The San Francisco call., 1913-09-15
KILLED GIRL.
BECAUSE |
LOVEDHER''
Slayer of Beautiful Young
Immigrant Believed to Be
an Insane ImpoStor

bearing such signature, but that he
had a number of letters which st
Elizabeth had given him.
Rev. Luke J. Evers. Catholic chap
lain in the Tombs. secured today from
Schmidt the admission that in Munich
schmidt had been arrested as an i'm
p6stor.
Mr. Schmidt is insane declared
Father Evers. "He does not seem TO
realize the enormity of his crime and
about the only answers ] can get to
questions as to why he killed the girl
lis that ST Elizabeth told him he had
TO make blood sacrifice
Through as clever a bit of detective
work as the police department has
ever known. the police efforts finally
were. directed against Schmidt. The
officers could hardly credit their con-
victions and were placed in a delicate
position as to how to approach the
priest. Finally. however. they went to
the rectory after midnight Sunday.
summoned schmidt from his room,
where he was preparing to retire.
and got him down to the reception
room.
CONFRONTED BY PICTURE
Hardly had the priest stepped into
the room when Inspector Faurot. way-
ing the picture of the murdered girl
before the clergyman's eyes. de-
manded:
Where is that girl?"
Schmidt gave one quick glance at
the picture. staggered and almost
fell Then he said:
Il killed her; I killed her because
I loved her"
Schmidt was ordered to dress and
accompany the officers to the station.
He wanted to go alone to his room.
but detectives insisted upon accom-
panying him. Schmidt asked permis-
sion then to go to the bathroom. but
he was searched first and razor
was found on his person.
What were you going to do with
that-kin yourself?" Schmidt was
asked.
+. yes he answered calmly. 4
E. made up my mind TO Kill myself if
+. eSeE was arrested. But never
. thought I. wpuld be.
II met Anna .Aumuller two years
ago at the parish house of St. Boni-
face church. She was employed as s
sssrvanr there I was attracted to her
BY her beauty. became infatuated
With. her. l loved her
KILLED HER FOR LOVE
II killed her because loved her SO
much. She was so beautiful. 1 could
not let her live without me
7 made up my mind that she and 1
could not live together. 1 was a min
lister and must remain with my
church So l opened the door Of the
fat she was asleep in the room. I
awakened her and told her / had
come to fulaI my threat. Then 1
killed her.
est Elizabeth Of Hungary. my pa
tron saint had come to me one night
and told me that a sacrifice had to
be made and that it must be done
just the same as Abraham was or
dered 10 slay Isaac
7 made trips to the Fort Lee ferry
each time with part of her precious
boGy In the bundles. When the ferry
boat reached the middle OF the stream
] would throw a piece into the water.
When the boat reached the other side
os the water I would return. go back
10 the fat and get another piece of
, her body / think / made about FIVE
or six such trips.
~"After I had disposed of the body |
wanted to destroy all evidence of the
crime. I took the mattress on which
] had slain her and carried it to a
vacant lot. There I burned it.
s'I am guilty and that is all I can
say. But I loved Anna AumuIler
She wanted me to marry her because
sshe was soon to become the mother OF
my child.
L am ordained to perform the mar
rage ceremony. so when she insisted
upon the ceremony 1 married myself
TO her.
PILLOW SLIP ONLY CLEw
WITH a pillow slip as cIew detect
ives solved the mystery of the muir
der. TheN discovered that the pillow
slip found around one section OF the
torso was purchased in the neighbor-
hood of Seventh avenue and One Hun
dred and Forty-sixth street. Then
they searched for the man, who pur-
chased the pillow slip at a second
hand store in the neighborhood
Finally they located the fat at ss
BradhNrst avenue. For two days and
snights detective fingered outside
the place
saturday night Inspector Joseph
Faurot decided to break into the fat
Il felt we were on the right track
and 7 took a chance" said Faurot. q
guess the results warrant it,
The fat was bloodstained. A knife
and saw were found. The bed, minus
its mattress, but with blood spots or
the posts, showed the detective.
where the murder was committed.
FIND GIRLS PICTURE
The officers found a picture Of tn,
murdered girl and also some paper.
70 show that she once had worked
as servant at st. Boniface rectory
A note signed by Schmidt" gave th'
police their final clew.
The detectives then went to ST
Boniface church and asked foi
Schmidt They were told that he hac
resigned and had become associated
With st. Joseph parish. They got ;
description Of Schmidt. (which tallie'
with that Of the "John Schmidt" wh'
had rented the fat
Then followed the arrest and con
fessioD