New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-13
SCHE|B CAN'T STAY FREE
Released on Murder Charge, He
Is at Once RearreSted.
EMPLOYER HIS ACCUSER
Larceny of Automobile for JOY
Riding" Reason for Sixth Ar
rest of the Chauffeur.

Henry A. Scheih is still IN jail. although
no was discharged Yesterday afternoon oy
MAGISTRATE Corrigau at the end or MS
hearing on the charge Of numbering MS
wife. Lillian. and leaving her body In tho
bathtub az their home. No. s11 East 18TH
street He is now held technically on
charge of the larceny of the automobile OF
his employer. John II. Wyeth. but II Is
said that Mrs. Wyeth's conviction that
sch.'h is guilty is the real reason for the
pressing Of the charge at this time by her
husband.
Magistrate Corrigan said yesterday, In
Diminishing the murder charge against
schein. that there was not sufficient evil
derce 10 warrant holding him. In court
Mir Strong. Assistant District Attorney,
while making a formal argument asking
that he be held said that the case of the
prosecution against scheib was not as
strong as. might he wished. In private con-
versation representatives OF the District
Attorney said they had no case against
him. and the police also said they have
nothing against Scheib.
Down in my heart | know he is guilty.
and want 10 see him held until the proof
Is found" said Mrs. Wyeth.
Scheib was arrested again just as he was
confidently and almost gayly leaving the
courtroom. after Magistrate Corrigan had
set him free. When he was told he was TO
be arrested again at the instance of the
Wyeths. he smiled confidently and said:
Let me speak 10 them, and they won't
arrest me"
When he asked Mr.. Wyeth. however II It
was true that he was going to prefer an
other charge against him, Mr.. Wyeth
looked him directly in the eyes and said no
was Scheib turned away with crest
fallen and disappointed look and allowed
himself to he taken TO the West Side court
by Detectives owens and Mcmahon. 1t
was the sixth time he had been arrested on
one charge or another since suspicion was
first directed toward him.
Grand Larceny New Charge.
The complaint there made against him
was that he had taken his employers auto
mobile out for his own use without permits
sion. technically committing grand larceny
under the statute. the complainant being
John H. Wyeth. When put upon the stand
Mr. Wveth said he did not know of his
own knowledge that Scheib had taken out
the automobile. hut had been so informed
by the slips recording the comings and go
ings Of the machine from Cimiottis garage.
The magistrate declared that, since Mr.
Wveth's testimony failed 70 support his
sworn statement in the affdavit making
the complaint against Scheib. he could not
entertain the charge. and advised that
proper papers against him be drawn up.
Mr. Sullivan. Assistant District Attorney.
and Detectives owens and Mcmahon then
cot together and made a new complaint
against Scheib Owens appeared as the
complainant and Mcmahon and Wyeth
fled corrohorating afldavits. In this form
the complaint alleged that when arrested.
On May %. Scheib told the detectives that
he had often taken Anna Grouse out 10y
ridins'-in his employers automobile with
our permission.
MAGISTRATE Freschi consented TO an ex-
animation under those conditions. Alexan-
DER Karlin. who had been making futile
motions and objections for the purpose OF
obtaining the release of his client. said ne
wanted TO make a complaint charging Mr..
Wyeth with perjury. because in his first
affidavit he had declared that Of his own
know edge he knew that Scheb had taken
his car. when on cross examination it ap-
peared that his knowledge was from hear
say. The magistrate refused to entertain
the complaint
Anna Grouse May Testify.
The hearing on the grand larceny charge
was adjourned until $3.50 this morning, n
the West Side court. when the Assistant
District Attorney promised TO have Anna
Grouse in court 10 testify as TO whether or
not Scheib had her out in Wyeth's auto
mobile. Scheib was held in 5000 bail.
At the hearing OF the murder charge
against Scheib before Magistrate Corrigan
earlier in the afternoon several new wit
nesseS were put on the stand by the Assist
ant District Attorney. One was the gas
man who entered the Scheib fat on April
80 TO collect the money from the meter. He
said he noticed no more odor in the rooms
than might have been caused by a dead rat
George Hunrath testified that on February
he saw the Scheibs Quarrelling and that
Mrs ScheiD ran out of the fat
In his argument for dismissal Karlin
said that the corpus deficit had not been
established. and that therefore there was
no excuse for holding the accused man. In
answer Mr.. Strong reviewed the suspi-
cious actions OF scheib. and while admit
ting that the crime had not been estab-
lshed. since no proof had been found that
Mrs. Scheib died from violence, said the
indications were that she probably had not
died from natural CAUSES