New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-13
Shoulders at Murder Story.

showed signs Of uneasness.
Shoulders at Murder Story.
Toward the end Of the confession al
the point where Schmidt told the poHce
that Anna Aumuller would have oeeh
mother in a few months had she hved'
SILVER ran through the priests body ana
his whole frame shook.
Throughout the whole confession ran
many professions of love for the girl he
killed The priests first reply to the IN
spector's question Did you Kill her
which was repeated three times was
Eyes; ! loved her
Faurot's description OF the meeting ne
tween the murderer and himself ana De
tectives Cassassa and O'Connel caused
the thronged courtroom TO listen win
marked attention.
"When 7 first saw Schmidt he was IN
the black garb OF cleric. IN the rectory'
said INSPECTOR Faurot. ! said l III III
snector Faurot. and these are Detectives
C,,ssassa and O'Connell' schmidt shud-
dorcd and clenchcd his hands and
shock passed through his body. He was
trembling and was I'm a state or almost
complete collapse"
Upon objection by W. NJ. Is. Olcott OF
counsel for Schmidt Fau:ot was directed
IN show 10 the Jury what he had seen
tho priest do. Faurot sat at table IN
front Of the twelve Judges OF the priest.
After explaining that Schmidt had seat
cd himself AT a desk, Faurot went through
tho motions Of showing the man. hrs'
with bowed head and clasped hands then.
with his elbows on the table, he covered
his whole face. next he covered MS eyes
with one hand and then the other an"
M las, folded his arms In front OF hli''
and resting them on the table. buried MS
head In them. his whole body shaking WIN
couvuls.ye sobs.
Faurot resumed the witness chair ana
told how next they showed Schmidt
photograph Of Anna Aumuller. when ne
,oep,iaed and Of his confessing 10 the
murder.
Then Schmidt asked leave 10 go TO the
wash room. and Cassassa searched him.
taking a razor from trousers po'Ne'
He was then told he might 20. and ne re-
piled. Il don't want 10 20 now.
Faurot told Of the finding OF the muir
dercd girls rings in the priests clothes
closet. the wedding ring blood stained AL
~ which he had removed from the fingers
Of the dead girl These we're In II package
along with some soap and scrupbing
brush that he had used to wash the stains
from tho bathroom and the bedroom AFTER
tho murder.
The articles were found I'm the priest =
room I'm the rectory. and when Cassassa
brought another photograph OF Anna
Aumuller the priest sliced II and Kissed
#. and then threw himself face downward
on the bed and sobbcd.
At this point Faurots story was inter
rupted in order that he might Identify the
saw and butchers knife with which the
crime was committed. and tho marriage
license and marriage certificate, partly
filled ont in the handwriting OF tho priest
Faurot said that AS they were taking the
priest from the rectory Father HUFFMAN.
the pastor. said to Schmidt:
I'm the name OF the Lord, are you
regularly ordained priest Of Cod?
And Schmidt replied ! was ordained
by st. Elizabeth. said Faurot.
ON the way 10 the murder fiat the priest
pointed out the lot where the fragments
% the mattress were. once there-it was
then 2:3o of the second Sunday In Septem-
Der Schmidt told the story Of how he
killed his sweetheart.
The amplined confession OF Schmidt,
made at Police Headquarters. was also
read, save for the depraved passages In
which Schmidt confessed To most revolt
ing practices. II was I'm this third and
last part OF the confession that Schmidt
stopped saying that st. Elizabeth had
ordained him and told OF his studies In
Malnz and his ordination by duly
authorized bishop.
Wanted to Marry, Says Or. Leo.
one Of, the first witnesses Of the day
WAS DIR. Arnold Leo OF No sos West 10Th
street, to whom Schmidt went last April,
along with Anna Aumuller.
Schmidt told me he was very much
ir love with her and that she had "A very
beautiful voice" said Dr. Leo. When
learned he was priest I tried to prevail
upon him to give up the girl He told
me he was unhappy without her and was
thinking OF giving up the priesthood to
marry her. But he mad his doubts about
giving up the Church"
ON the two occasions that the girl went
with Schmidt to DR.. Leo's the pair quar-
relied; on one occasion Miss Aumuler
called him a SOW and accused him of un-
fGithfulness to her The second time she
called she told DR.. Leo that Schmidt was
wholly crazy and she feared he would do
her harm.
The last time Schmidt called on Or. Leo
was four days after tho murder, to have
. cut on his hand received, II is believed,
while he was Remembering the body,
treated. He told DR.. Leo he got 1t from
"A broken glass.
DR.. Leo inquired about the girl, whom
| he had treated for poison Ivy rash, and
Schmidt said: she won't be troubled
with poison ivy again"