Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-15

] I must pay the penalty. There is nothing else for me to do. But l loved Anna Aumuller.
 Wanted Him to Marry Her. i She wanted me to marry her and i I procured a marriage license. She 1 trusted me.
 I am a priest and ordained to per- ! form the marriage ceremony, so when l she insisted upon ceremony l mar ried myself to her. There was no need l of any other priest doing it. It was l just as absolute as if I had called in 1 another person with authority to per ! form a marriage ceremony. She was my wife"
 Schmidt, after being assigned to 8 ! cell in the Tombs, removed his coat and using 1t as a pillow, lay down and went to sleep.
 Ordained in Germany in 1904. The priest. according to his story of his life. was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany in 1881 He attended the years of age and then went to college in Mainz, Germany. At the age of IS. Schmidt enrolled in St. Augustine's seminary, in Mainz, and on Dec, g, 1904. was ordained by Bishop Kestein, connected with that institution He was assigned to St. Elizabeth's church in Darmstadt, Germany, where he re- mained for six months and was next sent to a village church at Burgels Germany. He spent a year at BurgeI and came tc America because of poor health, After remaining in New York city a short time he was assigned to a church at Louisville, Ky, in 1909 he went to Trenton, Y, J,s and in De- cember. 1910. he became assistant to Father Braun. rector of St, Boniface's church, where be met the Aunulier girl
 Girl Was Faithful Worker.
 In November, 1912, Schmidt left St. Bondfface to become assistant rector Of St Joseph's church, the assignment he held at the time of his arrest today.
 Little ts known of the history of Anna AumuIler before she took em- ployTnent in the St BOniface parish house the week before Christmas, 1910. According to a statement Issued to- night by Father Braun, she left the parish house the summer Of 1911, returning on Thanksgiving issued tonight by Father Braun, she left the parish house in the summer of 1911, returning on Thanksgiving day, 1912, and left the second time August 90 last 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 housekeeper, had become attached to the girl because she was very pleas ant and a faithful worker.
 Victim Was 21 Years of Age.
 @Au l know about her." he said, ''is that she came to this country from Germany about two and a half years ago. ] understand she was an orphan and have a. dim recollection that she may possibly have come to us through an advertisement that I placed in the newspaper for 8 girl, While she had no credentials l employed her."
 DaGDi1a statement 1n another maid employed in the rectory that she was leaving to be married, Father Braun said tonight that he was forced to discharge her two weeks ago ''be- cause her mode of living was unsatis- factory"
 The girl as nearly as could be learn ed, was 21 years of age.
 Clever Detective Work.
 The many clues presented by anna teur detectives and by the parents and friends of missing girls as to the pos sibIe identity of the murdered young woman, after the recovery of parts of her body the week before last did not lead the men under Inspector Faurot astSay, and a clever piece of detective work finally led to the clearing up of the mystery
 Inspector Faurot had assigned De- tectives James J. O'Neill, Frank Cas- sasa and Richard McKenna, to locate
 
 a house to house search in the vicinity of the little second hand furniture store of George Sachs, 2768 Eighth avenue, where was purchased the pill low slip in which parts of the body were wrapped. In this same locality the tar paper found with parts of the torso was purchased, it was learned, TrafIed the Pillow Slip. Sachs record, after a careful going over, revealed that the pillow slip had been sent to a purchaser at the Brad hurst avenue address. On Saturday the detectives learned that the third floor rear apartment had been rented recently, but that the occupants had not been seen for several days An inspection of the 1at-the one in which Schn1idt's alleged confession says the murder was ommitted-convinced the detectives that they had found the place where the river victims body stains
 Father Braun Interviewed
 Tn the flat were two trunks and a satchel the property of Miss Aumuller In the satchel the detectives found letters that connected the murdered girl with the rectory of the St. Boni- face church. Armed with this infor- nation. and a description from the su- perintendent Of the apartment house of the man who had rented the fiat, the detectives interviewed Father Braun, rector of St. Boniface.
 From Father Braun the detectives learned that Miss AumulIer left his employ two weeks ago and that Fa- ther Schmidt while an assistant rector there, had shown unusual interest in the girl. although his actions had not aroused the suspicious of his superior.
 Schmidt Called "WanasFsr,"
 The detectives, pieoing their threads of evidence together. then delyed into the life Of Father Schmidt, and last night they completed their net of facts before Inspector B'aurot, who had directed the search from the beginning.
 With three detectives and hIs seere- tary. Inspector Faufot went over the evidence to be sure that nothing re- mained unconsidered, and at an early hour this morning they arrived at ths reetory of St, JeseRi's church. The arrest If Schmidt followed d few noz meats laier. While h6t denying that the Rev. Hans Schmidt had been or- ds1ned and had baeH permitted te ettt-