Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-22
HUDSON DETECTIVE
GIVEN NO CREDIT
William j. charlock Says
Farout Is Taking All Laurels
for Schmidt's Capture.

JERSEY CITY, Sept. 22.-Friends
of William ]. charlock, the homicide
case specialist on the detective staff
of Prosecutor Robert S. Hudspeth'
are indignant over the way In which
Police Inspector Faurot. of Manhat-
tan. and his men are "hogging" all
the credit for the discovery of Hans
Schmidt, the murderer of Anna
Aumuller. In a page article over his
own signature that appeared in
New York paper yesterday Inspector
Faurot in no way mentions or refers
to Detective Charlock, though 1t was
largely through "Bill's'' work that the
murderer was arrested and the mys-
terry solved.
Detective Charlock has in his pos
session the tag of the manufacturer
of the fatal pillow In which the torso
of the girls body was found In the
Hudson at Shadyside. After minute
search while County Physician George
w. King and his assistant. DR.: Arthur
P. Hasking. were exam ming the rag
ments of the body In Volk's morgue,
Hoboken. Detective Charlock found
the tag inside of the pillow and he
turer in Newark Shortly afterward
he fastened to Newark and got the
names of the dealers to whom that
brand of pillow had been sold. George
Sachs was on the list and in due
time Mr.. Charlock interviewed him
and found he had sold two pillows.
the first purchasers name being that
of Hans Schmidt rs Bradhurst ave
nue." The other was delivered 10 q
caaalboat man. subsequently, located
bv Charlock and found to have no
connection with the crime.
In his investigation Charlock was
aided by Detective James Bell, of the
Third precinct in Newark.
The detective went to the Brad
hurst avenue address and found nc
one home in Schmidt's fiat, and not
having the power to break In, mott
fed the Manhattan detectives that he
believed there was something doing
in the fiat. He urged the New York
men to keep the place covered. In
company with Detective Frank E.
Rennett, also of the prosecutor :
staff. Mr.. Charlock busted himself
running down the people to whom the
pillow manufacturer had sold other
lots of the pillows. This went on for
several days, the detective repeatedly
calling I'D the New YORK ponce every
day. but being informed that they
| would look into the detectives
Bradhurst avenue clue when they
got into it"
Finally, Detective Charlock man.
aged to get the ear personally of In
spector Faurot, who got busy at once
and did what Charlock would have
done himself had he been a New York
etective-followed up the clue and
landed his man. Up to this time, the
other New York sleuths were chasing
alleged clues everywhere else.
At the coroner's inquest here last
Thursday night, Coroner Schlemm
gave full credit to Detective Char
lock for the work he had done on
| this celebrated case. 1t was the work
done by the detective in New Jersey
that was the beginning of the end OF
| the mystery and when he goes on the
stand at Schmidt's trial, Mr.. Omar
| lock will make this fact plain. In
view of these facts, the detectives
| friends believe that Inspector Eau
rot ought to be man enough to admit
the big part the New Jersey detective
played in the case. Mr. Charlock him.
self has made no protest, but ne
recognizes with some amusement that
the Gotham "hawkshaws" are claim
| ing everything in sight, and that in
Biblical language they ARE reapine
where they have not sown."