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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
THAW HERE—IN MOVIES; VIEWS OF FUGITIVE IN CANADIAN JAIL
Hero is Harry K. Thaw as ha looks
In our midst to-day—in the movies.
The four pose* of Stanford
White's slayer and one of New York's
greatest little publicity providers are
PRIEST TELLS OF
GIRL
Confession of Dismemberment of
Body and Attempts to Hide
Crime Stir New York.
Continued from Page 1.
much. She was so beautiful. I could
not let her live without me.
‘I made up my mind that she and I
could not live together. 1 was a priest
and mufit remain with my church. So
i opened the door of the ltat. Site was
asleep In the room, t awakened her
and told her I had come to fulfill my
threat. Then l slew her with a knife.
“St. Elizabeth, of Hungary, my
patron saint, had come to me one
night and told me that a sacrifice had
to be made and that it must be done
in blood, just the same as Abraham
was ordered to slay Isaac.
“So I killed Anna. Then 1 threw
her into tho water because the sacri
fice called for blood and water.
“I cut the body into six pieces. 1
made trips to the Fort Lee ferry eac h
time with part of her body in the
bundles. When the ferry boat reached
ihe liilddlc Of tr*' rf'\ \ would
throw a piece into the water. When
the boat reached tho other side of the
water 1 would return, go back to the
fiat and get another piece of her
body, i think 1 made about five oi
six such trips.
Tried to Burn Mattress.
‘ After I had disposed of the body 1
wanted to destroy all evidence of the
crime. I took the mattress on which
1 had siain her and carried it to a va-
«ant lot. There 1 burned it
“I am guilty and that is all I can
•av. I must pay tho penalty. There
is nothing else fur me to do. But I
loved Anna Aumuller. She wanted
me to marry her because she was
soon to become the mother of my
child. So 1 procured a marriage li
cense. She trusted me.
“I am a priest and ordained to per
form the marriage ceremony, so when
•he insisted upon the 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
perform the marriage ceremony She
was my wife."
After the murder Schmidt con
tinued to officiate as assistant priest
at St. Joseph’s Church and even bap
tized a baby.
Schmidt, when asked to-day con
cerning his past, gave somewhat in
coherent answers. At first he declared
that he was ordained by a European
bishop named Kicrstein. Later he de
clared that St. Elizabeth, whom he
• alls his patron saint, hail ordained
him
Asked for letters such as are given
by different bishops when one Driest
is transferred from one diocese to
another. Schmidt declared he had
none bearing such signatures but
Funeral Design? and Flowers
N FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Atlanta Flora' Companv
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
taken from moving pictures of
Thaw’s arrest and fight for liberty in
Canada.
They are all typical Thaw poses,
taken In Jail. In one he is shown
reading a letter from his mother,
Columbus to Vote
Iu Three Elections
COLUMBUS, Sept. 15.—The city of
Columbus has three registration books
open at this time.
One Is for the waterworks bond eleo-_
tlon. which takes place October 18, the
other for the commission government
election to be held December 10, while
the third is for the general city elec
tion. which Is to be held on the second !
Saturday iu December, which is the j
13th of the month.
Indian War Hero
In Good Health at 95
BLAIRS VILLE, Sept. 15.—Tha
Rev. William Duncan, the oldest citi
zen in this (Union) county, was a vis
itor in town to-day. He is 95 yea**
old. and except for considerable deaf
ness and failing eyesight his general
health is good.
For many years he. has been draw
ing an Indian War pension.
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw. During
his imprisonment in a Canadian
prison Thaw heard from his mother
and sister almost every day, and de
clared that his liappiest moments
were when lie was reading one of
ineir letters.
In another pose Thaw is shown
writing an interview with b»mself.
Thaw, all during Ids recent troubles,
thirsted for publicity with an un
quenchable thirst, and was never too
busy to talk to newspaper men. Many
of the interviews in which he out
lined his plans were written by him
self in his cell, and scattered with
a lavish hand.
Thaw is shown eating a prison
meal in the third photograph. Corn
on the cob has always been a fa
vorite. dish of the erratic young mil
lionaire, and he told the moving pic
ture men he liked to pose as shown
above better than doing anything
else.
Thaw in a meditative mood is
shown in the final picture, smoking
the pipe he uses almost constantly.
He is said to have carried the same
pipe in his pocket on the night he
shot and killed Stanford White.
A private exhibition of the pictures
showing Thaw in Canada was given
at the Grand yesterday, Manager
Cardoza and his assistants looking
them over.
Man Shot by Wife Is Near Death
With Bullet Against Spine.
Self-Defense Her Plea.
that he had a number of letters which
St. Elizabeth had given him.
Clergyman Says He Is Crazy.
Schmidt had a number of letters
bearing the seals of different church
es in the United State and Europe,
but none of them, it is declared, fully
established his identity or were
couched in the form of credentials.
The Rev. Luke J. Evers, Catholic
chaplain in the Tombs, secured to
day from Schmidt the admission that
in Munich Schmidt had been arrested
as an imposter.
"To most all of my questions re
lating to his past, Schmidt answered
that everything he has done has been
dictated by St. Elizabeth,” declared
Father Evers. "He told me that St. j
Elizabeth enabled him to secure an |
assistant pastorate at Louisville. Ky..
New York. When I asked him if he
had secured dismissorial papers from
those two cities he said he had not
received any from the bishops but
that St. Elizabeth had given them to
him.
Schmidt told me he came to New
York and secured an Introduction to
Father Braun, of St. Boniface Par
ish. He presented some letters which
secured him the assistant pastorate
there. He Is tor had some disagree
ment with Father Braun and left that
church to connect himself with St.
Joseph's Parish."
| It is believed to-day that the let
ter'- which Schmidt presented to Fa
ther Braun were clever forgeries.
Pillow Slip Trapped Him.
"Mr, Schmidt is insane," declared
Father livers. "He does not seem to
realize the enormity of his crime and
about the only answers l can get to
questions as to why he killed the girl
is that Elizabeth told him he hail to
make a blood sacrifice."
With a pillow slip as a clew, the
detectives solved the mystery of the
murder. They discovered that the
pillow slip found around one section
of ti»e torso was purchased in the
neighborhood of Seventh avenue and
Fourteenth street. Then they sought
a man who purchased the pillow slip
at a second-hand store in the neigh
borhood. Finally they located the
fiat at Bradhurst avenue. For two
days and nights a detective lingered
outside the place. Saturday nighgln-
speetor Jo*, ph Faurat decided to
break into the flat,
i ieit w■ wtiv »*n the right trail,
I and 1 took a chance,” said Fafurot.
J i guess the results warranted it."
The fiat was found blood stained
A knife and saw were found. The bed
minus its mattress, but with blood
j spots oi. the posts, showed tile de-
t e«’t i ve- iere the. murder had been
committed.
t ile .eeis found a picture of the
murdered girl ami some papers. A
note signed by "Schmiddy” gave the
police their final clew.
The detectives then went to St.
Boniface's Church and asked for
Schmidt. The> were told that he
bad resigned and had become asso
ciated with St Joseph's Parish They
ue-• ciption of Schmidt which
tallied with that of John Schmidt."
who had rented the flat Then fol
lowed the arrest and confession.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 15.—With her
husband’s life in the balance as the
result of a bullet wound inflicted by
her two months ago, pretty Mrs. Eva
Dare obtained & preliminary hearing
this morning on iter plea to be re
leased on bond until the wounded man
recovers or dies, and the charge upon
which she is to be tried in the higher
court determined.
In many respects the case resem
bles the Grace episode. There are no
eye witnesses, no one heard,the shots,
no one suspected the couple was not
happy until the young woman notified
the police she had shot her husband
and asked them to send the ambu
lance to take him to the hospital.
"I shot in self-defense," were the
first words she spoke to the officers
when they came to her house. “He
threatened and abused me and when
I became convinced he would carry
out his threats unless I protected my. |
care whether he lives or dies—just
get him away from here."
Since that time her attitude has
changed. She wants to be with her
husband.
The bullet pierced Dare’s left lung
and lodged against the backbone.
Several operations have failed to re
lieve him. He may live several years
or only a few weeks, his physicians
say, hut he never will completely re-
Burlesque Theater
Opening Postponed
The Columbia Theater, the home of
burlesque in Atlanta, will not open
to-night, as advertised. It has been
found that the stage is too small to
accommodate the large company, and
I carpenters are at work enlarging and
rearranging for the opening, which
I takes place next Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock matinee, with perform-
lances at 7:30 and 9 o’clock at night.
The management will not open un
til everything is ship shape, us it is
their intention to give Atlanta the
best to be had in burlesque and at
the same time provide every comfort
and convenience.
Kaiser Will Prolong
Crown Prince's Exile
BERLIN. Sept 15 -In court circles
It is reported th:it the KaU«er has or
dered that the Crown Prince’s exile
at Dantzig. which was to terminate
next month, shall be extended over
another year It is said that in addi
tion to frh tion between the Kaiser
and his son mere is a dispute between
the Empress and the Crown Princess.
The Kaiserin. who holds severe view
dislikes the Prim ♦ •>-* flightiness, also
her Parisian gowns.
Last Baby Will Be Born in 2012,
Predicts Savant.
The last baby will be born in 2012, if nil the rest of the world
attains to the “civilization” of the United states and the following
conditions progress:
Decrease of 1 per cent per annum in the birth rate.
Refusal of men and women to marry, the total now being two-fifths
of those of marriageable age.
Development of a neuter type—such as exists among bees and ants
—as a result of refusal of rich women to nurse their children and of
poor women becoming factory workers.
So declared ,/. II. Kellogg, M.D., F.J2. S. J/., in an address in
Denver.
AND WHAT THEN?
Dead Dr. Kellogg*s words:
“Mankind, a comparatively new genius on the earth, is already
showing unmistakable signs of degeneration and is in peril of ceasing
to exist, even as the dinosaurus and countless other forms of life have
ceased.
“If things keep on going as they are going the last child will be
born before 2012, and in the year 2017 there will be a world in which
there will be no babies to “coo" and to "ah goo" over, since the young
est child will be five years old."
In SbcicivYloomepfU
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U.S.MSRS!
Fears No “Railroading” Now.
New York Lawyers Try to Delay
Habeas Corpus Hearing.
COL.EBROOK, N. II., Sept. 15.—Ftr
the first time in his stormy career
Harry K. Thaw to-day found himself
in tho custody of the United States
Government.
United States Marshal E. I*. Nu:e
arrived here with an order from
United Stales District Judge Edgar
Aldrich directing that he be given
custody of Thaw jointly with Sheriff
Holman Drew, of Coos County, as th°
result of the Federal writ of ha.be is
corpus obtained by Thaw's lawyers
Saturday.
Thaw was delighted at the new nun
of affairs. „
"William T. Jerome nor anyon-
else can railroad me while Uncle Sa.n
is about," said Thaw, cheerfully.
The fugitive tepenl several hours
writing a long "question and answer ’
Interview with himself, giving the
details of his Might and deportation
from Canada.
it is expected that Marshal Nut
will t ike Thaw to Littleton, N. H.. as
the writ is returnable there in United
States Court Tuesday morning at II
o'clock.
It was reported that Lawyer Mo* s
H. Grossman, ot' New York, would ask
Judge Aldrich for an adjournment of
the habeas corpus pending the hear
ing by Governor Felker on Wednes
day of the extradition proceedings.
SNUBBED
John Coursey, of Augusta, the father
of Dr. .1. L. Coursey. of Atlanta
died in Augusta Saturday? morning.
Dr. I L. Coursey went to Augusta
last Thursday, called there by his
father's critical Illness. The funeral
and interment took place in Au
gusta Monday afternoon.
Retiring Minister Stronge Travels
in President’s Private Car,
Banked With Flowers.
Special Cable to The American.
VERA CRUZ, Sept. 15.—Francis
Stronge, retiring British Minister to
Mexico, arrived here to-day from
Mexico City en route to England. Mr.
Stronge traveled in President Huer
ta’s private car, which was attached
to a special train on the Inter-
Oceanic Railway. The retiring min
ister was accompanied by Mrs.
Stronge. Mrs. Stronge's sister. Miss
Frazer, and an attache of the Brit
ish legation.
The nonors accorded Mr. Stronge
were in contrast to the lack of cour
tesies extended to Envoy John Lind,
personal representative of President
Wilson, when he left Mexico City.
The* private car in which tlie Stronge
, party traveled was banked with
j flowers presented by President Huer-
j ui and Cabinet members.
Senora Huerta. Foreign Minister
Gamboa and other prominent persons
saw the party off at the Capital.
Mr. Stronge would not venture a
I prediction on the outcome of the re-
! hit ions between the United States
and Mexico, but thought the situation
was slowly but sureiv Improving.
Labor Gets High Pay
For Shorter Hours
WASHINGTON. Sept. T5.—There
w.if .» steady increase in the scale of
wages paid to labor in this country
in the pas: six years. This was ac
complished in the face of a steady re
duction in the working hours of labor.
The Department of Labor reports
that labor nov :« rev iving more re
muneration for fewer hours of toil
A. T. O. Fraternity Dance.
A recent delightful affair was the
dance given by the A. T. O. FraternPy
at their chapter house on Linden
street in honor of Misses Louise King,
Marie Dinkins, Rebie Wilkins and
Helen Rhorer, four popular members
of the younger et, who leave this
week for college.
Guests included Misses Grace
Aimons, Dottie and June Cowles,
Mary Murphey, Lawson Hines, Helen
Browne, Jessie Thompson, Katie
Cooper. Lucy Roberts, Louise Jones,
Wickliffe Wurm, Elizabeth Dunsor..
Justine Henderson, Charlotte Wil
kins. Anne Patterson, May Crichton
and Miss Hardwick The chapero is
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winecoff
and Mr. and Mrs. Ware Holliday.
McCartnev- Erwin.
Miss Louise McCartney, of Attalla,
Ala., and Mr. B. W. Erwin, of Bir
mingham, were quietly married Wed
nesday evening at 8:30 o’clock at the
home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. R. 3.
Alexander, No. 417 Houston stret, the
Rev. J. W. Perry officiating. The
bride is a member of one of the old-
est families of Attalla. The bride-'
groom, formerly of Atlanta, for several
years has held a responsible railroad
position at Birmingham. Mr. and
Mrs. Erwin left immediately for an
Eastern trip, after which they will
make their home in Birmingham.—
Chattanooga Times.
Visitors at Brenau.
Miss Mary Chambers, Miss Sallie
Mae Pickett, Miss Willie Kate Travis,
Miss Elizabeth Reeves, of Atlanta;
Miss Montine Alford, of Hartwell, are
among Brenau s interesting visitors.
Mrs. G. H. Conley, of Atlanta, is
with her niece, Miss Elsie Smith, and
I M?f- E. D Phi'.Uj e. of Atlanta, is the
i guest of Miss Marion Pniiiips at Sig
ma Iota Chi Sorority House.
Fleming - Fouche.
Miss Charlotte Lucile ‘Fleming, of
Tazewell, and Mr. Alfred L. Fouche.
of Atlanta, were married September
12 by the Rev. G. L. Hansoom.
The wpdding was announced for
September 24, but the young coup*e
surprised their many friends by ad
vancing the date.
Mrs. Fouche is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Fleming, of Tazewell.
Mr. Fouche is the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Fouche, of McDonough,
Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Fouche will make
their home in Atlanta. Mr. Fouche is
connected with the postofflee here.
Mrs. Emily A. Boyd, of Griffin, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. John W.
lam. Not «45 West Peachtree.
Mrs. Edmund has returned from
New York, where she spent the sum
mer as the guest of Mrs. Alex Oster-
moor at Larchmont.
Mrs. T. V. Wilkins and Miss Rebie
Wiikins will leave Thursday for
Charlotte, N. C. Miss Rebie Wilkins
will enter Elizabeth College.
I Mrs. Lay Eberhart has return** 1
from Pelham Manor. New York, where
she visited Mrs. Charles Oonnally.
Brady-Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brady have
issued cards announcing the marriage
of their daughter, Sara Elizabeth, to
Mr. Alien Johnson Young, on the aft
ernoon of Tuesday, September 9, the
Rev. Father Eugene officiating.
The only atendants were the bride's
sister. Min* Mary K. Brady, and Mr.
P. A. Brady.
Mr. and Mrs. Young left for Ten
nessee, and later will go to Asheville.
On their return they will be at home
in the Oglethorpe apartments.
Wednesday Morning Study Circle.
The Wednesday Morning Study Cir
cle will meet with Mrs. W. A. Albright
Springdale road. at 10:30 o’clock on
Wednesday morning.
Joseph Habersham Chapter Meets.
Io«eph Habersham Chapter. D. A.
R.. met with - Mrs. John A. Perdue,
regent, al her home. No 703 Edge-
wood avenue. Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Scott Entertained.
Mrs. Brader Barker will entertain
Wednesday with a matinee party at
the Forsyth for Mrs. Will Scott, of
St. Petersburg, the guest of her sis
ter. Mrs. W. E. Austin, Peachtree
street. Mrs. Austin gave Mrs. Scott
a beautiful luncheon Saturday. Mrs.
Scott will return to Florida Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Austin will
visit Atlantic City and New York in
October.
Baracas Entertain Phiiatheas.
The Kirkwood Baptist Baraca class
entertained the Philathea class Fri
day evening at the residence of the
former’s teacher, Mr. F. M. Nash, in
.Al
“Southerland." Guests were Misses
Rosebud Mayer, Eva Mae Willing
ham, Kirby Willingham, Jammie Mor
gan. Clara Ray, Irene Gooch, Rebecca
Britton, Mary Sue Cook, Catherine
West, I^aura West, Jewel Brownlee,
Carrie Galloway, Lilly Galloway, Ruby
Hall, Julia Green, Ruth Green. Mary
Williams, Ruth Paden, Cornelia Ash
ley, Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Nash;
Messrs. Cecil Jones, Hartwell Jones,
Victor Masters. Dean Paden, Wick-
lyff Masters. Edwin Royester, Cloy
Kizer, William Vedeer, William Peo
ples. Samuel Swann, the Rev. J. L.
Jackson, Horace Langford, Robert
Williams, F. M. Nash and Mr. Shan
non. Several out-of-town visitors
were present.
CASCARETS" FIX
Cold Drizzle Causes Delay in /
Scheduled Events Except
Committee Meetings.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. IS.—A
steady drizzling rain and low hanging
clouds which hid Lookout Mountain
and the surrounding country from
view greeted the Union veterans to
day the real opening of tin
Forty-seventh Annual F^ncampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
To-day was known otficially as
Lookout Mountain day, hundreds ot
citizens being impressed as guides.
The inclement weather changed the
plans of many veterans, however.
Committee meetings alone were
scheduled for to-day, with the ex
ception of a meeting of the Army of
the Cumberland. The Woman's Re
lief Corps held an informal welcome
at headquarters. A meeting of the
survivors of the United States Signal
Corps was also held.
A breakfast was tendered Com
mander-in-Chief Beers and staff this
morning on board the steamer John
A. Trigg.
Presiuent Wilson took official cogni
zance of the encampment last night
when he wired Colonel G. M. Salt-
gaber, Commissioner of Pensions, as
follows; "Please give my warm greet
ings to the old soldiers and express
to them my sincere interest in their
welfare.”
Politics in relation to the election
of the next commander-in-chief to
Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases,
Indigestion and Food
Fermentation.
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That awful sourness, belching of
acid and foul gases; that pain in
the pit of the stomach, the heart
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stomach sweet, liver and bowels
regular for months. Gon’t forget
the children—their little insides
need a good, gentle cleansing, too.
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And Return, September 22.
Special train leaves Old
8:30
succeed General Alfred H. Beers, of
Hartford. Conn . already has made an
appearance. Six candidates are In
the field. These are Fhrivate Orlande*
Somers, of Kokomo, Ind.; Washing
ton Gardner, of Kalamazoo, Mich.;
Colonel G. E. Adams, of the Depart
ment of Nebraska; General J. N. Har-
Birmingham 1:30 p. m.
Tickets good returning on
regular trains until Sep
tember 25. SEABOARD.
A. S. Fowler, of Arkansas, and Frank
E. Cole, of New Jersey.
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