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- PRIEST CONFESSES MURDER MYSTERY VEILING BODY FOUND IN HUDSON CLEARED. Priest Says He Killed Her Because He Loved Her So?Was Married to Her Secretly. 0 * New York, Sept. 14.?With the arrest early to-day of the Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, charg ed with the murder of Anna Aumuller, a domestic, the story surrounding the finding of parts of the diss membered body of a girl in the Hudson River was solved. Schmidt, according to police reports, confessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit suicide by cutting 4 his throat with a safety razor blade. "I killed her because I loved her so . much," Schmidt is alleged to have 9L told his captors, but the police verM sion of the motive for the crime is ^^B^|that the young woman was about to become a mother. He had married her through a ceremony of his own, jaEm performing without witnesses. K/ According to the police and the district attorney's office, Schmidt's confession was full and absolute. In it he is quoted as saying that he killed his companion with a butcher knife and cut up the body with the knife and a saw. The deed was committed, the police say, shortly after rvii/}r>i<rV(+ nn Sontomhpr '2. in an UllUUi^Ul. uu |?-V^vv?.vv. ? , apartment on Bradhurst avenue, where the priest had placed her five \ days before. Body Cut to Pieces. When her heart had ceased beating, according to the alleged confession, Schmidt carried the body from the bed to the bath room, and placing it in the tub began immediately his gory task of cutting it up. With the keen knife and the saw he cut off the head, arms and legs. Still * afraid of detection he then cut the body in two. Five bundles, wrapped in bed clothes and papers, were made of the six parts. Five times Schmidt left the apartment house with a bundle to cross the Hudson River to the Jersey shore. Five times he leaned over the stern of the ferryboat in midstream and gently gave the river his burden. Then he returned to % his church. The stains of the girl's blood discolored the bath tub when detectives searched the apartment to-day. Schmidt told the police he had taken the mattress on which she lay when he dealt the death blow under cover of darkness to a vacant lot nearby > and burned it. In the apartment, among other things, the police found a marriage license issued in New York last February and bearing the names of the priest and the murdered woman. According to Schmidt's confession he went through a marriage ceremony > * with the girl. In this ceremony Schmidt was both priest and bridegroom; there were no witnesses. Pillow Slip the Clue. ? A gayly colored pillow slip of unusual pattern led to Schmidt's apprehension. This pillow, stained with blood and spiled with the filth of the river, was wrapped around a portion of the torso. The detectives carried the pillow slip to its manufacturers. The manufacturer traced it to the dealer, 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 * ~ -I X a. 1 mi. ^ enarge or me aeiecuve oureau. me priest was dressed in full clerical garb when the* detective entered his rooms in the parish house of his < church, in West 125th street. The inspector produced a photograph of Miss Aumuller and asked Schmidt if he knew the girl. The priest after a moment of hesitation inquired whether his visitors were police officers. His actions in8ep dicated that he was expecting arrest. Ha He then asked permission to change his clothes and it was when he left WW the room Inspector Faurot declared v that he attempted to cut his throat with a safety razor blade. Early to-day, according to parishioners of the church, Schmidt said to the Rev. Father Huntmann, rector of St. Joseph's Church, that he would hear no more confessions and when asked for his reason said: Confessed His Deed. "I have something of importance to tell you." With his superior, Schmidt then retired to the study, where the latter told all that had transpired in the Bradhurst avenue flat, where, according to his alleged confession, he murdered the girl. Father Huntmann conferred with his other assistants and it was agreed that the authorities should be notified. The policemen, however, were then even on Schmidt's trail, and his arrest followed shortly. Schmidt was taken to the Tombs. The confession which the police say Schmidt signed follows: "I met Anna Aumuller two years ago at the Parish House at St. Boniface Church. She was employed as PREFERED DEATH TO TRIAL. Alleged Embezzler Eludes Officers and Commits Suicide. Somerset. Pa. September 11.? Eluding the deputy sheriffs, who were guarding him at the home of a relative here today, Henry F. Barron, former cashier of the Farmers' National Bank, of Somerset, secured a rifle and killed himself. Barron was under indictment for embezzlement and was to have appeared in fVIminnl , r>f f li mftvninor tr\ on _ I iillillCH WU1 I LiilO A-U V* VV swer the charge. Victor for Sumter "Drys." Columbia, Sept. 10.?Following a long executive session to-night, the State board of canvassers announced that the election held in Sumter County on the dispensary question had been thrown out on the general ground that the ballots used were not of the legal size. The board in effect declared that no legal election on the issue had ever been held. It was announced that the ruling of the Lexington County board of canvassers, in favor of the dispensary, had been sustained. a servant girl there. I was attracted by her beauty. I became infatuated with her. I loved her. "I killed her because I loved her so much. She was so beautiful, so good, I could not let her live without me. "I had made up my mind that she and I could not live together. I was a priest and must remain with my church. I could not let her go away from me. So I opened the door of the flat I awakened her. I told her I had come to fulfill my threat. Then I drew the knife across her throat. Dropped Parts in Hudson. "I cut the body into six parts. I made trips to the Fort Lee Ferry, each time with a part of her precious body in a bundle. When the ferry boat reached the middle of the stream I would throw a piece into the water and when the boat reached the other side of the river I would return and go back to the flat. "After I had disposed of the body I wanted to destroy all evidence of the crime. I took the mattress on which I had slain her and carried it to a vacant lot and there I burned it. "I am guilty; that is all I can say. I must pay the penalty. There is nothing else for me to do. But I loved Anna Aumuller. "She wanted me to marry her and I procured a manage license. She trusted me. "I am a priest and ordained to perform the marriage ceremony, so when she insisted upon a ceremony I married myself to her. There was no need of any other priest doing it. It was just as absolute as if I, had called in another person with authority to nerform a marriaee ceremony. She was my wife." Slept in His Cell. Schmidt, after being assigned to a cell in the Tombs, went to sleep. The I-riest, according to his story, was born in Germany in 1881. He attended college and at the age of 18 enrolled in St. Augustine's Seminary in Maine, and on December 23, 1904, was ordained. He held several charges in Germany and then came to America because of poor health. After remaining in New York city a short time he was assigned to a church at Louisville, Ky. In 1909 he went to Trenton, X. J., and in December, 1910, he became assistant to Father Braun, rector of St. Boniface's Church, where he met the Aumuller girl. In November, 1912, Schmidt left St. Boniface to become assistant rector of St. Joseph's Church, the assignment he held at the time of his arrest to-day. She was an Orphan. Little is known of the history of Anna Aumuller before she took employment in the St. Boniface Parish House the week before Christmas, iyiu. According to a statement, issued to-night by Father Braun she left his parish house in the summer of 1911, returning on Thanksgiving Day, 1912, and left the second time, August 30, last. At this time she said she was about to be married and go to Ohio to live. Father Braun said that he and his sister, who is his housekeeper, had become attached to the girl because she was very pleasant and a faithful worker. "All I know about her," he said, "is that she came to this country from Germany about two and a half years ago. I understand she was an orphan and I have a dim reccollection that she may possibly havecome to us through an advertisement | that I placed in a newspaper for a girl. While she had no credentials, I employed her." Despite her statement to another maid employed in the rectory that she was leaving to be married. Father Braun said to -night he was forced to discharge her two weeks ago "because her mode of living was unsatisfactory." The girl as near as could be learned was 21 years old. "LET THE PEOPLE SPOON." Xo Special Danger in Kisses, Says Physician. Kissing as a "general proposition" was approved today by Dr. J. F. Edwards, head of the city bureau of infectious diseases, as against the attack against it by Dr. Young, Chicago's health commissioner. "Kissing is as old as the human race," said Dr. Edwards. "What harm in there in it? It is not the puny creature that sits around and finnnns T'cnnllv thp men and WO men addicted to this love affection are strong and healthy. The weaklings do not have enough energy to spoon. "There is no special danger in kissing, and as a general proposition it is not dangerous. I believe that a majority of the medical profession is of the same opinion. "Let the people spoon."?Pittsburgh dispatch to New York Tribune History in Stamps Every one who has collected stamps must have noticed the surprising absence of sovereign's heads from those of Turkey. This is due to the fact that Mohammedans consider a representation of the human face or figure unlawful. Therefore Turkish stamps carry the crescent, which the Turks borrowed from the Byzantines after the fall of Constantinople. They also used a complicated, arbitrary sign, supposed to be the signature of the sultan. Egyptian and Grecian stamps are peculiarly expressive of the history of the countries which they represent. The pyramids, the mystic Sphinx, tall palm trees outlined nsrainst the nieht sky, a train of cam els stopping to drink from the river Nile, all carry us back to the very beginning of history and remind us that Egypt, the mother of civilization, is still called by her ancient name and is yet a growing power in the world she has known so long. Beautiful, artistic Greece, the home of beauty, from which our sculptors and architects draw their finest inspirations, gives us pure classic lines on her stamps, which show the famous discus thrower, Hermes of the winged feet, or a chariot race, or a tall, slim vase, an antique mold. The stamps of Persia show the lion and the sun?the lion as a symbol of power and the sun as an emblem of the ancient fire worship of the Persians. Korea displays the plum blossom on her stamps. It is the royal flower of her last dynasty, a dynasty which reigned for 500 years, until the hardy little Japanese wrested it away. The Mexican stamp bears the coat of arms of the country, an eagle on a cactus, holding a serpent in its talone. This device is the outgrowth of a legend that the first Aztec settlers chose the site of their city from see ing an eagle so engaged, and situated at that* spot.?New York Evening Post. State Board Deadlocked. Columbia, Sept. 11.?The State board of canvassers, after a long and rather heated meeting this morning, deadlocked on the appeal from the Williamrburg county dispensary board and adjourned sine die without breaking the deadlock. Under decisions of the Supreme Court in such cases the action of the Williamsburg county board in declaring the advocates of the establishment of the dispensary had won the election stands and the county will take its place in the ranks of the "wets." It was said here this morning that the prohibitionists will appeal to the Supreme Court. After an all day session yesterday the State board of canvassers went into executive session last night and decided to throw out the election in Sumter, thus giving the prohibition ists that county. They affirmed the decision of the Lexington county board in declaring the dispensary winner there and then tied up hard and fast, 3 to 3, on the appeal from the action of the Williamsburg board in declaring the dispensary victor there. A recess was taken until 10.30 this morning and after more speech-making and a somewhat heated discussion the vote, 3 to 3, remained unchanged and the matter was left deadlock, being, however, a victory for the dispensary forces. It is understood that Secretary of State McCown, State Treasurer Carter and Attorney General Peeples voted to approve the Williamsburg board in declaring the dispensary victor, while Comptroller General Jones, Adjutant General .Moore and Chairman Stanley, of the house committee on privileges and elections, voted to reverse the v. illiamsburg board and declare the county "dry." It is expected that the contests from each of the three counties will be taken to the Supreme Court on aptiaoI fy%r\ rv> til a o ati Ar\ r\ f t Vt a Cf of a i^cai lii/ui inc av/tiuu u l LIIC? oiaic board. All kinds of ledgers and blank books at Herald Book Store, cheap. NOTICE OP TRUSTEES' SALE. United States District Court, f< the District of South Carolina?] Bankruptcy. In the matter of H. C. Copeland Company, bankrupts. By virtue of an order of Hon. A. Hydrick, Jr., Referee in Bankruptc issued in the above entitled case, tl undersigned trustees will sell at pul lie auction to the highest bidder ft cash before the Court House doo Bamberg, South Carolina, on the 6t day of October, 1913, between eleve and twelve o'clock, a. m., on said da the following real estate, to-wit: All that certain piece or lot < land with the improvements thereo; situate in the town of Ehrhard County of Bamberg, State of Soul Carolina, containing two acres, moi or less, and bounded on the Nort by lands of J. H. Roberts and tl School property; East by Main < Broadway Street; South by lands < J. Frank Chassereau and J. D. Dai nelly, and West by??, said lot bi ing the same upon which the said I C. Copeland now resides. Also all that other certain piece c lot of land with the improvemen thereon situate in the town of Eh hardt. County of Bamberg, State < South Carolina, having a front c Broadway Street of fifty (50) fee and running back to a depth of tw hundred and ten (210) feet, at bounded on the North by lot of Mr W. "S. Folk; East by Broadws Street; South by lot of D. C. Cop< land, and West by the Ehrhardt E tate lands. J. F. CARTER, H. H. COPELAND, Trustees of H. C. Copeland & Cc bankrupts. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. Sth., 1913 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES' SALE. In The District Court of the Unite i j* ii Tv. _ r n .. males, ior uie juisirici ul duuiu v^ai< lina?In Equity. J. F. Carter, et al., Trustee against D. C. Copeland, et al., D fendants. By virtue of a decretal order < His Honor, Judge H. A. M. Smit issued in the above entitled case, tl undersigned trustees will sell at pu lie auction to the highest bidder, u] on terms hereinafter stated, in froi of the Court House door at Bamber South Carolina, on the 6th day of 0 tober, 1913, between eleven ar twelve o'clock, a. m., on said day, tl following described lands, to-wit: All that certain tract or parcel < land situate in the County of Bar berg, State of South Carolina, co: taining one hundred and sixty (16C acres, more or less, and bounded i follows: North by lands of M. j Kinard; East by lands of G. F. Cop land; South by lands of T. P. Riz< and John E. Carter, and West 1 lands of D. C. Copeland. Terms of sale: one-half cash, ba ance payable in one year, with ii terest from date of sale, payable ai nually, secured by the bond ar mortgage of the purchaser. J. F. CARTER, H. H. COPELAND, Trustees of H. C. Copeland & Cc bankrupts. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 8th., 1913. Notice to Distillers and Liqu< Dealers. Bide and samples are hereby r quested, in accordance with the di pensary law now in force, for tt J- A_ i * X-.'U ^ J 4.1 iouowing gooas 10 ue iumieueu u State of South Carolina for the u? of the county dispensary board < Bamberg county, S. C. Liquors to 1 shipped in car load lots, except bee freight prepaid to Bamberg, S. C., t wit: All kinds of corn, rye, gin, wine brandies, both in bulk and bottled : full one-half pints, pints, and quart Beers in pints and quarts to 1 delivered at Bamberg, Denmar Ehrhardt and Olar, S. C. Also Dids on empty bottles, on half pints, pints, and quarts, in di pensary cases, corks and tin foil. All goods shall be furnished compliance with and subject to tl terms and conditions of the dispe: sary law of 1907, and bidders mu observe the following rules: 1st. All bids must be sealed, ar there shall be no signature or mai upon the envelope indicating tl name of the bidder. 2nd. All bids must be sent 1 express or registered letter to Ge A. Jennings, treasurer, Bamberg, C., on or before October 10, 1913. 3rd. The contract will be awar ed to the lowest responsible bidde the board reserving the right to r ject any or all bids, or parts of bids The board requires that on all bi< submitted the age and proof of z goods shall be stated, and all bii shall be in gallons, one-half gallon quarts, pints and one-half pints. Bids will be opened at the office < the county board, Bamberg, S. C., c October 10, i913. Also bids are. wanted at once f< /\ f Knil/lintyc irt f Ati'no r\ f Per 1 cut I UUHUIIX50 1XA ?* V1 berg, Olar, Denmark, and Ehrhard in which to conduct dispensaries. J. M. GRIMES, Chairman, J. B. KEARSE, W. H. FAUST, Board of Control County Dispel saries, Bamberg County, South Car lina. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South CarolinaCounty of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Ha rnon. Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, H. X. Bellinger hat made suit to me to grant him lette: of administration of the estate of an effects of Mrs. Martha C. Bellinge deceased: These are therefore to cite an admonish all and singular the kii died and creditors of the said Marti' C. Bellinger, deceased, that they 1 and appear before me in the Court < Probate, to be held at Bamberg, c Monday,, September 22nd. next, aft( publication thereof, at 11 o'clock i the forenoon, to show cause, if an they have, why the said administr; tion should not be granted. rinrAn mv Vi onH o r? call +V? Ul? CU UJULU.^1 111 J 11 CI 11IX C111 VI ccai V/ll 5th dav of September, A. D., 1913. GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probati GET IN Tt I F.vprvhnrl y, A wk* xfcy s "THE GAME i >n We have just r< | supply and if y< " come quick as t fast. Only 50c -tions how to pi d While attending school you i Individu Pit I You can get a nice Collapsible ? 10c, also all kinds of! (Herald Bo ZT I Blank Books a Specialty I Bamberg, Soul id * C. G. AXDERSOX, JR., Pres. Savannah, Ga. 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