The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-09-18

laf Q than IN ordinary layman's
iknoWledge of b cards
read as follows:
DIR. Emile Meier. formerly assist
ant surgeon Of the Municipal Wornan's
hospital, Paris France, representative
tof the Chemical Hygiene Manufac-
turing company
Story Of His Life.
The priest, according to his ssstery.
was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
in 1881. He attended college, and at
ried it to a vacant lot and there I
burned 1t.
am guilty, that is all I can say.
] must pay the penalty. There Is
nothing else for me to do. But I
loved Anna Aumuller.
She wanted me to marry her
and / procured a marriage license.
She trusted me.
l am q priest and ordained to
perform h marriage ceremony,
so when h insisted upon a cere-
mony / married myself to her.
There was no need Of any other
priest doing 1t. It was Just as abb
solute as If / had called In an
other person with authority to
perform a marriage ceremony.
She was my wife.
Schmidt, after being assigned to q
cell IN the Tombs, ven to. sleep,
Suspected Of Another Crime.
With a view to clearing the mystery
surrounding the murder Of S-year-old
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
fcially connected with n church, but
a guest in the home of the Rev. Henry
B. W~estermann, rector of the Church
kellner disappeared on December 8,
1909; her body was found ntne months
after. Joseph Vending, ~jatAitor at st.
Johns church, is now serving a Mfd
ted him to the Tombs until the inquest
is held.
Sehmidt's Confession.
The confession which the police say
Schmidt signed, follows:
| met Anna Aumulier two
years ago 1T the parish house
OF st. Boniface church. She was
employed as q servant there. I
was attracted by her beauty. I
became infatuated with her. I
owed her.
I killed her because I loved her
SO much. She was SO beautiful,
so good, SO kind, i could not let
her i've without me.
had made up my mind that
h and / could not live together.
I was a priest and must remain
with my church. 1 would not let
her go away from me So 1
opened the door Of the flat. l
awakened her. / told her had
come to fulfill my threat. Then
drew the knife across her throat
l cut the body into six piecea.
made trips to the Fort Lee ferry,
each time with a part of her
precious body in a bundle. When
the ferry boat cached the middle
of h stream 1 would throw a
piece into the water and when the
boat reached the other side of the
. river / would return n go back
to the fat.
After ! had disposed of the body
l wanted to destroy all evidence
OF the crime. I took the mattress
on which l had slain her and car
the age of Is enrolled in st. Angus
tines seminary in Maine and on d.
cember 90. 1904, was ordained. He
held several charges in Germany and
then came to America because of DOOR
health. After remaining in New York
city a short time he vas assigned to
a church at Louisville, KY. In 1908
he went to Trenton, N. j., and in De-
cember, 1910, he became assistant to
Father Braun, rector of st. Bonifane's
church, where he met the girl.
In November, 1912, Schmidt left st.
Boniface 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 DOL en-
ployment in the st. Boniface parish
house the week before Christmas, 1910.
According to a statement issued last
night by Father Braun, she left his
parish hous 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 h~ousekeeper
had become attached to the girl be-
cause she was very pleasant and a
faithful worker.
Despite her statement to another
maid employed in the rectory that
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 81 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, Schrnidt
said he was directed to commit the
crime by "St. Elizabeth, who is my
patron, as a sacrifice to be consum-
mated, as was the sacrifice of Abra-
ham, in blood"