Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-19
murder AS TRADE
| PLAN OF SCHMIDT
Police Think Clues Point to
Preparations for Whole
sale Killings.
SCHEME FOR FORGERY
OF DEATH CERTIFICATES
Efforts Are Now Being Made to Lo-
cate Another Woman in
the Case"

NEW YORK, September l9-Detectives
deiving further into the past of Hans
Schmidt. who murdered Anna Aumuller.
sought today TO fathom what was in his
mind last April when he photographed
| the death certificate of Robert Smith.
| one of his parishioners Photographs of
| this certificate and of blank forms issued
by the board of health were found in
Schmidt's trunk.
The find led the police to believe that
the priest either was making prepara-
| tons then to dispose of the Aumuller
girl or planned other murders They
| questioned him about this certificate to-
day. but his answers gave them little in
formation. The priest has evlnced a
tendency lately TO answer all questions
with the declaration that he was directed
in his acts by God and Abraham
To the belief that Schmidt planned
other murders the police are more in
clined than to the opinion that he was
laying plans last April to be rid Of the
Aumuller girl.
Would Make Burials Easy.
They say that skilled forger like the
prisoner would have been able to have
the bodies of victims buried in any ceme-
terry by filling out counterfeit burial
blanks and forging the signatures. They
believe that Schmidt caused the blanks
to be photographed in order to obtain
exact copies that he might have duph-
Gates struck off in blank.
Inspector Fauret announced today that
he was looking for another woman in the
case. He gave no details of what her
connection with the matter might be-
The only other woman whose name has
hns f1r 6nav Tpto tod Cob RI 10
is known Helen Green, from a letter
found in Schmidts trunk, in which she
said she could not live without him.
her name was not signed to the letter
but the address and telephone number
led the police to an apartment house
where woman by that name had lived
until about month previously. There
is was said that she had gone to Chicago,
and that several letters had been for
warded to her, none of which had come
back.
Think They Are Cousins.
The finding of the photographed blanks
in Schmidt's trunk caused the detectives
to dig deeper into the past of Ernest
Muret, the self-styled dentist, impli-
Gated with Schmidt in counterfeiting
From London came reports that Muret
had been a fugitive from justice since
April o. 1911 when he was charged with
having falsely represented himself as DIR.
Ernest Stein, a medical practitioner. Thus
| far Muret has denied all knowledge of
| the manner in which Anna Aumuller met
| her death.
Despite proteStations of both Schmidt
and Muret, the detectives are convinced
| that they are relatives and today investi-
gated a report from ASchaffenburg, Ger
| many Schmidts native town, to the eff
| feet that Muret is really Adolf Mueller,
| Schmidts cousin
Murder Made Safe.
| Cooperation between a skilled forger
| having in his possession accurate copies
of burial blanks and criminal versed in
| medical matters would make possible. the
police point out, the murder and dispo-
sition Of many victims without detection.
The photographs found in Schmidt s
trunk were those taken of the health de-
partment certificate issued for the burial
of Robert Smith. aged sixty-nine, who
died of natural causes last April.
AS q priest Schmidt visited him twice
before he died, the last time administer
ing extreme JUNCTION, and officiated at
the funeral How he got possession of
the burial certificate Is not yet clear. Mrs.
Smith said that SO far as she knew 1t
had not been taken out Of the house.
Both sides of the certificate had been
photographed. The photographer who did
the work for Schmidt said that the priest
wa sin hurry for the pictures and
fretted when he was told he could not
have them for twenty-four hours.