Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-06 | Page 3 | Capone's Ex-Aid in Murder Quiz

CAPONES CAPONE'S EX-AID EX IN MURDER QUIZ CHICAGO July 6 UP UP Eddie Eddie Freed moon-faced moon collector for forthe forthe the tho Al Capone Capon syndicate in prohibitions prohibition's prohibitions prohibition's prohibitions prohibition's tion's heyday surrendered to police pollee today to tell what he knew of events leading to to the slaying of beautiful Annabelle Blake Freed presented his lila attorney Abe Aba Marovitz H He declined to give specific information information information mation on on which might have been responsible for Jor the sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den gun climax which terminated the career of ot th blonde londe playgirl I II Knew Her His pretty brunette wife Ruth whom police suspect did not appear but officers said she was expected either today or tomorrow She was believed the woman who fled from the Blake girls girl's apartment a moment moment mo mo- ment after the shooting Freed law in of Jack Guzik a Capone vice chief said he be had not seen his wife since the day of the killing Shaken haken and haggard he lie repeated over and over I 1 cant can't believe it I X cant can't believe V that tEat Ruth did it V Ho He was evasive in explaining his acquaintance with the pint day Annabelle whose diary told of drinking sprees with Eddie Oh fOh I knew her he said She used to come around the Nut House now and then Police have suggested the Eddie f mentioned was Freed reed Trace Three Motives Freed flashily dressed In blue suit blue shirt and white tie posed willingly will will- for tor photographers hers With the Freed connection police suggested three possible motives for tor the slaying 1 1 The wife or sweetheart of one of ol her patrons may have killed her for revenge 2 She may have demanded hush money from one of her patrons and received a bullet instead 3 One of her suitors may have slain her in a jealous rage The blackmail theory arose with reports that Miss Blake had made a vague thre threat t to expose someone just before her death She was be believed believed be- be referring to the woman in red who betray betrayed d the desperado John Dillinger when she said If It people dont don't take care I may put on my red dress Three Sought Marriage Opposing the blackmail theory however was the practical certainty certainty that the tho butterfly woman col col- col looted from her clients f regularly without extortion Favoring the love lovers lover's s 's jealousy theory theory the the- ory were entries in Annabelle's diary of mens men's professing their love for her Bill was quoted as saying he loved her Stanley as wanting her to settle down another as saying he might like her if It shed she'd behave There was more than enough evidence evi evi- dence however to prove that the year old blonde was a paid entertainer en en- whose clientele included men high in the business and social world The triangle theory murder by a jealous wife wIfe was was based mostly on the tho idea that Freed was the Eddie for whom Annabelle pined in her diary entries and whom she mentioned almost as frequently as her alcoholic libations One of her favorite hangouts was Freed's Nut Nu House a night spot