New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-02
HENRY A. SCHE|B NOW
FAST IN POLICE NET
CHARGE of Homicide Preferred
ION information and Belief
and Case Adjourned.
WORKING TO FIND MOTIVE
Wanted in Springfield, Mass, 1t
Is Said, and May Have Killed
Wife 20 Pre--e"t Being

that a crime was sOrlmltIeu III inc uc"''
Of Lillian Scheih. the bathtub victim. the
police succeeded yesterday In having her
husband. Henry a Scheih. held under
charge Of homicide. after having him al
most slim threugh their fingers following
three distinct actions in courts OF law
He bade fair 10 slip away altogether
until a plan Was devised in the office OF
the District Attorney which u is thought
will hold him without a chance Of release
lv further habeas corpus proceedings
until the police have had an opportunity
both To establish the fact az crime and
- draw tighter their'net Of circumstance
against Scheih
Late Yesterday afternoon Scheib was
examined in the Tombs court before
Magistrate Corrigan on charge Of
homicide made against him 10y Inspector
Russell ION information and belief
based chiefly on alleged discriminating
statements and acts Of the prisoner him
self After motion by Alexander kar-
lin. Scheibs lawyer, that the charge he
dismissed for lack Of sufficient evidence
had been denied. Inspector Russell was
rut on the witness stand and examined
bv District Attorney Whitman. Fol
lowing few formal questions the Dis
trict Attorney moved that the case he
adjourned tim ! o'clock on Saturday,
which was granted by the magistrate.
Held on Specific Charge.
u vas said this would prevent the re
lease of Scheib by haheas corpus pro
ceedines. since he was now legally held
bv the court on a specific charge. In
the morning he had been released from
the custody u the Coroner. who was
holding him as a suspicious person 10y
Justice Bischoff. in the Supreme Court.
who sustained the writ Of habeas corpus
sworn ont 10y his counsel
Counsel contended il was not even al
legged that crime had been committed.
The District ATTORNEY pleaded To have
him held until o'clock. but upon the
court agreeing with Mr. Ksrlin that
there was nothing TO warrant holding
him Mr.. Whitman announced that he
would consent TO his discharge II Mr.
Kerlin would agree TO produce Scheib IN
court At O'Clock This Mr. Karin
agreed - do. and Justice BischOff i'm
rnediatelv ordered the prisoners release.
AS he was leaving the court he was re
arrested on a charge Of grand larceny.
preferred by Lieutenant Gloster. of the
detective bureau. and taken to Head
quarters He was taken 70 the West
Side court in the afternoon and tried
both on this charge and charge Of
violating the highway Law. made by De
tective Mcmahon who said in an aft
davit that on MAY % he had operated an
automobile without 4 license. To this
charge Scheib pleaded guilty.
In passing sentence" said his lawyer.
Il hope YOU will treat this offence. your
honor lust as If the brilliant minds at
Police Headquarters had not decided
that this man was guilty Of murder be-
cause his wife was found dead"
Magistrate O'Conuor sentenced Scheib
to pay a FINE Of $40 or spend ten days in
iaH Then the charge Of grand larceny
was heard The charge was contained
IN an affidavit sworn TO by Lieutenant
Gloster. saving that John Wyeth, the de
PENDANTS employer. had lost a coat
valued at SEQ from a locker IN the garage
where he kept his automobile. and that
the coat was later found in Scheibs pos
session ON the witness stand Gloster
admitted that the affidavit contained
misstatement. since the coat had been
found IN the possession Of man 10y the
name ar William AIKEN. who said he got
u from Scheih Magistrate O'Connor
Immediately dismissed the charge.
The prisoner was taken TO the court
jail while his counsel skirmshed around
10 get q so check cashed wherewith 70
pay his fine on the first charge This
ne finally succeeded in doing. but as he
led Scheib out there were a number Of
detectives waiting for him. Lieutenant
Chester seized him by the arm and led
him away, despite the protests Of Mr..
KARIN and despite the fact that he had
no warrant for his arrest.
~ admitted that he was taking him
into custody entirely on his own respon-
sihlitv. and was personally accountable
for his acts. He took him down 10 the
District Attorneys office. where Inspec-
tor RTsselrs affidavit was prepared and
the charge OF homicide against him de-
,ded upon. After some delay. Magis-
trate Corriyan was finally found 10 con-
yeue court. resulting in getting the ac-
cGsed man safely behind the bars for
the present.
May Not Be Able to Hold Scheb.
seldom have the police been so hard
pressed - keep I'm their power a man