The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-03
Rips Rosary From His Neck
And HurlS Bits At NeWSpa-
peFmen Sitting Close By.
JURY HOLDS HIM FOR
AUMUILER GIRLS DEATH
Prisoner Calm on Entering
Courtroom, But Goroner's
Charge to Jury Lashes
Him Into Tempest of
Fury.

New York Oct 3.-Hans Schmidt,
who murdered Anna AumuIler, became
Ersazied today at the coroner's inquest
into the death of his victim. rose from
ais seat. ripped from his neck the ros-
AIRY he had worn ever since his incar-
,ceratfon. tore it into many bits and
hurled them at the newspaper report
ens sitting half a dozen steps away.
The jury found him responsible for the
girls death
Schmidts outburst of temper oc-
Cured in the presence of a jury of
mIIitonaires empanelled to conduct the
inquest The verdict was quickly
found It follows
We, the jury, believe that Anna
Aumuller came 70 her death on Sep
4ember 2, 1918. at No. 6s Bradhurst
avenue at the hands of Hans
Schmidt
Schmidt was Immediately remanded
70 the Tornbs without bail to await
the action OF the grand jury.
Theodore P. ShontS. president OF the
Tuterborough Rapid Transit company,
was foreman Of the jury. HIS fellow
Jurors included Vincent Astor; 3. j.
Grsenhut. merchant; Mortimer Reg
enmbsrE. cigar msnura@turer; and E
a. AEarstpn. banker
when Schmidt was brought into the
court room he appeared TO be calm
During the BRIEF examination of Wit
nesses he sat with his back ro tho
court room. bolt upright and made no
unusual move TIL the coroner had con-
cluded his charge to the jury.
Coroner Feinberg's charge seemed 20
Hash the prisoner into q sudden tenn
pest OF fury. Jumping to his feet, his
eyes blazing and his lips moving,
Schmidt tore the rosary from his neck
and before the detectives could stay
and hurled them at the newspaper
men
The torso Of the victim was identi-
Asd by Anna Hirt, who roomed with
the Aumuller girl at the parish house
OF ST. Boniface's church. A small,
brown mark on the bosom which may
have been birth mark, furnished the
means OF Identification. The Ffirt wo-
man was followed on the stand by de-
4esttves, the physician who made the
autopsy and finally by Inspector Fau-
rot. IN charge Of the detective bureau
here. to whom Schmidt confessed.
do you wish to place your client
on the stand7" Coroner Feinberg next
asked counsel for Schmidt. The an
swer was in the negative.
The coroner told the jury that 1t
could find that Anna Aumul1er came
80 her death at the hands of an un-
known person or that she was killed
by person to be named by the jury.
Hans Schmidt does not appear be-
fors you on trial for the murder the
coroner said you are simply to find
Z verdict as a coroner's jury"
within Is minutes from the time
the first witness had taken the stand,
the jury had withdrawn. Within 1 0
minutes more It had returned with its
verdict
Counsel for Schmidt issued a state
xhent this afternoon, saying that his
clients outbreak had been provoked
by the coroner, who had made "a hoIi-
day OF the inquest and had appeal
ed to public citizens for funds to bury
Anna Aumuller and Schmidt resented
this. he said. and hurled his rosary
and some coins at the newspapermen
because he thought they were laugh
ing at the coroner's unusual appeal
District Attorney Whitman express
ed the conviction, today. that Hans
Schmidt Is sane and consequently will
be placed on trial for the murder. of
Anna Aumuller. whom Schmidt slew
As she slept. dism bered and sank
IN the Hudson river on September 2,
last
1fr. Whdtman's opinion, it is under
stood. is based on an informal finding
reached by the four alienists who have
examined Schmidt in the Tombs at
his request The examination is near
w complete and a. formal report will
Be made within a few days