Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-19
Further Developments. in New
York Brutal Murder.
WOMAN IS ALSO IN CUSTODY

WOMAN IS ALSO IN CUSTODY
Dr.. Muret and His Housekeeper Ar
Being Held on a Technical Charge
Of counterfeitina and Further Sen
sations Are Observation-Disclosures
From Germany Says Rev. Hans
Schmidt 10 Insane.
New York, Sept 16.-Dr. Muret, a
dentist, was arrested by Police In.
spector Faurot in connection with the
murder of Anna Aumuller, to which
Hans Schmidt, the priest, confessed.
Inspector Faurot, as he left head.
quarters with Detectives O'Neil and
O'Connor, said they were going to
Upper Manhattan where they had un-
der arrest in his own home a promi-
nent physician.
Later they arrested DR.. Muret, q
dentist of 3O1 St. Nicholas avenue,
which is in the vicinity Of One Hun
dred and Thirty-fifth street and near
St. Joseph's church, where Father
Schmidt was arrested. Mr.. Muret is
about thirty years old. .......
Inspector Faurot declared the new
developments would prove fully as
sensational as Schmidt's arrest IS
The dentist seemed uncohcerned
when he was taken into custody.
The police say that Father Schmidt
was often seen in the apartments in
West One Hundred and Thirty-fourth
street with DR.. Muret.
Saw Muret With Schmidt.
The agent of the fiat is also said to
have identified Muret as having been
in the apartment with Father Schmidt.
DR.. Murets housekeeper, Bertha
Zeck, also was brought to police head
quarters.
DR.. Muret is being held on tech
nical charge of counterfeiting and the
woman as material witness.
1t is alleged that under the name of
George Miller, Muret hired an apart
ment in West One Hundred and Thir-
ty-fourth street and that in this apart
ment were found plates and presses
and portions of partially destroyed
proofs of $50 gold certificates.
Inspector Faurot said he wanted 1t
that Father Schmidt had
made no confession duplicating Muret.
DR.. Muret said he first met Schmidt
when the priest visited him to have
some dental work done and it is al
legged by the police that Muret told
Inspector Faurot that Schmidt first
preached the subject OF counterfeit
ing.
Does Muret or Miller admit know
ing the Aumuller girl?" Inspector
Faurot was asked.
"Yes," was the reply.
Dodaes Pointed Question.
"Have you any evidence that tends
TO show that Muret or Miller visited
The Bradhurst avenue house with
Father Schmidt and the Aumuller
girl"
Il won't go into that" was all the
Inspector would say.
Hans Schmidt is in the observation
ward of the Tombs prison under the
care of DR.. Mcclure, the prison physi.
clan.
Warden Fallon declares the man Is
of the most dangerous
men ever confined in the prison, and
in this view he was upheld by Deputy
of Corrections Wright
From Aschaffenburg, Germany, there
came to Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney, vicar
general of the archdiocese of New
York, a telegram from the secretary
If the bishop which said that Schmidt
had been suspended by the bishop.
The message read:
Schmidt born in Aschaffenburg.
Priest of diocese of Mainz. Ran away
from Mainz because of attempted
frauds; arrested by police. Declared
insane by court and discharged. Sus-
pended by bishop for acts and for
falsified documents regard
ing studies he pretended to have made.
Then left diocese"