The New York herald., 1921-09-12

cut his throat. was afraid he might
have come to while was going upstairs
70 get Ausmus.
Then I went upstairs and waited. l
knew 4Ausmus would come in. He did.
few moments later. He wanted to
know what the delay was about.
Where's Daugnerty" he asked. /
pulled the revolver again and told him
to hold his hands up quick or I'd blow
his brains out.
lie held them up. | went through
the same thing as i did with the other
fellow. Daueherty was the only man
knew at that time, bat | knew that this
fellow Ausmus, as you say his name is.
was with the Packard company.
II tied his hands up, too. and then
forced him down the stairs. | don't
know whether h suspected anything or
not. i had hauled Daugherty's body
out OF the way and | don't think he no
ticed the spots on the floor.
Before he knew what II was all about
1 had the bat and was swinging at him.
He tried to aght back, but it didn't do
any good. After he fell insensible hit
him a lot more times on the head, and
then bound him up--tied his hands to
his legs and drew them up SO that l
neck.
Buried One I'm Garage.
After l had both of them killed. l
went to work. I dug hole under my
old car in the garage. l didn't think
anybody would look there. ! dug up
about six inches OF cinders, l guess. and
then took up row of brick that was
underneath. l kept on digging until l
though | had made a hole big enough
to put both of them in.
II dragged Ausmus in first He was
doubled up so he wouldn't take up so
much room. After l got him in the hole
I saw that Daugherty would not At in
the same place. ! didn't know what to
do for a while. l guess / was so
nervous that / forgot to get rid of the
rags and clothes and that stuff that you
found.
We'll, you know what happened to
Daugherty. had to wait until after
dark; 1t was pretty late. 1 took him
up with gunny sacks SO there would not
be any stains on the car.
II dumped him In the river, right over
the bridge, there where he was found
floating
IL had a lot OF trouble with that body.
Kind OF hard for one fellow to handle a
body that way you know. 1t fiiplops
around. / was afraid IL was going to
make a big splash and draw attention.
There didn't seem to be anybody around
at the time. but l didn't take any
chances and kept my motor running. l
was prepared to dash away IL anybody
showed up. but il was ell right
Il lifted Daugherty's body up to the
railing and pushed. l guess the hody
hadn't any more than hit the water be-
fore | was in the car. starting away.
Nobody heard 1t. though, and took my
time getting back.
THAT certainly was a beautiful car.
and i guess l should have gone back
and cleaned up the basement right away
instead OF riding around. 1t didn't seem
so terrible to me. i wanted the car and
I thought I'd get caught IL Daugherty
or the other fellow got away"
Weakens mt Scene of Crimes.
Church's confession came exactly at
noon. an hour after the youth. in COM
pany with acting Chief of Detectives
Norton, had visited the scene of the
crime. 1t was there he started to weaken
for the first time, closing his eyes and
refusing TO look at the spots on the grave
he had dug for Ausmus. When rushed
back to the States Attorneys Office he
was subjected to a ceaseless cross-ex-
animation. He finally broke down and
confessed the double murder.
His confession started with the state