Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-03
IN FRENZY
WHEN CORONER'S
JURY CALLS HIM
GIRL SLAYER
Father Schmidt Hurls Rosary
at Reporters When Verdict
Is Announced at COroner's
Inquest.
PRISONER SANE OPINION
OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY
thy Leased wBe 20 nvenlng uerald.I

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New York. Oct. 3.--Hans schmidt.
the priest who murdered Anna Aum-
uller. became frenzied today al the
corOner's inquest into the death OF hts
victim, rose from his seat. ripped from
his neck the rosary he had worn ever
since his Incarceration, tore n into
many bits and hurled them al tho
newspaper reporters sitinr half a
dozen steps away The jury found
him responsible for the girls death.
District Attorney Whitman express
ed the positive conviction today that
Hans schmidt IL sane. schmidt VIII
be placed on trial for the murder OF
Anna Aumuiler. who he slew as sha
slept. dismembered and sank IN the
Hudson river on September 2 last.
Mr.. Whltman's opinion. Il Is under
stood, IN based on the conclusions or
the four alenists who have examined
schmidt IN the Tombs az Mr.. Whit
mans behest Their formal report
Will be made soon.
Schmidts outOurst Of temper oc-
curred In the presence OF jury OF
mlillonaires empanelicd 60 conduct
the inquest
The verdict was quickly found. IL
follows.
I'VE. the jury. believe that Anna
Aumuller came to her death on Sep
tember 2. 1919, at No. gS Bradhurst
avenue. al the hands OF Hans
Schm.at."
schmidt was Immediately remanded
TO the Tombs without bail TO await
the action OF the grand jury.
Theodore +. ShOnts, president OF
the InterbOrOush Rapid Transit COM
pany was foreman Of the jury. Ills
fellow Jurors Included Vincent Astor.
y. j. Greonhut, merchant; Mortimer
ROgcnsberg. cigar manufactures. anu
y. =. Marston, banker
During the examination Of witnesses
not n trace OF emotion crossed
schmidrs face, but Coroner Felnbergs
charge seemed 10 lash the prisoner in
20 a sudden tempest of fury. Jump
ing 20 his fet. his eyes blazing and his
lips moving, schmidt tore the rosary
from his neck with single sweep Of
his arms and before detectives could
stay him had snapped Il into many
parts and hurled them at the news
paper men.
The torso os the victim viewed by
the jury was identified by Anna IIirt,
who r0omod with the Aumuller girl al
the parish house of So Boniface's
church. Detectives, the physician
who made the autopsy and Inspector
Favrot. TO whom Schmidt confessed,
testified. Faurot detailed in a hun
dreds words or less the substance OF
the confession.
"Do YOU wish TO place your client
on the stand Coroner Fcinhorg next
asked counself of Schmidt.
The answer was negative and the
coroner apparently expecting that
Schmidt would testify asked, II the
priest had nothing to say.
Nothing whatevr." replied the
lawyer.
The coroner's charge was brief. Tie
told the fury that II could lind that
Anna Aumuller came t0 her death at
| the hands of an unknown person or
that she was killed by a person to be
named by the jury.
'Iians schmidt does not appear he
| fore you on a trial for murder" he
said. '"You are simply to lnd ver-
diet as coroner's jury"
Within the nfteen minutes from the
time the first witness had taken the
stand the jury had Withdrawn. With
In ten minutes more Il had returned
with its verdict
Counsel for schmidt issued a state
ment this afternoon saying that his
clients outbreak had been provoked
by the coroner's jury Hao had made
"a holiday" Of the inquest and had
iappealed to pubhc-splrited oitizons
for funds To bury Anna Aumuller
Schmidt resented this, he said, ana
hurled his rosary and some coins nj
the newspaper men because he
Thought they were laughing al the
coroner's iury's unusual appeal.