The Washington times., 1913-10-28
MURET COMPLAINS
OF BEING UNLUCKY
Friend of Girls Slayer Says He
Failed at Everything He
Ever Tried.


Muret, friend of Hans Schmidt, the
murderer of Anna Aumuller, told his
story in the United States District
Court in answer to the charge that he
had counterfeiting materials. The de-
fense will close its case today, and it
is probable that a verdict will be reach
ed
II was born in 1884 in Posen, Ger
many" he began. My name was Her
man Arthur Heibing. One of my first
positions was secretary to a lawyer,
and from that went into the Hamburg
office of the Royal German Mail Steam
ship Company as a clerk.
II was ambitious to be my own en-
ployer, and 1t seemed to me that the
banking and brokerage business offered
the best opportunity for me to achieve
this: but did not succeed, and moved
from that line into the lecture field
phone company as scientific expert
menter.
while in the barking business I be-
came acquainted with several friends Of
the Kaiser and BECAME rather intimate
army.
In 1907, while I was working for a
bank. one of the employees forged note.
Suspicion fell On me unjustly, and SO 1t
turned cut. for. though was charged
with the crime, was released. But my
name had been SO burdened with damn
ing newspaper publicity that I felt
had been disgraced.
Wanted To Kill Self.
TT preyed on my mind and I wanted
to kill myself. / had made up my mind
that 1t was the wise course, but some
thing turned me from it. and ] then de-
cided that a change Of name would re-
lieve me Of the odium.
Failing at everything / attempted In
Germany, l went to London. There /
was not more fortunate, SO l came here
went to Chicago, where 1 studied un-
Ger a certified dentist. Even there trou-
BILE was at my door, for / was arrested
on a charge of falsely using the title
doctor ] attended a schol Of medicine
in Chicago, and became teacher OF
languages.
II did not meet Hans Schmidt until
last December, when he came as a
dental patient. His frequent calls In
splred a friendship between us, a friend
was away from home he would come
to my apartment.
I'VE took several walks together, and
last June while passing store where
picture postcards made in. Germany
were on view Schmidt suggested, and
accepted the suggestion, to go into
the business Of making postcards,
Schmidt agreeing to pay for everything.
But We didn't prosper at this.
Suggest Counterfeit.
II come now to Schmidts suggestion
that we make counterfeit money. 1t
was in st. Nicholas Park on August 15
last that he said, Let's make money.
l refused. I was indignant. Schmidt
became angry, we quarreled, and
gave back to Schmidt the keys to the
apartment he had rented
Muret said that Inspector Faurot
advised him to tell all he knew about
"and get out of this trouble"
Assistant United States District At
torney Wood showed by an I. o. U.
for $500 from Nuret to schmidt
dated April 16, 1911. that Muret had
known Schmidt prior to last Deccm-
ber. Later Muret admitted that he
had fled from London to avoid serv-
Ice OF a summons on a charge OF rep
resenting himself as a doctor. Mr..
Wood wanted TO know why Muret
was SO shocked at the suggestion Of
counterfeiting and not at knowledge
that Schmidt was not faithful to his
church. Muret did not reply.
The first witness was Inspector
Faurot, VINO told OF the arrest ana
read from stenographic notes Muret's
statement at the time. Faurot also
testified that when he raided Murets
rooms he found instruments used in
performing illegal operations.
The prisoners attorney jumped up
with a protest against the introduc-
tion Of this testimony and demanded
that a juror be withdrawn and a mis-
trial directed on the ground that his
clients case had been prejudiced by
irrevelant testimony. Judge Hunt
overruled him.