Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
DUAL LIFE
Of GIRL s
SLAYER
Barred
Man Who Killed AumuIIer Girl
Posed as Priest by Day and
Caroused at Night.

NEW YORK. Sept. Ills Hans
Schmidt, forger counterfeiter, muir
derer, now held in the Tombs, the
same Hans Schmidt who was or
dained TO the priesthood in Germany
five or six years ago, or is the pris-
oner here an impostor who in some
way came into the possession of the
credentials of the real Father Hans
Schmidt?
This is the question that the police
and the Catholic clergy to-day are
asking, and to find an answer the
photograph and complete descrip-
ton of the prisoner were sent to Ger
many to see if they tally with the real
priest.
The belief is expressed here that
the real Father Schmidt came TO his
death in Germany and that the pris-
oner seized his papers and name and
used them to further his own crimi-
nal aims
Priest a JekyIl and Hyde.
More revolving details of the life
led by Schmidt during the past year
are just coming to life. His was a
DR.. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde existence in
real life. Everything tends to show
that Schmidt during the day lived
model life, but as soon as night came
he Invested himself of his priestly
garb and INDUCED in orgies that
eclipsed even those that are common
in the underworld
There seems no doubt to-day in
the minds of the public that Schmidt
is a monster and a master GRIM
inal-a man who would stop at moth
ing to gain the end he desired. Aud
It is the belief of most of those who
have come in contact with the man
that his expressions, intended to ere
ate the impression that he is a mad
man, is a part of a shrewd scheme by
which he intends to cheat the death
chair.
That Schmidt cut the throat of the
Aumuller girl and then dismembered
her body because he feared she would
expose his relationship with her was
learned to-day through the story told
by Annie Hirt, who worked with An
ma Aumuller in st. Boniface's rec
tory.
Through this story the police learned
that even before Miss Aumuller was
placed in the fiat by Schmidt. where
he later murdered her, child was
born to her-in another part of the
city.
Hid News of Child's Death.
The little babe died soon after COM
ing into the world. Whether it's dea+l
was from natural causes ar whether
it was killed is not known. After
the birth of the child, it is said,
Schmidt told the girl he would take
care of it, placing it in an orphanage,
and that as soon as possible he would
desert his duties as priest, rent fiat,
come to live with her as her husband
and bring the child with him. He
never told the girl it was dead.
1t was evident from the converse
ton Miss Aumuller had with Miss
Hirt just a day or two before the
Aumuller girl quit her position in the
rectory to live in the fiat, that she
had lost faith in Schmidt's promise
to her. Tearfulyl she told Miss Hirt
that she was in great trouble"
Miss Hirt pleaded with her to I'M
burden herself then. Then girl de-
cided that she would waitu ntil Tues
day of the next week, promising that
if then her troubles had not vanished
she would tell her story not molly to
Miss Hirt but to Father Braun pas
tor of st. BOniface's Church.
1t is believed that Schmidt prom
ised the girl that on September
Tuesday he would come to the girl
and live TlLb Lax.