New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-06
CALL SCHE|B CASE WEAK
Police Admit They Can't Prove
Woman in Bathtub Was Slain.
GET NEW GIRL WITNESS
Not the Anna" of the Letters
Scheib Offers Explanation OF
Changes of Names.

The police admitted that their case against
Henry A. Scheib. whom they accuse of
numbering his wife and leaving her body
In the bathtub OF their fiat. has fallen to
the ground They went so far as to say
that even should expert analysis determine
that a crime had been committed by the
use Of poison, their case against him would
he too weak 10 leave any nope of con-
viction. unless something at present utterly
unexpected should develop.
Practically the same opinion was OK
pressed at the office of the District Attor-
ney. In a private conversation one Of tho
men who has done considerable work for
the prosecution OF the case said all that the
police had accomplished was 10 chase
Scheib around with warrants for petty Of
fences or TO unearth lot of minor mis-
deeds that had no bearing on the present
case This man expressed doubt that the
case would ever even reach the grand jury.
There was no doubt in the mind Of Alex
ander KARIN. Scheibs counsel. as 10 wheth-
or or not his client Was in danger He was
certain the case would never reach the
grand Jury. both because of the difficulty
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Scheib with the commission of the crime
should il he established.
He and his associate Edward Owings
Towne. had a conference with Theron X.
Strong. Deputy Assistant District Attor-
ney who has been in charge of the case.
and obtained from him an order allowing
them 10 inspect the fat where the Scheibs
lived.
Karlin said that AZ go o'clock this morn
ing they would go over the rooms thorough
". and had no doubt icy would he able
to turn up something the police had over
looked, but which would help their clients
cause greatly
Counsel for Scheib gave out the following
explanation Of the use of the name Of Sher-
man by Scheb and Of Lillian Lover by his
wife
Ms scheib's maiden name vas o'Grsdy
but, Ike many Irish girls. she did not llka
the name of O'Grady. Some one told her
tho translation of the name of O''irady into
English wss Lover and that there had been
an Irish poet named OGrady who had
changed his name 10 Lover. According -
Scheib when she came 70 New York. in
stead ~ calling herself by her Irish name.
she translated II into English and went
under the name Of Lover. When Scheib
explains how the wedding ring came 10 he
inscribed III \ 5. 10 l.. l."
Schebs name was changed 10 Sherms n
because Of caprice of his wife II was
not his plan. but grew out If the fact that
she had changed her name They became
acqus inted in ST Pstrick's Cathedral. and
1fterward were in the habit of taking walks
% and through Central Park Then in
stead If calling him Harry. name she
disiked because IF former assoCis ton.
she called him Hushie as 2 pet name. As
they were walking up Fifth avenue one AZ
ternoon she got 10 talking about the nsmC
Of Scheib. and remarked
why don't YOU change Your name - an
american name | don't like the idea ~
an American girl being married 10 2 Dupc9-
wan What is your name when translated
into English"
Scheib explained that in English IL would
mean window pane. or something like II.
Xhereupon the girl replied
Well T don't want - ne married 10 a
man with a name Ike that There is Gen
Clal Shsrman's statue Why don't YOU take
tie name Of sherman? Let US make +,
Hughlo a Sherman instead Of Harry \.
Scheih
scheib replied that he did not care What
name she gave him so long as II plea sod
her That Is the reason he took the name
Of Sherman, the middle initial remaining
the same.
Commissioner Dougherty said Yesterday
that no stil believed his reasons We're Just
for declaring Scheib guilty. based on his
own conduct and his contradictory stories
and weak kneed" denials Of his guilt He
said he did not believe Scheib had muir
derer's disposition. hut that IN an aterca-
ton or sudden burst Of anger he had
struck his wife or stranged her with no
premedtated purpose OF murder.
DouEher,y said he felt sure Scheib had
bought the large wash boiler. which a
nearby hardware dealer has said ne sold to
him. with the purpose of disposng Of the
body by boiling. but that he became TO
VOTED when he went 10 put the plan into
practice and gave II M.