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General Wayne Inn
General Wayne Inn is located in Pennsylvania
General Wayne Inn
General Wayne Inn is located in the United States
General Wayne Inn
Location625 Montgomery Ave[2]
Merion, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°0′33″N 75°15′13″W / 40.00917°N 75.25361°W / 40.00917; -75.25361
Built1704
NRHP reference No.76001655[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 1, 1976

The General Wayne Inn in Merion, Pennsylvania is a former tavern. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976. Established in 1704, it was previously named the William Penn Inn, Wayside Inn, Tunis Ordinary, and Streepers Tavern before being renamed in 1793 in honor of American Revolutionary War hero General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who had once stayed there.

Murder and suicide

Executive chef Jim Webb and his business partner Guy Sileo bought the General Wayne in 1995. Webb was found murdered there in his office on December 27, 1996. Felicia Moyse, a 20-year-old assistant chef at the inn and Sileo's girlfriend, committed suicide on February 22, 1997.[3]

Moyse had been an alibi witness for Sileo. On the night of the murder, she and Sileo left the General Wayne at the same time, driving to dinner in their separate vehicles.[3] Sileo doubled back, killed Webb using a gun later linked to him by forensic evidence, then rushed to arrive at dinner before Moyse.

Police believe that Moyse realized her boyfriend had set her up as his alibi and was unable to live with it.[3][4]

Police were able to prove that Sileo had killed Webb in order to receive the $650,000 (equivalent to $1,263,000 in 2023) life insurance money from their partnership policies, before Webb could end their partnership and shut down the General Wayne.[5] Sileo was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison.[5]

Synagogue

In 2005, the building was purchased and renovated by Chabad of the Main Line, and converted it into a synagogue and community center.[2]

Famous people

Famous people who visited the inn include:

References

Notes

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "General Wayne Inn". Chabad-Lubavitch of The Main Line. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Murder on the Menu". Forensic Files. February 8, 2006. HLN.
  4. ^ "General Wayne Inn". Famous Haunted Houses and Places. Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained.
  5. ^ a b Hessler Jr., Carl (June 1, 2012). "General Wayne Inn killer chef sees latest appeal denied". Delaware County Daily Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

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