Established as a tavern 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. The Inn later gained fame for rumors of being "haunted".
Murder and suicide Executive chef James Edwin “Jim” Webb and his business partner Guy Angelo Sileo Jr. 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. 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. Police proved that Sileo had killed Webb in order to receive the $650,000 () life insurance money from their partnership policies, before Webb could end their partnership and shut down the General Wayne. Sileo was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison.
Famous people Famous people who visited the inn include: •
Julius Erving •
Benjamin Franklin •
Dylan Gelula •
Marquis de Lafayette •
William Penn •
Edgar Allan Poe •
George Washington •
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