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Show MTH TUB lURCES CUSEjWEM NEW YORK. Juno 2 Hcnty A. Scheib, the only suspect arrested In 'the bath tub murder case, continued his fight for freedom today Tho chauffeur sticks to tho story that he knows nothing about how his wife's body came to be in tho tub at tho flat they had formerly occupied, and In a state of decomposition which Indicated that death had occurred four months ago Three times freed and four times arrested, ar-rested, Scheib through his attorney Ih seoklng to reach the supreme court today with another writ of habeas corpus cor-pus Now he Is hold on deflnlto charg-1 eg of murder In the first degree, whereas there was no serious chargo asainst him yesterday, when the court felt Inclined to grant his application for freedom Since then, how over, c-ldence c-ldence has been accumulated. Commissioner Com-missioner O'Grady of Springfield. Mass, has Identified the prlsonor as tho mau who under the name of Hugh Allorton Sherman, married his daughter, daugh-ter, tho bath tub victim The coroner's physician says ho has satisfied himself that the woman was Mrs Schleb or Mrs Sherman, regardless regard-less of her husband's adpilsslon of her Identity. He has not determined whut j killed her or whether chemicals wore I used for the deblructlon of the body. |