Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-16
DR.. Muret Held as Counter.
fe;ter After Plate Is Found
in Room of Priest.
HIS OFFICE MAID ALSO
IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Confessed Slayer Of Anna Aumuller
Thought to Have Operated Fully
Equipped Plant.

NEW YORK. September 1G-Stripping
from New York's river murder its mys-
teries the police barred today a nest of
crime. feathered, the claim. by the Rev.
Hans Schmidt. confessed slayer Of Anna
Aumuller. and his pal, DR.. Ernest A.
Muret, dentist by day. by night alleged
counterfeiter.
Muret is under arrest. on q technical
charge of having in his possession a pis-
tol in violation of the Sullivan law. He
was arrested early this morning after
detectives ransaclsing Schmidts apart
ments had uncovered evidence to show
that Schmidt was a counterfeiter This
evidence led them to a fiat, rented by
man under the name of George Miller, In
which were found all essentials to the
counterfeiter's craft. The janitress Of the
building brought face to face with Muret
greeted him as Miller. Muret, unaware
Of his impending apprehension. recog-
niZed her at once-and said so-as the
woman from whom he had rented the fiat
under his pseudonym.
Posed as Medical Students.
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 fiat as a place
for making experiments necessitated by
their studies. What they really did. the
police allege. was to experiment In coun-
terfeiting
The kitchen was fitted up as a dark
room; a camera. a printing press. photo
graphic supplies and other equipment
handy to counterfeters was found there.
But what the police relied on to rivet
their case was bundle of charred coun-
terfeit bills under the kitchen sink and
bits of many other such bills, charred
by fire. scattered through the four rooms
After detectives had placed Muret un-
der arrest they took into custody as
material witness the maid employed at
his dental office.
Sobbingly Protests Innocence.
protested with sobs that she knew moth
ing OF the crime of which her employer
was suspected. The police. busy with
Muret. had found little time to ply her
with questions this morning, but ex-
pected to pry from her during the day
whatever she might know concerning the
counterfeting operations.
With Muret locked up. Detectives SET
about searching his Office. There they
found, in addition to such equipment as
a dentist uses In practicing his profess
sion. q revolver and all kinds of obstet-
rical instruments. several surgical saws
and bone forceps. The finding OF these
instruments coupled with the fact that
Muret and Schmidt had been cron:es for
some months caused the detectives to
press with renewed vigor the search for
something which might directly connect
the dentist with the murder Of Anna
Aumuller.
A strong physical resemblance between
Muret and Schmidt led the detectives to
question the dentist as to his poss BILE
relationship to the priest. Muret claimed
charge Of the detective bureau, was of
different mind. 1.-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
not brothers they are closely related" :"
The copper plate from which the s.uri-
Gus bills were struck, was made, in the
opinion Of detectives. by an expert en-
graver. The makers may have been
the priest or the dentist. but detectives
believe that 1t was neither. They sought
such an expert today as an accomplice
The bills were limitations of $50 yellow
backs.
Schmida's pretensions to insanity in
the opinion of Coroner Feinberg have
been dealt a death blow by the barring of
his record as cOunterfeiter
Master Mind, Says Coroner.
Father Schmidt impresses me as an
INSCRIPTIONS man with master m nd. .
Mr.. Feinberg said. Think Of a man who
is able to qualify for the priesthood who
is forger Of great skill. mechanic
enough to coin money. who might have
dabbled in medicine and who had the
ability to commit the crime Schmidt is
charged with. That indicates no ordi-
nary mind"
William Flynn. chief Of The United
States secret service, reached New York
today and began an investigation Of
Schmidt and Murets counterfeit ne
methods and plant Muret told the
police he was born in Chicago. Framed
In his office was membership certifi-
1911, by the Dental Protective Associa-
ton of the United States 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 examina-
ton.
DR.. Muret Unknown in Chicago.
CHICAGO. September 1s.-Dr. r.
Muret is not known among dentists In
Chicago. The dental protective asso-
citation Of which Dr.. Muret Is a mem
ber is n national organization formed
twenty years ago to fight alleged
"sham" dental device patents and has
1900 members In the United States
It's headquarters are in Chicago.
President Grouse of the association
saaid: II find DR.. E. Muret's name on
our membership list but do not re-
member the man. He joined our or
ganizs ton two years ago from New
York city. ] do not believe he ever
practiced in Chicago. If he ever was
here he was not here long because
have been unable to find any Of the
profession who know him."
Say Schmidt Is Abnormal.
ASCHAFFENBURG.G Germany, Septem.
ber l6.-The parents of the Rev. Johannes
Schmidt, confessed murderer of Anna
Aumuller, declared today that the young
priest is hereditarily abnormal Several
members of the family are confined ir
asylums for the demented, and there
have been four suicides In the family
W thin five years. The letters sent home
by the young priest are said by his rela-
tives to be written in a confused and
hazy style.
Local physicians consider that the mur.
derers perverted instincts were accentu.
q tod bv forced study II In kpowu fha