Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-15
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Nvw York. Sept I5-In the hope.
ot branding as AN impostor and pseudo
priest. the Rev Hans schmidt. the al
legged self-confcsscd slayer uf Anna
AumuilcT victim 0f Now Tora's river
murder mystery churc. authorities
began today "a sweeping investigation
OF Schmidt record ana his pretension
10 ordination
We hope. OF courso. 90 be able 10
prove that this unspoakahlc monster
was an impostor and that he had heep
using forged papers" declared Nor.
sign1f LaVelle. vicar general ~ the
arc tdioccsc Of New York "That IS
20 uothing which we are trying "a
Gear up now. iie came to his diocese
tIth credentials which were appar-
'uty in every way authentic and gen.
Olnc but W. know practically nothing
az him. lite crime Is too horrible to
conceive. We can only hope that he
may SE9vc 20 have been pseudo
priest"
IA his C.G The Tomhs. with his
coat as pilH Jchmldt slept sound
vs. through m. night and arose this
morning 10 partakc of hearty break
fast. Tie had little 10 add 20 his nl-
legged confession of last night I'm which
he is snid to have told the police that
he killed his victim as she lav in bed.
cut M her hodv in tn bathtuh AZ the
apartment whore hc had established
her. wrapped " IN five bundles ana
dropped the bundles in the Hudson
river 70 the ROY. T. J. ifNcs the
Tomhs chaplin Schmidt vns said Ia
have made tho following declaration:
II WAS directed to KIN her by 81
Elizabeth who " nv patron. az
sacrifice to hc consummatcd ns was
tho sacrifice of Abraham. in blood
ro tho police Schmidt b. alleged 10
have said.
~ killed hcr because 7 loved her
The police believe. however that he
killed her because she was soon 20 be-
mother
with Wow to clearing tho mystery
surrounding the murder of cight-ycar
old Alma Kcllncr. whose mutIlatcd
body was found iu qulokimc In the
basement of 81 Johns Catholic
church IN Louisville iva wears and
hair ago the police sou ght to obtui I
from Schmidt some statement Of what
ne might know Of this crime. From
August 1909 am March. 1910,
s. hmidt WIS visitor n Louisville,
not officially connected with any
church there but q guest in the house
of the Rev Henry y Wcstermann
rector of the Church Of the lmmacu-
late Conception Almu Kcllpcr dis-
apponder ON December 1909; her
body was found nine months after.
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church, is now rnrvinR life term in
prison for tho crime.
According To the police and tho
district attorneys ufr'ce, Schmidts
confession was fun and absolute. IN
q be- Is quoted us snying that he Killed
his companion with q butchers knife
ana cut up the body with the knife
ana saw Tho deed was committed.
the police say, while the woman slept,
shortly after midnight on September
2. In an apartment In Bradhuyst ave-
nre where the priest had placed her
five days before
when her heart had ronsod heat
ing. according to the alleged confess
sion. schmidt carried the body from
the bed to tho bathroom placing Il
Ia The tub. and Immediately began his
gorv task ~ cutting ~ up
with The keen knife and the saw ne
cut oft the head arms ana legs SIN
fearful Of detection he then cut the
body In two
Five bundles. wrapped Ia bed
clothes and napers. were made of the
slN parts Five times Schmidt left tho
apartment house with "A bundle "a
cross the Hudson river 10 the Jersey
shore Five times he leaned over
tho stern Of the ferry boat In mid
stream ana gently gave the river his
burden Then he returned 90 his
church
The stain ~ the glri's blood still
discolnrod the haihtuh when dctcr.