The Washington times., 1913-09-15

Catholic church authorities of the
New York diocese. headed by Mgrs.
Mooney and Lavelle, who are vicarc
general of the diocese. held confer
encc today to learn whether or not
Schmidt really is priest Of the Cath
olic church.
ing to the church authorities, that
schmidt is an inpostor, mad that his
papers are forseries. For some years,
however. he has performed the duties
of q curate at two churches in New
York, at Trerton, and at St Louis, and
according to his own story he was I
priest in Germany before coming to
America from Bavaria in 1897.
1t was pillow slip that led directly
- the apprehension OF Schmidt as the
whose body had lain for days in the
Hoboken morgue unidentified. The mark
OF Newark manufacturer was found
on it The man who bought the pillow
slip from the manufacturer was found
in George Sachs, a Harlem dealer. Then
the trail led TO a partly furnished fiat
which Schmidt had provided for Anna
Aumulier formerly a servant in the rec
tory Of st. Boniface Chlrch.
Found Traces of Crime.
There traces Of the crime were founu
when the detectives entered. A knife
and saw used in dismembering the body
were found, as well as wire similar to
that found bound about part of the
body. Schmidt was then sought at ST
Joseph's Church.
Schmidts arrest there constitutes one
of the most dramatic incidents in the
history Of crime in New York. At IL
o'clock Inspector Faurot, went with a
squad Of detectives to the rectory.
He aroused the Rev Father Quinn,
one of the priests, and asked for
Schmidt Precautions had been taken
to prevent the escape of the suspect.
Schmidt sent word he would be down.
stairs directly In a few minutes he
appeared. seemingly perfectly calm.
Inspector Faurot stepped up To him,
and plaeing a photograph OF the mIr-
dered girl before his face, asked:
Admits Killing.
Where is this grip
Schmidt gave one quick glance at the
photograph. staggered and almost fell.
The detectives closed around him as he
rallied.
Il killed her." mumbled Schmidt.
What for?' asked Inspector Faurot.
~Because 1 loved her." replied Schmidt
This motive he repeated over and over
again to the police later, and was the
only motive he assigned for the crime
until he told Father Evers he had acted
Hungary.
With Inspector Faurot in the dimly
lighted reception room of the rectory
were Detectives John J. oNeil, John
O'ConneN. Frank Cassassa, Richard
McKenna, and Thomas Horan.. When
told he was under arrest. Schmidt asked
the privilege of retiring for a moment
before he accompanied him. He was
Faurot, but detective was sent with
him.
Intended To Kill Himself.
II was found that Schmidt carried
razor. and he later admitted that had
he been given the opportunity he would
have taken his own life.
Schmidt was bundled into an auto
mobile and taken to the West One
Hundred and Fifty-second street sta
tion house He was placed in a pri-
vate room until several witnesses could
be mustered.
In the meantime, George Sachs deal
er In secondhand furniture at "762
Eighth avenue, a short distance from
the Bradhurst avenue fiat, had beer
sent for. When he arrived Schmidt
was placed in the line with a dozen
other men and Sachs was asked If he
could identify the man who, on Au-
gust IS, had bought furniture from him
Sachs looked over the line and with
out hesitation pofnted at Schmidt and
said:
There is the man
The murderer was then taken TO
police headquarters. Here while
Coroner Feinberg and Deputy District
Attorney Murphy were being sent
for. he made g second confession.
more in detail than his first
When these officials and a stem
ographer had arrived his full con-
fcssion was made. Mr.. Murphy, as
is customary in such cases. informed
Schmidt of his legal rights and
warned him that anything he might
say would be used against MIN on
trial
From the time that he recovered
from the shock OF being shown Anna
Aumueller's picture in the rector.