The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-15
Loved Victim, a Servant In
House of His Former
Pastor.
SLEW HER IN HIRED FLAT
Catholic Church Authorities
: Think Schmidt Is an
Insane Impostor.

, Hans Schmidt. an assistant priest az s..
Joscpn's Catholic Church at 405 West
l:eth street. was arrested early yester.
day and confessed that he had murdered
, and then dismembered the body of a girl,
| parts of whose body have been found in
the North River during the past few days.
The murdered girl. whose name was
Anna Aumullcr was n servant in the
pastoral residence of the Rev. Father
Braun. rector Of st. Bonifaces Church on
the southeast corner of Forty-seventh
street and Second avenue, where Schmidt
from December, 1910 until May, 1912 was
curate.
Schmidts only explanation of the cause
of the murder yesterday was that he
! loved Anna"
Catholic Church authorities OF the
YORK York diocese. headed By Mgrs.
Mooney and Lavellc. who are wears
general OF the diocese. held a conference
yesterday after receiving reports Of an
Interview with Schmidt in Ahe Tombs by
the Rev. Father Evers TO learn whether
or not Schmidt really is a priest of the
Catholic Church
Schmidt made statements to Father
f.vers about being Ordained a priest Ly
ST. Elisabeth of Hungary. who told NE &c
XIII Anna as a sacrifice of blood" and
made many more wild statements that ia
cline to the belief that he is insane.
Think Him Impostor.
There are reasons to believe. according
to the church authorities. that Schmidt
Is an impostor. For some years. how
ever. he has performed the duties of :,
"a uf ttr Oh, -,
Trenton and at ST. Louis. and according
to his own story he was priest in Ger
many before coming to America from
Bavaria In 1907.
, Schmidt. according to Assistant District
Attorney Deacon Murphy and Police In
spector Faurot. confessed tina; he entered
four room HAT on the third floor 4,
the apartment house which he had rented
for the Aumuller girl at 6S Bradhurs,
avenue. two doors north of West l45ih
street and short block east Of Eighth
avenue, at midnight on September = and
cut her throat while she slept
He tasted the blood then he sav.
When he was sure the girl was dead he
dragged her body to the bathroom of IN.
apartment and there dsmembered IL,
Then he wrapped the parts Of tn. body
remember which. and when daylight came
he took the packages aboard Fort Lee
f"rryboats during several trips and
dropped the Packages overheard.
These trips, 50 he told the police in his
confession. took up the better part OF tn.
day following the murder and the next
reward dusk of the second day, while
trying 10 wash away signs OF his crime
lnt fl.t H..
the mattress which was so soaked with
blood that H could not oblterate the
stains.
burned stained Cloth.
Whereupon Schmidt told the police and
others yesterday he took the stained cloth
or the mattress AT nightfall TO a vacant LOT
IN li4th street between Seventh and
Eighth avenues.
In gospel tent" on the lot a religions
r'FNI was solnE ON when Schmidt went
there with bundle under his arm All
about the lot are stones like those which
Schmidt used to weight the five or six
parcels containing the head. upper torso.
lower torso. legs and arms of the girl he
had murdered.
lie told the polte during an early
morning Visit 10 the lot yesterday that he
had got the stones for weighting the body
at this place.
some boys were playing about the lot
near the tent. schmidt asked them TO
help him gather hrewood. The BOYS Glad
to have bonfire started, helped him
And they stood around while he burned
the bloody bcdclothes.
Steps taken by Inspector Faurot and
his detectives resulted in the arrest of
Schmidt when the inspector on Saturday
afternoon just before dusk decided tina.
as Francis ID, Day. who had
1denlihed the few parts of the dlsmem.
bered body OF the girl found in the North
RiWr as his sister. only 10 ADM, later
that he was mistaken, II was time to take
drastic measures to run down the very
few hopeful clues stir remaining in New
York.
Fine Detective Work.
bit of detective work that Coroner
Feinberg yesterday spoke of as some.
thing that puts the hest work Scotland
Yard or Paris to shame then was
brought about.
Inspector Faurot accompanied by De-
tectives J. J. ONeill. John O'Conneu
Frank Casassa, Richard McKenna and
Thomas Horan. decided to look up an
apartment house at IS Bradhurst ave-
Aue.
At this address had been delivered two
Of twelve pillow cases Of a ravticuiar
pattern corresponding to the pillow case
materials about tn" severed parts of the
murdered girl found In the river Ten
Of the pillow cases already had been ac-
counted for.
When George Sachs Of 276s Eighth ave.