New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-31
W|FE'S BODY IN BATHTUB


care Of for me as soon az ! get home cor :
would do so now, but ! am prcsseo ~
time. Please. Henry. dear be good un'ii
get back to you. won't you? | VIII pe
back as fast as ! can. and that viii be Nei
shortly. l viii write TO you as soon as
arrive home, and tell YOU a great Hia's
more things, but at present my nina -
mussed up and has been since Sunday hie"
Dear boy wish ! was with you, ana
will be soon. too, and for keeps.
Dearie, do not worry. az | VIII no,
get YOU into trouble with your wife; tna'
Is. why ! let you know all about my folks,
so that YOU could feel that you could eet
square with me, IN case | made trouble for
YOU now. So long. my boy. and write anu
tell me that you are very. very fond OF Inc,
with all my love and kisses. thought ana
soul I am yours. VIII send you an address
10 write 10. ANNA.
The second letter liz written on the sta
tionery of the Hotel Empire. Broadway
and sd street Ii is undated II reads:
Dear Henry: Was very sorry that May
and ! couldn't get home frcm Brooklyn N
time TO see YOU.
Henry try your best to get homo tonight
(AlondavD. IL IL is only for n few minutea.
Come down between and $50 ! VIII walt
for you.
would. Yours sincerely. ETHEL. Z.
p. S.-Please excuse errors. az slip o.
the hand is no fault OF the mind.
Paid the Rent Four Months.
According IN the detectives who cross-ex-
am,ned him. he told conflicting stories. Inc
scheibs had been living I'm the fiat In East
18th street about n year. rents being col
lected weekly from the tenants. The po-
lice learned that on February Scheib went
to the superintendent and paid n month
rent in advance. saying his wife mad gone
away on a visi; and that II would be I'M
necessary for anybody 10 enter the rooms,
as he also would be away
4 month later Scheb appeared and again
paid the rent for four weeks. lie PAID IN
March and in April. and the superintendent
thought nothing Of his absence untli COM
plant was made by the tenants, which led
10 the discovery OF the body. The rent
had again become due two weeks ago. put
this time Scheib failed to appear.
Az first when found by detectives Mohua'
NIGHT ccheih denied his identity, but thls
uas established when he vas taken 10 the
place where he was employed. The police
said when they asked him why he Ola not
continue TO live at his home he repieu INA,
about February he came home ana io'ii'
a note from his wife saying she had gone
away from him and II would ne useless
for him 10 try to find her. He went on 10
toll the police that he then closed the
APARTMENT and told people she had gone
away on a visit. so as To hide the fact from
others in the house that she had deser'eu
him. maintaining the rooms, however III
the hope that she would change her nina
and return. He said he got room Tor
himself nearer his work.
Mrs Scheh was known 10 he an ardent
sufrragette by the neghbors and to nave
made speeches for the cause. y quantity
os suffragette reading matter was found
in her rooms.
Scheib Identifies Body.
After the body had been taken to the
morgue. and while the coroner's physician
vas performing the autopsy. Scheib was
waiting In an outside room begging to ne
admitted, that he might end his suspense
as 10 whether or not tho body was that
~ his wife. After the autopsy was com
rleted. positively establishing its SEX
Scheib was allowed TO look at the face.
That's my poor little girl; my poor little
GIRL he cried. THAT is my wife"
He was apparently so overcome by grief
that the detectives almost had to carry
him from the room. Before being admit
ted he had been asked 10 describe his
uife's teeth, and the details he gave were
correct
scheib sail that in the carly part Of
April he returned 10 the closed fiat in East
18th street and took bath there. and that
his wife's body was not there at that time.
In reply to questions he SAID his wife must
have returned TO the fat and drowned her
self in tho tub lie could not explain the
presence of the acid I'm .he tub except OH
the ground she must have supplied il her
self i'm q spirit Of anmos'y against him.
Mrs. Cimiott. - whose garage Scheib
worked told the police last night the
chauffeur said on March - that he had
moved 10 SO. 993 Amsterdam avenue. and
that lis wife was in Chicago. Recently
size said Schoib had told her his wife was
getting stronger. NJ No. 992 Amsterdam
avenue the police say they found a lot Of
letters 10 Scheih from women.