The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-23
CHICAGO SLAYER
EXONE RATES ALL
Church Proves to State He Was
Unaided Killer.
C0NvINCES THE OFFICIALS
Demonstrates How He, 135-Pound
Man, Lifted the Body Of Daugh-
erty Over the Railing of the
River Bridge.

Chicago, Sept. 19.-Harvey w.
Church demonstrated to the satisfac-
ton of the state that he alone and IN
aided murdered Bernard J. Daugher-
ty and Carl A Ausmus, automobile
statesmen. At least he proved that he
could have done so, and the state now
believes he did.
He made his demonstration by TAX
Ing a powerful detective, as heavy as
Daugherty who weighed 1873 pounds,
and re-enacting the whole tragedy
handcuffed him, laying him down on
the carpeted floor, and then raising
his body, a Sid sagging lightweight
as Daughcrty'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-
tiOning, demanded why he had dragged
in accomplices.
'@The police wanted an accomplish"
he said calmly, $50 I gave them one.
They insisted 1 couldn't do it alone,
but did"
Shows How He Did 1t.
How could Church, 135-pound
man, kill a man as powerful as Daugh-
erty?
How could he lift him over the rail-
ing Of the river bridge?
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 q man as big as Daugherty
and I'll pick him up and show you
how / tossed his body into the river"
Detective Sergeant BILLY" McOar-
thy stepped forward. Mccarthy weighs
100 pounds. It was just seven o'clock
as the handouts were handed 20
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 go limp, a 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 labored
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 and placed him on
q table.
Church stepped back. "See," he
jerked out, 81 did it."
'T did it myself. ] didn't intend
to kill him at first. Things just moved
too fast for me. I wanted the car.
Daugherty came to the house. didn't
have the money. / invited him to the
cellar. I covered him with the re-
volver and snapped the handouts on
him.
In Killing Frenzy.
"Then something came over me.
don't know what. (Church breathed
faster.) I hit him with a ball bat.
Then l just went 'nutty,' / guess.
grabbed up an ak and cut his throat.
I pounded him again and again. Then
Ausmus came. I hit him, too, and he
died. l left the bodies and took moth
er for a ride.
Later | returned and buried Aus
mus. 1 was all heated up and per-
spring when 1 finished. My mother
noticed it. 1 went to bed but couldn't
sleep. At three o'clock I got up and
took the body to the river and threw
1t in"
Didn't your mother think some
thing was wrong?"
Eyes She asked me what the trou-
BILE was. I explained that 1 had been
moving a car in the garage"
'But why, then. did you implicate
the others?" Newmark asked
swell. told the truth when 1 first
made a confession. No one would be-
lieve me. The police seemed to think
some one else was IN on it. The more
l thought about it, the more l thought
If 1 dragged another one in, I'd go
free
'Leon Parks never had anything ito
do with this. Neither did Milton B.
Walker I knew both of them. but as
long as the police had picked them up
and they said Parks had confessed, 1
decided to change my story That's
all there is to it,"
AID cIIMMCp cn0pEc 100 MR.