New-York tribune., 1913-12-24
AT SCHMIDT TRIAL,
SHE'S CAST ASIDE
Young Woman Hysterical
as Fiance Demands En-
gagement Ring.
ANOTHER GIRL
FAINTS IN COURT
Revives Soon After Being Carried
Out-AlienistS Tell of Slay-
er's Dementia Pracox.

Two Of the score or so Of women VINO
have been IN constant attendance at the
trial Of Hans Schmidt, the slayer OF
Anna Aumuller, and who leaned forward
in their seats when the most revolving
details of schmidts abnormal life were
related by the alienists for the defence
met with mishaps yesterday.
One young woman was discovered IN
the courtroom by her iance She went
out with him. AS soon as they reacheu
the corridor he said:
Helen. you've deceived me. You told
me YOU were not attending this trial.
Our engagement is broken on. GIVE me
back the ring. a woman who'll hsten 10
the filth brought out in this case Is no'
a fit wife for any man
The young woman became hysterlcdi'
but insisted she had done no wrong
However. her hance, a well dressed younG
man, was obdurate.
The other was a mere girl in her teens
who was one Of group OF young women
familiar figures around the Criminal
Courts Building and had been IN the
courtroom since the trial started.
While DR.. Smith Ely Jeliffe, one OF
the alienists for the defence, was relating
some acts which Schmidt said he hau
done. the girl tainted. The man WHO
brought her in. and who always dispoIS
a pink carnation in his coat, in contrast
with his white hair. was not present
Court attendants took her outside, where
she was revived by physician
All four alienists of the defence we're
on the stand at yesterdays session OF the
trial. and each said that the slayer Oh
Anna Aumuller was suffering from de-
rentia prgecox. Of paranoiac form. with
bomicjdai mania. Each told rracucaly
The same story. and none Of them had
sny too pleasant a time under the cross
examination Of Assistant District AttoT-
pey James NJ Delehanty. Direct exam
lnation of Dr. Minos Gregory was unoe.
way last night when court ADJOURNED
one damaging bit Of evidence 10 the oe-
fence was introduced by Mr.. Delehanty
while DR. Jelliffe was on the stand. lhla
vas q letter written by Schmidt on Octo-
her Is, six weeks after his arrest at
time when he was giving all sorts OF wiz
stories to the alienists.
The letter was TO his "counterfeitins
.accomplicc, "Dr" A. Muret, the bogus
dentist. II was written in clear concise
and succinct phrases II told Muret TO
cheer up. because the writer had Few
DAYS before his arrest destroyed evil
dence harmful 10 you and me"
DIR. Henry Cotton, OF the New Jersey
State Hospital for the Insane, at Trenton
had the most grilling experience at the
hands Of Mr. Delehanty, despite the ef-
forts OF W. NJ. X Olcott, OF the defence.
TO save him
Mr.. Deehanty showed the witness sew
eral articles that he had written dealing
with nervous disorders. and particularly
dementia pr,ecox. These, Mr.. Delehanty
sought TO show the jury, contained views
at variance with those held by the Wit
ness at the present time.
Another point scored by the prosecu-
ton while DR.. Cotton was witness came
in the form Of an admission, on cross
examination, that Schmidt answered all
questions relevantly except the questions
relating directly to the actual murder.
When asked such questions Schmidt al
WAYS went off at a tangent.
DR., William A. White. OF the govern
ment's hospital for the insane, near
Washington, ike the other alienists, said
Schmidt was suffering from an insanity
that began when he was young, and that
n was incurable