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May 29th, 1911.

Lying in the bathtub of his flat, Henry Sheeb, 30 years old, 518 East 78th Street, was found dead this afternoon.

It is believed he had been dead at least three weeks. The body was badly decomposed.

Sheeb and his wife lived in the apartment, and about a month ago she went to Cleveland

where his relatives live. Sheeb was a chauffeur, and tenants in the house noticed him about

several days after his wife went away. As no rent had been paid in the last month, Superintendent Daniel Smith this afternoon

decided to open the apartment. Using a pass key, he opened the door and immediately noticed an odor.

He went through the rooms and when he reached the bathroom he discovered the body.

Policeman Molday of the 67th Street Station summoned Dr. Brown of the emergency hospital

who said that the man had been dead at least three weeks. The surgeon believed apoplexy was the cause of death.

In the bathtub was four inches of water,

but the man's face was not covered. It is supposed that he was stricken as he was about to take a bath.

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The True Crime Historian presents Unsolved, a special edition of yesterday's news exploring one of history's most baffling mysteries.

Episode 368 tells the sad story of a woman found dead in a bathtub.

Her body so decomposed that police first assumed that it is her husband because they heard she

is sick and convalescing somewhere. When the truth is revealed and the husband found alive, he soon becomes a suspect

as officials assume murder. But is the chauffeur a murderer or the victim of police harassment?

I'm true crime historian Richard O. Jones, and for your puzzlement and indignation, I give you an acid

bath for the suffragist, the Lillian Sheeb mystery.

May 30th, 1911.

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