Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-16
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j., and in December, 1910 was Nap.
pointed assistant rector Of St. Boni-5
face church in this city. There he met
the Aumuller girl who, he said, had
come to this country from Germany q
few months before.
II was attracted by her beauty,
reads schmidt's alleged confession. II
became infatuated with her. ! loved
her. killed her. She was SO beautiful,
so good, could not let her live with
out me. I had made up my mind that
she and should not live together. |,
was q priest and must remain with
my church. / could not let her go
away from me. So opened the door
of the fat awakened her and told
her had come to fulfill my threat.
Then | drew the knife across her
throat"
Posed 40 Z Surgeon. s
The skill with which the young
woman's body had been dismembered
caused the police to believe at frst
that the work had been done by "a
surgeon. In the nat occupied for five
days by Schmidt and the girl, deter.
! tives found five hundred printed c"rds
which indicated that Schmidt has mas
uueraded az, a surgeon and was pos
sessed OF more than an ordinary lay
mans knowledge Of surgery, These
cards read az follows:
"Dr. Emile Meliere, formerly as
sistant surgeon OF the Municipal wom-
ans hospital. Paris. France, represen-
featuring Co."
No Connection Shown.
Louisville, KY. Sept. 15.--Investiga-
ton here today failed to establish any
connection Of Rev. Hans Schmidt, held
in New York for the murder Of Anna
Aumuller with the murder In Louis.
Vile OF eight years old Alma :Kellner.
Rev. Schmidt was visiting In Louis
vile as the guest Of Rev. n. B. Wester-
mann pastor Of the church OF the I'm
maculate Conception at the time OF the
Kellner girls disappearance and the
subsequent finding Of her body The
manner in which the Kellner girls
body was cut In pieces and disposed OF
being similar to the methods employed
in the murder Of Anna Aumuller ca,is-
ed the suspicion that Schmidt might
have been connected with the Kellner
murder for which crime Joseph Wend-
ling, former janitor OF st. Johns church
is serving life sentence In the peni-
Tertiary at Frankfort, KY.
Members OF the Kellner girls fam
ily today declared they had never seen
Schmidt and secuted the idea that he
was in any way connected with Alma
|Kellner's death. The lawyer who de-
Tended Joseph Vending stated he had
- ool IA n.
ed in connection with the Kellner
murder and the local police and detec-
tives who had charge of the investiga-
ton OF the child's death made similar
statements.
Priest Under Suspension.
Mainz, Germany, Sept. 1.-THE
journal today says that Johannes
Schmidt, belonging to the Mainz bish-
opric, has been long under suspension
by the bishop He disappeared from
Mainz and later arrived in Munich,
where he was arrested on charge OF
committing number of frauds, ac-
cording to the newspaper. After he
had been acquitted by the court on the
ground Of weak mindedness, emigrated
to New York. The Mainz EpiscOpate
was not aware that he was exercising
the functions OF priest In New York.
Schmidt studied at the Mainz clas-
steal high school. He was ordained a
priest in 1907, afterwards occupying
curacies at Darmstad, Selgenstadt,
Gonsenheim and Buergl, near Offen-
bach, whence he disappeared In 1909
because, according to the local papers
he was found to be In possession Of
,, false papers and had obtained his posi-
ton by means Of fabricated testimon-
ials. He had escaped prosecution at
the time by disappearing.