The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-18

a servant girl there. I was attracted
by her beauty. I became infatuated
with her. I loved her.
q killed her because I loved her
so much. She was so beautiful, so
good, could not let her live without
me.
Il had made up my mind that she
and I could not live together. I was
a priest and must remain with my
church. l could not let her go away
from me- So opened the door of the
fiat I awakened her. 1 told her had
come to fulfill my threat. Then I
drew the knife across her throat.
Dropped Parts in Hudson.
Il cut the body into six parts.
made trips to the Fort Lee Ferry,
each time with a part of her precious
body in a bundle. When the ferry
boat reached the middle of the
stream l would throw a piece into
the water and when the boat reached
the other side of the river I would re-
turn and go back to the fiat.
After I had disposed of the body
1 wanted to destroy all evidence of
the crime. I took the mattress on
which I had slain her and carried it
to a vacant lot and there 1 burned it.
II am guilty; that is all I can say.
I must pay the penalty. There is
nothing else for me to Go. But I loved
Anna Aumuller.
''She wanted me to marry her and
l procured a marriage license. She
trusted me.
81 am priest and ordained to per-
form the marriage ceremony, 50 when
she insisted upon ceremony 1 mar
ried myself to her. There was no
need of any other priest doing it. 1t
was just as absolute as if 1 had called
in another person with authority to
perform a marriage ceremony. She
was my wife"
Slept in His Cell.
Schmidt, after being assigned to
cell in the Tombs, went to sleep. The
Priest, according to his story, was
born in Germany in 1881. He attend
ed college and at the age of Is en-
rolled in St. Augustine's Seminary in
Maine, and on December %, 1904,
was ordained. He held several
charges in. Germany and then came
to America because of poor health.
After remaining in New York city a
short time he was assigned to a
church at Louisville, Ky.
In 1909 he went to Trenton, n. j.,
and in December, 1910, he became
assistant to Father Braun, rector Of
St. Boniface's Church, where he met
the Aumuller girl.
In November, 1912, Schmidt left
st. Boniface to become assistant rec
tor of ST. Joseph's Church, the as
signment he held at the time Of his
arrest to-day.
She was an Orphan.
Little is known of the history
of Anna Aumuller before she took
employment in the St. Boniface Par
ish House the week before Christmas,
1910. According to a statement is
sued tonight 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 housekeeper, had become attach
ed to the girl because she was very
pleasant and faithful worker.
All I know about her." he said,
lis that she came to this country
from Germany about two and a half
years ago. | understand she was an
orphan and | have a dim reccollec-
ton that she may possibly have
come to us through an advertisement
that I placed in q newspaper for a
girl. While she had no credentials,
! employed her
Despite her statement to another
maid employed in the rectory that
she was leaving to be married, Father
Braun said to might he was forced to
discharge her two weeks ago 'be-
cause her mode of living was unsatis-
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