The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-12
CHICAGO MAN
CHARGED WITH
SLAY|NG TWO
GRUESOME. RECITAL
By THE MURDERER
Victims Put to Death to Sc
cure Possession of S., 400
Automobile.

Ihiragn. Sept. ll--iIar,"y W. Church
cQ-Hcar-u.d youth. accused ~ slIylnS
4 !. DouKhcrty and Car, Au>nlUs 10
obtain possession Ct a $500 Uutomo-
hiIc. broke down after - hours - Uues-
t."ning today. and made 4 complete coz
f"S>i"n. according 10 the l'"lire.
The youth. brought back last ntxht
from Adams. Wis. his former home.
whore he had driven his mother IN 'h-
car. Friday. III" Gay after the murder.
VAS quoted us admt,tiHg ;hat ne alone
planned and rNerurcd the tragedy
Tho ,crrihi" hea;inEs shown oa the
bodies and :he trussiNg OF both WAS
merel" to b" sure they We're dead.
according % the alleged confession,
wh!rh n part was as follows.
Tho Confession.
"AusmUs waited IN the car outside
my house n the curhIng while weI'
inside with paUEh"r;y. | ,oid him !
would S.Ic him the money n ,ho par.
."r. When / got :" the parior. | drew
pistol. Ue just held up his hands.
guess he thought was going 20 rob
him.
Il pulled out tho handouts with on-
hand and told him 70 Eu." out HIS hands
one ~ time. All the t!Nlr kep; him
covered with The sun. II" locked Ike
IL powerful man and | was ~: going I"
Civ" him a chance. l took him 10 the
pa Serert
when he got down the stairs took
the baseball hat III one hand. but l
kept him covered with the pistol 80 that
he couldn't move. Turn around l
said He started 10 turn. guess then
he had an idea OF what WAS coming.
ht,t ~ "a, 7
with al MY might. and /, caught him
right across the head. II" went down
but tried - strike back with his TWO
hands together.
Waited for Second Victim
II kept beating him over the head
until he didn't move any move. hit
him with a bat and with a Ratchet.
Then cut his throat. was afraid he
might come % whilH was go,mg up
stairs 70 SC, Ausmus. Then Wen, ur-
stairs and waited. ! knew Ausmus
would como In lie did a few moments
later an1 went through the same
thing I dld with the other fellow.
"At.er had thcm both killed I
waited until dark and pu, Arsmus IN
n hole n the garage Then bound Up
puugherty's body in Il Quilt and DRAG
ced 1, 20 the automobile. | dumped him
IN the river r.Eht over the bridge
wherN he WAS found floating. had a
lot 90 trouble with that body. Kind ot
hard for onA fellow 20 hand!" body
that way You know. q H!o-h"ps
arounG IN ths car
Tho body q: DauGhcrty. former cap
tain IN tNe rank corps. was found hr
passnrhy =" 'hn N"Sr'air"S river on the
outskirts ~ tho city. Friday.
Yesterday '""rutUG. a search ~ the
garaye behind tho Church HON" re-
vealcd tho boy ~ Ausmus who nad
been buried while vet alive. according
- tho coroner.
Church. following his arrest. asserted
his Innocence. ard returned w!lI!nEly to
Chicago
Confession Denounced
Coroner Prtp- Hoffman ."H!rht de-
c!arrd ina. Churrh's alleged con:"Ss.NN
was a tissue oc los. "fs,Se on n" 50
y. H." He sa!d that II would have bee"
physically Impossible for "hucr'. :"
have k!t'et re ~" men IN he 'Uam"er
described II" asserted belief tha, n"
double murder was the work ~ several
me-.
"naugher;ys Jaw was broken on each
aide, PROOF pcSi'ive ot terr!N" h'0ws
which Church SAYS hc d!h no. deliver
tho coroner said "AusnUs was ave