Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-09-12
Because He Didn't Divide Booty
With Them.
ROBBED BOOKMAKER.
Band Wasn't Told About the Rio
Haul of Seven Thousand Dollars.
and They Decided Upon Revenge.
"MoNie" Schoenburg Lured to n
Launch and Drowned, Declare the
Detectives

Detectives.
"Moxie' Schoenburg was drowned
on last Sunday in the Hudson river
near Nyackr n. Y, and Inspector Nc
Cafferty believes he was killed NV
thieves because he refused to divide
$1,000 he stole from FRANK Worth
hookmaker, on the Brooklyn Bridge
on June so.
Schoenburg, it was learned. met
George Howard, alias 'Beansv''
Holland, on Sunday morning. and
was invited to ride in naphtha
launch. the others in the party being
Tim" Readon, Andy" Collins, Sop
Henry and Mark Abrams.
They went as far at Nyack. ordered
dinner, and, leaving a So deposit to
apply on the restaurant bill. again
took the launch and started up the
river
Some hours later. "Jakey" Wolff
appeared at Police Headquarters and
reported that "MoXie" Schoenburg
had been drowned in the Hudson.
The boat was nearly swamped by
the swell Of big steamboat" he
said. ''MoXie was on the rail and he
fell over. The swell took the launch
away from him, and his friends could
not save him
Following close on the heels of
that story comes the allegation of the
Detective Bureau that the Sunday
trip was simply ruse of Schoen-
burg's pals" to get him in their
power and murder him for revenge.
Inspector McCafferty said that fol-
lowing the theft from Peter Worth
he learned that "Moxie's" band had
been implicated. "Beansy' Holland
who goes by the name of George
Howard, was arrested, but "Moxie, -
Sop Henry and the others keep un-
der cover and were never found
Some, in fact, had not been told of
Schoenburg's big haul, and they de-
cided on revenge.
The ride in the launch was the op-
portunity sought, and Captain Nc
Cafferty is copvinced that the band
choked their victim and hurled him
into the river when a steamboat was
missing, believing the swell would
furnish a suitable alibi, if one were
needed.
Inspector McCafferty has partial
confession from one of the men who
was in the boat. He would not admit
in direct terms that arrests have beer
made.
If you gave the names of the mer
who were with Schoenburg on the
day he was killed, you must have
them under arrest. or you must know
where you can get them" the detec
tive chief was told.
We'll" he said, "they were a dan
gerous band of thieves; easily capa
BILE of killing a pal who didn't PLAY
fair. 'Moxie' was the man who got
the big roll and 'Beansy' Holland was
arrested for it.
They all went out in the launch
and all came back safely except
'Moxie.' His dead body floated in al
Edgewater.
Whether I have a confession OIL
not, I won't say, but | gave out the
names of the band. If you believe
wouldn't do that unless I had then
arrested, must have them"
One of the men connected with The
Inspectors Department secretly saiC
that his chief had at least three o
the band under arrest and was conf
dent he had unearthed the details o.
one of the boldest and most deliber
ately planned murders of years.
II don't believe they gave him {
chance for his life" said the detec
tive. ~ think they told him he haC
thrown him down: cracked hin
over the head with black jack. anC
showed him over the side.
'If the boss has the goods. I be
lieve he has some Of the band"