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June 3, 1911
Martinsburg Herald
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Police in New York discover a badly burned body in a bathtub at an unoccupied flat on East Seventy-eighth Street, possibly that of missing woman Lillian Oliver. Her husband, Harry Scheib, is arrested despite denying involvement and claiming she left after a quarrel.
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FIND BURNED BODY IN TUB
Sex Not Known, But Husband of Missing Woman Is Arrested.
New York, May 31.—The police have another bathtub murder mystery, and as the first step in its elucidation they are trying to learn whether the victim was a man or a woman. The difficulty in identification arises from the fact that the body is badly burned by a chemical, in which it was half immersed when found in the bathtub at an unoccupied flat in East Seventy-eighth street. The last occupants of the flat were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scheib. The wife has not been seen in the neighborhood for a month and Scheib was placed under arrest. When Scheib was told that his wife had been murdered he exclaimed: "My God, that's not my work!" His story was that he and his wife had quarreled and she had left him. To explain her absence he told the other tenants that she had gone to visit relatives in Cleveland, and, although he did not occupy the rooms, he continued to pay the rent in the hope that she would return. Scheib is a chauffeur, aged thirty-one years. His wife, aged twenty-two years, was Miss Lillian Oliver, and she lived for several years at Holyoke, Mass.
Sex Not Known, But Husband of Missing Woman Is Arrested.
New York, May 31.—The police have another bathtub murder mystery, and as the first step in its elucidation they are trying to learn whether the victim was a man or a woman. The difficulty in identification arises from the fact that the body is badly burned by a chemical, in which it was half immersed when found in the bathtub at an unoccupied flat in East Seventy-eighth street. The last occupants of the flat were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scheib. The wife has not been seen in the neighborhood for a month and Scheib was placed under arrest. When Scheib was told that his wife had been murdered he exclaimed: "My God, that's not my work!" His story was that he and his wife had quarreled and she had left him. To explain her absence he told the other tenants that she had gone to visit relatives in Cleveland, and, although he did not occupy the rooms, he continued to pay the rent in the hope that she would return. Scheib is a chauffeur, aged thirty-one years. His wife, aged twenty-two years, was Miss Lillian Oliver, and she lived for several years at Holyoke, Mass.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Mystery
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Bathtub Murder
Burned Body
Missing Wife
Husband Arrested
Chemical Burns
New York Mystery
What entities or persons were involved?
Harry Scheib
Lillian Oliver
Mrs. Harry Scheib
Where did it happen?
East Seventy Eighth Street, New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Harry Scheib
Lillian Oliver
Mrs. Harry Scheib
Location
East Seventy Eighth Street, New York
Event Date
May 31
Story Details
A burned body is found in a bathtub in an unoccupied flat formerly occupied by Harry Scheib and his wife Lillian Oliver, who has been missing for a month. Scheib is arrested after claiming she left following a quarrel and he told others she visited relatives in Cleveland.