, 1881-10-16
His Embalmed Infant for Proving Ri:
Identity-His Astronomical :
.-. ... Methods. III: i :
List Of the Ladies' ''ha Hired film to E1plor'
Tier Premises for Treasure.
Executions at Silver City, Idaho, and at
uklah, caL.-Murders, Etc. ~. ..-..

] Ill AulS pAr4Oi lQ9 country. totlpIalALS EAtuG II
from different quarters, and Ia every instance
the victim WAS svon,an. cGhc fellow wns de.
scribed to be Il mlddle-agcd gentleman not long
over from tho old country. who spoke scarcely
| q dozen words of English, and. therefore, con-
fined his operations to people who understood
his native tongue He was respectable-looking,
ooth-tonKnel. and as bright rs q new
dollar His mode Of procedure : in
hts swtudllng schemes WIS varied,
! and s., far from reasonable that 1t seems almost
incredulons that people hevinR nny intelliCencc
| whatever could have been taken in by him.
| Que lady, widow residing at No. 50 Vine street.
| declared TINT he came to her house one day,
told her ho hnd but recently come over iron,
| Germany. and had sought her out, having been
}-dele1nted by Unknown powers TO do SO, to in
J form her that there WAS IL fortune buried In her
| bncs yard At first the woman refused to
| listen to hts nonsense, she then considered
! It. The stranger WAS not surprised. He suid he
| expected to be rcbured, bur would very soon
| prove to her satisfaction that what he said ,yns
| true, and thereupon took his departure He
soon called again, bringing with him good
| sized carpet-hag, from which he removed, one
| after another. curious collection Of instru-
ments, including sun-dial, compass, and nuu1er-
| GUS other ingenious arrangements. With these
| he explained that he proposed to experiment
and dctermine the exnct location Of the wealth.
t Then he,~ with groat cara and dctaii cx-
| planned how he possessed the power to
make this revelation. lie said that. Mt bis
birth. he had II twin brother. This brother aud
! hiulstlt, By some mysterious freak Of Nature,
| were connected something after the fashion of
! the Siuincse twins. The attending physicans
! remain both would die ut an early are. and, II
| severed. both ,uiEtt live. In nny event, one of
! them would continue this life for mn:y long
An operation was performed. which re-
! suited in the death OF ouu. The other
lu,;5 aaS and es ss rcnos
gradually but surely. The living brother, who.
! il: explained. WINS himself, became heir to nll
and thereby was loubiy endowed. This story
hnd not made much OF an impression upun the
woman, but when the German p..tlyy removed
from his cnrpet-sack and exhibited before hee
eyes glass case containing the preserved body
J of an infant, upon which was clearly visible tho
TWO. she was bewiiuereti, and the story soon had
its effect. 1'ben the strangcr asked her 1t he
should commence exploring for the wealth
great abundance near her very doorstep. Only
his powers could reveal It. md Others might
efforts would await nothing. Upon demanding
to know what COMPENSATION he required to
locate the goldmtor he said IL was pure, solid
Eold-he said $500 was all he usked in return.
That amount he must have before the expert
1ment commenced. else his charms would iose
o any on 1ao
be would Gait agaiu. She considered, und
be, called. Meanwhile, IN order to raise
house and lot. Hav!uE received S)at. he pro-
ceeded TO the yard. where he went through
many movements and signs, placing his instru-
meuts here and there, and removing: them to
some other locality. At lust ne found IL sput,
d carefully saua marked oil y, z, zns 81 sHaase
''but it will tale until tomorrow before I can
Why don't you commence digging now?" she
asked with cnyerncss, and fully impressed with |
the truth Of his StOrT. 4 81
1T would be useless" he said. " might dig !
powers whlch my lns1rumenta possess, the gold |
will be brought towlthin two feet Of the eurruce
Of the sround, but this cannot be done till to-
He took his departure. promising to be on
band next day. The woman waited auxtously. !
came not. And, by degrees, 1t 1awned upon |
her TINT perhaps there WIS un gold there.
4 woman living on Greenwood street went |
throuKh the same experience aaout hidden
treasures. She pafd him certain sum IN nd I
vance, and never saw it again. Or heard from
Another Vine street woman told how he mp
prnnche'l her with 81 different story. Her name
Is Mrs. Schmidt. and, year or two ago, her hus-
in The case decided that, Schmidt hud stiridcd.
His throut WIS cut from ear to car, und ii razor
ey d o ths a." o fs
her husband hud not died by his ossr: hand. but
TINT he had been murdered; For tho sum OF SO
how he possessed the power, going over the
snnc story about the twins etc. The woman be-
!icved him md gave him the money to
bur. having secured tho money, he sioped.
Anuther woman, named Keller, who lives on
ST. Clair street, paid him $50 for revelation.
He persuaded her that her intestiucs were filled
With gravel, and that II she was not cured she |
would die. For this sum he agreed to rid her of |
her trouble. - !
Still Others were his victims, a1ld it is esti-
mattel TINT q T. M The few months he operated here,
He gave hts nan,e us Dr. George Schmidt to
some; and rs Dr. Hopp to Others. He lives ut
which. for soa,r time. was visited tlalfr py farEc
numbers who hud heard OF his wonderfut heal
Ing powers. At last, fearing discovery, he fled, I
leaving bis wife and chtfd behind him. The po-.
lice by this time hnd commenced to work on the T.
case, aud Superintendent Schmidt opened curre-
sPondence with tho authorities Of other cities.
Nothing was heard ut hts whereabouts for IL
from Chief-of-Po:ie Beck. of Milwaukee,
to The effect that. some trace Of. him
bud been zen, diseoyered in that city:
the necessary pnpers and II reIuisttio,, de-
parted for Milwaukee,, He went n week ueo |
last Thursday aud returned this morning with
ns mni: me y noSns doctor hn been operating
Ing u few days in one -ptace. then fastening III
70 the other. He covered his tracks 50 we'll that
Il was utmost Impossible to keep mp the hunt,
and once or twice The officers despaired OF ever
getting bold Of tho fellow. Inst Tuesday uight,
however. Detective Hoy, of Minneapolis, collared
asm ut tho depot, where he had just returned ! .
WIS handed over TO Lawrence, and is now i'm !
orisoncd ut the county jail. Dr.. Sch1uldt, or
fopp. broke down completely when safely III |
:ustody. lie Is one OF the sharpest men the po-
dercd an immense one from beginning to end.
he is charged with. having received money / -,
1ndcr false pretences.: T., $500: I