The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-17
SCHMIDT ADMITS
ANOTHER CRIME
Had Fitted Up Counterfeiter's Den, but
Declares "God Gave Me the Plates"
To Be Used in Making
Spurious Money.

New York, Sept. 1.-THE discovery OF
a ceunterfeiter's den, which Hans
Schmidt, priest and confessed slayer OF
Anna Aumuller, yesterday admitted was
fitted up by him to make spurious mon
ey led the detectives, Coroner Feinberg
and other visitors to his cell in the
Tombs to express the opinion that
Schmidt was sane and that further in
vestigation will develop that counter
feitng was one of his "side lines" They
declared it as their belief that he was
feigning insanity after carefully thought
plans Of a master criminal mind.
To Rev. Father Evers, chaplain Of the
Tombs prison, to his attorney and 9th
er callers, Schmidt admitted his eonnec-
tion with the fat in West l34th street,
in the rooms of which the detectives
found bundles of imitation $40 gold GER
tifcates.
Dir. Ernest Arthur Muret, the dentist
arrested Monday night soon after the
raid upon the eounterfeiters' fiat, yester-
day was held in $1,000 bail for hear
ing on the charge of having in his pos
session revolver in violation OF a state
law Through his knowledge of the law
Muret forestalled the plans OF the fed
eral secret service agents, waiting to
.areast him on warrant charging eoun-
BY waving preliminary ex-.
animation. Muret, for the time being at
least, escaped the more serious charge.
Bertha Zech, the servant girl employed
by Dr. Muret, and brought to police
headquarters with him Monday night,
was released the detectives telling thr
court they were in possession of no evi-
dence upon which she could be held. DIR.
had been studying law through a Chi
elgo correspondence school. Many law
books and forms of sturdy from the
school were found.
3 William Flynn, chief of the secret
service. announced that he had tenn
porarily taken charge of the govern
ment's end of the ease and would work
with the New York police in tracing
the operations of Schmidt as a counter
feiter, and also the connection Muret
might have had with the fake money
plant. Chief Flynn is working on clues
furnished by the passing of much coun
terfeit money in Massachusetts and Con-
nectieut in April, 1912, and subsequent
w. Last month, it was learned. the
form of the counterfeits had been slight
ly altered.
Inspector Faurot, head of the detective
bureau, reiterated last night his belief
that Muret and Schmidt were relatives,
if not brothers. DR. Muret told the in
spectors that resemblance was merely
a coincidence.
Il firmly believe" Inspector Faurot
said, "that before long, for the truth
is bound to come out, it viii be shown
that these two men are more than
friends, that they are kim"
The inspector added that he would con
tinue his investigation of the murder
and the eounterfeiting operations of
along the lines of the striking
resemblance between the priest and Mu-
ret.
Alphonse X. Koelbe, Schmidt's attor
ney, visited the prisoner yesterday and
at the close of the conference declared
that he was more than ever convinced
Of the insanity of his client
"He declared that he is sane" Koelble
said, in explanation of his belief. "He
SAYS one Of his personalities is Schmidt,
the priest; that another is DIR. Moliere,
the medical man, and the third is the
He freely admitted his
to make money, but he says
the money was not counterfeit, but real
money made at the command of God. |
He does not want to talk when the name
Of Muret is mentioned
To Father Evers, Schmidt is quoted |
IS saying that God gave me the plates"
md in reply to question by the chap |
lain as to why he had become coun-
the priest said:
"There are so many poor people in the |
world. There are SO many people who !
ire sick and who are in dire need that |
was going to help them, was going to |
better their condition. Half of the mon
" was going to devote to bettering
he condition of the people of the United |
States; the other half was to be de-
Toted to bettering the condition of the |
Door of Germany
These explanations of his acts, the de- !
ectiyes contend, are merely in line with |
lis prearranged plans to appear insane,
while at the same time telling his at
orney that he is sane.
FoSS CONDEMNED