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•» PHIESIJONFESSES OWNS DP Ta TIE IUTCIE1T OF NEI TOII 6IIL BODY 15 FOUND IN RIVER Pri<*»t H»d Been Married to Her Se cretly, Performing the Ceremony Illmeelf—Pillow Case Clue Led to Hi* Arrest—Slayer Attempt* Sui cide When Arrested. With the arrest In New York early Sunday of the Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Joseph’s Ro man Catholic church, charged with the murder of Anna Aumuller, a do mestic, the mystery surrounding the finding of parts of the dismembered body of a girl in the Hudson river was solved. Schmidt, according to the police reports, confessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a safety razor blade. Early Sunday, according to par ishioners of the church, Schmidt said to the Rev. Father Huntmann, rector of St. Joseph’s Church, that ho would hear no more confessions and when asked for his reason said: “I have something of Importance to tell you." With Ms superior, Schmi It then re tired to the study where the latter told all that had transpired In the Rradhurst avenue flat, where, accord ing to his alleged confession, he mur dered the girl Father Huntmann conferred with his other assistants yind It Was agreed that the author! ties should be notified The police however. were even then on Sch rnldt's trail, and hla arrest fol lowed shortly Schmidt was taken to the Tombs The confession which the ;-o!!ce say Schmidt signed follows 1 met Anna Aumuller two years •go at the parish house st St !W»nt fare church Shs was employed ss s servant there I wss attracted by her bwauty I became Infatuated with hsr 1 loved her I k ;ie-l her t>e- cwuse I loved her S> mu'h She was SO *-eaut!f u' so g'w>d I CO J1 1 not let her It *e • t h >ut me ASHAMED OF MONSTER CATHOMO church wants to DISOWN A FIEND. It Hopes to Show the Self-Confessed Murderer of Ann* Aumuller a Bogus Priest. In the hope of branding as an im poster and bogus priest, Father Hans Schmidt, the self-confoseed slayer of Anna Aumuller, a young woman he had betrayed and brutally murdered In. New York, the Catholic Church authorities began Monday a sweeping Investigation of Schmidt’s record and his pretensions to ordination. The church can hardly bo blamed for wanting to rid Itself of such a cold blooded murderer as Schmidt con fesses himself to be. *‘We hope, of course, to be able to prove that this unspeakable monster was an imposter and that he had been using forged papers,” declared Mon- slgnor Lavella, vicar-general of the arch diocese of New York. ‘‘That Is something which we are trying to clear up now\ He came to this dio cese with credentials which were ap parently In every way authentic and genuine, but we know practically nothing of him. His crime is too hor rible to conceive. We can only hop*- that ho may prove to have been a psrudo priest." Schmidt lias added little to his con fession made on Sunday night In which he told t tie police that he kiil- e 1 his victim as she lay In bed, cut op tor body in the hath tub of the apar’no nt, where he had e-tabli-W- • '•1 tier, wrapped it In bun lies and dropped the bundle* in the Hudson river To Rev I. J Kvers. th*- chap lain of the Tomb* where Si tin.I It 1* confined, he U laid to have made the following declaration ' 1 waj directed to kill her *y St F.l'ia'-eth. who la my patron aa a »a - rtflee, to bw conaummatrd aa »a* ’he f»a<r:flc* of Abraham. in b >o 1 St tun lit told ’he polhe h« k !'.*-•! tha yung woman because he love I her but rould not marry her bee* ,«e h" wa» a pr e«t of the It man ''»tt Pic Fh-ircf wt.i-h d -e* n t a ■ !’a prlea’a t * get tnarr'.e 5 t « had ( !.e th' g •t’h a r a*r au>- • re FELONS WORK ON ROADS ILLIONOI8 PUTS FORTY-FIVE ON THEIR HONOR. Joliet I Vi aoners Appreciate Their New liberty and Pitch Into Work With Euthusiasni. Forty-five picked prisoners from tbe state prison at Joliet, 111., are working on the state road near Dixon and living in a camp on the bank of the Rock river. For five or aix months they will enjoy all the liber ties afforded working road gangs of free men. There is not a happier company of working men, perhaps, to be found in the whole country. To protect themselves and to Insure that the road building experiment shall be a success, the group has named one of their number as Judge to try all cases that may arise in the gang and another as a detective to report in case any member of the gang seeks to away. The road gang is composed of mur derers, forgers, “Black Hand” ope rators, hold-up men, pug-uglies, plain thieves, extraordinary thieves and burglars—all long term men. They are eager to "make good” so that the men under sentence for short terms may also have the benefit of life and work in the sunshine. Th'* group of convh ts was taken from Joliet j rison while it was still dark fci.d. being un h r no spec ,i "uar l“ some prisoners might ea-ily havi sneaked away. Rut ewry man has sworn that he will pursue an 1 deal harshly w th any com let who seeks to bring the prison Into d s- reputc On e at ('amp Hop* the men *et up tent*, prepared a kitchen, grade) a main road through th* ca ronstrtK’ed a barbel wire f*-n preewutb'n taken mor*> hootlerger* ant gambler* ■ P ear? p P an to **ep th«* n.< r. in aftc- almlsslon to the ■ *:: p hr *• ! only Th • wwwk the men » r • *■ si* the!- flr»t ei-. u* ’ * r .< • a ‘ t h h T • -» ga**. the werk *• a • i* uu. va-at - »' ! ap.ea* ' ■» v-'» FIGHT FOR BIG OFFICE THURMOND OR R'ESTON WILL LAND THE JOB SOON. Report of Feeling Over the District Attorneyship Between the Senators is Exaggerated. Tho Columbia Record says the con test for the district attorneyship of South Carolina has .narrowed down to two persons and either Francis H. Weston of Columbia or J. William Thurmond of Edgefield will land the plum as the following letter from Senator Tillman to a prominent citi zen of Columbia would Indicate: “Senator Smith and I have an un derstanding to this effect: . He has endorsed Weston and I have endorsed Thurmond. Whichever of these two names the president sends to the Sen ate we will confirm, but we will con firm nobody else. Therefore, there Is no possibility of a dark horse. ”B. R. Tillman.” When shown a copy of the above letter Monday morning, Senator Wes ton said the letter purporting to come from Senator Tillman was in accord ance with the situation as he under stands it at Washington, having Stoppi pd In the capital on his return from a meeting of the American Bar assoi'l at ion at Montreal He Is of the opinii n thr. it t!. ore has been a great d"n 1 ( , f ♦ t;i u ir o r At :o n in roeard to the tor o f. a i: 8 a: 1 to ovist hot wo< n S * : i i * <>r -■ Smi’'i a n < ! Ti 'o.an ov. r the r ar. 1 ! <■;<< ' h ho ’. i •or is meroly r r> !:.* r t > t 1 < a -• r v i o f ..r a friend V r V a ♦ • M * ■ n '■ ai 1 lor allod on S*-na SOCIEIT WOMAN HELD CHARGED WITH RLACKMAILING RICH OHIO HEIRESS tf'r T. ‘t n w iti r**c‘ 1 ▼. V- T! jrri*« ^ v ! •h ah! ! h*! mad* up rr. v min ! th at • an J I «■«> 'a 1 f. .? ! * a t o * *>’ s ! > * «-4t *r. 1 n . a ’ r *• n. »! n » t • k* r< B k u f c 1 r < , ‘ \ f, * r* * r r s A • fm -n «• H., I opotta', •> « <J •vr th« "at ; • • • I ha ! r. rr -.*• ’ * . * . m * r V r a * T* ■ 1 <1 * - ■ ’ ’ A ' ' 1 r * t *• r * t * ’ i * | » rv * r « m a ' * t - i • ’ 1 * rr 5 • • • . ^ 1 • X u - *• » • ' a : a • * ' r • t , , % * In a * n r ' C r \ ’ fra * * ! ’ v* t? • • • t t * ' • \ • . ! ” • A t . o • * ** • \ * »r ! • <•-. • * • A * A r» • ■ *’ * « ' • * f* r • ’ • . ! • r • . • « A * n. t < ; •Mi • A" ! rr: * ! * -» AA* X • At* r *: ' ^ r. •' * Y • - * • w Ml* :r. \VaHhlrigtun an 1 '. ! m"»f r ! i! » wh 1 !•■ n 1 i a', h i ■ r. S*-na'->r k:• > \ > 1 a rr."'t r»- ina • b - m r+ p*c t • « of • • U p • fr*n1 ar. 1 nv'jh r »• t i c.b • p v • f ’. i > 4 t' 1 * - • ' hi* p* n * *r'.rr. ft *. t* a'*- *»'» *! * ..;< a n 1 rordlil r> t! ,n M r \S r • i r o T hi. ■hat n"!r 1 ,or sora’ r h AS nr r i>r • i a • -.-p Mr* a**!r,»r t'» ar. ! ! f ’ !. •* *»•! to« *r. .1 a -*• p . • h nr r v ' r H.- r r ran t !*!o* ; .re! T ^ * r ’ Mf • . '•1m ;• vo-a’-T Ti: r r . h r f t Decoy Letter Resulted in Arrest of Ohio Town’s Social Leader—Attor ney Hints at Plot. Mrs. Margaret A. Carter, wife of a retired tobacco manufacturer, of Elyria, O., and a well known society woman at that town, is under arrest, charged with blackmail, District At torney Alburn, of Cleveland, calls the scheme the “wickedest and largest blackmailing plot ever heard of”. Not only Is the woman charged with seeking, by threatening letters, to obtain 13,000 from Miss Lillian Huntington, heiress, but Alburn says other epistles were sent to prominent and wealthy persons In Elyria, Cleve land and towns in northern Ohio. These letters, It Is charged, revealed Intimacy with the private affairs of the persons threateped. Miss Huntington is not yet twenty and beautiful. She has Inherited a large fortune from her grandfather, John Huntington, one of the old-time Standard Oil magnates, and a sec ond fortune came to her through the will of her uncle, William Marsh Rice, who was killed In New York by his valet and Albert T. Ratrick, a New York lawyer. When cnly slxtee nand a school virl at the fashionable BriatclifT s hoc 1 near New York, she was tak*‘n by h» r mother on a trip to Asheville. N C . and there met Dwight Dawley, -(■a of a wealthy furniture manufac turer of Wheeling. W Va Th*y J ch'ped and were married But, with P .• consent of the young people'* ' ; .vent* they separated and a divorce ! * a* *e<- u red after a year | Recently there have been rumor* that N:»* Huntington »aa to ma-rv a prom nent young Cleveland cluV man It waa on thee* rumor* that (fee blackmailing letter came elgned M •« Mn«w‘* The writer •’atel th*’ • iibman hat prorc'aet to marry and that os eee M ae Huntington „ . » . - * s t>0 ) a eran da! tsjUoe T . voung woman • • j - •» » - 1 poedal a* «• * -k A deeof ta tt« ■ • *e*i of M-v • ‘ e ier •e«d be* •ft • - ’•eultc ! A » A v a: TS* i r » • $ ' f ' TBE CHNCT BILL ■ »- — - IEASDIE PASSES TIE HOSE IT A LAIfiE 1AJIIITT OTHEI PARTIES SPLIT Twenty-four Republicans and Four teen Progressives Vote With Dem ocrats for Passage.—Bill as Sent to Senate Practically Unchanged From Original Draft. The complete revision of American banking and currency methods pro posed in the Democratic currency bill was started on Its way to the statute books Thursday. By a vote of 2 86 to 84, the House of Representatives passed the bill In almost the same form as it originally was proposed. Twenty-four Republicans and four teen Progressives voted for the bill. With this overwhelming House ma- Jifrity and the endorsement of Presi dent Wilson behind it, the measure was sent over to the Senate. There it was referred to the banking and currency committee, where hearings already are in progress The commit tee may not be ready for several weeks. Th« measure wouM eMmlrate t > 'e present American hat.k m sv*te-n. ntoN-r wh’.c'i hanks • - . accln't Kowmment ’ tit : >h a curr«-r v )•- ! ViRtrI ti.inks ’a**- I nr. Si mefclal pf*er -h *he r n:cs the r>-«: r * h 1: • > nr. 1 V ’ A . ’. i V ••*- ! v<v :ng ! t i t has*- rould o 1 ‘a r<!cr*l o'si-e Ttrr>j*"v • k 'n r nn t-r t h*> r-s*'V e !v»ar of V • * \k <11 M 4» »• (■ V«-w J metn*w'a ap;- !n'»-d bv »h- d er. t * r. d a r < •;*) !! i ’ hanker* weu’d have < r.' v •tv 1 , tor v The •Vfef-l » U.d '•» *! •hr*>«*h revetn- hank* ***»g*»ph'c* d1»:*'"t>* '•*- each «*; ’» 's*1 *t • t Wt’.fk '»;!•*’, ts. " •' '•*■ • ‘ h«ek* a tfc* • Ten '»e* *#»•-<•' • '.o *n* »-.*••*•» pwf* •• i p^Mvdv’rr.* *••**-& a *- ' m»a f ’ k , r ' 1 •*-» « * , * - * » . t — • • a * r ' t • *' _ , * * • t * » g-v ^ack to "at k''er 1 *.* • ’ . » » • ' e ' ' '•*••• < ] rr* rr.e f • -« k ' * - V* rf . * » 1 » I ha v a ^ a! »!-. * n. .*• Inr r A ■ r. a I pr • t ru*’- • a:n ter a • ! lot and there ■ •. *■ * - • <. . A : m a' I*- r ‘e » an'e1 n a t v mi ure* » !•! a r r' a ge 1 • 1 m e 1 a m a r' ! ’ p.-r' -in th. •I'S, 1 It , -i »\ < e ! • t. o" ' I : * e • *4. • • ' S -I • r K • • » > ar. vr-v ‘ e- an 1 1 • n«>' S’ » 1e*t an ! AT A c <• -I < a * • •' a r * • or d a' n •- d ’ rr. •■! V So »heti * h e up-'ll'n cm-emony 1 rnarr!**! mvseif to !.er Tt;ere » aa no n»-ed of any of* er pr!*'*’ do ntr |» It w^* ’uat as at'snRjfe a* If I tin! rn!!»>1 In another person with • uthorltv to perform th.> marriage ceremony S!ie waa mv wife ” In Schmidt s apartment anion*: | other things, the police found a mar riage license Issued In New York last February ami bearing the names of the priest ami the murdered woman According to Schmidt s confession, he went through a matrlage ceremony with tho girl In this ceremony Schmidt was both priest and bride groom: there were no wltneases. A gaily colored pillow slip of un usual pattern led to Schmidt’s appre hension. This pillow, stained with blood and soiled with the filth of the river, was wrapped around a portion of the torso. The dettctlves traced the pillow to Its manufacturer; the manufacturer traced It to the dealer: the dealer traced it to Schmidt. And the police, tracing Schmidt and the girl, knew all about both of them hours before they arrested him. Schmidt was arrested by Inspector Faurot In charge of the detective bu reau. The priest was dressed In full clerical garb when the detective en tered his rooms in the parish hojiso of h!s church in west One Hundred, and Twenty-fifth street. The inspec tor produced a photograph of Miss Aumuller and asked Schmidt If he knew the girl. The priest, after a moment of hesi tation, Inquired whether his visitors were police officers. His actions Indicated that he was expecting arrest. He then asked per mission to change his clothes and It was when he left hfs clothes an<J It was when he left the room. Inspe<*tbr Faurot declared, that be attempted to ent hla throat with a safety raxor blade. ‘ —j t! « »;■; c- < Irt . * a ». . * . . r' h r. * r »’ 1 .(rtf ( • l ’ • • ' im •*’ < r»« i *; *• . i. *••» * -■ • • t ' k - ft- u • ; M rr. a • * a mao • f him t a » »* * Vi an \*n-*al*» V.n Vt ai Dili HE Ml ICDI K HER Ti n » ’ — —•- I nthrr *>< hm!<lt t<-»l <>f Munh-r- Ing Mma k< llnrr. W.th a \!<-w to cl»-ar:iig !!.•> mv- t<T> surroumling th.* murd'-r <<f t ight M*ar tild Alma Kt-llntT, whose mutl luted body was found In quick lime in the basement of St John's Catholic church In I.oulsville, Ky , two and one-half years ago. the New York police Monday sought to obtain from Father Schmidt, the Catholic priest who confessed to the murder of a young woman in New York Sunday night, some statement of what he might know of this crime. From August, 1!>09, till March. 1910, Father Schmidt was a visitor in Louisville, not officially connected with any church there, but a guest In the homo of Father Henry B. Wesfer- mann, rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Alma Kell ner disappeared on Dovember 3. 1909. Her body was found nine months after. Joseph 'Wendling, Janitor at St. -John’s church, is now serving a life term in prison at Frankfort, Ky., for the crime. Wend ling stoutly de nied his guilt and the Jury did not consider the evidence sufficient to lodge against him a verdict of firs* degree murder. > r< i » U '' and 1 thli • -S8 ’ a t. J a * > * t •• m *: U c -.•l.t*’ . •?» :. V ’ * . ; V .< ■ .* t !..»« ma:.ag'-! t.i it t ho»«* attempts •■•tain p- w.r Cer’alnly w.- on - !•- of ;!<«> wat-r with our *u< •ul experience a* a repu'dlc < an not but wish well for tbe republic in Ror- t ugal Since the establishment of the French republic on the ruins of the French Krnplre after the Franco- Brussian war in the seventies, the progress of Democracy in the world has been steady and sure. Brazil followed France. Don Pedro had the good sense to step dow n and out with out making any fuss Later, the mother country, Portugal, gave King Manuel an indefinite leave of absence and took over h^-r ^wn affairs. Even China proclaimed a republic, and so the march of Democracy goes on. In time all the kings will be out of Jobs. APPOINT POSTMASTERS. Woman Bather Mobbed. A slit skirt bathing costume worn by Mrs. Charle| Panning, at Atlantic City, created kuoh a sensation that the wearer was literally mobbed. Af ter being roughly handled by a crowd of several thousand persons, she fainted and had to be carried uncon- acious to the hospital tent. President Sends In Several South Car olina Appointments. Fourth-class postmasters were Thursday appointed In South Caro lina as follows: Jas. V. Stillwell, at Aris Island, Beaufort county, a new office; Dallas A. Gardner, at Embree, Bamberg County, a new office; Carrie L. Sam, at Sandy Run, Calhoun coun ty, to succeed J. C. Muller, resigned; Robert V. Wilkes, at Douglass, Fair- field County, to succeed J. Y. Wilkes, resigned; Lou Aiaree, at Bostic, Flor ence County, to succeed Lena Relin, resigned, and Daniel L. Roof, at Barr, Lexington County, vicfluCL.H. Roof, deceased. . - » l • • • ' » 'a r , . *t n ’ r ' - » <• art- d.. ••< ’ * r»-»p<'ti- i Ci- w •• 1 ’ a re of t h ene \ * to a* the iomm iri.'v also and the t authori’le* -hare .a this renponci bll- Ify For the time being the-** -tu- <1 nt* are our wards, and to expo-** them knowingly to the unrestricted poolroom, the law‘e«8 social club, the indecent show, the winked-at gam bling den, and the debasing brothel, is to be inhumanly unwortky of our civic responsibility. The city author ities must simply join friendly and in telligent hands with the college au thorities to give these out-of-town hoys as well as our own boys a fair chance to develop in a reasonably clean moral atmosphere. It can be done If we really want to do it, and if we do not want to do it, we are cither ignorant or have a singularly blurred sense of responsibility.” These wise words apply to every community in South Carolina which has boys and young men in it, wheth er they are students or not. We commend the mto our people and our city authorities. K T r A ’ f ’ m p rv r r ! In our n " f • In i A • f ‘ • * V * 1 « * r. 1 f 4.-at ■aln'r t‘ "f # !• r« --m T- - .a-’' - a r * 1 h" ' a ’. ’*■* » r »"m"n t 1' t! " r. »rg"S t ha’ r ' r ’ • k » ' * %f : t » A A c ’ * ' A 1 . r ’ a»- •-r. •-n mad* <! u r 1 r g t h »• ran pa g n • t. O K . d n • r 1 * A ’ x * — v-e a' ! ! r «■ .■"port# t h a’ ha»" ' "»-n In c! r ar n.-©’ :<o r •n*.!" ’ ! " 4 -1 .% ’ , A »r among t b • 1 p » » * f. ■f H «■» A m » i in Ad It A ' > ' c. o i’ » ' A * f, r man» month* ar" r<<f r", t a ir -• * r:* > t • ■ o ! •. r * * • m ■ f * V as t>*-*-n »!!"g"«l tl at *. a v !^» ’’ -r'-.t i s • w ] i : _ * • r P m ' r:. • ■L may t-r found in t h" » ? a r ' . * ■ . » K « f r » V # ■ • r * "art ( f th© cl IT BEnd (1 r"r* ar© . r- . ' ” " ; r st * ' ’ i > t t.oT ’ l !* fnr •Aid to flourl*h Gsmbllni r <l»-ns ar" t,v Uillla n < h* r that H! „ . o y t bar **M to abound Th"r" U * la© !» i. ti * a r. V. « *© ‘ • th* rn dov» - < tvl<- at mo spher© In th© city It Is f ur August •> t h •* year . ■* as W i 'dam Mr*. B. A. McGough, an aged wo uld hi* cotton man. of Soa Hrfffct, N. J., waa acarod to death by a clap of thunder, dors ig a mrwx Leg Broken by lightning. Knocked down by lightning, which entered her home. Mr*. John D. Ber ger. of Bridgeport. Conn., enffered a broken leg without burn or other Indication that the had been hit A child In her arm* waa not hurt. Caught in Balloon. Thirteen-year-old George Bernier, who was holding a guy rope to a bal loon while it was being inflated, pre paratory to an ascension at a local fair at Woodstock. Conn., Tuesday, was suddenly catried 600 feet in the air and then dropped to instant death in front of the grand stand, where five thousand people were assembled. ♦ Gets Good Job. Wm. F. Young, formerly assistant postmaster at Spartanburg, was Mon day appointed by Postmaster Gener al Burleson as a clerk In the post- office department at Washington at a salary of $1,800 per annum. The position was obtained for Mr. Toting by Rapreeentatlv* Joseph T. Johnson. pri*:ng that the people of the city of Spartanburg, a city that has In pa*’ years been looked upon as one of the centers of culture of the state, should hare stood for this sort of thing It is a wonder that they have not arisen in their might and demanded that th© authorities clean out the city.” The Piedmont rightly says "every good citizen of Spartanburg should now uphold the hands of Mayor Floyd In his efforts to wipe out leesness. It should not be expected that Mr. Floyd can accomplish every thing alone. He must have the sup port of an active community senti ment. Blind tigers know where things are healthy for them and where they are not.” The Piedmont goes on to say that “Greenville con gratulates the people of Spartanburg on their decision to wipe out lawless ness. We have tried living in a "clos ed” town over here and have found it the most desirable town In which to live.” lously. He doe* not mean half he says. > , " ' «'+ ♦' . Break* Rib by Bneece. Bert Bard wall, forty years old, of Green Bay, Wia, cseesed harder than usaal a few momtim nn and later felt a severe palm la hi* side. Ha consnlted a ' A Wut*on h fiftv fMh birthday John Milton >*as not half that a»:e when ho w rote a birthd 1 \ sonnet that w 111 last as long as the Fnglish language lasts. William Watson lias written a birth day sonnet, and The Independent has published It. "For three things give 1 tltanks this August morn,” he says. The first is his wife, the second Is his daughter, the third Is his recovery from agnosticism. Here’s the end of the Wrthday sonnet: “Deep thanks, that I have now at last regained That faith In God which I did lose so long; The God who oft-timee with bewild ering gloom Muffled His beams; who dnrksomely sustained And guided when I knew not and from whom I had at birth the heavenly dower of song.” The Courtant says one would like to know whether any letters have passed between Watson and the au thor of the "Recessional'’ since this conversion occurred. It would also be interesting to know just how and when Watson was brought to "light”. What made him change his views, and what made him see the truth so , v . late In life? He ought to tell us, It would not only be very interestin^l^F The Philadelphia Record says: “Governor Blease, of South Carolina, has no higher regard for the supreme court of his own State than he has for the, President of tho United States, the. house, of Governors and other august bodies with which he has come in conflict.” The Record must not Uke Governor Blease ser- but might lead many others from the"^ darkness of death to the light of life eternal. We congratulate Spartanburg on declaring against the “wide open” crowd In her municipal election. May or Floyd and his board will see to it that one of the coming big dtiee of the State will be r«a deeeatly and la