Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-15
NEW YORK MURDER MYSTERY
F,NALLv cLEAREo By,ARREsT
AND IDENTIFICATION.
HAD sEcnErLY WED.
aIvEs LovE'As MOTIVE
Rev. Hans Schmidt Taken Into Custody
For Brutal Crime and Admits ALL
Killed Young Woman ~ She Slept
Police Believe Murder Was Due 70
Fact Girl Was to Bseems Mother.

eph's Roman Catholic church. charged
with the murder Of Anna Aumuller, q
domestic. the mystery surrounding the
finding twelve days ago Of parts Of the
dismembered body OF q girl in the
Hudson river. was solved. Schmidt, &C.
cording to the police reports, has con-
fessed and at the time Of his arrest
attempted to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat with Q safety razpr
blade.
y killed hsr because I loved her 20
much" Schmidt II alleged to have told
his captors. but the police version OF
the motive for the crime is that the
young woman was about to become q
mother. He had married her thru a
ceremony Of his own performing,
without witnesses.
According to the police and the dis
trict attorneys. office. Schmidt's con-
fession was full and absolute. In 1t he
Is quoted az saying that he killed his
companion with Z butchers knife and
cut up the body with the knife and a
saw. The deed was committed. accord
ing to the police. while the woman
slept shortly after midnight on Sept.
2. in an apartment in Bradhurst ave-
nue.. where the priest had placed her
five days before.
Cut Up Body and Threw Il Into River
When her heart had ceased beating,
according to the alleged confession.
Schmidt carried the body from the bed
to the bath room and placing 1t in
the tub began Immediately his CORY
task Of cutting It up. With the keen
knife and the saw he cut of the head.
arms and leEx Still fearful Of detec-
I tton. NJ then cut the body In two. Five
bundles wrapped II bed clothes and
papefx were made OF the six parts
FIVE times Schmidt left the apartment
with : bundle to cross the Hudson riv-
er 20 the Jersey shore. Five times he
leaned over the stern Of the ferry boat
In lnidstream and gently gave the
river his burden. Then he returned to
his church.
Stain Of the girls blood still dis
colored the bath tub when detectives
searched the Bradhurst avenue apart
ment yesterday.
Schmidt told the police he had TAX
en- the mattress on which she lay when
he dealt the death blow, under cover
Of darkness to vacant lot nearby and
burned 1T.
~
Things, the police found marriage IL
cense issued In New York last Feb
ruary and bearing the names Of the
priest and the murdered woman. This
license had been used. According to
Schmidt's confession he went thru q
marriage ceremony with the girl. In
this ceremony. Schmidt was both
priest and bridegroom; there were no
witnesses.
A Eayly colored pillow Of unusual
pattern led to Schmidt's apprehension
This pillow. stained with blood and
soiled with Sthe nth Of the river. was
wrapped around q portion Of the torso
The detectives traced the pillow to
its manufacturer: the manufactures
traced it to the dealer; the dealer
traced It to Schmidt. And the police
tracing Schmidt and the girl, knew all
about both Of them hours before they
arrested him.
Schmidt was arrested by Inspector
Faurot, in charge OF the detective bu-
reau. The priest was dressed in full
clerical garb when the detective entered
his rooms in the parish house of his
church in West lOne Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street The inspector had
produced photograph OF Miss Aumul-
Ter and asked Schmidt IL he knew the
girl. ::
The priest after moment Of hesita-
ton inquired whether his visitors were
police officers. His actions indicated
that he was expecting arrest. He then
asked permission to change his clothes
and It was when he left the room that
Inspector Faurot declared he attempted
to cut his throat with q small safety
razor blade
Early today. according to partshion-
ers Of the church, Schmidt said to the
Rev. Father Huntmann. rector Of st
Joseph,s church, that he would hear
no more confessions and when asked
for his reason said:
Il have something Of Importance to
tell you"
Tells Superior Of His Crime.
With his superior, Schmidt then re-
tired to the study where the latter told
all that had transpired in the Brad
hurst avenue nat where he alleged con-
session to the police says he murdered
the girl. Father Huntmann conferred
with his other assistants and It was
agreed that the authorities should be
notified. The police, however. were
even then on schmidts trail, and hi.
arrest followed shortly.
Schmidt vas taken to the Tombs. Ac.
cording to the police. he made full
confession after which he was taker
before Coroner Wsinbers, who com.
mitted him to the Tombs until the in
quest u held. The confession, which
the police say Schmidt signed, follows:
II met Anna Aunuller two years 'agc
at the parish house Of st. Bonifac>
church. She was employed - servant
shere. was attricted by her beauty
became infatuated with ner .!s:e1
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