Show Priest Priest- Slayer Priest Says S He HeI I Married Girl but Killed 1 Her to Keep His Frock By Ry International News cS Service 1 NEW EV YORK Sept 15 Tho Tho Roy Rov Hans Schmidt chmidt Assistant pastor of or St. St Joseph Joseph's Catholic church at t Ono One nun Hun Hundred dred and Twenty fifth and Morningside Morning Morning- side eido avenue 3 self solf confessed murderer of Anna ADEa Aumuller th the thA young youn HUn Hungarian rian girl Jirl whoso whose dismembered body was pick picked cd up tip in the Hudson riv river r last week is a prisoner in ir i ithe the tho Tombs Tomb his bis first night according to attendants being bein be I in ing passed in sound sleep He lIe was up up earl early and looked amply strengthened for the tho great reat ordeal or eal of this afternoon the confrontation of the tho parts of the beautiful girl irl whom he slow slew to hido hide his guilt This tcp step is necesS necessary ry for purposes purposes pur poses of identification and at its conclusion con elusion Coroner will confer confor with Assistant tant District Attorney Mur Murphy Murphy phy regarding tho the date datu of tho inquest Tho The horror of tho the crime crimo has stirred I New Sew York as no other murder in years That this man exercising the functions I of a priest of or the church should steal into the flat at he had apparently r rented solely for tho the purpose of killing the tho girl pirl whom ho had married performing the ceremony himself and put putto to death doat the beautiful young youn HU Hungarian 1 ari n girl soon loon to become a mother and then cut it t tinto while her body was yet yot warm into nine pieces drained the blood into into a bath tub and carried the tho body piecemeal piece meal through ono one of the principal streets to a ferry where he consi consigned ned it ft to tho the r river cr passes the comprehension and detectives engaged en cn- ion sion of the police caused them them FAiled agod on the case caso and to all sorts or of inured as they thoy are aro crimes to shudder hudder as the priest willingly willing willingly ly recited all the gruesome details Neighbors Never Missed Her The pretentious apartment house at avenue not far from No 1 68 the church was tho the scene of tho the murder murder mur mur- der and it 1 is a remarkable commentary commentary common common- to the selfishness and living livin tary tarv gel lell life lifo on of at New York that the girl irl was ws murdered and cut to pieces without without with with- fam fain families families twenty four of the out any an person the tho building having havin an l living vin in inkling inklin of ot the tra tragedy edy It was on the third floor of this building in in a rear committed committed com com- room four flat fiat that the crime was wa on tho the ni night ht of Au August st 31 There the detectives headed by In In- sector nector Joseph Faurot head of the Now detectives found a York bureau of butchers butcher's knife with its ten blade blado razor and a carpenters carpenter 9 as 5 keen ao as a razor which with the implements saw aw Schmidt confessed he slow slew and berod Anna Aumuller as well won as photographs photo the and telltale letters which graphs priest had failed faHed to take away when he he cleaned up the flat fiat after the butchery led to J Through h these the were polices St. St Boniface's rectory and from there under the direction of Father Braun tho the parish prie priest t to St St. Josephs Joseph's 5 in in m. where the tho capture of ot the mur priest derer-priest st st. was accomplished Schmidt's Schmidt 5 collapse and confession ion came ame the in instant tant h ho he reco recognized the picture picture pic- pic pic plc- ture of or his victim which tho the police exhibited ex cx- to him and realized tho the meaning meaning mean menn ing in of the detectives detective's presence in in the rectory rectors t. t i iThe The tale of horror and bloodshed that the priest told held even the veteran detectives spellbound and aghast More than once they were on the tho point of ot refusing re- re that the priest was fusing to believe beHove telling the truth but the evidence he offered against himself was too convincing con con- s to be denied He Burned Mattress When he be he bad had finished the young Joun I curate he curate he is but 32 y years ars old took too took his captors to a vacant lot at One Hun Med and fourth Forty street between Seventh and E Eighth avenues avenue where he had bad burned the blood soaked mattress m ou which Miss Aumuller had been murdered murdered mur mur- dered and sh showed wed them the ch charred re remains re mains of the excelsior and Cotton ticking tick tick- me ing lust just as he had bad left them With their prisoner the detectives motored to police headquarters and there the grilling of the curate was I Ire re resumed umed As soon as Faurot had satisfied satis satis- fled fied that Schmidt had har told the thelast thelast thelast last detail he be turned him over to Assistant Assistant As As- District Attorney Deacon Murphy Mur Mur- phy whose stenographer took a transcript trans of Schmidt's confession By that time Coroner had arrived and after atter a brief hearing in Inspector Faurot's room the priest was held bail ban on the r ch charge e of or The statement made malic bv h Father t. t to n 0 Father r Luke Fv B Evers rs the I chaplain b of th Tombs lc the tho Tombs prison leads ds many to believe that the thc murderer is unbalanced lanced In this ho he tellof tells tell of being bein ordained by bJ St St. Elizabeth a anun a anun nun n who has ba been load dead years Vear and of drinking of the girls girl's blood as a n sacrifice e also aho upon order o of St. St Elizabeth Eliza beth Authorities of the Catholic church churchIn In New York express grave rao doubts doubt that Schmidt had bad ever over been a priest and that he be l Bad ad imposed himself upon the church in Amerl America a Bishop McFall of Trenton under whom Schmidt was stationed sta for some time tim stated that the priest murderer has lone tone been heen erratic while others assert that he bc has bas been insane for a lon long time timeS ParIs Parishioners Praise Him Father er Schmidt's Schmidt s 's pan parishioners man man and woman woman are arc stunned by tho the tra trag trag- edy Some declared there must have hae bl been n some somo mistake e They said lAir Father Schmidt must have ha gone cone one insane and ba had made a false fabe confession Others Other declared themselves astonished beyond expression To a person they ther praised praised ed the prie priest prest t. t his bie eloquence his hie kindliness bi his gen gen- generosity en- en his courtly bearing bearin and his hs erudition Last Lalit March said uh one parishioner Father Fath Path I er Schmidt found round a man In the clutches of or x II policeman The man had h d etolen stolen I bread from a R. doorstep He had hail no rio coat and An his ISho shoes were mere mero apologies An Irate housewife catching the man leaving the doorstep p with Ith the bread beneath his i arm art lIed hailed a policeman Will Wilt you ou b b. b it If Ie 1 t pay pa for the Fether Schmidt Hk J the wom worn an en She said I that Khe he would And will 11 you O l be he tIned satisfied If It I take mice of or the prisoner the Iho priest asked the policeman The policeman too nodded nod nod- d ded yes Father Schmidt S took tho the man tn to the thi church f td d him gave him tome some money mone ant and a heavy heay overcoat o Not Quite 20 Years Old I The Th murder tt gt Anna Aumuller oc occurred occurred oc oc- curr Just jUlit before her twentieth birth birth- flay a. a said Joseph Egler r. r her flit cousin We had all lived 11 In Odenburg In iii Hungary Hun Hun- nary gary thirty seven mile train from Vienna My Sly mother cared eared for Anna before she came lIme to title this country two years cars ago When she he wa as asery very ery young oun her father cather died leaving her hr h r mother with her baby bab girl Sly My dy mother moUle took toul the tue two of or them home When n 1 I l I ft for thia country Anna Arias with her h enthusiasm m. m fol followed fol lowed and came to live lh with m my wife wire cud me- me Wo We were ere all allery very ery happy together to but Anna Ann wanted anted to be Independent so sh he obtained work In the rectory where Father Fattier Schmidt lived She emM to enjoy the work worle and wh when n we saw her sho she was always bright blight hl and happy Then little b by little her visits to our house grew moro Infrequent Wo Vii did not know what was nai the the hl matter maUer but tho the girl kent a away from us Believing Relieving the letters upon which Hans linus Schmidt Rained gained admission glon to the priestly bodies of this country countr were bogus Monsignor Lavelle vicar I general of ot this diocese today cabled the church authorities abroAd for tor tilt the official 1 records record Both Father Sullivan and Father Evers E qu questioned the man said ald Monsignor l La- La velle Schmidt told Father Sullivan the bleb bleb- op of ot the thc diocese In J Alsace had hac once denied ordaining him and had caused c his Ills eat arrest as an all Impostor The h letters carried by hy Schmidt worn wore Issued h by the bishop of ot this Alsatian diocese c It Is to him the church authorities of this city look hook tor or thou tion I Took Head Away First This man never belonged to the bod body of ot priests of or this dl diocese ese said sald Monsignor Lavelle He came to us about two U or throe throB years cars ago from Tronton Trenton He lie had good letters Jotters from that diocese Re He left Trenton for disciplinarian rea rca sons eons Ho had committed an act of or In Insubordination In- In subordination and was sent ent on Oil In hopes that ho would learn a Il lesson slon It must be that the thc man Is Insane it its Is s unbelievable that such a n. crime could have havo been committed b by a R. sano sane man mn In his confession to Coroner the priest rapidly sketched his first meeting moot meet In ing ng with tho girl hi his falling Jn Sn love lovo with Ith her and nd then their Intimacy We Y c continued continued con con- our secret love and wore ore not ashamed m ashl 11 he said Later Anne Anna talked L' to me rue about our child soon to be born horn The Tho full tun realization tion of oC our sin became apparent to me flue The fact act began to worry worn meAnna meAnna meAnna me Anna d pleaded Then I 1 decided that we should be married Several Sever days before bo- bo fore I killed her we C were wre married at the city hall hail Wo We gave e our true truc names You Tou will find the records We began our married life But I was as worried n If Ir our relation became known how ho low could I 1 a priest explain I thought It all nit over o and nc I decided to kill my wife My IY work vork was rapid I wanted to got get rid of ot the tho head It was the first thing I took ook away I wrapped It In paper and tied It tt up like a P package e. e With tho the head under my arm I made my 01 way to the river I bought a a. ferry fem ticket and got ot aboard the ferr ferry to Fort Lee I laid the package down on tho the seat No one beside me In the waiting room noticed There were ere many passengers As the tho boat neared nure-d midstream am I plc-ced plc UP ip my package and sauntered to the tho stern st rn of tho the boat boaL As no one paid attention toma to tome me mft and I felt sure lure that I WRit was not observed I dropped the head Into the stream I r did up a part of or the b body udy In a package pack package pack pack- age small enough to carry tTY conveniently without attracting too much attention I J Imade Imade made sure that no blood showed I returned returned re- re turned to m my clerical duties and I was n Inthe inthe in the he confessional Saturday afternoon and night |