New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05
NOT AFRAID OF GIRLS
STORY AGAINST SCHE|B
His Lawyers Say Six-Year.0ld
Cannot Appear as a Witness
Under Oath.
DEATH LAID TO HEM0RRHAGE
Attorneys, Declaring Prisoner S
Wife Was a Consump-
tive, Outlines His
Defence.

The first connected story that has peeh
told Of the doings of Henry a. Scheio'
,bo cbauffeur who is held on the charge
Of numbering his wife in their apartment
at No. 81 East 18th street on FEBRUARY
9. was given out yesterday by Scheio
attorneys, Alexander Karlin ana ho-
ward Owings Towne. The story ai'er
q, was told. left much to be explained Oh
stories previously told by witnesses
,,,st ccbeih or il answered their
stories hv the brief statement, That's
lie" but It had the virtue of being i
connected narrative Of somewhat ais
ordered. not to say consioerao'S
mussy. married life
Mr. Towne and Mr.. Karlin were at
home in Mr.. ToNnes Office at NO. 10
Broadway, yesterday afternoon ana COL
Elaborated on the story. though MI
rovvne must have the credit Of producins
most Of the facts. MI
chiefly interested in the story OF Eileen
McConhie. the six year-old girl VINO 'oio
On saturday Of seeing Scheib at the ooor
of his APARTMENT the day before 'i'e 'ou'
NJ Mr.. Scheib was found. ana III INC
ring said ~ he Mrs Schelbs Weuoi"e
- end in = rawnshop on Columbus
avenue. &C.,, ,.o M
THE girls testimony will have no
weight" said Karin. because ''ie 10"
p,n not allow her to he witness UNI
oeth and because she cannot IN pOS,
,,ve,v the date on which she says 0'"e''
cold her that his wife was SICK.
opesiAes that" he continued when
AZ c,sa comes up again on TUESDAY We
will prove an abb for scheio by WV
neeees We will prove that ne was ~
near the apartment last sunday anu
IN sboyv what he did every minute VI
,hA ,ir,o that day. We won't sho" '''
"a ,,ae in First avenue or Avenue a u
ret 18th street that day, but oiu i'''
90 ~ his apartment. but we VIII
,bat be was not in that neighoorhoou ''
any time that day.
p;sposes Of the Ring Story
.xo,,,ire can he proved by the rlns
.hat was found in the pawnshop' because
49, ron.rbroker could not identity Scheio
a. the man who took the ring 10 ~
shon scbe,b saws the ring was not MS
vife,s and the pawnbroker could mo-
identify scheib, so that s'orS i"'''
h down" ,,s
II Mr Kar,in was asked what was MS
Y theory of the woman's death.
"Wbv. my idea is he said, that size
died from consumption. she was almost
dead from consumption at the nrsl oi
this wear. anyway and ! THINK 'hdt
when she came back to the apartment
she was hardly able to keep on her lee''
She probably got into the tub to take
bath. had a hemorrhage and died.
Mr.. Towne at this point took up the
story.
we will be able to Prove" he said
"that she was a consumptive iii an ad-
yanced stage of the disease. She went
10 a sanatorium in Massachusetts last
wear for consumption. We will prove
this by the doctor who treated her and
by afidavts from the sanatorium.'
4 question as 70 why Scheib went un-
der two names, Scheib and Sherman
then took Mr. Towne back to the begin
Ming Of the married life of the couple.
His wife knew all about that said
Nj. Towne. she married him under
the name Of Hugh 4. Sherman and lived
with him under the name Of Scheib.
which was his real name. The reason
he used two names was a delicate per-
sonal matter, which she knew all about"
we defy tn" police to prove that he
ever committed hieamy.' Karlin inter
jccted He never married any other
woman as sherman. Scheib or under
any other name"
"Howevey she knew all about the
sherman and Scheib affair" Mr. Towne
continued and they lived the usual
married life. with the quarrels that all
couples have. The difference was that
when they quarrellod she would leave
him. They quarrelled about anything
end everything except women. Scheib
was not a man who ran around with
other women.
Scheib Fiirted, "as All Men Do"
"Of course. he firted little, as all
men do. Bat he never had any intrigue