The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-16
MADE. BAD MONEY
Schmidt Guilty Of Counterfeit
ing as Well as Murder.
His Partner in Crime, a Dem
fist, Under Arrest.

New York, Sept 16.-Str1pp1nS
from New York's river murder its mys-
teries, the police barred today nest OF
crime, feathered, they claim, by the
Rev. Hans Schmidt, confessed slayer
of Anna AumuIIer, and his associates
DR.. Ernest A. Muret, dentist. alleged
counterfeiter.
Muret is under arrest on technical
charge of having in his possession a
pistol in violation of the sullivan law.
He was arrested early TINS mornlhS
after detectives ransacklnS Schmlol
apartments had uncovered evidence TO
show that Schmidt was a counterfeiteT.
This evidence led them to a fiat rented
by man under the name OF george
Miller, in which were found all essen
tials to the counterfeiters cra1t. me
janitress of the building, brought face
to face with Muret, greeted him DIS
Miller. Muret unaware of his 1mpend-
ing apprehension, recognized ner d.
once-and said so-as the woman
from whom he had rented the nat un-
der his pseudonym.
Schmidt and Muret, the janitress
said, and Muret admitted. had spent
long hours together in the nat IheH
told the renting agent that they were
medical students and wanted the nat
as place for making experiments
necessitated by their. studies. what
they really did, the police allege, was
to experiment in counterfeitlng. Inc
Kitchen was fitted up as a dark room,
a camera, a printing press, photo
graphic supplies and other equlpment
handy to counterfeiters were found
there But what the police relied on
to riVet their case was Dundle Oh
charred counterfeit bills under the
kitchen sink and bits of many other
such bills. charred by fire, scattered
through the four rooms.
Search His Office.
After detectives had placed Muret
under arrest they took into custody
as a material witness the maid en-
ployed at his dental office. she sa1d
she was Bertha Zech and protested
with sobs that she knew nothing of the
crime of which her employer was sus-
pected. With Muret locked up, de-
tectives set about searching his Oh
flee. There they found, in ADDITION 10
such equipment as dentist uses, III
practice of his profession, revolver
and all kinds of obstetr1cal lnstru-
ments, several surgical saws and bone
forceps. The finding of these instru-
ments, coupled with the fact that
Muret and Schmidt had been cron1es
for some months, caused the detectives
to press with renewed vigor the
search for something which might dl-
rectly connect the dentist with the
murder of Anna Aumuller.
A strong physical resemblance be-
tectives to question the dentist today
as to possible relationship to the
priest. Muret claimed there was none.
Inspector Fauret in charge of the de-
tective bureau, thought differently.
THE foreheadS are the same, he
said. The eyes, noses and ears are
the same. If these two men are not
brothers they are closely related Inc
copper plate from which was made
spurious bills, found in charred
bundle in Schmidt's apartment was
engraved. the detectives think, by an
expert. The maker may have been the
priest or the dentist, but detectives
believed it was neither. They sought
such an expert today as an accom-
plice. The bills were limitations of $50
yellowbacks. Schmidts pretensions to
insanity, in the opinion of coroner
Feinberg have been dealt a death
blow by the barring of his record as
counterfeiter.
Has a Master Mind.
Father Schmidt impresses me as
an Inscriptions man with 1naster
mind" Feinberg said. Think OF
man who is able to qualify for the
skill, mechanic enough to coin money,
who might have dabbled in medicine
and who had the ability to commit the
crime Schmidt is charged with. That
indicates no ordinary mind
William Flynn. chief of the U 5.
secret service reached New York to-
day and began an investigation OF
Schmidt and Muret's counterfeiting
methods and plant. Muret told the
police he was born in Chicago
Framed in his office was a member
shin certificate issued at Chicago, Dec.
23 1911, by the Dental Protective
Association, of the U. S. of America.
When arraigned today on the tech
meal charge of having pistol in his
possession. he was held in $4,000 bail
for trial.
He waived examination.