THE SCHMIDT CASE.
AN INSANE MINISTER. HIS REASONS FOR MURDER. Pren Awn—By Telegraph— Copy rig ki Received 11.30 p.m. New Yorfc, Sept. 16. The murderer Schmi t, according to German cables, was declared to he insane in Germany an« was suspended from toe Ministry there, because of attempted frauds The prison p'tysician declares he is undoubtedly insane because of the skilful way he disposed of the girl's remains and the attempts he afterwar is made to hide his traoks. Another arrest is expeutel. "The Lo d told me to do it. Saint Elizabeth, my patron Saint, demanded the sacrifice," declared Schmidt, when lie confessed the crime.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2027, 17 September 1913, Page 5
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