WIFE HUNT
Woman. Sought for Killing
of Blond, Promised to
"Get Both of YOU"
AZ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. July 4.-The search for
Mrs. Ruth Freed-sought as the bru-
nette woman who fed from the
apartment where bond Audrey VAL
lette was slain-was Spurred by fresh
information today.
Capt. Andrew Barry said he had
been informed that about dawn on
the day Of the crime Mrs. Freed had
threatened 'to get both of you" as
she dashed from cabaret where her
husband, Edward, was manager and
Miss Vallette was a guest.
The captain linked the story with
entries in the slain girls diaries that
told of her infatusti tion for Eddie
officially believed to be Freed.
James Mckinney. a salesman,
made the statement to Barry. It
related how he saw Mrs. Freed run
out of the Nut House" cafe about
nine hours before the killing. last
Thursday. Freed followed. he added.
grappled with his wife. but let her
go when she scratched his face He
said the woman leaped into a car
and called back as she drove off:
I'll be back and get both Of you"
Boarded Street Car.
Mckinney reported he learned
from other patrons that Mrs. Freed
had been disarmed. He saw blond
emerge from a side entrance and
board street car He said he be-
~. Tyzn
Developments-some projecting an
underworld angle in the case of the
Butterfly Girl who followed the prim-
rose path to death at 81 in the
heart of a boisterous Bowery dis
trict-ensued swiftly.
Mrs. Anna Freed, who identified
herself as the first wife of Edward
Freed told Capt. Barry he had been
employed as collector by the old
Capone Syndicate during the prohi-
bition era. The captain quoted her
further:
When repeal came along Eddie
and Joe Fusco "a Capone satellite)
went into the Nut House together.
Il know about the Vallette girl.
knew Eddie was playing around
with her"
Freed Declared iii.
Officials said they had received
reports that Mrs. Freed had been
located in South Side hideout, but
declined to surrender for questioning
until 1 see Eddie Abe Marovitz,
who said he had been retained as the
couples attorney in a telephone call
from Freed several hours after the
Staying, told Barry Freed was ill and
out of town, but would return soon.
Investigators learned Mrs. Freed
identified from pictures as the woman
who visited Miss Vallette shortly be-
fore she was shot to death-subse-
quently went to the Nut House,
dine -and-dance establishment in the
North Clark street whoopee belt-and
left with her husband after stripping
her photographs from the wall. They
said Freed was seen at South Side
resort operated by Capone camp fol-
lowers that night
Awaiting apprehension of the
rTeeoS, capt. Barry turned to study
of Miss Vallette's three diaries. He
manifested particular interest in such
passages as:
If I could only forget that Eddie,
dammit. I can't bear the idea of him
being married And l love him so.''
This record, Barry held. confirmed
his first and only theory that jealous
wife had chosen to eliminate a beau 4
tiful rival by gunfire.
Other notations told of the platinum
blond's tours of pleasure haunts with
a number of men whose first names or
initials were jotted down. They told
how she drank pint" hunted gaiety
and frequently ended up with q
hangover.