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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 n 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. Get a 10-cent box iiow. That awful sourness, belching of acid and foul gases; that pain in the pit of the stomach, the heart burn. nervousness, nausea, bloat- i:.;.' :uu-r eating, dizziness .,r.d sick J headache, means a disordered ' stomach, which can not be regu lated until you remove thi cause. It isn't your stomach’s fauh. Tour stomach is as good as any. Try Cascarets; they immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested and fermentir,' food and foul gases: take the rs- cess bile from the liver and ca.ivy off the constipated waste matter and poison from the bowels. Then your stomach trouble is ended. A Cascaret to-night will straighten you out by morning—a 10-cent boc from any drug store will keep yr-ur stomach sweet, liver and bowels regular for months. Gon’t forget the children—their little insides need a good, gentle cleansing, too. $2.50 TO BIRMINGHAM 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. Tht» LYRIC MATINEES Week 1 E* 1 l ue s., Ihurs. A Sat. WOMEN FROM ATLANTIC j ARTHUR C. 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