Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-17
Hans Schmidt Master Grim
inal--ldentified with Den of COun-
terfeiters.-Believe Him TO Be Sane.
DR.. MURET ARRESTED.

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which counterfeit $40 eeld certificates
MAY have been struck oil. found in the
rooms # the Rev. Hams Schmidt, the
confessed murderer 81 Anna Aumul-
! Ter whose body he told The police. lie
| cut M and cast into tic waters Of the
| Hudson river in an ellert to hide his
| crime. led To the arrest shortly after
midnight. this morning, of Dr. Ernest
! Arthur Muret. dentist un the tech
meal charge Of counterfci'mg
Bertha zeek, y years Old who was
Mur4t's housekeeper was held as a
material witness on tUr counterfeit
charge preferred aasaust her en-
| ployer
| After the finding OF The counterfeit
plate in Schrnidt's room, lie detectives
ransacked the PRIEST personal pa
| pers and discovered a reseipted bill for
rent paid by George Miller for an
apartment ut 80 West falttI street and
there the detectives alIeee Trey found
complete outfit for tn manufacture
of photesra phie prints such as might
| he used in making counterfeit bills.
| Here. lso. tire detective tafa Of hay
| ing found the half burned PARTS Of
several Impressions 3 2ta gold ccf-
| tifcate. Examination disclosed that
| they may have been printed from the
! plate found earlier in tn night in the
rooms Of Schmidt nj the reel0ry of st
Joseph church OF which fe was act
ing rs an assistant rector
From sources which Inspector Fanrot
refused 10 diVulge, he stated that ne
| had traced the George Muller. whose
| name WAS signed to the rent reGeipt 10
the Office aof pr Mnret ia 81 Nicholas
avenuc. In the meantime Mrs. Mary
Rowye. owner % the apartment, at the
18th street address. went with detee-
| tiVes tc jhe dentists office where ne
also lived. and positively identified
| him as George Miller
In reply IL questions put IN him by
Inspector Faurot, DR. Muret * .,Ileeed
to have said 10 him thai he had been
/ in the eounterfeiting operations with
i Schmidt. In the same breath he cried
/ that he was sorry he had ever mai the
/ priest. After his arrival at police
| headquarters Muret answered CUES.
! tions put TO him by the inspector with
apparent candor. On MANY occasions,
he said. schmidt had visited the bath
street apartment in his clerical garh,
covering his clerical collar with his
hand until he had entered the hall
way From tenants in the same build
] ing. Inspector Faurot said that he
i learned that Muret, Schmidt and Ber-
/ tina Zeck often reached the apartment
as early as o'clock in the morning,
remaining frequently until IL O'Clock
at night, hut that they never passed
the night there
The last rent for the l34th stree
apartment was paid. on Aug. . last
when. the police say, the landlady re
ceived So from Schmidt. On this same
date Schmidt paid s. deposit on the
| Bradhurst avenue apartment, where
he has confessed he killed Anna
Aumu!ler
DR. Muret bears a striking resem-
blance To Schmidt, but is taller by
several inches.
In the library of DIR. Muret at his
Ieffice-home on st. Nicholas avenue,
| the police found a large number of
books dealing with photography and
printing. also catalogues from paper
houses and printing jobbers. Among
other things found at both the office
| of DR. Muret and Sehmidt's rooms
| We're photographs of Bertha Geek and
| in DR. Muret's apartment was alse
| found n set Of photographs of the
priest in street and clerical clothes.
| The detectives questioned the dentist
for hours this morning. concerning hi.
relations with the confessed murderer oi
| Anna Aumuller schmidt Inspector Fou
1
| about Maret and had not given him til,
| lead that led To the latters arrest Afte
| finishing with Muret, the detectives plan
ned to question Bertha jock, who wa.
| being held in the inspectors office, Ant
| later today. il was announced, the polio
| would confront Aluret with an u-year-oij
| boy. who has told the detectives that n
saw II tail man accompany Schmidt tt
| and from the Bradhurst avenue Hat oi
several occasions.
At the 134th street fiat. which consists
of four rooms and bath, the detective
found q perfectly appointed dark room
in the kitchen. while in the dining rom
was Il large camera In the bedroom
were a small hand press and two pair
of rubber gloves. and in the tubs in th
dark room Kitchen. chemicals and acid
of the kind used in developing photo
, graphic plates
ON his way To headquarters Muret al
mitted, the police allege. that he Wa
practicine dentistry without a license II
had studied dentistry in Berlin, he toll
the police. and in New York, but ha
failed to pass the examinations fer
| certificate to practice. Among his effect
brought TO headquarters was frame
license hearing the proper certifcations
The police set about tracing the author
ship of this certificate. this morning
| Mnret, the detectives say, is a notar
public aud a member of the Dental FRO
tective Association of Chicago.