The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
Complete Outfit Found in
Flat He Shared With
Priest.
SAY SCHMIDT BOUGHT II
Maidscrvant in Dentists En-
plOy Arrested as Ma
.tcrial Witness.

A new arrest was made early tiis
morning in. the river murder mystery
which was solved by Hans schmidt an
assistant priest at ST. .Iosephs Catholic
Church at 405 West l25th street. who
confessed that he killed ara cut up tho
body of Anna Aumuller. IA servant In tho
rectory of ST. Bonlfaces Church, because
he loved her.
The prisoner was Ernest Arthur Nuret,
a dentist. living at 3ol St Nicholas ave-
nue.. fIe was arrested at I 90 O'Clock.
taken to the West 2ath street station
and thence 10 Police Headquarters. lie
was charged with counterfetinr
At the same time Bertha Zech a maid.
servant in the dentists employ. was
locked up as II material witness.
Inspector Faurot said that on June 20
Muret. under the '.ame of GEORGE Miller,
with Father Schmidt rented Il fiat at 5i6
| West l3ith street. consisting of four
rooms and a bath. for which he paid s23
month.
Muret WAS Identified by the agent. Mrs.
Margaret Rowye. and the jaintress, Mis.
Margaret Rutl.dgc, AZ Miller.
what was apparently a countctf,l,inl;
plant. There were printing press and
| type. The detectives hshcd out of tho
bathroom "A white paper the size Of
| bill on which was the seal of the United
| States printed in red. II was apparently
, SO bill. There were y in each coruer.
Say schmidt Financed Plant.
| The receipt for the fat was fouui
| among Schmid;'s belongings in tn, r.,-
| tory. together with "A copper plate Ior
one side of twenty dollar bill Inspector
! Faurots Information Ia to the effect that
| Schmidt financed the outfit that h.
| bought camera and other things and
| paid the rent. An engraving outfit WeS
| found ~ Muret's dental office. ALSO an
obstetrcal instrument. Faurot said mat
Muret admitted that he had no diploma
! to dentistry, having failed in his exam
| nation.
Mur-t was born in Chicago twenty nins
! years ago. lie spent his earliest bovhoOd
/ IN a public school in Berlin. At the age
of IL or II he began tho study of dentistry
at the Berlin Dental College and came to
! New York on the Hamburg American liner
, Bluechcr in 1903. H., acted as an
| sistant to various dentists in New York
until Il year ago last December. when he
opened his dental office in 81. Nicholas
4 avenue.
The dentist said he first met Schmidt
in his office last December, when tho
priest had S5> worth of work done" He
! denied cmphatically knowing ANYTHING
about the murder of Anna Aumuller.
The arrests were made by Detectives
Cassassa. oNeill and oconnell.
\, the HAT the detectives found tho
printing press set up in bedroom. The
kitchen had been converted into dark
room and the camera was in til" dining
room. There were many books on en-
, craving, photography and kindred
, subjects.
Paper with 4. =. Seal Found.
Ten pieces Of sheet copper such AZ -
used for engraving purposes were picked
up in the ilat. The detectives rescued
from the bathroom twenty-four pieces OF
white paper bcarinG the seal Of the United
States and numbers. The white slips had
been partially burned,
When Inspector Faurot showed Murer
the copper plate found in Schmidts room
! nj the rectory he said that he didn't
know anything about it.
lie sircnuously denied also that he had
been engaged IN countcrfeitnr operations,
although he admitted that he had par
,,c,r.,.a .i,h ,hc ,,i,st /, ,bo ,,,,cha.,
~ sunnIi.s
The DENTS, admitted thai na,r Of
shoes fo,,nd i'm the fiat hired by "Mjller.'
WAS owned by him. Mure,.
Asked who uropos.d III, scheme or
things. as WAS seemingly outlined b. tn.
things found in the fiat Mur.t svasively
| replieJ
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