The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-22
CHURCH PROVED
UNAIDED SLAYER
Chicago Slayer ExOnerateS All
Suspects in New Confession
and Demonstration.
STATE OFFICIALS CONVINCED
Shows Just How He, 135-Pound
Man, Lifted the Body of So Pow
erful a Man over the River
Bridge Railing.

Chicago, Sept. 2O.-Harvey W.
Church demonstrated TO the satlsfac-
tion Of the state that he alone and I'M
aided murdered Bernard j. Daughcr-
ty and Carl A. Ausmus, automobile
statesmen. AT least he proved that he
could have done so, and the state nov
believes he did.
He made his demonstration by taxi
ing a powerful detective, as heavy as
Daugherty who weighed 1SS pounds,
and re-enaCting the whole Tragedy
handcuffed him, laying him down on
the carpeted floor, and then raising
his body, a solid sagging deadweight
AS Daugherty's body must have been
to the height of his shoulders,
Convinced that Church was telling
the truth. Chief investigator Ben New
mark, who was conducting the ques-
uoning, demanded why he had dragged
in accomplces.
"The police wanted an accomplice,"
lie said calmly, $50 l gave them one.
They insisted l couldn't do it alone,
but l did
How could Church. a 135-pound
man, kill a man as powerful as Daugh-
erty?
How could he have covered Daugh-
erty with a revolver and handcuffed
him AT the same time?
Church brushed the questions aside
with a gesture.
give me chance and I'll show you
how | killed them alone he urged.
Get me a man as big as Daugheryy
and I'll pick him up and show you
how l tossed his body into the river
Detective Sergeant "Bnly' McCar-
thy stepped forward. Mccarthy weighs
100 pounds. 1t was just seven o'clock
as the handouts were handed to
Church. In the twinkling of an eye
he had snapped the cuffs on McCar
thy and laid him on the floor, The
detective let his body 90 limp, solid
lump Of dead weight. Church wrapped
his arms around him and began to
lift.
In amazement the watchers saw him
slowly lift Mccarthy from the floor.
The only sound was the laboreG
breathing Of the murderer. The shirt
frightened ON his back as the powerful
muscles were brought into play. Be
fore they realized it, Church had
raised the body of Mccarthy to the
level of his waist ana placed him ON
a table.
Church stepped back. See he
ierkcd out q did it,
81 did 1t myself. / didn't intend
to kill him at first. Things just moved
too fast for me. | wanred the car
Daugherty came to the house, | didn't
have the money. | invited him to the
cellar | covered him with the re-
volycr and snapped the handouts on
him,
"Then something came over me.
don't know what. (Church hreathcd
faster) | hit him with a bali bat
Then ! just went 'nutty' | guess. !
grabbed up hn Ak and cut his throat,
I pounded him again and again, Then
Ausmus came l hit him. too, and he
died ! left the bodies and took moth
or for ride
Later | returned and buried Aus
mus. | was all heated ny and per-
spring when ] finished Ny mother
uptippI "a want IN hpI lint gnplIp't
sleep. At three o'clock l got mp and
took the body to the river ana threw
II in"
Didn't your mother think some
thing was wrong?'
Yes. She asked me what the trou-
bic was. ! explained that l had been
moving a car IN the garage
'But why then, did you mplicate
the othersf' Ncwmark asked.
"Wcll. / told the truth when I frs,
made confession No one would be.
llcyc me- The police seemed 10 think
some one else was i'm on #. The more
! thought about it, the more I thought
II I dragged another one iu, I'd 10
free.
Leon Parks never had anything ito
do with this. Neither did Milton b.
Walker | knew both Of them. but MS
long ms the police had picked them up
and they said Parks had confessed !
decided to change my story That's
all there Is to IT,"