Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
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Story of Alleged Accomplish Re-
veaIs Priest Who Killed Anna
AumuIIer as Counterfeiter.

NEW YORK, Sept 16.-In the be-
lief that he has committed other MUIR
ders than that of Anna Aumuller, the
girl whose torso was found in the
Hudson River, the police to-day plan
ned to put Hans Schmidt, the priest
who confessed to staying the girl,
through an examination intended to
force him to reveal every act of his
shrouded past
That Schmidt was a counterfeiter
as well as a murderer came to light
to-day through the arrest short
ly after midnight of Ernest Ar
thur Muret, a bogus dentist, and Ber-
tina Zech, his girl assistant.
1t also was developed by the Cath
Ollie clergy that Schmidt was an inn
poster, having forged the credentials
as a priest which he used IN this
country.
Muret. under merciless grilling by
the police, not only admitted that he
knew both Schmidt and the murdered
girl, but also confessed that Schmidt
had been a partner of his in a coun-
terfeitng scheme.
After the arrest the police raided
Muret's fiat and also another fat
which it had been found was rented
Jointly last June by Muret and
Schmidt. In the latter fiat was found
a complete counterfeiting outfit, in
Guiding chemicals, tools, printing
press, several half destroyed bogus
bills and a loaded revolver.
In the fiat in which Muret lived
We're found a number Of surgical
tools, such as are used to perform il
legal operations.
Girl Held as Witness.
Whether Muret will be charged
with direct connection with the muir
der and the dismemberment of the
Aumuller girls body. is a matter
which the police would not discuss
day. They claim they are holding
the Zech girl as a material witness,
while Muret's confession that he at
tempted counterfeiting is sufficient to
hold him.
The discovery of the counterfeiting
establishment will of course bring the
United States Government into the
priests case.
Muret told the police to-day that
shortly before the death of Anna
Aumuller the girl had visited Central
Park and was blistered by poison
ivy,
When he asked Schmidt September
4. three days after the murder, how
the girl was, the priest replied, re
says, "Oh, she's in great shape. Pol
son ivy will never bother her again"
Priest Sleeps Well.
Schmidt spent d restful night in MS
cell. The enormity Of his crime does
not seem to bother him. He ate d
hearty breakfast and seemed calm
and undisturbed.
He stiT refuses to see reporters,
denying interviews on the ground that
no one can understand the acts ~
great men"
While police officials, the Coroner,
and the Prison Warden held different
views concerning Schmidt's sanity,
the prisoner continued TO ridicule the
| idea that he is insane.
Il am sane; there never mas been
any insanity in my family" he re-
peated time and again.
Warden Fallon declares Schmidt is
the most dangerous lunatic confined
in the Tombs prison in forty years
The Catholic clergy here to-day de-
voted most OF their time to tracing
Schmidt's past. They now are con
WINGED that he is regularly ordained
priest, but that his past has been d
| shady one, both here and in Europe.
AS far as they have been able to
! learn, Schmidt was ordained in 1907
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