The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
ADMITS He KILLED
TWO AUTO AGENTS
|. ITO POSSESS A CAR
Young Chicago Brakeman Con.
fesses Double Crime
SLAYINGS IN BASEMENT
Used Baseball Bat and Finished
GrewsOme Work with
Knife and Hatchet

Church. the 20 yearold youth accused
OF aging b. j. Daugherty and Carl
Ausmus to obtain possession Of a &c..
400 automobile, broke down after
twelve hours OF questioning today and
made a complete confession, accord.
ing to the po ice
The youth, brought back yesterday
from Adams, Wis, his former home.
where he had driven his mother in the
car Friday the day after the murder.
was quoted as admitting he alone
planned and executed the tragedy
The terrible beating shown on the
bodies and the trussing of both was
merely to be sure they were dead "
according to the alleged confession
which in part follows:
Lured TO Home
Ausmus wanted in the car outside
my house at the curb ng while ! went
inside with Daugherty. | told him [
would give him the money in the par
lor. When got to the parlor drew
a pistol. He just held up his hands.
| guess he ehought was going to rob
him.
| pulled out the handouts with one
hand and tod him to hold out his
hands one at a [ me- All the time
kept him covered with the gun. He
looked like a powerful man and was.
Mt going to give him chance.
took him to the basement.
When got down the stairs | took
the baseball bat in one hand, but
kept him covered with the pistol so
that he couldn't move. Turn around, .
| said. He star ted to turn guess
he had an idea OF what was coming
but ii was too late. | swung the bat
with all my might. and It caught him
right across the head He went down
but tried to strike back with his two
hands together
! kept beating him over the head
until lie didn't move any more. | hit
him with a bat and a hatchet Then
cut his throat / was afraid he
might come to while was going up.
stairs to get Au5mIs. Then ! went
upstairs and waited | knew Ausmus
would come IN. He did few moments
later and went through the same
thing d with the other fel ow.
Drove Around In Car
After had them both killed, wait
ed until dark and put Ausmus in a
hole in the garage. Then bound
dp Daughcrtys body in a quilt and
dragged it to the automobile
dumped him in the river, right over
the br dge where he was found float
ing. had lot of trouble with that
body. Kind Of hard for one fellow TO
handle body that way. You know
il flip flops around Then drove a.
round in the car.
II certain y was a beautiful car, and
| guess | should have gone back and
cleaned up the basement instead OF
riding around. II did not seem too
teri BILE to me- | wanted the car and
| thought would get caught If Daug
herty or the other fe low got away"
The body Of Daugherty a former
tudent and captain of the tank corps
whose home was in St Paul was
found by passerby in the Despla.nes
River on the outskirts OF the city and
a few blocks away from the Church
home, Friday A strand Of rope was
twisted tightly about the throat
which was cut from ear to ear a
pair OF regulat on police handouts
dangled from one wrist
Yesterday morning a search of the
garage, behind the Church home re-
vealed the body Of Ausmus who had
been buried while yet alive according
coroner.