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Body Of Child.
INSANITY IS HIS DEFENCE
Murderer TRUSTS to God and Abra.
! ham," but Tells Chaplain He Wanted
to "Drink Her Blood"

! to Drink Her Blood."
New York, Sept. 16.-Coroner Fein-
berg learned that twenty-year-old An
ma Aumuller, the girl who was muir.
dered and whose torso was found
floating in the Hudson river, had be-
come a mother before she was mur-
dered and her body dismembered by
Father Hans Schmidt, a curate Of St
Josephs Catholic Church, who is In
Jail here.
Schmidt, who confessed to the crime
admitted having improper relations
with the girl, and told the police that
she soon would become the mother OF
a child. Investigation by Feinberg.
however convinced him that the child
had been born to the girl before Sch
midi slew her on September 2 in the
little fiat that he had rented for her.
The authorities believe that Schmidt
buried the haby alive, and began dig.
ging in the neighborhood of the dat
where the girl was murdered in the
hope of finding the baby's body
Schmidt, in his cell was calm and
defiant He refused to see reporters,
and when one of them sent a note to
him requesting an interview, Schmidt
sent back the following written res
ply: Il don't think you will under
stand me. There is no use talking
about it,
An examination of Schmidt's mental
condition was made by the Tombs
physician. Other examinations viii
follow as it is believed that Schmidt
is mentally unbalanced. Acting Dis
trict Attorney Mott said that any efs
forts to prove. that Schmidt was In.
sane when ke killed the girl win be'
combatted vigorously. Mott declared
that tbe man was sane, and that the
motiye for his act can be shown with
outfa doubt.
/Schmidt's defence at his trial-if he
makes a real defence-probably will
be insanity Alphonse Koelble, his
lawyer. so announced, after long talk
with Schmidt, in the Tombs.
81 shall move to have Father Sch.
midt's case brought to trial at the ear
liest moment possible" said Mr.. Lock
BILE. ''If l then think that he is insane
/ shall ask to have a commission apr;
pointed to determine his mehtnl ltatr
Is ~ sssss;isfk i1e is sane van
him that the only thing to do ts Ns|
stand UP like man and pay the pen
atty
when l saw him he said: do
not need your services. Let's not talk
about that now Let's wait till God.
and Abraham have, spoken. God and
Abraham will communicate with you
and tell you when to come to me.
Don't do anything till that time
Mr.. Koelbe said his client was fully
aware that he faced the electric chair.
Rev. Father Luke J. Evers, chaplain
of the Tombs, after an hours talk with
the self confessed murderer said:
81 asked Schmidt why he had muir
dered the girl. He said: Il was COM
manded by my patron, St Elizabeth OF
Hungary, to offer sacrifice. Like
the sacrifice of Abraham, it must be
one of blood. St. Elizabeth also told
me that in order to consummate the
SaCrlnc6 must QTluh SOHe VI LIE
blood of the offering. So 1 killed An
ma Aumuller, and after had done so,
drank some of the blood in order to
consummate the sacrifice
In the hope of branding him an i'm.
poster and pseudo priest, church au-
thorities began a sweeping investtgar
ton of Schmidt's record and his pre-
tensions or ordination.
The murdered girl was Hungarian
about twenty years old, who had come
to New York two years ago to better
her condition. She had worked as q
domestic in but two places-the rec
tory of St. Boniface's church, I'd ave-
nue. and 47th street and in q residence
on Riverside Drive. 1t was while EN-.
ployed at the former place she met and
entered into improper relations with
Schmidt, then a priest of the parish.
In February the couple obtained a
marriage license, the priest giving his
name as John Schmidt. Schmidt told
Inspector Farot he had performed the
ceremony himself, being priest, and
in her ignorance the girl evidentally
felt no fear when Schmidt established
her in a meanly furnished fiat at 6a
Bradhurst avenue, where she was slain
and dismembered by him.