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:■» VOLUME XII. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1913. NO. 102. PBT KILLS GIRL. IT Mystery of New York Girl's Death Cleared-Priest Con- fesses-'Tm Guilty; Pay,” He Says Must (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—With the ar rest Sunday of the Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church, charged with the mur der of Anna Aumuller, a domestic, 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, con fessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a safety razor blade. “I killed her because I loved her so much,” Schmidt is alleged to have told his captors; but the police versipn of the motive for the crime is that the young woman was about to become a mother. He had married her through a ceremony of his own performing, with out witnesses. KILLED WHILE SHE SLEPT. According to the police and the dis trict attorney's office, Schmidt’s confes sion 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, while the woman slept, shortly after midnight on September 2, in an apartment in Bradhurst avenue, where the priest had placed her five days before. When her heart had ceased beating, according to the alleged confession. Schmidt carried the body from the bed to the bathroom 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 fearful 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 Hud son 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. FIND MARRIAGE LICENSE. The stains of the girl's blood still discolored the bath tub when detectives searched the apartment yesterday. Schmidt told the police he had taken the mattress on which she lay when 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 mar- f riage license issued in New York last February and ©earing 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 LEADS TO ARREST. A gayly colored pillow of unusual pat tern led to % Schmidt’s apprehension. This pillow, stained with blood and soiled with the filth of the river, was wrapped around a portion of the torso. The de tectives traced the pillow to its man ufacturer; 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 arrest ed him. Schmidt was arrested by In spector Fauret in charge of the detec tive bureau. The priest was dressed in full clerical garb when the detectives entered his rooms in the parish house of his church in West 125th street. The inspector produced a photograph of Miss Aumul ler and asked Schmidt if he knew the girl. The priest, after a moment of hesita tion, inquired whether his visitors were police officers. His actions indicated that he was expecting arrest. He then asked permission to change his clothes and it was when he left the room In spector Fauret declared that he at tempted to cut his throat with a safety razor blade. Early yesterday, according to parish ioners of the church, Schmidt said to the Rev. Father Huntmann, rector of St. Joseph’s church, that he would hear po more confessions and when asked for his reason said: “I have something of Importance to tell you.” With his superior, Schmidt then re tired to the study, where the latter told all that had transpired in the Brad hurst avenue flat, where, according to his alleged confession, he murdered the girl. Father Huntmann conferred with his pther assistants and it was agreed that the authorities should be notified. The „ police, however, were even then on {Schmidt’s trail, and his arrest followed shortly. Schmidt was taken to the Tombs. Ac cording to the. police he made a full confession, after which he was taken be fore Coroner Feinberg, who committed him to the Tombs until the fnquest is held. THE PRIEST’S CONFESSION. The confession which the police say Schmidt signed follows: “I met Anna Aumuller two years ago at the parish house of St. Boniface church. She was employed as a servant there. I was attracted by her beauty. I became infatuated with her. I loved her. 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 us. So I opened the door of the flat. “I awakened her. I told her I had come to fulfill my threat. Then 1 drew the knife across her throat. “I cut the body into six pieces. 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, T wanted to destroy all .evidence of the crime. I took the mattress on which I bad slain her and carried it to a vacant Jot, and there I burned it. “I’M GUILTY—THAT’S ALL.” “I am guilty; that is all I can say. I must pay the penalty. There is nothing HACKED 10 PIECES One Hundred Refugees From Ravaged Country Arrive in Frisco Bringing Wild Tales of Murder by Rebel Hordes (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.—News of the murder of Morris P. Root, Americah superintendent of the El Tigre mines at Tepic, Mexico, was brought here yester day by ( the steamer Peru, which had al most 100 refugees aboard. The mining engineer was ^intercepted by a few bandits as he was on his way to join employes of the company who were pre paring to defend the mine property. He was disarmed and cut to pieces. Root was fifty years old and had been in Mexico sixteen years. Max Lambert, another American en gineer who arrived on the Peru, was left for dead by bandits who attacked his home in the state of Tepic. Lam bert’s wife and child escaped by crawl ing through a rear window and he re mained to greet the bandits whose ap proach was noticed when they were a mile away. They fractured his skull and left him for dead. When they de parted Mrs. Lambert returned and se cured aid. The refugees were from points along the western coast of Mexico and they brought repetitions of stories of refu gees who preceded them. Western Mexico is in a state of anarchy, they said. Rebel chiefs do not recognize each other and when they are not loot ing and murdering they are fighting among themselves. Americans from the state of Durango asserted conditions there are beyond description. They said the country is oyerrun with bands of drunken peons who commit unspeakable crimes. [E SMITH Satisfactory Assurances Re ceived That Plan of Georgia Senator Will Be Adopted by Conferees Soon VETS OF GRAND ARMY For First Time in History of Organization, Southern City is Its Host (By Associated Press.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 15.- Assembled for the first time in a southern city, more than 14,000 Union veterans were here today for the open ing. the forty-seventh annual en campment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Several thousand represen tatives of allied organizations, which are meeting in this city simultaneously with the annual encampment, also are in the city. Incoming trains through out the day swelled the attendance and a record crowd is predicted during en campment week, which will conclude Saturday. Today was designated as “Lookout Mountain day.” Despite a light continuous rain which began early this morning hun dreds visited the famous battlefield a*long the sides and on the point of Lookout mountain- Special guides showed the visitors over the grounds and explained the movements of the forces which contested for its occu pancy fifty years ago. The first business meeting of the encampment was held upon the return of the party to the city, when the executive council of administration convened. Official departmental orders governing the en campment were approved and issued at this meeting. Seven departmental headquarters al ready have been opened. They are the departments of Minnesota, Com mander Charles H. Taylor; Maryland, Commander Charles N. Emrich; New Hampshire, Commander David R. Roys; Ohio, Commander W. R. Warnock; Ver mont, Commander Thomas Hannon; West Virginia, Commander John F. Millan, and Utah, Commander Reuben Oehier. BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Along with the announcement today by Speaker Clark that the conference report on the tariff bill will be ready for consideration Friday came satisfactory ’ assurances that Senator Hoke Smith's plan for reg ulating the cotton exchanges will be accepted by the conferees, in lieu of the Clarke amendment. It is under- stod that the house conferees headed by Leader Underwood, are committed to the Smith scheme, and it is confident ly believed that the senate conferees will accept it. It is believed that the practical ef fect of the enactment into law of Sena tor Smith’s plan will be to increase the price of cotton approximately half a cent a pound. The Clark amendment, which the rate adopted, taxes all cotton future con tracts one-tenth of a cent a pound, or approximately 50 cents a bale. If deliv ery actually takes place this tax will be refunded. Since most of the transac tions on the exchange are purely specu lative deals and so-called heldging con tracts, delivery occurs only in a small percentage of the cases. Exchange trad ers say this tax will prohibit all’ spec ulation and the exchange cannot live without its speculative busines. They contend also that if the exchanges are abolished it will be followed by a drop in price, as it will restrict the mar ket. It has been charged also that if the business continued to live the tax would fall upon the farmer and that for every bale sold on the exchanges he would have to pay 60 cents out of his pocket. The Smith amendment offered in the senate caucus as a substitute, and de feated, proposes to require a more hon est contract, to be adopted by the ex changes. In a word, it aims to elim inate the worst evils of the exchange. It accepts the New Orleans exchange contract as a model and would require tne New York exchange to conform to that system. Under this amendment each contract must specify one of the nine govern ment standard grades of cotton. In settlement of such contract should a different grade be tendered the differ ence in price as fixed by actual spot cotton transactions six days previous must be paid. This is a substitute for the arbitrary system of fixing the differences in values of various grades of cotton, tenderable on contract. As a means of forcing the exchanges to conform their contracts to the govern ment classification, the Smith amend ment provides that unless they do so this contract shall be taxed 50 cents a bale as provided now in the Clark amendment. 0. S. OFFICIALS AT BAFFLE ANNIVERSARY Gate wav To THE ‘ foturLe r THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE MAN SEAYS' HIS WIFE’S FAMILY Separated From Her and De nied Access to House, He Commits Triple Killing THAW GETS REARING IN JUOGE DENIES BAIL TO If Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Seven Well-Known Citizens of Chattooga County-held for Contempt of Court Granted, Fish Fight May Fol low Between Factions Two Governors Also on Hand for Celebration of Battle of King’s Mountain BLEASE HITS DECISION 0F CAR0LINA C0 URT (Special Dispatch to The Jo.urnal.) COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 15.—The su preme court was bitterly assailed by Governor Blease for their decision in upholding the validity of the act of 1912 jroviidng for the refunding of the $5,600,000 bonded debt of the state now drawing 4 1-2 per cent interest with bonds drawing 4 per cent interest. The governor declares that he will nuot sign any bonds or stocks and as it is provided that the governor is to sign them there can be no refunding of the debt until his term of office ex pires. else for me to do. But I loved Anna Aumuller. “She wanted me to marry her, and I procured a marriage license. She trusted me. “I am a priest, and ordained to per form the marriage ceremony; so, when she insisted upon a ceremony, I mar ried 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 per form a marriage ceremony. She was my wife.” Schmidt, after being assigned to a cell in the Tombs, went to sleep. The priest, according to his story, was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in 1881. He attended college, and at the age of eighteen enrolled in St. Augustine’s seminary, in Maine, and on December 31, 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, N. 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 yester day. 1 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 16.—Secre tary of State William J. Bryan, Gov ernor Hooper, of Tennessee; Governor Craig, of North Carolina, and probably Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan iels will speak at the celebration of the one hundred and thirty-third anniver sary of the battle of Kings Mountain on October 7. While the celebration takes place on the North Carolina side the battlefield is in York county, S. C., and for that reason the Palmetto state is looking forward with interest to the celebration of this struggle on Octo ber 7. Secretary Bryan and Governors Craig and Hooper have already accepted invi tations to be present and make ad dresses. Secretary Josepus Daniels, himself a native of North Caorlina, will be in attendance if possible. The Seventeenth infantry band of the United States army from Fort McPher son, Ga., will be on hand during the day to furnish music. Deer Are Destroying Crops, Say Farmers Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 15.—Deer are eating crops in Tuscaloosa county and citizens and farmers have complain ed to the state department of game and fish. John H. Wallace, Jr., game and fish commissioner, received, a letter yes terday from E. F. Hammer, of Elrod, who said deer had attacked the crops and that farmers were threatening to kill them. Commissioner Wallace replied with the warning that no deer could be killed before November 1 and then only bucks could be huntsmen’s prey. “You are advised that it is a violation of the law to kill bucks in this state under any circumstances before first of November,” he said. “It is highly gratifying to me to know that deer have become so abundant in your county. If any great damage has occurred, and you will noti fy me of the amount I will endeavor to make arrangements to reimburse the parties damaged.” (By Associated Pres3.) MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Sept. 15.—After killing the father, mother and brother of his wife at the former’s home when they declined to permit him to see ms wife, D. E. Baxter, aged thirty-six, calmly reloaded his sblotgun and walked from the scene this morning Posses of police engaged in searching the city failed to find any clues to Baxter’s whereabouts. The dead: HENRY SMITH, aged sixty-two. MRS. HENRY SMITH, aged forty- three. OSCAR SMITH, aged seventeen. Baxter had been separated from his wife for several months and shortly aft er 5 o’clock went to the Smith home, In the northern part of Memphis, and de manded entrance. Smith answered the knock, and after ordering Baxter away started to open the door, when he receiv ed a charge of heavy shot in the face tearing away part of the head. The shooting attracted Mrs. Smith and her son, both of whom were shot in the face in the same manner. Mrs. Baxter also rushed into the room, but when her husband grabbed her she slipped from his grasp and made her escape. Baxter, who is a powerful man, is be lieved to be heavily armed and hiding somewhere in the northern part of the city. WILSON MAY ATTEND President Has Promised to Consider Invitation Extended by Commissioner (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 15.—Presi dent Wilson may visit the South Caro lina state fair in the latter part of October, stopping over on his way to Mobile, Ala. The Invitation to visit Columbia and South Carolina was extended to Presi dent Wilson by Commissioner of Agri culture E. J. Watson in Washington last week. Mr. Watson was assured of the president’s appreciation of the in vitation and while no definite decision was announced it is understood that the president will give the matter careful consideration. Commissioner Watson is confident the president will visit the state fair. He will be given a warm welcome to Co lumbia, where he lived as a boy. COLEBROOK, N. H., Sept. 15.—Harry Kendall Thaw awaited anxiously today the arrival of United States Marshal E. 1*. Nute, bearing notice to Sheriff Drew of Coos county, th£.t the fugitive must be produced on a tvrit of habeas corpus before Judge Aldrich in the United States district court at Littleton tomor row morning. Thaw then will be under the protection of the United States, pending the disposition of the writ, and this guarantee of safety, in the face of so many kidnaping rumors, was a source of relief to him. Nute did not arrive on the mbrning train, and Sheriff Drew said he did not expept him until this afternoon. “We will probably not take Thaw to Little ton until tomorrow morning,” he said. William T. Jerome, New York’s spe cial deputy in the Thaw matter, planned to accompany Thaw to Littleton, as did Franklin Kennedy, deputy attorney, and Sheriff Hornbeck, of Dutchesqi county. Thaw’s lawyers desired to have argu ment continued in order that the writ may be available at a later date, should it be* found necessary to block extradi tion. Should Judge Aldrich insist that argument begin tomorrow, it might re sult in freeing their client at once, prior to the extradition hearing which Governor Felker has set for Wednes day. With Thaw free again, serious com plications are possible. His lawyers would be acting within their rights if they attempted to rush him from the state. Jerome and his forces, of course, would seek to hold him. A physical struggle between factions is not im probable, and both sides will have many private detectives on hand. Thaw retired early last night, after a Sunday spent entirely within doors. Most of the day he conferred with the family representative, former Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ROME, Ga., Sept. 16.—Seven people, well known in the Lyerly neighborhood of Chattooga county, among them a bride of a few months and a venerable Baptist minister, are in jail today at Summerville, denied the privilege of making bond. They were lodged in the county pris on Saturday on the order of Judge Moses Wright, charging contempt of court, because of an alleged attempt to settle out of court charges against two of their number. Those held are William Bagley, prosperous farmer church deacon; Rev. W. M. Hill, pastor of a circuit of pros perous country churches; W. N. Demp sey, Washington Reynolds and his son, Ben, farmers; William Hayes, farmer, and_ his Mrs. wife, Ethel Bagley Hayes. Indictments involving the names of two women, have ben returned against Hayes and Bagley. ac is alleged that the minister, with the help of others jailed, had agreed to act as a “go-between” for Hayes and Bagley in the settlement of the charges out of court. He declared, it is said, that he merely was trying to serve as community “peacemaker.” Chattooga court convened today and an early trial of all is expected. !E TOLL ON CITHff MOBILE Terrific Rain Descends on Ala bama Coast Sunday, inun dating Lower Part of Mobile and Flooding Stores (By Associated Press.) MOBILE, Ala., Sept .15.—Damage es timated at many thousands of dollars has been caused by a terrific downpour of ruin, which began Saturday morning, the total precipitation for the forty- eight hours ending at 7 o’clock this morning being slightly In excess of eleven inches. The low portions of the city, Inun dated Sunday morning, were flooded again early Monday, and as a result of the storm sewer system being unable to carry off the water, a number of stores along Commerce, Water and Front streets, near the river, were flooded. Miles of wood block paving have been damuged, in some places block after block being torn up and the blocks scattered. At Oakdale, In the southern portion of the city, several blocks of a recently constructed sewer caved in and several minor accidents . were reported in consequence. The heaviest downpour occurred be tween 1 and 3 o’clock Monday morning, accompanied by a high southerly wind, which drove the water, in Mobile river nearly to the top of the wharves. Re ports from every, section of Mobile county indicate heavy damage in the rural sections. A number of small bridges were wash ed out. Transportation lines have been seriously affected, and all trains are running late. Conservative estimates place the loss to the city through damage to paving and sewers at from $16,000 to $20,000. Recently constructed highways In the county, running In every direction from the city, are badly damaged. Forecaster Ashenberger stated that the heavy rain fall was local to a great extent, reports from various substations this morning showing no great excess of precipita tion. Shipwrecked Sailors Brave Starvation and Perils of Deep (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 16.—Tales of hardships and privations such as are experienced only by shipwrecked mari ners were told Sunday afternoon by members of the crew of the ill-fated Norwegian bark Glamls, who arrived here Sunday on the steamship Cartheus from Kingston, Jamaica:. The sailors brought to this port by * 1 the Cartheus were First Mate E. Jensen, Second Mate Peter Lund and Seamen E, Wonderlich, J. Jackson, Oscar Jo- hannsen, Olaf Larson, W. Winding, H. Ludberg and B. Hanson. Captain Thor- born and his wife, who was with her husband at the time of the wreck, re mained at Grand Cayman, from where they will take passage to Norway. The bark Glamls, W. A., with a cargo of log wood, was lost on a reef off the eastern coast of the Island of Grand Cayman to Montega Bay, Jamaica. The vessel was en route from Jamaica to Riga, Russia, and is considered by her 'owners to be a total loss. The men, while waiting for the sea to go down, lived on scant provisions soaked with salt water, but it w5s noth ing compared to a voyage from Grand Cayman to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Mate Johannsen, describing this voyage made ofl a small yacht, said: "When we were taken aboard the yacht the mem bers of the crew were‘put Into the hold. The mates who accompanied us were taken aft, but in spite of their ef forts to secure better accommodations for us we were made to stay In the little vessel’s hold during the entire voyage. "We were at sea five days. The first three days we were given food, but the two remaining days at sea and one day after we had arrived in port we re ceived nothing to eat. From Montega Bay we were taken to Kingston, Ja maica, where we took passage on this steamer.” FD SAILOR HAS INHERITED FORTUNE OF $50,000 DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 15.—Charles Rowe, a sailor who has been sought as a missing heir during the thirty years he has worked on Great lakes freight ers, learned today that a fortune of $50,000 awaits him in London, Ontario. The fortune, known as the Rispin estate, was left him by a relative, John Rispin, at one time a sailor. Rowe left today to claim the legacy. Ambulance Carrying Two Dying, Fatally Injures Pedestrian (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Sept. 15.—At tall here early today Joaquin Rios fought his way through the throng of dancers to Frances Gargin, to whom he had been engaged, shot her three :imes, and turned the weapon on him self. An ambulance bearing the two ran d,own and fractured the skull of Facob Digernei, another Mexican, who was returning from the ball. All three will die, it is said. 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Detectives from Burns’ Atlanta headquarters arrested Tipton here at t .* Southern station and placed him in the county jail awaiting his re moval to Columbia, which was effected last night. They refuse to give even an, outline of their evidence against the man. Tipton is married and his family resides here. There Are Ten Cows And One Hog Locked In T if ton's Pound TIFTDN, Ga., Sept. 15.—The cow catcher, or rather pound keeper, is about the most unpopular man in Tifton just now, and all because he has penned up a lot of lazy bovines which were prowl ing around o n the city streets at night, getting into neighbors’ gardens and playing havoc with the nicely bedded flower yards. There are no less than ten head of nomelcss cows in the Tifton city pound now and with these is one lonely hog. Unless they are claimed all will be put on sale ip a fevz days in order to pay the costs of feeding and impounding. And if the meat markets get hold of them—but may be it will cause the cost of Jiving to go down until the surplus supply of meats is exhausted. THEY’RE PLANNING FOR BIG TIMES IN BALDWIN Colt Show Will Be Big Event of October 25-Crop Condi tions Fine (Special Dispatch to Tho Journal) MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 15. Baldwin county farmers are watching out for their interests this fall and will exert every effort to save an unusually large supply of hay and other home needed supplies. The annual colt snow will be a great event of Saturday, Oc-» tober 25, and prospects are for over 100 entries for prizes. The members of the Baldwin county Progressive Farmers’ club completed preliminary arrangement for the show at the monthly meeting Saturday and in addition thereto they also passed the following resolution: “Whereas, we, the members of the Progressive Farmers’ club of Baldwin county, realize the great shortage in grain and hay in the middle west and being cognizant of the impending ex orbitant prices which are likely to pre vail next spring, indications pointing to $1.25 per bushel for corn and $30 for hay, therefore. “Be it resolved that we as farmers pledge ourselves to increase our efforts to promote grain growing and winter farming and to especially endeavor to increase by good margins our acreage this coming season. “Be it further resolved, that we recom every farmer in this section to spare no effort to follow the same course, thereby insuring independence in the home and on the farm. “Be it further seloved, that we recom mend to every farmer to save all the hay possible this fall and thereby cir cumvent want and aid in supplying the world's need for the next few months. “We believe that the possibilities in our section are boundless and there fore feel that we are in position to grow our own supplies and contribute from our surplus a bounty to help furnish the rest of the world some of its needs and thereby benefit humanity and en rich ourselves, preserving the independ ence of our own people and insuring progress and prosperity for many years to come.”