The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-18

OF moie than an ordinary iayman's
knowledge OF surgery. These cards
read as follows:
Dr. Emile Melier, formerly assist
ant rgeon Of the Municipal woman's
hospital, Paris France, representative
OF the Chemical Hygiene Manufac-
turing company" b. , ~. "
Story Of His Life. .
The priest, according to his story,
was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany,
in 1881. He attended college. and at
ried 1t to a vacant lot and there I
burned IT.
/ must pay the penalty. There is
nothing else for me to do. But 1
loved Anna Aumuller.
She wanted me to marry her
and / procured a marriage license.
She trusted me. .
j. am a priest and ordained to
perform h marriage ceremony,
so when she insisted upon a cere-
mony / married myself to her.
There vas no need of any other
priest doing 1t. It was just as abb
solute as IL l had called in an
other person with authority to
perform o marriage ceremony.
She was my wife.
Schmidt, after being assigned to a
cell in the Tombs, went to sleep.
Suspected of Another Crime.
With a view to clearing the mystery
surrounding the murder of 8-year-oId
Alma Kellner, whose mutilated body
was found in quick lime in the base
ment Of st. Johns Catholic church, In
Louisville, KY, two years and a half
ago, the police sought today to obtain
from Schmidt some statement of what
he might know Of this crime. From
August, 1909, till March. 1910, Schmidt
was a visitor in Louisville, not Of
hcially connected with any church, but
a guest in the home of the Rev. Henry
b. Westermann, rector of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception. Alma
kellner disappeared on December 3,
1909: her body was found nine months
after. Joseph Vending, janitor at st.
Johns church, is now serving a life
ted him to the Tombs until the inquest
Is held.
Schmidt's Confession.
The confession which the police say
Schmidt signed, follows:
I met Anna Aumuller two
years ago at the parish house
of st. Boniface church. She was
employed as a servant there. I
was attracted by her beauty. l
became infatuated with her. l
loved her.
l killed her because / loved her
so much. She was SO beautiful.
so good, so kind, / could not let
her live without me.
J. had made up my min that
she INT l could not live together.
l was a priest and must remain
with my church. ! would not let
her go away from me. SO l
opened the door Of the fiat. l
awakened her. l told her l had
come to fulfill my threat. Then
l drew the knife across her throat.
cut the body into six pieces.
l made trips to the Fort Lee fe.5y,
precious body in a bundle. When
the ferry boat reached the middle
Of the stream / would throw a
piece into the water and when the
boat reached the other side of the
river l would return and go back
to the fiat.
After l had disposed of the body
l wanted to destroy all evidence
or the crime. | took the mattress
on which l had slain her and car
the g of Is enrolled in st. Angus
tines seminary in Maine and on De-
cember %. 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 De-
cem6er, 1910, he became assistant to
Father Braun, rector of st. Boniface's
church, where he met the girl.
In November, 1912, Schmidt left st.
Bonisace to become assistant rector of
st. Joseph's church, the assignment
being held at the time of his arrest.
Little is known of the history of
Anna Aumuller before she took m
ployment in the st. B%oniface parish
house the week before Christmas, 1910.
According to a statement issued last
night 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 attached to the girl be-
she vas very pleasant and a
faithful worker.
Despite her statement to another
maid employed in the rectory thai
h was leaving to be married, Father
Braun said that he was forced to dis
charge her two weeks ago because
her mode Of living was unsatisfac-
tory"
The girl, as nearly as could be
learned, was Fl years old.
In a statement made last night in
his Tombs cell to the Rev. Father l..
j.. Evers, pastor of st. Andrews
church, and Tombs chaplain, Schmidt
said he was directed to commit the
crime by "St. Elizabeth, who Is my
patron, as a sacrifice to be consum-
mated, as was h sacrifice Of Abra-
ham in blood"