The Washington times., 1913-09-18
MURET AN ALLY
IN CRIME ABROAD
doctor" Aided Slayer Schmidt
in Long Career in Europe,
] Police Declare.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-Two score
detectives Of the United States Secret
Service and the New York police de-
partment, working on the cases of Hans
Schmidt, self-confessed murderer OF
Anna Aumuller, and 'Dr." Ernest A.
Murat, accomplice of the priest in a
counterfeiting plot, made reports last
night which led officials directing the
work to the following conclusions:
That Schmidt and Muret. long before
they left Europe, had formed a criminal
partnership, and that not only since
coming to the United States, but long
before each had knowledge of the crimi-
nal operations of the other, and that
Schmidt, far from being a lunatic,
was one of the most deliberately cum
ming and heartless crooks in criminal
history.
Muret q Fugitive.
This conclusion was based on the fol-
lowing facts:
Among the possessions Of Muret in his
nat at So1 St. Nicholas avenue was
found a photograph of himself taken
in Mainz, Germany, during the time
that Schmidt lived in that city.
From letters found in the st. Mich
olas avenue nat Of the pseudo dentist
1t was found that he is fugitive from
English Justice. and that Scotland Yard
detectives were trying two years ago
to locate him, and presumably still
The letters disclosing this fact were
from Muret's wife-he has posed in this
country as an unmarried man. From
the tenor Of these letters it is believed
that the charge against him was in
connection with Illegal practice Of medi-
cine.
Other documents found in the Muret
nat indicate that he had travelled under
several different names in many cities
on two continents, and that in Chicago
be was known as DR.. Arthur Held.
Stole Hundreds of Dollars.
Schmidt was shown to have been not
only a murderer. but in his pr.estly
euise, counterfeiter, a sneak thief, and
q man who, as priest, stole hundreds of
dollars from letters sent by parishioners
to his pastor.
William .. Flynn. chief Of the United
States Secret Service, in New York. a
man OF long experience with counter
letters. declared that In all his experi-
ence he had never found a man who
pursued counterfeiting to be insane.
More than this. he had never heard of
an insane counterfeiter.
In the safe in the office of DR."
that Muret had been involved in oues,
donable land deal
The more the detectives work to run
down the clues to the mysterious activi-
ties OF schmidt the more they become
convinced that only a minor part of
these activities had 30 far been un-
Among schmidrs letters also were
found one that has started the detec-
iIres 4nes on The .,tn trail & Of a young woman
dressed to Schmidt, was surcharged with
affectionate expressions. ONLY the
apartment number and the teiephone
number were signed to the love letter.
Tracing the telephone number the de-
tecdves found that the telephone was
IN Htlel dall. an apartment house al
1o West feth street. The apartment
number was II.
Letter from "Helen Green"
It was found that this apartment at
the time the letter was written had been
occupied by woman giving the name
OF Helen Green, that she left for Chi
cago, ostensibly about a month ago,
and that she had requested that her
mail be sent to her under that name,
care general delivery, Chicago. This
is believed to be the woman that Inspec-
tor Faurot's men are looking for.
Aside from the proof that Muret was
2 fugitive from English justice. the DO
lice found that Schmidt, on September
8. three days after he murdered Anna
Aumuller. had rented another flat on
m - II
near 137th street. In this flat were
found two suit cases containing his
clothing. clothing belonging to his vic
tim, and partially made clothing for
an infant, presumably begun by Anna
Aumuller in her expectation of mother
hood. when asked by note in the Tombs
why he had rented second fiat !
Schmidt said:
For a warehouse in which to store I,
my things while I was in Europe"
der charge schmidt had written to his I,
parents in Aschaffenburg. Bavaria. that /.
no intended to pay them a visit soon. :
The theory OF the police is that he
had rented the second flat for the pur-
pose Of transferring to it evidences OF
his crime he had left in the murder
flat at 6S Bradhurst avenue, together
with other material that might tend TO
disclose his double life.
Inspector Faurot says that there was
arrest being made soon. /
Learned Engraving.
Schmidt has confessed to Captain
Henry, OF the United States Secret
Service, and to Detective Casassa, OF
the police department. that he had
the art of engraving, and that
long before he came to the Unite
States he had thought of becoming
When asked why he ill .
tended to do this. he said: |
To increase my social standing"
He admitted he had done some pre-
liminary engraving of ten and twenty |
dollar bills az the fat of Muret but |
that the work had been faulty, and that |
the bills produced had been burned and |
WEATHER REPORT. II