Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-15

up and removed" the body of Anna
Aumulier. Then he WINGED. Through
out the proceedings before. Coroner
F'einberg he sat in daze. His blonde
hair was dishevelled and his blue
eyes had CLASSY appearance. After
the reading of the affidavit the cor
oner asked him if he had anything
to say, and he shook his head in the
negative.
Harry Leisersohn, Coroner Fem
bere's secretary, then proceeded TO
take the prisoners pedigree, in
which he said he was Hans Schmidt,
lived at 405 West 125th street, was 81
years old and by occupation a priest:
He said he was born in Germany and
was married. The coroner then COM
mited him to the Tombs without BAH
until the inquest is held,
Schmidt, after being assigned TO a,
cell in the Tombs, went to sleep.
According to his story, he was born
in Schaffenburg. Germany, III 1881, at
tended college and. at the age of IL
enrolled in st. Augustine's Seminary,
in Mainz. and on December %. 1904,
was ordained. He held several
charges in Germany and then came to
America because of poor health.
After remaining in New York a
church at Louisville, In 1909 he went
to Trenton, and in December, 1870 he
became assistant to Father Braun.
rector of ST. Boniface's Church, where
he met the Aumuller girl. In Novem-
Der. 1872 Schmidt left st. Boniface's
to become assistant at st. Joseph's
Church, the assignment he held at
the time of his arrest yesterday.
Little is known of the history of
Anna Aumuller before she took en-
ployment in the st. Boniface parish
house the week before Christmas,
1910. According to a statement issued
last night by Father Braun, she left
his parish house in the summer of
1911. returning on Thanksgiving Day,
1872, and left the second time August
30. At this time she said she was
about to be married and go to Ohio
to live. Father Braun said that he
and his sister, who is his housekeep-
er. had become attached to the girl
because she was very pleasant and a
faithful worker.
In America but Short Time.
"AIl l know about her." he said, lis
that she came to this country from
Germany about two and a half years
ago. l understood she was an orphan
and l have a dim recollection that
she may possibly have come to us
through an advertisement that L
placed in a newspaper for a girl. As
she had credentials. I employed her. ;"
Father Braun declared that there
was more of the DIR. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE about Schmidt than any man
he ever had met" That impression
was with me all the time" he said.
THE mans expression sometimes
changed so suddenly and so COM
pletely-it was something / could
never quite understand. For that
reason. I think, we did not get along
so we'll as ! usually do with my
curate, but Father Schmidt left me
up his things ready to go to Europe,
when he learned a priest was needed
to fill in at St. Joseph's Church. and
he agreed to go there and help out.
He remained there.
IF there was any attachment be-
tween Father Schmidt and the girl. it
made no progress here. There was
nothing of that sort around here at
all. In 1911 l and my sister went to
Europe. and while we were away
Anna Aumuller. I understand, did not
get along very well with the woman
left in charge as housekeeper. For
this reason the girl left. When we
returned home from Europe she
again applied for work, and was re-
engaged. She worked here until Au-
gust 80 last. and then left, saying
that she was going to be married. but
she gave no details of her arrange
ments."
Told His Fellow Priest.
Early yesterday. according to pa
rishioners of the church, Schmidt said
to Rev. Father Huntmann, rector of
st. Joseph's, that he would hear no
more confessions, and when asked
for his reason said: IT have some
thing of Importance to tell you"
With his superior. Schmidt then
retired to the study. where the latter
told all that had TRANSFERRED in the
Bradhurst avenue fiat.
Father Huntmann conferred with
his other assistants and 1t was agreed
that the authorities should be no
tilted. The police, however. were
even then on Schmidt's trail. and his
arrest followed shortly.
From the headquarters of the Cath
olic diocese of New York a state
ment was issued stating that Schmidt
was not a New York priest, being
called a "wanderer." Mgr. Murphy
said that he had come to New York
from Trenton. and through the inter
cession of some German friends had
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