Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18

with a part of her precious body in a
bundle. when the ferryboat reached the
middle of the stream, l would throw a
piece of it into the water and when the
boat reached the other side of the river
/ would return and go back to the fiat
After | had disposed of the body I
wanted to destroy all evidence Of the
crime. I took the mattres- on which l
had slain her and carried It to n vacant
lot at 144th street and Seventh avenue
and there / burned It,
81 MUST PAY THE PENALTY"
Il am guilty; that is all I ca say. I
must pay the penalty. There is nothing
else for me to do. But / loved Anna
| Aumuller.
| "She wanted me to marry her and I
procured a marriage license She trusted
! me.
| II am a priest and ordained to perform
the marriage ceremony, so when she in
! sisted upon n ceremony, l married myself
| to her There was no need of any other
priest doing it. 1t was Just as absolute
as if l had called in another person with
authority to perform a marriage cere-
mony. She was my Wife
, Schmidt, after being assigned to a cell
in the Tomhs. removed his coat and
sing it as his pillow laid down and went
to sleep
The priest, according to his sketch Of
his life. was born in Aschaffcnburg, Ger
many, in 1881. He was educated there
and at Mainz, Germany, and ordained in
the latter city in December 1904
Eighteen months later, because of
hoo 10 h.
being assigned to church at Louis
vile, Ky. In 1909 he went to Trenton,
n. j., and in December, 1910 he be-
came assistant to Father Braun, rec
tor of st Bonifaces Church, where he
met the Aumuller girl
In November, 1912. Schmidt left St
Boniface to become assistant rector
Of st. Joseph's Church, the assignment
he held al the time of his arrest to-
day.
WOMAN WAS 81 AIRS OLD.
be learned, was q years old Little is
known of her history before she took
employment in the st. Boniface parish
house the week before Christmas. 1910
According to n statement issued to-
night by Father Braun, she left his
parish house in the summer OF 1911,
returning on Thanksgiving day, 1912,
and left the second time August 80,
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 housckeeper, had
become attached to the girl because
she was very pleasant and a faithful
worker.
"All ! know about her" he said, lis
that she came to this country from Ger
many about two and a half years ago.
| understand she was an orphan and
have dim recollection that she may
possibly have come to us through news
| paper advertisement"
Despite her statement to 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 because her mode of
living was tisfactory."
The many clues presented by amateur
detectives and by the parents and friends
of missing girls as to the possible 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 astray, and a clever
piece of detective work finally led to the
clearing up Of the mystery.
TRACING THE PILLOW SLIP.
Inspector Faurot had assigned Detec.
tives James j. O'Neill, Frank Cassassa
and Richard Mckenna to locate the scene
of the murder. They made a house to
house search In the vicinity of the little
secondhand furniture store Of George
Sachs, 27GS Eighth avenue, where was
purchased the pillow slip in which parts
lof the body were wrapped. In this same
locality the tar paper found with parts
lof the torso was purchased, It was
Learned.
Sachs records after a careful going
over, revealed the pillow slip had been
sent to the Bradhurst 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 fiat, the one In which
Schmidt's alleged confession saws the
murder was committed, convinced the
detectives they had found the place where
the river victims body was dissected
on the floor were blood stains.
In the nat were two trunks and a
stachol, the property of Miss Aumuler. In
the satchel, the detectives found letters
that connected the murdered girl with
the rcctory of St Boniface ~hurch
Armed with this information and a de
scription from the superintendent of the
i apartment house of the man who hat
rented the fiat, the detectives interviewed
| Father Braun, rector Of st. Boniface.
! From Father Braun the detectives
learned that Miss Aumuller left his EN-
ploy two weeks ago and that Father
Schmidt while an assistant rector there
had shown unusual interest In the girl
lalthough his actions had not aroused tn,
suspicious OF his superior
The detectives, piecing their threads o
evidence together, then delved into tn,
life of Father Schmidt and last nigh
they laid their completed net of fact
before Inspector Faurot, who had directe,
the search from the beginning
With the three detectives and his secre
tary, inspector Faurot went over tn
: evidence to be sure that nothing remain
ed unconsidered and at an carly hour thi
morning they arrived at the rcctory @