Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-16
Believed Rev. Father Schmidt
Was Expert COunterfeiter
and Forger as well as Heart
less Murderer.
CORONER DIsCREDITs
THEORY OF INSANITY
Declares Confessed Murderer
Is UnscrupulOus Man With
Master Mind and Unlimited
Capacity for Evil.
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New YORK., Sept. Stripping
from New York's river mud IFS mys-
tcrlos, the police barred today nest
of crime, fnthercd. they claim, hy the
Rev. Hans schmiGN, confessed slayer
OF Anna Aumuilor and Dr Ernest A.
Murci, dentist = dag, by night alleg-
ed ouuntcficiter
Muret is under Arrest on tech
nloai charge of having ln his possess
sion a pistol in violation 0t the sulli-
van law. He was arrested early this
morning after detectives. ransacking
Schmidvs apartments. had uncovered
evidence Co show that schmidt was a
counterfcher. This evidence led them
To hat rented hy man under the
name OF George Miller. In which
were found all essentials TO the coun-
tcrfclters craft. The ianitress of the
building brought face 10 face with
Murot, greeted him as Miller. Muret,
unaware OF his impending apprchen-
sion, recognized her at once, and said
SO, as the woman from whom he ..ad
rented tho Hat under his pseudunym.
schmidt and Muue,. the ianitress
said, aud Muret admitted. had spent
long hours together in the nat. They
told g,nIing agents that they were
medical students ana wanted the Nat
us o. pi.,cc for making experiments
nocessitated by their studies. What
they really ala. the police allegc, was
To experiment in counterfeiting The
Kitchen was fitted up AS DARK room;
comcra. printing press. photo
graphic supplies and other equipment
handy To counterfeltcrs was found
there. But what the police relied ON
To rlvet their case was bundle OF
charred counterfeit bills under the
kitchen sink and bits Of many other
bills oharrcd by ere, scattered
through the four rooms
After detectives had arrested Muret,
they took into custody as material
witness the maid employed at his
dental office. She said she was Ber-
tina Zeck and protested that she knew
nothing OF the crime OF which her
employer was suspected. The police,
busy with Muret. had found little time
90 question her this morning but eN-
pected To pry from her during the
day whutcver she might know con-
ccrnlng the counterfeiting operations.
with Murot locked up detectives
set about searching lhs office. There
they found such equipment as dem
tist uses In practicing his profession,
revolver and all kinds of obstetrical
instruments. several surgical saws and
hone forceps. The finding of these
instruments caused the detectives to-
press with renewed vigor the search
for something which might directly
connect the dentist with the murder
of Anna Aumullor,
In spite of strong physical re-
gcmhnuco between Muret ana
schmidt Murot claimed there was no
relationship Inspector Faurot was
Of different mind.
THE forohoa0s are the same he
said "Thc eyes are the same. The
noses are the same. THe ears are the
same. II these two men are not
brothers they are at least closely re-
lated"
The copper plate from which the
spurious bills woro struck was made,
In the opinion OF detectives. by an eX-
pert engravcr The maker may have
been the priest or the dentist but de-
tccuyes believe that 10 was neither.
They sought an expert today as an
accompllce. The BILLS were limitations
of $40 yellowbncks Schmidts pre-
tensions to insanity In the opinion Of
Coroner Feinberg, have been dealt "a
blow hy the barring of HE record as
countcrfeiter
"Father schmidt impresses mo as
an unscrupulous man with a master
mlnd,' Mr. Feinberg said. Think of
q man who is able 10 qualify for the
priesthood, who n forger Of great
SKIN. mechanic enough to coin money,
and who might have dabhled In med
feline That indicates no ordinary
mind
william Flynn, chief Of the United
States secret service, reached New
York today and bogan an investiga-
ton Of schmidt and Murets counter
felting meth0ds ana pant
Murot told tae police he was born
in Chicago. Framed IN his office was
membership certificate issued at
Chicago December i3. 1912. by the
Dentist Protective Association OF
America
When nrraiRned today on the toch-
nlcal charge Of having a pistol In his
possession. Muret was held In $1,000