Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-16
nest OF crime
FOUND IN
new YORK
FATHER SCHMIDT, WHO DIsMEMBER.
Ed anna AuMILLER, HAD PARTNER
IN CRIME WHO IS ALSO PRO.
BADLY A C0UNTERFEITER
STILL MAKING DIS
COvERIES IN CASE

New York, N. Y, Sept. 16.-Start
ins from the New York river murde'
mysteries the police barred today a
nest of crime, feathered, they claim,
by the Rev. Father Hans Schmidt,
confessed slayer of Anna Aumiller,
and DR.. Ernest A. Muret, dentist, by
day, by night alleged counterfeiter.
Muret is under arrest on technical
charge of having in his possession a
pistol in violation of the Sullivan law.
He was arrested early this morning
after detectives ransacking Schmidt
apartments had uncovered evidence to
show that Schmidt was a counterfeit
er. This evidence led them to a fat
rented by man under the name oi
George Miller, in which were found all
essentials to the counterfeiter's craft
The ianitress of the building, brought
face to face with Muret, greeted him
as Miller Muret, unaware of his i'm
pending apprehension, recognized her
at once, and said SO, as the woman
from whom he had rented the fiat un
der his pseudony.
Schmidt and Muret, the janitress
said. and Muret admitted, had spent
long hours together in the fiat. They
told the renting agents that they were
medical students and wanted the flat
as a place for making experiments
necessitated by their studies. What
they really did, the police allege, was
to experiment in counterfeiting. The
kitchen was fitted up as darkroom;
a camera, printing press, photo
graphic supplies and other equipment
handy to counterfeiters was found
there But what the police relied OH
to rivet their case was a bundle OF
charred counterfeit bills under the
kitchen sink and bits of many other
hills, charred by fire scattered through
the four rooms.
After detectives had arrested Muret,
they took into custody as a material
witness. t,e maid employed at his
dental office. She said she was Ber.
tina Zech and protested that she knew
nothing of the crime of which her EN-.
p,oyer was suspected The police,
busy with Muret, had found little time
to question her this morning, but eX
pected to pry from her during the day
whatever she might know concerning
the counterfeiting operations.
With Muret locked up, detectives
set about searching his office. There
they found, in addition to such equip
ment as a dentist uses in practicing
his profession, revolver and all kinds
Of obstetrical Instruments, several
surgical saws and bone forceps. The
finding of these instruments caused
the detectives to press with renewed
yigor the search for something which
might directly connect the dentist
with the murder of Anna Aumiller.
In spite of strong physical re-
semblance, between Muret and
Schmidt, Muret claimed there was no
relationship. Inspector Faurot was OF
different mind.
'"The foreheads are the same,' he
said. "The eyes are the same. The
noses are the same. The ears are the
same. If these two men are no: broth
ers they are at least closely related"
The copper plate from which the
spurious bills were struck, was made,
in the opinion of detectives, by an ex.
pert engraver. The maker may have
been the priest or the dentist, but de-
tectives believe that it was neither.
They sought an expert today as an ac'
complice. The bills were limitations
of 500 yellowbacks.
Schmidts pretensions to insanity,
in the opinion of Coroner Feinberg
have been dealt blow by the barring
of his record as counterfeiter.
Father Schmidt impresses me as
an INSCRIPTIONS man with master
mind" Mr.. Feinberg said.
Think of a man who is able to
qualify for the priesthood who is a
forger Of great skill, mechanic enough
to coin money, and who might have
dabbled in medicine. That indicates
no ordinary mind
VIM. Flynn, chief of the United
States secret service, reached New
York today and began an investigation
of Schmidt and Muret's counterfeiting
methods and plant. Muret told the po-
lice he was born in Chicago. Framed
in his office, was membership certi-
ficate issued at Chicago December 81.
1912, by the Dentist Protective Asso-
citation Of America.
When arraigned today on the tech.
nical charge of having pistol in his
possession, Muret was held in $4,000
bail for trial. He waived examination.
The Zech woman was discharged
after a brief examination
Detectives questioning Muret found
that, in addition to a detailed knowl-
edge of dentistry, photography, sur
gerry and printing, their prisoner pos
sessed fair working knowledge of
law In his desk were found a number
of physicians cards bearing the same
inscription as those found Sunday
morning in the apartments of Schmidt
Chief Flynn, of the secret service