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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
SCHMIDT, GIRL SSLAYER,
DEFIES STATE To PROVE
IDENTITY Of HIS VICTIM
Priest Declares District Attorney Can
Not SendE1im to Electric Chair Until
Head of Anna Aumuller Is Found
and Corpus Deficit Is Established.

| fear from the electric chair. l am
willing to- have it all ended right
now"
Rely on Insanity Plea.
Despite Schmidts belief that the
District Attorney will not be able to
prove the corpus deficit, Assistant
District Attorney Delehanty tonight
pointed out that there is sufficient
evidence now in hand to prove the
murder of Anna Aumuller, aside from
Schmidt's confession.
Attorney Koelble, on the other
hand. is confident that the reading Of
the confession in court will prove to
any jury that Schmidt is insane He
will confer with Mr.. Delehanty Mon
day on the appointment of an alienist
to examine Schmidt.
Whatever the alienist says, I'll
stand by" said Mr.. Koelble tonight.
Schmidt refused to-day to answer
any questions regarding the stolen
death certificate blanks which were
found in his possession. He admitted
that he had marked certain members
of the congregation of st. Joseph's for
Staying because he believed they
would be better off dead.
Il intended to help them to bet
ter world" he said. Many of them
l know would be better off in the next
world than in this.
Willing to Kill Sufferers.
81 believe in euthanasia. l know
many persons wish TO die, but can not.
This is one of the great social prob
! lens.
ITO help into a better world the
| incurables and those who wished to
die but could not was a part of my
general plan to benefit the world.
IN. fhnr n
| there were too many children in the
world and too little money, so l sold
medicine under the name Of DR.. Mol
| iere to reduce the birth rate and
planned to manufacture money to re-
| lieve those already overburdened with
| children"
| schmidt denied having made any
! list OF those whom he had selected
as victims, but said that he had In
! his mind several men, women ana
! children, and that he soon would have
| begun his work of determination If he
| had not been arrested for the murder
of Anna Aumuller.
| Witnesses were found to-day by the
| police who are believed to have seen
| Schmidt carrying away the torso OF
| the murdered girl on the evening Of
! September 8, about "a hours after he
| had killed her and dismembered the
| body. These witnesses will be con-
| fronted with Schmidt in the Tombs
! tomorrow or Monday.
Muret Tells of His Life.
DIR" Muret alleged confederate of
| Schmidt in his counterfeiting scheme
stated to-day that he was born in
! Chicago and left there for Germany
with his parents when he was about
three years old.
He denied many of the police
charges concerning his record in Lon
don and elsewhere, but declined to
volunteer any facts concerning him
self. The police, he said. wanted, this
information and should be compelled
to dig it up" themselves. He de-
MED that he had ever used an alias,
and said he had never been in trou-
Bile with the police before now.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Worlds Arch Criminal Revealed
liz Life Story of Hans Schmidt

NEW YORK. Sept. 2O.-Since the
apprehension of Schmidt as the MUIR
derer of Miss Aumuller and his con-
fession, not a day has failed to add
some details of the mans strange life
story. 1t seems to the police that the
whole world is interested. A thread
has been picked up here and there,
this tangle has been unravelled, and
from the warp and wool the nara =
tives OF his career has been woven.
The police and the court authorities
now realize that they have to deal
with one of the arch criminals of the
age.
Inspector Faurot is not alone in be
lieving that time will rank this as the
worlds most celebrated murderer. AS
the inspector says, the Rev. Hans
Schmidt has been shown to be one
of the brainiest criminals in any
land.
If this man had not made one little
mistake and bought a pillow different
from any other pillow sold, Faurot de-
clares that Schmidt would have de-
veloped into a master plotter for a
band of smaller criminals around him,
launching out and abandoning half
way criminality to make himself a
factor in the big crimes of the world.
Here is his story so far as it is
known:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CHAPTER III.

In Louisville, KY, in 1909 a young
man appeared in clerical garb and
introduced himself as the Rev Hans
Schmidt to the priests of St. Johns
Church. He was not appointed to any
place himself but to his new friends,
the young priests, he showed what
purported to be dismissOrial letters
from Munich proving him a priest.
Also at that time the Rev. Hans
Schmidt left Louisville and present
ing letters believed to be forged in
Trenton, was received as a visiting
priest and allowed to assist at a
church.
While the Rev. Hans Schmidt was
in Louisville Dr. Arnold Held appear
ed in Chicago and registered at col
lege of mechanic therapy. He was an
especially brilliant student and talked
Of having been educated at the Gym
nasium at Koenigsberg, in Germany.
So brilliant was he that in May, 1903,
he was given a certificate or diploma.
He lived on the North Side in a
family where there was a pretty
young girl. The family disappeared
and DIR. Held left Chicago about the
same time and no trace of either
could afterward be obtained.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CHAPTER II.

Frau Schmidt sat gazing into the
flames in the CRATE and thought of
the youth of her boy, Johannes. Time
and again in those days he had
brought tears to her eyes. At Mainz
Seminary his FRANKS had scandalized
her. He had even on one occasion sat
in a bathtub stark naked playing a
guitar, while other students and the
learned teachers looked agha st
through the open door.
At Munich again, where ne was sent
for further schooling, his love affairs
with women OF questionable character
became a public scandal and led to
his disgrace. Nevertheless. he was
ordained and sent to officiate at St
Elizabeth's Church. He abandoned
the altar in a solemn part of the
services at Gonzenheim and ran cry
ing through the aisles and later dis
appeared from the town after an af-
fair. Then he was involved in forgery
and dismissed
A close companion of Johannes
Schmidt in these youthful days Of
revelry and affairs with women was
a cousin, Adolph Mueller, none other
than the dentist and associate Of
Schmidt in New York under arrest
and booked by the police as DR.. Err
nest Muret.
Mueller fed to England and
Schmidt fed to America. Constantly
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

they kept in touch. but secretly of
necessity.
Mueller became first Doctor Estein,
and in that guise was employed to
teach languages in the Hugo Ian
guage Institute in London He pad
ded his accounts and was discharged,
Immediately afterwards launching out
in another and poorer quarter of the
city as 'Dr. Ernst, teaching a tongue
in one month"
Next he became a surgeon, DR.. Mu-
ret, and was an organizer of medi-
cal aid society that provided families
with medical attendance and medi-
cine for three pence weekly. The
Medical Defense Union caused the ar
rest of the bogus doctor, and MuTet
dropped out of sight. while Scotland
Yard held warrants for white slavery.
Illegal operations, attacking young
girl and fraudulently posing as a ply
stefan.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CHAPTER v.

While the detectives and newspa-
per men sat listening the Rsy.
Schmidt told the story OF his crime.
& tale never equaled in the annals OF
crime. He told Of his relations with
Anna Aumuller and went on: But
Anna talked to me about our chilli
soon to be born. The full realization
or our sin became apparent to me
The fact began to worry me
AT first l could not think out my
course. Anna pleaded. Then I de-
cided that we should be married Sew
eral days before | killed har we were
married at the City Hall. We gave
our true names. You win find the
records.
I'VE decided then that we should
have a home I set about finding q
location. We knew that for a time,
until we decided how to declare our
selves before the world, it must be a
secluded one
Il engaged the apartment at No SIS
Bradhurst avenue. | fixed II up with
a little furniture. I bought the fur
niture we thought we required.
anna went there and we began our
married life. But | was worried II
our relation became known. how
could ! explain?
Il thought it all out alone and de-
cided to kill my wife.
My decision made, it was time,
thought, to act. l went out and hunt
ed for tools. | came downtown. l
thought / could best do it with A
butcher knife
Il went to little shop in Center
street, just south Of Worth street, or
near that street, and bought the
butcher knife and the saw.
Il took the tools with me to or
apartment on the night OF Septem-
Der l. Anna was lying in her bed.
do not know whether she was asleep
Stepping over to the bed with the
butcher knife, ! seized her and told
her quickly that l had come to carry
out my threat.
81 cut her throat with the butcher
knife while l held her While the DO iy
was still warm | rushed into the bath
room with it, ! threw her into the
bathtub. And then l cut her up.
Il cut the body into five or six
pieces.
Then I went out and bought tar
moth paper IN which to wrap the
pieces.
Il used the first things that came to
my mind to use as first coverings for
the parts. I jammed one section into
the pillow slip. | used, I think, part
OF the bedspread to wrap about the
legs OF arms. I may have used some
of Annals lingerie.
MY work was rapid. I wanted to
get rid of the head 1t was the first
thing l took away. l wrapped it IN
paper and tied It up like a package.
with the head under my arm. !
made my way to the river. ! bought
a ferry ticket and got aboard the fer
~ to Fort Lee. I laid the package
down on the seat beside me in the
waiting room and again on the ferry
boat. No one noticed. There were
many passengers.
"As the boat neared midstream
picked up my package and sauntered
to the stern Of the boat. As no one
paid attention to me, and I felt sure
that ! was not observed / dropped the
head into the river 1t disappeared.
Il hurried back to the fiat as soon
as the boat brought me back to Man
haitian. ! did up each part OF the body
in a package small enough to carry
conveniently without attracting too
much attention. ! made sure that no
blood showed. Then l went to the
river with each piece.
My course was the same with each
package. : laid them on the seats
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CHAPTER w.

It was at St. Boniface's Church,
New York, established as assistant
as assistant pastor on letters from
Trenton that Hans Schmidt first met
the young girl. Anna Aumuller, then
a maid in the church house. The
young man was so brilliant, and when
he talked of st. Elizabeth and Of his
right to officiate at their own mar
riage this in the name of the saint,
every word seemed true
Trusting, believing, the girl soon
found herself in deep despair. She
talked to her family and friends of
the charity of the Rev. Schmidt and
of his gifts to the poor. She said
nothing more. But finally the day
came that the housekeeper suspected,
and Anna had to leave the rectory.
But at that time the Rev. Schmidt
had already gone to another church,
and at St. Joseph's. in l25th street,
preached at the services for night
workers.
Then came the strange disappear
ance of Anna Aumuller, the finding
on August 81 of the torso and limbs
in the river, the tracing of the odd
pillow slip-wonderful detective work
and finally the visit of the detec-
tives to the church house soon after
midnight last Sunday.
Father Schmidt was in bed. He was
awakened. In his black Cassock of
confessional he strobe slowly down
the stairs-a man of middle age and
middle height, of high forehead, low
ering eyes, firm jaw and weak mouth.
He saw the six strangers at the foot
Of the stairs. He saw Father Hunt
mann's wondering, shocked face. But
he came on, slowly, steadily.
All were silent until he reached the
foot of the stairs
Like a fash, Faurot sprang for
ward. He held a picture OF Anna
Aumuller before the eyes of Schmidt
Did you kill that girl?" snapped
the inspector
The priest held Up his hands, shift
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Although
he had expressed a desire to be placed
on trial Immediately, Hans Schmidt,
confessed murderer of Anna Aumuller,
to-day made a slight change of front.
In a conference with his counsel,
Alphone Koelble, Schmidt exclaimed:
THE District Attorney will never
be able to put me In the electric chair.
He's UP against it, and he knows it."
What makes you say that?" asked
the lawyer.
why. he hasn't found the head of
that body, has he. and he can not
prove its Anna Aumuller unless he
can show the head. can he? Sun
pose 1 did admit the killing? What
of that? He's got to show in court
that did it, and without the body be e
ing positively identified. he is going
to fail
81 won't try to stop him from con-
victing, however. I have nothing to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

ing his eyes from the face of the
woman he had slain.
YES. YES, l KILLED HER" he
said in a choking whisper.
His arms fell. He reached them
pleadingly toward the good gray
priest, his master in the church. Fa-
Their Huntmann shrank from the prof
fered embrace as from a thing stain
ed. With a sizing of his arm ne swept
him aside. Schmidt staggered back
"--Because | loved her" he said
as if he were finishing his first words
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

h fear from the electric chair. l am
d willing to- have it all ended right
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CHAPTER VI.

Following the confession. rapidly
came the police discovery that the
cousins, who in youth connived to-
gether at Mainz were together still
In st. Nicholas. not far from the
church of the Rev Schmidt. was the
dentist office OF DR. Ernest Arthur
Murel, II was there that the two
men had plotted crime.
One of the Dlaps OF the Rev.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

Schmidt was to make counterfeit
money, and to relieve the poor OF
this country and Germany" as he
says. The minister engraved the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

/ where other passengers sat on the
ferry boat when ! sat down. | tossed
them into the water whenever the
first opportunity presented. 1t was
done"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

plates, crudely enough at first, but
better az he practiced. The place Of
safe-keeping for the counterfeiting
outfit was in the laboratory of Dr.
Muret, the dentist.
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Evening journal., 1913-05-27
CIVIC RETTERMENT.

From the American City
II has long been evident TO the edi-
tors OF The American City that the
business associations Of the country,
with a number Of striking exceptions
have failed to realize their opportuni-
ties for acceleratlng the movement to-
ward civic betterment. Communica-
tlons from many officers and members
indicate that lack OF a definite pro-
gram is the rule; that, In the last
analysis, such organizations too often
exist, not because of any fundamental
purpose, but rather because Of the
persistence OF one or more leading
spirits Presumptive evidence Of such
condition Is seen I'm the custom OF
many organizations OF exhibiting, as
the great achievement of the year, a
superlatively-ad adjectived come-to-our-
city booklet which. with the alteration
of few pictures and figures, NJ al
most as we'll any other city Of similar
size.
A noticeable change, however. Is
beginning to take place In the pur-
poses and methods of these CONNER
cial organizations. Thus, IN some
cities, bombastic literature advertis-
ing "unequaled shipping facilities Is
giving way TO a scientific study Of To-
cal industrial and civic conditions.
Perfunctory statements Of alleged rea-
sons why industries should locate
there are being superseded by facts
as to housing conditions and supervis-
sion OF the milk supply Some OF the
funds formerly spent In the ENTER
tainment" of visitors are being ap-
piled towards better recreation facili-
ties for the citys present and future
Inhabitants. Instead OF bonuses to at
tract factories, the modern movement
seeks a sturdy, contented and intelli-
gent citizenship, Throughout the
country, In short, is being evidenced
steadily broadening view Of civic
opportunities for the capitalizing Of
ideals
Evening journal., 1913-05-27
REPUBS NOT
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BALLOT ATTACK
Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.
whether II was duly nominated p.
the polls or at a meeting.
The Department OF Elections. beir
satisfied that the National Piogrcs-
sive Party is bona fide party. a
cepted the ticket without question an
gave It place on the ballot whic
has been printed. and which is nov
ready for distribution Some of IL,
ballots already have been turned oy,
to the Republican and Democrat,
city committees for Distribute, a
among their voters.
The Bull Moose committee an.
pointed last night is for the purpo q
set forth in the following fosolutio 1
adopted by the Bull Moose Progress
sive city committee.
Resolved. That committee cf
four of which the city chairman shall
be ex-oflicio chairman shall he ap-
pointed by this committee for the pur-
vose Of taking such legal action ?3
they shall deem necessary and propcr
to prevent the use OF the pronosc
Illegal ballot in the coming city cleo
ton and to require that each political
party having the right under the law
to space and column on the official
ballot shall he confined to one nrl
one only OF such spaces and columns" 4"
Evening journal., 1913-05-27
Editorial Opinion
HEALTH AND MATRIMONY.
From the Milton Times

From the Milton Times.
Surely "the world do move" And
1t Is getting there very fast. II a
few years ago we were told that the
time was not far distant when the
parties contracting a marriage must
produce health certificates we would
have perhaps doubted IT, But It is so.
In Chicago it is law. A few days ago
the clergy Of the Episcopal Church Of
the Diocese Of Pittsburgh In conven-
ton assembled went on record as be-
ing opposed to performing any mar
rioges unless health certificates we're
furnished by the contracting parties.
And so this particular wave Of human
betterment seems to be coming east
ward. Let it come, and let Delaware
be prepared to join the movement.
Evening journal., 1913-05-27
OUR STREET MARKETs.

From the Wilmington Labor Herald.
The street markets, that at one time
gave the people Of Wilmington their
necessities at reasonable prices, and
with the middleman's profit eliminated,
have about outliyed their usefulness,
as the prices now demanded by the
hucksters and farmers lined up
against the curbs OF the several
streets that the city so graciously do
mated TO them are outrageously high.
even higher than the prices asked IN
the market houses OF Philadelphia,
where the farmers and hucksters are
paying heavy rentals for the privilege
Of doing business. The farmers sur
rounding Wilmington within a radius
OF ten TO fifteen miles. have been hav-
ing a bonanza of late, and appear TO
have forgotten all about the wonder
ful privilege they enjoy from the city
OF Wilmington Great dissatisfaction
Is being expressed from all quarters,
and a proposed ordinance Is even he
ing limited at that will drive the muck
sters and farmers OF the streets en-
tirely, and II they wish TO sell etuff
In Wilmington they will be compelled
to occupy buildings in which to 10
business where they Will have 10 pay
rent the same as do the legitimate
merchants OF tho city. The hund iaJ
OF wagons lined up along the curb, one
against the other on our streets from
one end to the other cause great In
convenience 10 the merchants doing
business on these thoroughfares and
they have been exceedingly lenient
with them I'm the past, but with dis
satisfied public back OF them, there
promises to he something doing in the
near future that even the grange can
not cope with. The farmers and huck-
stere must be made to understand that
Wilmington did not give them the use
Of our streets two days a week
throughout the year only to have It's
citizens robbed.
Evening journal., 1913-05-27

possibly all Of them are poor in the
sense that they are now incapable Of
labor and therefore dependent upon
others for food, clothing and shelter.
The fact that these men did not serve
the entire ninety days required by the
general pension law was not their
fault A great many men whose en-
listment record is no longer, but
whose service was not more important,
are now recognized as veteran soldiers
and are honored by admission to the
pensioned roll of Civil War veterans.
Cannot the nation afford to recog-
nize these men as pensionable vet
erans? Cannot Senator Salisbury az
ford to champion their cause. and II
necessary propose a bill in The Senate
10 that effect?
Evening journal., 1913-05-27

LONDON. May 27.-whom will the
Prince Of Wales marry? All England
is beginning to ask this question seri-
ously. now that the heir to the throne
is quite a man. The names of Princess
Elizabeth Of Roumania, the pretty
daughter Of the crown prince of that
country. and Of the Grand Duchess
Tatiana Of Russia have been men
toned by the court gossips. 1t is said
Evening journal., 1913-05-27
ODD FELLOWS VISIT TONIGHT

About 125 members OF Jefferson
Lodge No 2, !. o. o. f.. will pay a
return visit to American Star Lodgr
J. o. o. f., OF Philadelphia. tonight
The members OF the local 'odge VII
leave the French street station al
O'Clock on a special train and will !
met at Broad street station by Ame
ican Star Lodge with band. Th-
transportation committee compr's Sc
Howard Fly. John W. Nolan and Ar
thur c. Price.
Evening journal., 1913-05-27
MORE TIME on RETTRN.

Chancellor Charles NJ. Curtis has
extended the time of fling the return
on the rule TO show cause why a pre-
liminary Injunction should not issue
IN the case of Harry A. Fitzjarrell
VS.. the Consolidated Film and supply
Company and william Oldknow. The
company is a Delaware CORPORATION
with a capital stock Of S250O00.