Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-18
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at least eight or ten names. Appar-
emily they often went disguised. One
of the discoveries in Muret's rooms
was a false beard and mustache.
Among names Muret is believed to
have used are Arthur Helbing, DIR.
Arnold Held, DR.. A. Ernst, DIR. Err
nest, DR.. Ernest Muret, DR.. A. Muret
and various combinations of the
names.
Documentary evidence showing that
Schmidt and Dr. Muret have been
acquainted for a longer time than
Muret admits has been found, ac-
cording to the police. DR.. Muret has
claimed that he never knew Father
Schmidt before the latter called on
him last winter to have dental work
done. Today the police have at head
quarters q promissory note for $500
dated April 16, 1911, and bearing what
purports to be the signature of DIR.
Muret, which was found In the
priests room in the rectory of the
Church of st. Joseph of the Holy
Family yesterday.
Friends for Years.
beyond any doubt that Schmidt and
the dentist have been friends for a
long time, perhaps for many years.
Inspector Faurot declares the find
ing of 1t served to convince him more
than ever that the men have In COM
mon much more than friendship and
that ultimately they will be proved
to be relatives. The promissory note
reads as follows.
This is to certify owe Rev. John
B. Schmidt the sum of $500, which
months from date with 6-100 interest.
ERNEST A. MURET."
The use of the name John by
Schmidt does not surprise the police.
as they declare they have known for
long time that he frequently used
the name in mnny of his transactions.
lust what these transactions were
the police decline at this time to re-
veal because they are still being In
vestigated
No effort had been made up to to-
day to confront DR.. Muret with TINS
new evidence Of his connection with
Schmidt, but 1t was understood that
this would be the basis of a lengthy
inquisition.
Scotland Yard Investigating.
Following the discovery In DR..
Muret's office yesterday of letters and
papers indicating that he had at one
time lived in London Inspector Fau-
rot cabled to the Scotland Yard au-
thorities asking that they make an
Investigation. One of the letters
bearing a London postmark and
signed Vera" who described herself
az "Your loving Wife" urged him to
come home, as he had nothing to fear
from the detectives"
There were many letters from his
wife, the first one. in part, under date
of May Ii, 1911, being:
my own Darling Lulu:
Now, my darling. I must tell you
all the trouble we were In when you
left that Saturday. About In the
afternoon a detective came, and
mama gave him your message that
Won had gone to France He said you
had not left London and told me to
tell YOU that you would only be fined
f5. He went away then, but came
right back with three more de-
tectives. Between the four of them
they searched the place up and down,
and, oh, ducky, your certificate and
all your medals they have taken with
them. know you will be so sorry.
The case was in several of the
papers"
Then the writer explained that they
she and her mother-were sorry to
| have had to break into Muret's bank
account. but that they had been COM
PEELED to move twice to escape the
visits of detectives. In closing the
six-page letter, which was devoted
| principally to the writer's protesta-
lions of love, she said:
Il am always your darling little
wife, VERA HARRIS"
This letter leads the police here to
the conclusion that the Scotland Yard
detectives had been trying to locate
Muret at one time.
The more the detectives work in
running down the clues of the mys-
| terious activities of Schmidt the more
they become convinced that only a
minor part of these activities have
been uncovered.
Among Schmidt's letters the police
have found one that has started them
on a search for a young woman
| known as Helen Green. This name
| was not signed to the letter that gave
! the clue, but the address and a tele
phone number led the police to a West
Side apartment, which, 1t was found.
had been occupied at the time the
letter was written by a woman giving
the name of Helen Green and that
she had left for Chicago about a
month ago.
Counterfeiters Not Insane.
Touching on the question OF
Schmidt's sanity, William j. Flynn,
chief of the United States secret
service in New York, man with
long experience with counterfeiters,
declared last night that in all his ex-
perience he had never heard of an In
sane counterfeiter Captain John j.
Henry, of the United States secret
service, is of the same opinion.
II never saw a crazy counterfeiter
in all my experience" said Chief
Henry 'They are always sane,
level-headed fellows who are logical
and crafty.
st watched Schmidt closely" Cap
tain Henry went on. When / went
to his cell expected to find a man in
the doIdrums, man whose mind was
wandering and who would talk inco-
herently of God and Abraham, as he
had been pictured in interviews that
came from his lawyer.
''To the contrary, / found Schmidt
| to be apparently in full control or
his mental faculties, calm and stud
led in his talk and without the slight
est evidence of weakened mentality.
In all my talk with him he kept logic
ally to the matter under discussion
the counterfeiting plot that he
Matched up with Dr. Muret-and
never once wandered.
whatever the alienists may con-
tend, If insanity Is to be Schmidt's
defense, all can say Is that he i'm
pressed me as a man of sound mind,
cunning and shrewd. I dare say he
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