South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-16
Close Watch Kept Over Hans
Schmidt Said to be One
of Most Dangerous Men Ever
in New York Prison.
REPORT FROM GERMANY
THAT He IS DE- EMENTED
Attorneys Indicate That InSan-
ity Will be Defense at Trial
State Declares He is Grim
inaI in Eyes of the Law.

NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-Inspector
Faurot. who on Sunday arrested
Father Hans Schmidt. who later con-
fessed to having murdered Anna Au-
muller and cut up her body and cast
it piece by piece into the Hudson
river, early Monday morning arrived
at police headquarters, having in GUS
toy DR. E. Muret, a dentist. of SO1
St. Nicholas av., and his housekeeper.
Bertha Zeck.
Or. Muret is being held on a tech
nical charge of counterfeiting. and
the woman as a material witness.
It is alleged that under the name of
George Miller. Muret hired an apart
ment in West 134th ST. and that in
this apartment were found plates and
presses and portions of partially de-
troyed proofs Of $202 gold certificates.
The detectives allege that they also
found in Father Schmidt's room at st.
Joseph's rectOry a plate from which
counterfeit money had been struck.
DR.. Muret was arrested at his home,
which is in the vicinity of 125th St.
neHr st. Joseph's church. The dentist
seemed unconcerned when he was
tdken into CUSTODY.
DR.. Muret is 81 years old. He was
born in Chicago but went to Europe
as a boy and studied in the public
schools Of Berlin. He graduated from
a dental college there in 1923 and
came to New York in the latter year.
NEW YORK. Sept. 16. - Hans
Schmidt, the priest who confessed that
he killed Anna Aumuller with a
butcher knife 'as a sacrifice to be con-
summated in blood, is in the Obser
vation ward of the Tombs prison Mon
day night under the watchful eye of
DIR. MCGUIRE, the prison physician.
Warden Fallon Of the Tombs declares
the man is insane-One OF the most
dangerous men ever confined in the
prison, and In this view he was upheld
by Deputy Commissioner Of Correc-
tions Wright
From far off Mainz. Germany. there
came today TO MonsignOr Joseph +.
Mooney, vigar general of the archdio-
cese % New York a cablegram from
the secretary Of the bishop which said
that Schmidt had been declared in
sane there and suspended by the
bishop. The message read:
Schmidt born at Aschaffenburg.
Priest of diocese of Mainz. Ran away
from Mainz because OF attempted
insane by the court and discharged.
Suspended by bishop for acts and for
presenting falsified document regard
ing studies he pretended 10 have
made. Then left diocese"
RetelIs Crime.
In his cell Schmidt told and retOld
the story Of his crime. The Lord told
me to do it," or "St. Elizabeth. my
patron, demanded the sacrifice" were
the only reasons he gave for his deed
and he invariably added, God In His
own time will clear it up. God and
Abraham know why l killed her"
Alphone Koelbe, Schmidt's attorney.
indicated Monday that insanity would
be the defense at Schmidt's trial ON
the other hand however. the ulstrict
attorneys assistants declare than
Schmidt is a criminal and not an in
sane man in the eyes of the law.
They say his excuses for his action are
framed along the lines OF religious
mania
The portions OF the body of Anna
Aumuller in the HobOken morgue
were positively identified today by
lima Hirt who formerly had served
as a domestic with the dead girl.
She also identified clothing and trink-
cts taken to the police headquarters.
from the apartment. where the murder
was committed as having belonged 10
Ann f1..v-