Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16

New ork, Sept 15,-Inspector F'au- rot who on Sunday morning last ar- rested Father Hans Schmidt, who lat CT confessed to having murdered Anna, Aumuller and cut up her body and cast 1t piece by piece into the Hudson river early this morning arrived at police headquarters having in custody Dr. E. Muret a dentist of 3G1 St. Nicholas avenue, and his housekeeper, Bertha Zeck.
 Charged With counterfeiting.
 Dr. A1uret is being held on a tech- nical charge of counterfeiting and the woman as a material witness It is al- legged that under the name of George Miller, Muret hired an apartment on the top f1oo0r of 316 West 134th street, and that in this apartment were found plates and presses and portions of par- italy destroyed proofs Of $20 gold cer- tificates, The decetiYs.s al1ege that room at St. Joseph's rectory & plate from which counterfeits had been struck.
 Home Near the Church.
 Dr. Muret was arrested at his home, which is in the vicinity of 125th street and near St Jose2h's church. The dentist seemed unconcerned when he was taken into custody,
 Dr. Muret is S1 years old. He was born in Chicago. but went to Europe as a boy and studied in the public schools of Berlin. He graduated from & dental college there in 1902, and came to New York in the latter year.
 Schmidt and Muret Intimate.
 The police say that Father Sch1lidt was often seen in the apartments on 134th street with pr. Muret. The agent of the fat is also said to have 1dent- fled Muret as having been in the apartment with Father Schmidt.
 Declared Dangerously Insane.
 Hans Schmidt. the priest who con- fessed that he killed Anna A1mul1er with 9. butcher knife "as a sacrifice to be consUmmated in blood,' is in the observation ward of the Tombs prison tonight, under the watchful eye of Dr. Mcclure, the prison physician War den Falion of the Tombs declares the man is inSane-one Of the most dan gerous men ever confined in the prison and in this view he was upheld by Deputy Commissioner of Corrections Wright.
 Suspended in Germany.
 From far off Mains Germany, there came today to Monsignor Joseph F. Mooney, vicar general of the arch- diocese of New York, a cablegrsIn from the secretary of the bishop, which caid that Schmidt had been declared insane there and suspended by the bishop. The message said:
 Schmidt born at Aschffenburg from Mainz because of attempted frauds; arrested by police, declared insane by court and discharged. Sus- pended by bishop for acts and for pre- senting falsifed document regarding studies he pretended to have made. Then left the diocese.
 Lord Told Him to Do It.
 Tn his cell today Schmidt told and retold the story of his crime and how after the woman was dead he cut up the body with a knife and saw and sank it, portion by portion, in the wa ters of the Hudson river from the stern of a 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 and Abraham know why I killed her" Government to Fight Insanity Plea.
 Alphonse KoeIble Schmidt's attor- neY, indicated today that insanity | would be the defense at Schmidts trial. 1 On the other hand, however, the dis l tr1ct attorneys assistants are pfepar- ing for s quick trial of Schmidt They l declare that Schmidt is 8 criminal and 1 not an insane man in the eyes of the l law. They say that his excuses for his | action are framed along the lines oI 1 religious mania, but that previous to ! his arrest his aCquaintances never had | observed such mental characteristics | In him
 Portions sf Body identified
 Tse portions of the body of Anna l 4 ur1u1ler in the Hobeken morgue were 1 positively identified today by Anna l TTirt who formerly lad served as a 1 s -rf41t the dr.5H ri ri St1z aIS identified clothing and trinkets taken | 10 police headquarters from the apart l tnant where the murder was commit | ted as having belonged to the AumuIIer 1
 - Drank Hi! Victims Blood.
 Schmidt said to Rev. Father Evers, the jail priest: T was commanded by 1 my patron saint, St. Elizabeth of Hun ! gary, to offer a sacrifice Like the sac r4fice of Abraham it must be one of 1 blood St. Elizabeth told me that in order to consummatc the sacrifice offering So ] killed Anna Aun1uller, and after I had done so drank some of the blood in order to consummate the sacrifice"
 schnidss Trunk Searched.
 Inspector Faurot spent the better part of early tonight with a corps of Rnen in translating a number of letters and documents found :, in Schmidt's trunk. One document was a copy of the affidavit lodged in the Munich court against Schmidt nearly four years ago, charging him with forgery and attempted fraud. He was acquit- ted of this charge. however, following testimony of alienists to the effect that l Schmidt was not responsible"
 Pieces of Bone Found.
 An important witness has been dis covered Inspector Faurot said onight in a contractor who saw Schmidt carry tn 2 mattress to the vacant lot where fl was burned.
 A search of the lot resnlted in the finding of . piece Of bone, about three h Inches long and bleodstafnsd, thought to be from the kead oK a human being.
 sANIsHEp FROM TRENTON.