Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-23
SCHMIDT TO VIEW
! HIS VICTIMS BODY
Will Be Taken to Morgue To-
day to Look Upon Mu-
tilated Remains.

-, NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.-Evidenees
!. of further criminal operations OF
2 Hans Schmidt, murderer and couh-
= iierfeiter, Is expected to be produced
TODAY by Inspector Faurot. The IN
.spector has refused to reveal in ad-
vance the nature of the new evil
= dence. but it is expected that part
= of it Is in documentary form.
~. Detectives working in New Jersey
in co-operation with the CHIEF OF po-
lice of Englewood have thrown new
Light on the dark trail OF the priest
II is admitted Ernest A. Muret, the
fake dentist and alleged accomplice
of Schmidt is said to be involved IN
some of the evidence.
~" To View DIsmembered Body
~ Two alienists employed by District
ATTORNEY Whitman will examine
: Schmidt as to his sanity probably
Il, today. According to present plans,
In one of the tests he will be taken
to the Bellevue morgue and asked
Z 10 identify the remains of Anna Au-
muller. the girl whom he murdered
- and dismembered.
Instead of having an insane pan
for nutting few sufferers out OF
their misery, Schmidt, according 20
Inspector Faurot, was following IN
q the footsteps of Johann Hoch, VINO
was hanged in Chicago after com
hitting murders and collecting the
insurance on the lives of his VIC
tins.
Schmidt may be taken to the Belle
vue morgue to identify the remains
of the young woman Whom ne muir
dered and dismemb ered. He has
agreed to do this If the prosecution
wishes. and alienists Will probably
be present to observe his demeanor
at the morgue. 1t is believed that
the efforts to identify the body will
prove a critical test of the priest
mental condition.
Insane, Says DIR. Scholer.
DR.. Gustav Scholer. who examined
Schmidt for the defense, has decided
that he is beyond doubt insane, but
that it will take further observation
to determine the exact form of in
sanity.
And YOU must remember" said
DR.. Scholer. that the question which
will be raised at the trial will be
not Is Schmidt insane" but Was
he insane when he killed the girl?
An official statement on the Schmidt
case was prepared by Mgr. Joseph f..
Mooney to be read last Sunday from
the pulpits of all Catholic churches
in this city, but after a conference
between Mgr. Mooney and Mgr. NJ.
j. Lavelle. ii was decided that the
best plan would be to make no men
tion of the affair
In consequence of the report of
DR.. Seholer that Schnidt's mental
state made it likely that he would
ATTEMPT suicide, Warden Fallon or
dered that a guard should remain
constantly watching him.
Coroner Feinberg said he consid-
AIRED that ma tiers of SI1cb weight
would be involved at the inquest
that it would take men of large af- |
fairs to figure them out properly !
ON the other hand, Assistant District
Attorney James y. Delehanty said |
that the coroners inquest was of no
consequence to the district attcr- |
news office. A coroners jury in Jer- |
sey City has already found that the !
. woman came to her death at the /
hands of Schmidt and recommended |
that the authorities of New York |
Ititv take action. According to Dis /
trict Attorney Whitman the case |
VIII probably be placed before the |
grand jury early in October. Coro-
i,ner Feinberg's inquest will probably
begin the latter part of this week.
The fact that the prisoner in the |
i,Tombs charged with the murder of
Anna Aumuller is Hans Schmidt was
certainly established when Father /
Francis Markert an old classmate of |
Schmidt. visited him in the Tombs. /
Rev. Francis Markert is a professor
in a college at Techny, H.. and was I
starting on visit to Germany when /
he was taken TO see Schmidt by +
Father Evers. chaplain of the Tombs. /
Father Markert knew Schmidt at |
twelve years of age, and was a class
mate of his in the classical college I
at Mainz. Germany. When Markert /
saw Schmidt he said, Hello, Hans.
How are you?"
- II am fine" replied Schmidt.
'Do you know me?" I
. "Oh. yes, I know. you well,' said +
Schmidt You are Francis"
Schmidt took little interest in his
visitor. however. and was not dis T
posed to talk. When Father Markert I
said he was going back to Germany, |
and asked if there was any message ,
for Schmidt's parents in AsLhaffen- /
burg. Schmidt said:
- Just give them my love"
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