The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-18
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service men were so convinced that
one was just as culpable as the other
that warrants charging counterfeiung
were lodged at the I'ombs for their
arrest.
Father Evers. the Tombs chaplain.
said tonight that ne is getting more
convinced every minute that hans
schmidt was never authorized TO ex-
ercise priestlv functions, but believes
that the real Hans Schmidt. the
priest, is dead, and that murderer OF
Anna Aumuller Us a person VINO per
haps stole the dead priest ere
dentials,
The nature Of hts various crimes
indicate that the prisoner is most
remarkable criminal" he said. why
isn't II fair to assume that perhaps ne
sought to impersonate priest m
order to have q cloak for his crimes
Discovery of the Flat.
/ The police were greatly Interested IN
( the fnding of Schmidts third nat
/ The knowledge that there was sonie
thing wrong about II came from MISS
! Frances Hewitt. a sister of Detective
! George Hewitt, both OF whom live IN
! the building Miss Blewitt thought
! she remembe a striking resemblance
! between a man who had rented a nat
on the fourth floor and the pictures oil
| schmidt which she had seen in the pa
rers She told her brother and the
nat was searched and things were
found which the police considered as
! important. In suitcase were touha
/ a waistcoat and trousers when ap-
parentlv went with the coat belonging
TO schmidt found in the murder nat
/ in Broadhurst avenue. The coat bore
the label "a Vandyke," a name the
tpolice already knew Schmidt had as
! sumed Crammed In the suit in the
! suitcase by an apparently hurried mana
were also found a womans wearing
apparel. including two pairs OF black
| stockings. a pair of long white linen
! gloves a pinafore, besides threads and
needles. and a strip OF embroidered
"A's." the initial of the dismembered
rectory maid. Then there was bahys
undershirt. a small one which the
police believe was purchased by the
expectant Anna Aumuller in one of her
| happy moments.
The police also found in the queer
assortment of stuff the picture Of
Schmidt. with beard, in the garb of
priest. This was taken before
| schmidt was obliged to leave Ger
many.
Evidence Against Muret.
i While these disclosures We're helhg
made, letters and papers taken from
/ Murets trunk, seized by detectives.
added information TO Murets part that
| he had been holding back
| An exhibit was that of diploma,
| apparently issued by the College of
| Mechanic Teraphy, of Chicago to Ar
mold Held. 1t was dated May IA. 1903
and bore the reputed signatures of
| w. c. Schultz, NJ. D.. president F. s
/ Tinthoff. secretary; X Fl Schmidt. f.
/ H. Bromund, and s. J. Tinthoff, treasu-
rer.
/ with the diploma was certificate
bearing the picture of Muret, the bogus
dentist executed by Paul Haley, no
| tary public OF Cook county. Ills. at
/ testing that the picture was that OF
the man entitled to practice by virtue
| of the diploma. Held's address was
given as that of 476 North Clark
street. Chicago,
There was an enamel sign of DIR. A.
Held" and cards inscribed "Dr. Ernest
Muret. Gloucester chambers, Glou-
| cester street, London w. c."
/ Several letters addressed to DR.. Err
nest Muret in London and Hamburg
came out Of the trunk. in two of which
Vera Harris who signed herself in
affectionate terms as darling wife,
gave She police their hrst direct tip
that the police Of another city had t-An
hunting for Muret.