The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-12
Buried One Man i'm Back Yard
and Dumped the Other
In the River.
HANDCUFFED VICTIMS
BEFORE THE KILLINGS
Was Captured in Wisconsin With
Car i'm His Possession For
Which He Did Deed.

CHICAGO. Sept. 11-Harvey w
Church. the 2o-year-old youth accused
Of staying B. ]. Daugherty and Carl
Ausmus to obtain possession Of So
500 automobile broke down after
twelve hours OF questioning today and
made a complete confession. according
70 the police.
The youth. brought back last night
from Adams. wis, his former home,
where he had driven his mother in
the car Friday. the day after the muir
der was quoted as admitting that he
alone planned and executed tho
tragedy.
Tho terrible beatings shown on the
bodies and the trusting OF both was
merely TO be- Eure they were dead, ;"
according to the alleged confession
which ia part follows;
"Ausmus waited In tho car outside
my home at the curbing while i went
inside with Daugherty. told him /
would give him the money in the parz
ior. when I got to the parIor, I drew
a pistol. He just held up his hands.
I guess he thought was going to rob
him.
Il pulled out the handouts with ono
Hand and told him % hold out his
hands ono at q time All the time 4
kept him covered with the gun. He
looked like a powerful man and
wasn't going 70 give him chance. I
took him to the basement.
when we got down the stairs I
took a baseball bat in one hand gut
4 kept him covered with the pistol so
that he couldn't move. Turn around,
said. He started to turn. / guess
then he had an idea Of what was com
ing but it was too late. I swung the
bat with all my might and II caught
him right across the head. He went
down but tried 70 strike back with
his two hands together. I kept beat
ing him over the head untn he didn't
move any more. hit him with a bat
and a hatchet. Then I cut his throat.
was afraid he might come to while
was going upstairs to get Ausmus.
Then I went upstairs and waited. /
knew Ausmus would come in. He did
q few minutes later and / went
through the same thing did with the
other fellow.
''After I had them both killed, I
waited until dark and put Ausmus in
q hole IN the garage. Then bound
up Daugherty's body in quilt and
dragged It to the automobile. I dumped
him III the river, right over the bridge
where he was found floating. I had a
lot Of trouble with that body. Kind
OF hard for one fellow to handle a
body that way. You know, 1t Hip
fiops around. Then drove around in
the car.
1T certainly was beautiful car and
guess I should have gone back and
cleaned up the basement instead OF
riding around. It didn't seem so ter
riblo 20 me. / wanted the car and I
thought / would set caught il Daugh-
erty or the other fellow got away"
The body OF Daugherty, a former
Harvapd student, and captain in the
tank corps, whose home was fin ST.
Paul was found BY paser-by in the
Desplaines river on the outskirts Of
the city and, 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 regulation police handouts
dangled from one wrist
Yesterday morning a search Of the
garage behind the Church home re-
vealed the body OF Ausnnus who had
been buried while yet alive. according
70 the coroner.
Church, following his arrest, assert
ed his innocence. and returned willing
iy TO Chicago. He was accompanied by
his aged father and mother and drove
the car for the possession OF which
he was accused Of killing the two au-
tomoblle men.
Repeatedly on the trip he assured
his parents that he would be able to
disprove the charge.
Coroner Peter Hoffman tonight declar-
cd that Church'a alleged confession was a
tissue Of lies, false on the face OF il.
lie said X would have been physically i'm
possible for Church 70 have kiised the two
men IN the manner described. rTe assert
"a a belief that the double murder was
the work OF several men,
ssDaugherty's jaw was broken on each
side, proof positive OF terrific blows
which Church says ne did not de,iver !"
me coroner said. "Ausmus was alive
whom placed Ia the grave in the rear of
tha garage Church says II was three or
four hours after the attack on Ausnus
thnt he was buried. He forgets to men
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