The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-16
DOCTOR ARRESTED
AS SCHM|OT'S J.
ASSISTANT
Another Sensation in Latest
New York Horror
PRIEST HAS A RECORD
Had Been Declared Insane In Ger
many and Was Suspended BY
Bishop.

New York, Sept. lG.-Announce-
ment was made late last night by Pc
lice Inspector Faurot that another
man was under arrest in connection
with the murder of Anna Anmuller,
the crime with which Hans Schmidt,
the priest, Is charged. Faurot, just
before midnight, left police headquar.
tiers fer upper Manhattan. where, he
said. the man was held. He declared
the new developments would prove
fully as sensational as Schmidts ar
rest. Inspector Faurot, as he left
headquarters with Detective ONeill
and O'Connor said they had under ar
rest in his own home a prominent
physician.
Schmidt is in the observation ward
OF the Tombs prison under the watch
full eye of DR.. Mcclure the prison ply
sician. Warden Fallon OF the Tombs
declares the man is insane-one of
he most dangerous men ever confn-
ed in the prison, and in this view he
was upheld by Deputy Commissioner
of Corrections Wright. From far-off
Mainz, Ger. there came yesterday to
Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney. vlcar-general
of the archdiocese of New York, a ca
blegram from the secretary OF the
bishop which said that Schmidt had
been declared insane there and sus-
pended by the bishop.
The message read: Schmidt born
at Aschffenburg Priest of diocese of
Mainz. Ran away from Mainz be-
cause OF attempted frauds; arrested
by police, declared insane by court
and discharged. Suspended by bishop
for acts and for presenting falsified
documents regarding studies he pre-
tended to have made. Then left do
cese"
In his cell yesterday Schmidt told
and retcld the story OF the crime and
how, after the woman was dead, he
cut up the body with a knife and saw
and sank 1t. portion by portion. in the
waters of the Hudson river from the
stern OF ferryboat. 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 1t up. God
ard Abraham know why killed her"
Alphonse Koelble, Schmidt's attor-
ney, indicated yesterday that insanity
would be the defense at Schmidt's
trial. On the other hand. however,
the district attorneys assistants are
preparing for a quick trial OF Schmidt
They declare that Schmidt Is a Grim
inal and noe an insane man in the
eyes OF the law. They say that his
excuses for his action are framed
along The lines OF religious mania
but that previous to his arrest his ac-
quaintances never had observed such
mental characteristics I'm him.
The parts of the body of Anna An.
muller in the Hoboken morgue were
positively identified yesterday by An
ma Hirt. who formerly had served as
a domestic with the dead girl. She
! also identified clothing and trinkets
taken TO police headquarters from the
apartment where the murder was COM
mitted as having belonged to the Au-
mule. woman.
In the hope of branding Schmidt as
| an impostor. church authorities began
yesterday a sweeping investigation OF
Schmidt's record. I'VE hope. OF
NOAAGtt W nt 1utt ~ lAONt AldA Auln
uns peakable monster was an impos-
ter and that he had been using forged
papers declared Mgr. Lavalle, vicar
general of the archdiocese OF New
York. He came to this diocese with
credentials which were apparently au
thentic. but we know practically moth
ing OF him.
The skill with which the young wo-
| mans body had been dismembered
led the police to believe that the
I work had been done by a surgeon.
In the fat occupied for five days by
| Schmidt and the girl detectives found
1 500 printed cards which indicated
! that Schmidt has masqueraded as
| surgeon. These cards read as fol-
lows. "Dr. Emil Moliere. formerly as
sistant surgeon of the municipal won
ems hospital. Paris. France. Repre-
sentative of the Chemical hygiene
manufacturing company"
With a view TO clearing the mys-
terry surrounding the murder Of eight
/ years-old Alma Kellner. whose mntil-
! ated body was found in quicklime in
the basement OF 81. Johns Catholic
| church in Louisville. KY i-2 years
ago. the police sought yesterday to
obtain from Schmidt some statement
OF what he might know Of this crime.
I From August. 1909. till March. 1910.
( Schmidt was a visitor in housewife.
not officially connected with any
church there. but a guest Of Rev. Hen
/ ~ r. Westermann. rector Of the
church OF the Immaculate Conception
Alma Kellner disappeared on Decem-
Der 3. 1903. her body was found nine
months after. Joseph Vending. 5ani-
tor AZ s. Johns church. is now serv-
ing a life term in prison for the crime