The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-07-03
WAITER M'HENRY
TELLS OF OFFER
Admits Part In Schneider A.
sauIt Case In Pittsburgh
WEAKENS DURiHG SWEATING


Found by Washington Officers-Car
Isle, a Chauffeur, Involved In Case
Pittsburgh, June 29.-Sweated by
the police 1or several hours. George
McHenry Of Washington, waiter, bcokr
down and admitted has part il tie az
tack upon T. Franklin Schneider, the
wealthy Washington candy man, in q
4 local hotel. The police aIIege tha;
/ McHenry's confession was complete
/ iu every detail.
The other interesti7~ feature nj t''s
Schneider ease was the arrest in A.
lantic City, y. j., OI -. <. g. 4I--e-,
/ chauffeur. He was held in $1,000 ba.,
at the New Jersey resort.
Thomas G. Forney, the young Wash.
ington attorney and son-in-aw of Mr..
! Schneider, who was arrested first, was
taken into custody in New Corners
town, o., last week, after his hat had
been found in the room occupied by
Schneider, when the latter's straw
hat had DETECTED the blow of a ham
mer in the hands of two men who in.
vaded his room.
McHenry said he supposed he was
to be given a job when he went to see
Forney, sent there by Carlisle. 81
want you to work for a New York
house, but your particular job is to
watch the actions OF certain man"
Forney is said to have told McHenry.
The latter asked why.
''T want to get that old -" Nc
Henry claims Forney answered.
''When l asked him how he replied
he wanted me to put away his father
in-Iaw (Schneider) and put him away
right | told him that / had never
done anything like that and he then
pulled out a roll Of bills and said that
/ need not worry about money.
"a short time later he again called
me by telephone and made the prop
osftion again to put Schneider out OF
the way and that time he drew up
promissory note in my 1avOr for $4,000
contingent on my performing the
job"
~Where is that note?" Captain
Crooks asked.
at is between paper coverings in
the upper drawer of q dresser in n
room, 4l4 Sixth street, n. W., Wash
ingtou."
Captain Crooks Immediately wired
the Washington police and received
a return wire saying that the note
had been found and mailed to him.
McHenry also said hat he advised
Forney, after he had seen Schneider,
to wait Il couple of years to get the
latter's money, because, so he says,
he deducts that Schneider has tuber-
cu1osis. NcHenry also declared that
two weeks ago FOrney had his auto
mobile out oG a rainy night, just after
insuring it for its full value. He said
that Fnrney ordered his wife out of
the car despite the weather, near st.
Johns bridge and drove on alone. The
next day, McHenry says, the car was
reported as having been stolen.
Captain Crooks says thaI he be-
lieves McHenry is the tool in the
hands of a clever man CForneyH and
Henry.
"If divulged all that McHenry has
told me-" Captain Crooks said. sit
would give Fnrney all the advantage.
because he has money at h;z COM
mand and with the staff Of lawy 2-5-
he could hire McHenry likely would
be punished and Forney go free
IN his confession Forney told the.
police that when he conceived the.
idea of doing away with Schneider.
because the latter had a S75,0O0' ine
surance policy maturing this month,
although Schneider is Independently
wealthy otherwise, he went TO Car
Isle whom he had heard. knew des-
perate men.
Carlisle, he says, promised to send
him q competent" man and Nc
Henry's visit was the result.