The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-18
Along broadway
Bv JACK LAIT

MORE ABOUT DUFFY THE CAT
This genial 1obber and killer, whom l nave
described IN previous Chicago rem!nlscenses
was powerful but short and muscle-oouno. ne
cot his nickname because in his early tlght
he would put down his head, rush In ana outt
to the midr.ff. usually knocking his mana colo.
But he gave me May "A gooo lllle' d Aoosif
neck with a sense OF humor.
While doing 'lite'' in the Indiana State Big
House. in Michigan City Che got out just In
time to iojn the First Ward delegation to the
Baltimore convention which nominated Wooa-
row Wilson, Duff was a model prisoner De-
came a trusty.
In stir, he had put OIL a sustained act Oh
profound repentance.
II meart it, too then" ne told me 1d.ei.
''You see, 1 drilled a tunnel IN a guy ols
enough SO he could drive ms w nearse'
trough 1t. An Wide it bad Was-lt was
Christmas Eve.
"A stickup, yeh. But this lug wouldn't keep
his mitts in the air. How could I tell what ne
was gonna do? 1t was to all extents an Pr
poses, shootin' in self-defense.
81 knew he had dough On him, becus l cased
him. I had a IA not that iii pearl-handled
honey 1 liked so much, the one 1 stasneo III
the cash-register in the bsrber-shop. Ihls plun-
derbus is what really busted me. You coulo
hear it a mile. Before she stopped smokIn,
thew was a crowd arour' me, includin' a
sheriff wit a rifle. 1t was in East Chicago, In
diana, not far from the city line.
"I'm nailed cold. lima glne me-, a b1gtoWn
celebrity collared In the act in a burg like
that! I was so Embarrassed, l gave a phony
name. But my tingerprints spilled on me.
That Hoosier judge give me life like ne was
sendin' me on a tWo-Week picnic.
'"The warden greets ire an says, $50 you're
Duffy the Goat!' mods. Well says he, we
Get lots a ba-ad boys from Chi here. Why
don't you birds stay on your home grounds to
do your dirt work?'
IT explain 10 him, I promised a certain po-
lice captain I wouldn' pull nothln IN Chlcago'
Can was a pal, @ mine an there was a clean
up drive on. So laughs the warden. 1T was
a matter of horor?' l says exacly. never
broke my word, never, in my life. Why, l
ask him - don't you believe in honor among
thieves He says, No - they're no better
than the rest of us!'
The rather fabulous Coast-to = Coast Larry
Finley confessed in the Slmplon that he and
starlet Venise Grove had been man and wife
since Aug Q, when they were married IN
Chicago. .Gerun Moore, astro-numerologlst,
and Betty Evans, assistant to a heart special
list, will wed in November. . . Richard Carl
son dating Martha Driscoll. before his depar-
ture on the Queen Mary, for England. . The
.JOFn jacob ASLOIS tOSSliSl, OASo olA'S AS
birthday in the Stork, blowing out the one
candle on The cake She1ln Billingsley sent to
their table. . Tom Hudson Henry Aldrich an
nouncer) with Laurie St at Armando's. .
Betty Price, who was Joe DiMaggio's flelder's
choice, with Dannie Scnoll, of Call Me Mr..
Comic stutby Kaye with Lillian Grey, daugh-
ter Of the richest merchant in Labrador.
There is mystery aoott the Warner = Joan
Crawford relations. A report that she signed
again is apparently premature. Much talk was
aroused III Hillywood when the studio, in brag
ads for its twentieth annil ersary of sound pic
lures campaign, did not mention the two big
eies crawford had made for it. . Reports IN
dictate the Winter Garden will be dropped by
Arthur Rank. British producer, and Will go to
Universal. which has 10 other theatres. hear
Mark He,linger's 1.-The Killer" (Which Jocks
like a smash in the projection-room) opens at
the Garden - and that's a Universal.
Reported Romancing Nancy CARROTS
lovely daughter, Pat Kirkland, and Warren
Leslie of the Social Register, at Bradley's.
Paul Berncy, gem dealer, and Berenice Gil
bert TO marry in the Fall, l hear. Jack
Cassidy of the late "around the World" and
Evelyn Ward of the chorus. . Billy Roses
Daurine Andres and Steve Ellis. Giants broad
caster, together again end again, since she
switched from Peter LaWford. NED Schuy-
Ter. owner OF Miami's Beachcomber, and
Louise Jarvis, showdoll. seem serious. Lois
Andrews with t~est-pilot Johnny Martin.
Woolie Donahue esco:ting Lady Stanley (Syl-
via Ashley at Ell Morocco, and, at the next
table, Buddy Rogers, husband of Mary Pick
ford, who once was The wife of Sylvais late
husband. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Complicated?
That's what I thought.
1t. Co. Gregory Psrp") Boyington's book
is finished and in the hancs of the busy Walter
E. Smith, who seems to have about eight
hands. Not only will Smith publish. but he'll
do the movie himself, as an independent, per-
haps as a roadshow ent.y. Admiral Nimitz has
offered Smith any fleet facilities required for
the screen adaptation. The title, first time an
nornced anywhere, is Where Are We Now?'
The song by Paul Berlenbach, dropped yes
terday through a mecharical slip-up, is Il
Have You Today. .Yvonne Bowler, prin-
cipal in the Files Bergere. who clicked here
at the Cotillion Room Of the Pierre, had to
quit abruptly because Of falling health. She
bought a farm near Madison, Conn.,, learned
enough from scratch to make it keep her.
After three years, she's entirely we'll again,
and opened on Spivvy s Roof. Joan Barton,
who acts for Columbia, is divorcing James
Thomas, airplane executive. Susan Peters
Sc co4 ~ ~nf11rN - H. roroo, in stM1llInnrt