The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-15
HARVEY CHURCH
IN CONFESSION
Chicago Youth Admits Killing
Bernard Daugherty and
Carl AuSmuS.
STAYS THEM SINGLE HANDED
Amazes His ouestoners by the Re,
cital Of the Cold-Blooded Manner
in Which He Killed and
MutIated Men.

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Church has made a confession to two
of the most distressing murders in the
history of Chicago
After nine hours of ceaseless grill
ing the twenty-three-year-old boy
broke down. He amazed his qucs-
TONERS by the recital of the cold
blooded manner in which he killed and
mtilHted Bernard j. Daugherty star
Packard motorcar salesman, and Carl
j. AuSmus, demonstration, merely to
get the 81, 400 car which he had pro-
posed to buy.
He killed both men single handed,
one at a time. The terrible beatings
shown on the bodies and the trussing
OF both was merely ITO be sure they
were dead ne confessed.
DaugheIty, whose handcuffed body
with throat slushed was found in the
canal near River Forest, was the first
victim.
While Ausmus waited in the car
outside Church's residence at 2922
Fulton street Church took Daugherty
inside, Immediately inside the door
he turned and pressed a revolver
against Daughcrty's side, forced him
to hold up his hands while he hand
cutfed the salesman, At the point of
the revolver he forced Daugherty into
the basement of his house.
There, while the helpless man tried
yainly to fight back with his manacled
hands, the boy swung terrific blows
again and again over his head with
a baseball bat
After Daugherty fell, Church slashed
his throat, "to make sure he was
dead" and pulled the body to one side.
Then ne returned to the parlor
a few moments later Ausmus came
in, inQuring as to the delay Church
drew mis- revolver ana commanded
Ausmus to precede him to the base
ment.
Al the point Of the gun Ausmus
submitted to having his hands tied.
With the revolver still menacing the
demonstration the hoy seized the ball
bat.
"Ausmus waited in the car at the
curbing," said Church, while l went
inside with Daugherty. | told him |
would get him the money in the par
Tor. He seemed satisfied and unsus-
picious. When We got TO the parIor
| drew a revolver. l don't think
Daugherty had any idea of what |
was going TO dy He just held up
his hands.
Il pulled out Ihe handouts with
one hand and tod him to hold out
his hands, one at a time. All the
time | kept the gun leyeled at him.
He looked like a powerful man and
wasn't going to give him chance.
after | snapped one bracelet on, |
made him hold out the other hand.
He seemed calm enough. Then ! told
him the way to the basement stairs
and told him to walk that way.
told him I'd kill him if he made a
break.
He walked right along and down
the basement stairs. When we got to
the bottom / told him to stand still,
right where you found those bloody
spots. Then | took the baseball 0at
in one hand, but | kept him covered
with the gun so that he couldn't
move.
Turn around l said. He started
to turn. ! guess he had an idea of
what was coming then, but it was too
late. | swung the bat with all my
might, and it caught him right across
the head He went down but kept
wriggling and tried to strike back
with his two hands together.
u kept beating him over the head
until he didn't move any more. int
him with the bat and the Ratchet.
Then | cut his throat. | was afraid
he might have come to while | was
going upstairs to get Ausmus.
"Then ! went upstairs and waited.
| knew Ausmus would come in. He
did, few moments later He want
ed to know what the delay was about.
Where's Daugherty?' he asked.
pulled the revolver again and told him
to hold his hands up quick or I'd
blow his brains out.
ole held them up. I went through
the same thing as did with the other
fellow.
"That certainly was beautiful car,
and | guess | should have gone back
aud cleaned up the basement right
away instead of riding around It
didn't seem so terrible to me.
wanted the car, and | thought I'd get
caught if Daugherty or the other fell
low got away"