New-York tribune., 1913-09-22

murder oil HERMAN i''7'
him he was an alienist until near 'i'e
end Of the examination.
oI did that" Koelbe explained pe-
cause feared to anger him. he IN
sisted he was insane. He insisted he
was sane. and when DR.. Scholer asKed
him what the authorities said IN
Munich. referring to the time he was
freed on criminal charges. because they
believed him weak minded. he SAID
"Oh. they said things about me tha'
were untrue They imagined Things
When the doctor asked him about
going to a sanatorium, all he would say
was: "Oh, / just went to the sana-
tCrium."
Dr. Scholer said he talked to the
priest mainly about his family and the
reople he knew in Mainz and Mumch'
He found the priest knew persons In
both cities whom the doctor met on
recent trip abroad.
The priest. Or. Scholer said, was
thoroughly exhausted mentally ana
physically and his heart was weak
Talks Of His Strange Nature.
Father Schmidt" said DIR. Scholer'
almost at the outset talked about the
three kinds of men that he said were
represented in him-the money maker
the priest and the physician. He be-
came angry when ! advanced a theory
as TO his sanity. He admitted that he
did many things that were wrong.
According TO Koelble. when DR..
Scholer asked the priest about the four
suicides and efforts to commit suicide
in his family in the last five years, the
priest replied.
That is no reason why they should
be called insane. Perhaps they are
right and the rest Of the world who
hold contrary opinions are wrong
DR.. Scholer said he asked Schmidt 10
recall all the events in his life from
the age Of nine or ten to the present
time. so that he would be able TO give
him a history Of himself when he eX-
amined him again. Just when this will
be has not been decided. DR.. Scholer
made no charge for his examination,
by reason Of his friendship for Koelble,
who is seeking another alienist OF a
charitable turn Of mind.
DR.. Scholer for three years was a
Coroner's physician. and for four years
was a Coroner, preceding julius Har-
burger, now Sheriff. For the past eight
years he has been the neurologist at
the Washington Heights Hospital
Last night Inspector Faurot said his
detectives had found out a little in re-
gard to the life Of Schmidt's counter
feiting accomplice. "Dr." Ernest 4.
Muret. or Herman Arthur Helbng.
Faurot said Muret, or Heibing, was
employed as an assistant dentist by Dr.
A. NJ. Stewart. Of No. POI East 3ith
street. on July q, 1911, but was dis
charged a week later as an impostCr.
Muret had room in the house, and
two days later he was found there un-
conscious ! DR.. Stewart. He was
taken to Bellevue Hospital suffering
from conclusion of the brain. Muret
said he fell against the knob Of door.
The following month Muret occupied
room in the house of a Mrs Moore,
at No. 127 West 9th street. He
worked for his brother in Staten ISL
ri la .a,
less than a month, and when he lost
his Job he went to live at the home of
Mrs. Matherson, at No. % West 1O3d
street, where he hung out dentists
sign.
Criminal Record in Hamburg.
From the "Deutsches Fahndung-
blatt," departmental publication Of
the German police, Faurot said he Oh
tained Muret's, or Heibing's, criminal
record. The first entry was dated No
vember !. 1909, and reads:
I "Heibing-A warrant has been issued
charging fraud for the arrest of Her
man Arthur Heibing, born February
/ q.
| He was lately in Schoenberg. near
Hamburg. His crime was committed
October %, IL 50. He is Il feet in
/ height, well built, has black hair, blue
eyes, blond eyebrows. teeth good, COM
plexion healthy. Warrant issued Oc-
tober 30, 1909, by First Assistant Dis
I trict Attorney of Land Court No. >.
The second entry, following, was un-
dated. and read:
"Heibing, Herman Arthur. alias DR..
Muret" 0hen pedigree follows, as
above) charged with swindling in con-
nection with others"
| Muret, or Heibing. in his statement
TO Inspector Faurot admitted that he
was in Hamburg from 1904 to 1908,
and reluctantly said he worked as
drygoods clerk and a clerk in an export
| house.
He also admitted, according to