The evening world., 1913-09-18

supplies and chemicals and a'so had
him cut o'it copper plates u the SIZE OF
United states money
Schmidt" said Bauver, came TO me
with rwo sheets of copper. each Txl-
inches. and asked me to cut them INTO
smaller Plates. each 3x7 inches. with an
allowance for a border OF q quarter or
an inch. knowing that the size he
wanted was the size on whlcA paper
money Is printed I asked him what he
was going TO do with she small plates
He said he was going to make signs out
% them. made h IN about one hundred
plates in the desired size
Many Of these plates were found IN
the West one Hundred and Thirty
fourth street fiat. Some or them hAd
been engraved by a Photographic proc
ess. One OF them was found IN
Schmitt's trunk In the rectory OF 81.
Joseph's Church.
Policemen dra ging from launch az
tho foot Of West One Hundred and
Fifty-second street. where fishermen
| brought UP human hair on their hooks
yesterday. reported to Inspector Faurot
| that they were unable to and the head
OF Anna Aumueiler. which Is supposed
TO be submerged at that point. The
Inspector thinks so we'll OF the clue
developed by the hair that no contem-
plates having the bottom OF the rivsr
between One Hundred and Fifty-second
and One Hundred and Fffty.third
streets searched by . diver.
Roland Gates and Edward busch OF
No. ISL? Amsterdam avenue are the
men VINO brought the hair to the sur
face. Gates says that his hook caught
in some heavy object that slipped away
as he was raising II to tho surface.
There WAS Q quantity Of hair on the
hook when he recovered II. and ID was
about to throw II away when he thought
OF the murder and the fact that the
| head OF the victim had not been re-
covered. Then no took the hair 20 the
West One Hundred and Fifty-second
street station house.
Another habitation used by Schmidt IN
the course of his devious criminal oper'
atoms has been found at No. ia Wes'
Eighty-fourth street. Mrs. Mary Manser
who has an eight-room nat on thu
ground floor there. rents furnished
rooms. Schmidt. under the name Of A
Van Dyke. rented . small room from
her last January. He said he was Z
travelling salesman. He never slept II
the room and visited It only three time
in the two weeks for which he paid
rent
All Schmidt had In the room was I
pair OF shoes and a SLOUGH hat. A pack
age addressed to him was delivered
there and several letters and Postcard
addressed TO him reached the plac'
after he had gone. These communica
tions we're returned to the Post-Omc'
and Inspector Faurot 10 trying 10 trac'
) them. Schmidt used the E!ghty-fourti
street house as q temporary restini
place while working out one o.
his schemes lie never took Anns
; Aumueller there
, scHMiOT's 0ARRULiTY CHANGES
TO MoRosENEss.
Schmidt who had been garruious snt
given to writing notes TO newspaper re
porters for three days. became shy ant
morose to-day. He told one Of tn
keepers that he had been talking to-
much and would say no more excep
when advised 70 talk by counsel.
Last night detectives succeeded Il
: opening the small safe In Hurst's Of
. flee at No. S0l st. Nicholas avenue
, Among the things they found were copie
}, Of two letters apparently written to e.
( tablish an alibi for Auret. Ono va
5 dated Sept. 9 and tho other Sept. II. boil
q to prominent men. and the detective
J, regard them as an indication that Mure
Q anticipated arrest a. an accomplish o
o | Schmidt.
n There was also letter from Q woma'
I to the priest saying she could not liv
without him, and signed Helen.
Through the telephone number In tn
letter the police ascertained that It prob
ably was WRIT IN from Hillel Hall. Nc
ai West One Hundred and Ninth strss'
. Apartment u. which also was nentione
In the letter, was said to have bee
occupied until recently BY . woma
q known % Helen Green. VINO went
b CHICAGO, leaving instructions to forwar