Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-19

New 0rk, Sept 1S.-Wh nile ar i engagements were being made today 10 | have a jury pass upon the sanity of | Father Hans Schmidt bit by bit the | evidence was piling up, linking closer and closer the lives of the slayer OF 1 Anna Aubuller and his alleged counter feiting partner, pr. Ernest Muret. ] Muret was the central figure in the ! days developments. The priest. whose ] very right to the name he clams ana to the cloth he wore is being question | ed grew morose in his cell and talked little. Muret appeared in court to | plead guilty and be held 0n the charge l of having a dangerous weapon in his possession.
 MUret Probably Schmidt's Cousin.
 But this charge was a mere forTnaH- l ty, serving to hold him in the hands 0t 1 the state authorities while tie nySte- l rious twists and turns of his many 1 sided life are being followed and his l association WiIh the AHmR4er glrA murderer traced to it's beginning. The l pseudo dentist who appears from ln- l formation the authorities already have 1 acquired in their search to have prac- | ticed medicine under other RacleS In l Chicago in England and on the conti- naut, has been thought by the police almost from the beginning to bear some blood relationship to Schmidt Thus the advices tonight from Aschaf- i fsnburg, Germany. SchTnidEs birth place, that MJlret is now believed 10 | | Ter caused little surprise among the | investigators.
 May Not Be Real Hans Schmidt. As for Schmidt himself, the many | aliases he used led Inspector FaurOt, in charge of the case, to suspect that the clerical prisoner might not be the | Hans Schmidt of Aschaffenburg, but an importer. There is no certainty that this fellow is the real Schmidt said the inspector. My information that he is not comes from a source that warrants me in making an inVeS- tigation Schmidt is a natural forger and could easily have fixed up the clerical credentials through which he obtained positions in St. Boniface'S church and St. Joseph's church Schmidt. when this matter of identity was pressed upon his counsel, AL phonse Koelble. today insisted, the lat ter said. that he was not an impostor.
 He told me he was Hans Schmidt, the priest said the lawyer
 Woman's Head Still Missing.
 MT Koe1bIe today began laying the groundwork for an insanity defense of his client. He let District Attor- ney Whitman know that he purposed asking a court inquiry into Schmldts sanity. This would necessitate the appointment of a commission or the bringing of the confessed murderer before a laymen's jury.
 Another line of defense, however, seems likely to be resorted to in a secondary way. There is an asserted absence of absolute proof of Anna Au- muTeF'S death. Parts of the girls body. cut up by Schmidt and thrown 1 into the Hudson have been recovered, but the head which would afford proof positive of identity. still is missing. It is this contingency which led the po- 1 lice to keep up a persistent search TOT ! the head of the victim.
 Diver to Search River Bottom.
 A diver has been engaged to go over 1 every foot of the river bottom in the vicinity where yesterday fishermen dragged some object close to the sur
 face and then lost it. only a strand of human hair remaining on the hook.
 Verdict of Coroner's Jury
 At the conclusion of an inquest into Anna AumuIler's death conducted by Coroner Schlemm in Jersey City to- day, the torso found in the Hudson river on September and all other eX- hibits in the case were ordered sur rendered to the New York authorities. The jury brought in this verdict: We find that Anna Aumuller came to her death on September last, in her apartment on the premises at 6S Bradhurst avenue, New York city, at the hands of Hans Schmidt
 Enqraver Tells of Schnridt's Visits.
 The engraver who sold Schmidt I . ing work told the police today that 'tDr" Ernest Muret frequently had accompanied Schmidt 10 his shop. M1ret the bogus dentist, has con tend ed that he knew nothing of the priest counterfeiting plans.
 The discovery of this engraver. A. G. Hsuver. and the evidence he gave, was important in laying bare the rec ords of Schmidt and the dentist but Tnspector Faurot of the detective bu 9 l f,,f3 +nH som ething bigger was in prospect, > Is Real Father Schmidt Dead?
 "At present" said the inspector, T ! am Investigating a report to the ef- feet that the Father Schmidt referred to by the Germans died and that the man now in the Tombs simply imper- i S0nated that man. l am not at liberty at this time To diVuiSe the source of my information in this regard. but [ consider it iS of such nature that 1 thorough inVes ttgatlon is imperative
 HauVer the engraVer said that q man he recognized from photographs as Schmidt, called at his shop some time ago with q strip of copper 36 inches long and twelve inches wide Schmidt, he said. instructed him to cut pIates eight by four inches, explaining that he wanted a half inch margin on them, HauWeF said he was aware that the plates, if cut by Sehmidt's in- struetiens, would permit, with har7 rew margin, the photographic engraV- ing of currency.
 sehaidt and Mupet Finger Printed, lie became shePtieal aad inquired as ta what use the plates were to be put , Fhe priest, he said, eVaaed the aues= ten. tfauFer suggested the making ef a sign. "0h, yes. That's what ] aRa geiRg Is use them for" Schmidt replied,
 Inseeeteg FauEet today mailed te tf3e authorities ia Hamburg, GeEmaa3r
 finger pEiats ef Schmidt and of MuFet, with the request that it be determined if either has criminal record
 Muret pleaded guilty today ta tfae charge of having in his possession a. , dangerous weapon. His ease was put over until October 3. The district at tarpey asked fer this delay ta ena ble [ his office te investigate further the charge of counfe1feitinE