Helmuth Schmidt

Helmuth Schmidt a murderer and a bigamist from 1913 to 1918 suspect in killing four missing women and bigamously marrying five in New Jersey and Michigan

1913-1918

Killed four women and bigomsly married five othes Came to a farm near Lakewood NJ from Germany 1913 -alleged to escape military service By his first wife had a daugther Gerturde age 17 in 1918 While resident in lakewood NJ had Schmidt alias of "Emil Braun". Alleged through a fraudulant sale of this house to have had $1,600.00 Apparently used an alias of "Herman Neugebauer" of Royal Oak Mich at the same time he used "H. Schmidt" of Royal oak MI in matrimoneny adds. In regard to victium Augusta Steinbach New York house maid disappeared in Royal Oak in March 1917; she was aged 40 but looked younger; ansered the "Neugebauer" add; {also alleged to have answeared an add singed "George Rolfe care of H. Schmidt, Detriot MI" {Reportably Rolfe and his wife were also arrested with schmidt}. alleged to have been killed for $500.00 and her jewlery; when officers searched the Schmidt house on suspescions of being enemy aliens Stenbach trunks were found in Schmidt house; her Jewlry was discovered in a organ and a bloodstaned waist was found under a porch; it was also allged that Steinbach body was cremated in a furance and Mrs Schmidt was alleged to have buried the ashes in yard or tossed them in a stream. It was through the persistence of Stenbach fellow maid Agnes Dominie that authories in Michigan and New York tracked Schmidt down; one complicartion was that Detriot sherriff O.H.P. Greene had burned papers relating to the case before committing suicide.

Other alleged/named victiums of Schmidt
 * Mrs Anita Schmidt -his first wife disappeared in Lakewood NJ
 * Margaret "Greta" Darsch---his mistress after his first wife disappeared-also disappeared in Lakewood NJ
 * Irma Pallatinus---age 28-Schmidt's housekeeper; alleged to have married Schmidt- amd who also "disappeared" after coming to Detriot from Lakewood NJ-remains found on May 2, 1918 at Schmidt home in Detriot -she had been strangled and buried under basement cemement floor

Non deceased victiums of Schmidt:
 * Alleged under name of "Emil Braun" to have married second wife Adele Urish/Ulirch in 1914 in Lakewood NJ and robbed her of $3,500
 * Alleged under name of Herman Schmidt to have married a Chicago woman in 1916 and robbed her of $2,000.
 * Mrs Teitz-Schmidt who was living with Schmidt when he was arrested; later released
 * A Mrs. John Switt of New York