Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-20
SEEKING MORE Of
SCHM|DT'S CRIMES
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he confidently expected to find use
In a statement made through his
attorney, Alphonse G. Koelble,
Schmidt said he hoped to be able,
through euthanasia. to rid the world
of eripples, incurable invalids and
aged persons who wished to die
II had intended to use sharp
knife or poison" the priest said, pre-
ferably a knife, because that would
have been far less painful. In my
opinion there are many people for
whom life is not worth living. l con-
sidered would be performing good
deed in freeing them from miser-
able existence
Father Schmidt would not tell me
how he came in possession of the city
death certificate" Koelble asserted.
He seemed angry when ! talked
with him. said Koelble. For the
first time since he has been confined
he showed spirit. He told me he
was annoyed at the stories spring
ing up all over the world which as
ISOLATED him with other crimes and
dragged in the names of innocent
people. Once the faint of scandal
attaches itself to a mans name 1t
lingers,' he said"
Ready to Go to Chair.
THE district-attorney is interested
in sending me to the electric chair .
Koelble said Schmidt told him. ut
would please him, no doubt, to have
me go there" the priest added. ut
will also please me. 1 am ready to
go at any moment-this minute, in
fact, or tomorrow, or next day.
why delay and waste all this time
through red tape? / have told all /
know; ] have confessed to every
thing, haven't /? have Cenied moth
ing. / want to go to the electric
chair / have faced death many
! times before and I shall face it in
the electric chair without quivering
single muscle. 1 am ready to die
this minute.
II am sorry for any man who
living. 1t is only a step to a better
and larger life, and l would be a
fool to- want to linger here. Many
peoplestfeel that way. I realized it,,
and that was why l prepared to kill
the paralytics, invalids and others
who were weary of existence.
Il do not like to answer the ques-
lions of the newspaper men or the
district-attorney. They ask why
did these things. and if l told them
they could not understand. For the
last time I say that I know nothing
about any one else. I am responsible
for everything. I do not want the
name of any one else mentioned, for
alone am responsible for their
trouble. And / am ready to die.
Death is only step to another life
and / am not afraid, because l did
what / considered to be my duty"
Father Schmidt is silent on the
question of the identity of the child
he once took to an apartment he
rented but seldom used at 12t West
Eighty-fourth street.
Yes, took the lad there" he said
HE was not my son. I know who he
is, but l won't say anything about
him. Why drag in the name of his
parents when there is no use?
Says I. o. U. Is Wrong.
II do not care to say anything more
about Muret. either. He is not my
brother; he is not my cousin; he is
of no blood relation to me. / have
known him exactly ten months, and
any paper that exists that states we
have been acquainted for longer pc
riod is a mistake The /. @. Z. found
| ny Tic pOllCS De WTOnE. HdO
| never met, seen or heard of Muret In
| April, 1911.
IT have quarreled with him because
he did not understand me. called to
| see him about making money, and
when | said st. Elizabeth had directed
me to make 1T for the poor he told me
was crazy"
At the suggestion of meeting death
in the electric chair, Father Schmidt
showed unconcern. His air was that
OF a man who was tired of life and
would welcome death.
| If l could convince the authorities
that / murdered Alma Kellner the
eight-year-old girl, whose mutiIated
body was found in church basement
at Louisville, KY, l would gladly dc
So" Father Schmidt said. .'They car
send me to the chair but once, and IL
I could get that man Vending, who
Is serving life sentence for her MUIR
der, out of Jail, ! would confess ]
committed that crime also. 1t would
not be true, though, and 1 could not
convince them it was. I was in Louis
| Vile when the girl was killed, but
/ did not kill her."
More arrests of persons implicated
in the affairs of the priest and DR.
Ernest Muret, Schmidt's friend, ars
SNPSShOus 4hhEtl - hildlTc dIC PTIIlCl
pally in the hands of the United
States secret service. His every move
since he came to this country from
Europe, in 1911, has been traced. The
only thing that Inspector Faurot
would say about Muret's career here
was that he worked as dentists as
sistant.
Denies Crippen Acquaintance.
DR." Ernst Muret was asked yes
terday IL there was any foundation
for the reports that he knew DIR
Crippen, who killed his wife in Lon
don, and also if the charge that h,
was identified with white slave
traffic was true. In reply the DENTS
sent the following note from his cell
II have never known DIR. Crippen
have never had any connection with
white slavery in all my life. M,
record in England can be nothing bu
an excellent one. / have always beer
SO Disguised with white slavery tina
two years ago I offered myself to thu
Vigilance Association in Chicago. You
can easily verify this. 1 intended I,
give up practise to become a detectiv
in the Vigilance Association to sup
press white slavery"