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SAY PRIEST WAS
COUNTERFE|TER
Dentist Arrested as ACCompHce
Of Girls Murderer.
gHARRED BONE IS FOUND

Priest master Criminal, ondmtnfH9
Insanity" Declares Coroner, but
Cable From Germany Says insanity
Runs in Family.
New ork, Sept 17.-Stripping rom
New York's river murder its myster-
les, the police barred nest of crime,
feathered, they claim by Rev. Hans
Schmidt, confessed slayer of AnnasAu-
Muller and his pal, DR.. Erest A. Mu-.
ret, dentist by day, by night alleged.
counterfeiter.
Muret is under arrest, on technI-
cal charge of having in his possession
a pistol in violation of the Sullivan
law. He was arrested after detectives
ransacking Schmidt's apartments, had
uncovered evidence to show that Sch
midi was counterfeiter This sevi-
dence led them to fiat, rented Ey a
man under the name of George Miller
in which were found all essentialg to
the counterfeiter's craft.
The janitress of the building,
brought face to face with Muret, greet
ed him as Miller. Muret, unaware of
his impending apprehension, retog-
nized her at once-and said so-assthe
woman from whom he rented the fiat
under his pseudonym.
Schmidt and Muret, the janitress
said, and Muret, admitted, had s4ent
long hours together in the fiat. They
told the renting agents that they we're
medical students and wanted the Hat
as place for making experiments
necessitated by their studies. Wnat
they really did, the police allege, Nas
to experiment in counterfeiting. The
camera, printing press, photograph
ic supplies and other equipment handy
to counterfeiters, was found there.
But what the police relied on to ffvet
their case was bundle of chaIred
counterfeit bills under the kitchen
sink. and bits of many other such oils
charred by fire, scattered through the
four rooms.
Inspector Faurot announced that his
detectives had discovered evidsnce
that Schmidt had burned one Of the
sections of the leg of the murdtfed
woman in a vacant lot in Maconshs
Place, between 151st street and I'D
street.
'This tip was given to the p0lf e,
he said, 'by an employee Of pm
tractor named Mcknight or 0he
night. cf Sept ember nsaa P-ss2F Z! -
walking into the vacant lot carrying
a can and a large bundle
"a few minutes later flames ap
peared in one corner of the lot. The
man remained beside them, pouring
on oil from time to time, when the
flames seemed to be dying out. He
continued to do this for nearly an
hour.
"O'Neill, a detective, Investigated
this clue. He found that the can with
little oil in the bottom had been
left in the lot. Bits of pillow ticking
were lying about. It was the same
pattern as that in the pillow which
contained part of the torso of the mur-
dered woman.
Finally Detective O'Neill found
fragment of charred bone six inches
long Both ends of the bone had been
sawed off. In the middle was what
seemed to be the knee joint. 1t was
charred SO badly, however, that this
could not be ascertained definitely.
In the embers left by the fire Detec-
tive O'Neill found part of burned
photograph. The only thing that could
be made out in the picture was the
head and shoulders of man wearing
a clerical collar who stood on the rear
Of train of cars. The name Frisco"
appeared near the platform of the car
on which the man was standing.
Long before Schmidt came to the
United States he had a bad record.
Strangely enough, this early record did
not become known until Monday and
1t was sent to Mgr. Lavelle, rector Of
st. Patrick's Cathedral, in answer to
cable message asking information.
''It seems to be pretty thoroughly
established" Mgr. Lavelle said that
he was a priest. His record abroad
is bad one"
Mgr Lavelle read the following mes
sage sent by direction of the Bishop
of Mainz, Germany, Rt. Rev. George
KRISTEN:
John Schmidt was born in Achass-
enberg, Germany. Priest of the
Diocese of Mainz Ordained in 1907.
Appointed chaplain in 1909. Ran away
from Munich because of attempted
frauds. Arrested by police, declared
insane and discharged. Suspended by
Bishop for this and also for present
ing falsifed documents with regards
to studies he pretended to have