Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
POLICE SAY
SCHMIDT
IS ARCH
SLAYER
Story Of Alleged Accomplish Re-
veaIs Priest Who Killed Anna
AumuIer as Counterfeiter.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-In the be-
lief that he has committed other muir
ders than that of Anna Aumuller, the
girl whose torso was found in the
Hudson River. the police to-day plan
ned to put Hans Schmidt, the priest
who confessed to Staying the girl,
through an examination intended to
force him to reveal every act Of his
shrouded past
That Schmidt was a counterfeiter,
as well as g murderer. came to light
to-day through the arrest short
ly after midnight of Ernest Ar
thur Muret. a bogus dentist, and Ber-
tina Zech, his girl assistant.
II also was developed by the Cath
Ole clergy that Schmidt was an i'm
poster, having forged the credentials
as a priest which he used in this
country.
Muret, under merciless grilling by
the police, not only admitted that he
knew both Schmidt and the murdered
girl, but also confessed that Schmidt
had been a partner of his in coun-
terfeiting scheme.
After the arrest the police raided
Muret's fiat and also another fiat
which 1t had been found was rented
Jointly last June by Muret and
Schmidt. In the latter fat was found
complete counterfeiting outfit, in
Guiding chemicals, tools, a printing
press. several half destroyed bogus
bills and a loaded revolver.
In the fiat in which Muret lived
were found a number OF surgical
tools, such as are used to perform il
legal operations.
Girl Hold as Witness.
Whether Muret will be charged
with direct connection with the muir
der and the dismemberment of the
Aumuller girls body, is a matter
which the police would not discuss
to-day. They claim they are holding
the Zech girl as a material witness,
while Muret's confession that he at
tempted counterfeiting is sufficient to
hold him.
The discovery of the Counterfeiting
establishment will of course bring the
United States Government into the
priests case.
Muret told the police to-day that
shortly before the death of Anna
Aumulier the girl had visited Central
Park and was brstered by poison
ivy
When he asked Schmidt September
4. three days after The murder, how
the girl was, the priest replied. he
says, "Oh, she's in great shape. Poi
son Ivy will never bother her again"
Priest Sleeps Well.
Schmidt spent restful night in his
cell. The enormity of his crime does
not seem to bother him. He ate
hearty breakfast and seemed calm
and undisturbed.
He still refuses to see reporters,
denying interviews on the ground that
no one can understand the acts o..
great men"
While police officials, the Coroner,
and the Prison Warden held different
views concerning Schmidt's sanity,
the prisoner continued 10 ridicule the
idea that he is insane.
81 am sane; there never mas been
any insanity in my family" he re-
peated time and again.
Warden Fallon declares Schmidt is
the most dangerous lunatic confined
in the Tombs prison in forty years.
The Catholic clergy here to-day de-
voted most of their time to tracing
Schmidt's past. They now are con-
WINGED that he is a regularly ordained
priest, but that his past has been
shady one, both here and in Europe.
AS far as they have been able TO
learn, Schmidt was ordained in 1907,
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