The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1934, Page 5

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1984. ~~ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Review Of Outstanding Murder Case In New York’s Territory Judge Vernon M. Davis looked} housekeeper about six weeks ago. down upon the haggard ‘face of} No other information could be of- COSCO COO OOEOe , CQDECROTOVETODEEDOEROECe @cecccccscecoooes eooeccece CQecceeeococecs e Today's Horoscope WASHINGTON HEADLINERS ~~ Today’s native should be a cap-| able business man or woman, It! Son Of lowa Harness-Maker, Hopkins Hands Out Billions |v! be nesmary to keep out »| watchful eye, perhaps on yourself} ©9C000806 000000800008 09888892080 OOSOSOSOOOSOOO OS DOOSOSOOOSDOOSSSOOOOSESOOSS ‘ H . jas well as your associates, to be,! By CARL C. CRANMER | sure that nothing underhanded is! the man standing before him,!fered. Faurot then inquired if] (By Associated Press) ever done that may stir up strife} cleared his throat and said stern-|Hans Schmidt was known there.) WASHINGTON, May or envy, for there is great danger) ly: “What have you now to say/ Yes, he was known; he had been!Giving away nearly two P indicated of loss of either wealth! to the court why judgment ofa priest in the parish for some) dollars is a job many people might | ” > or reputation from these causes. | death should not be pronounced?! months, At present he was in @ljike, but there are thin, e8 Hace { Z : i ‘The prisoner’s attorney was on his) church on 125th street. Thanking}, wopkins, director of the fed- ! Charles Bernard St. John of feet instantly, but a restraining) the priest, the detectives withdrew} oa) emergency relief administra: | |Kansas City weighed only one} gesture by his client balted him.jand, although the hour was late,! tion, would rather do. | ! pound when he was born, but he, The stenographer glaticed casually} Faurot decided to call on Father e / se from his notes, his eyes meeting) Schmidt, ese se @ (By R, J. Lewis, Jr.) 4 billion | was a huskv !ad of 7 pounds when; The time when j. re plenti-; e en jobs are plenti-; jhe celebrated his second birthday} ful and no one is in need of fed-: a squarely those of the man who was about to be sentenced to death. And, as he’ sat, for sixty seconds, transfixed by the blazing eyes of the murderer, the story of the fiendish crime tumbled before; goats * ee” Little Albert. Bann paddled his' raft from the shore of the North river, near 86th street, New York, one morning early in September, 1913, and hauled from the water bobbing paper bundle, He re- moved the insulated copper wire from the tar paper covering, opened case and shook out the contents. He screamed with horror as the up- per part of a woman’s torso fell at his feet, At the morgue, where the -por- tion of the body was brought by’ the Hoboken police, an. autopsy disclosed that the torso was that of a young woman whose skin was of fine texture. And that, in.all probability, she had. been mur- dered with a knife, A manu- facturer’s tag on the pillow case, bearing the name of a Newark concern, was the only identifica- tion mark found by the) police. Detectives went immediately to this concern hoping to find even the slightest clue, Lewer Half Found ~ Meanwhile, word came from Weehawken that the legless lower. half of a woman's torso had been found in the river. And, like the first, this piece of the body was’ ineased in brown tar paper. But, instead of a pillow case, there was. a fine embroidered pillow slip initialed “A.” »An autopsy re- vealed that the young woman had had a criminal operation but, phy-| sicians, agreed, this operation did not cause her death. ther, they, were of he spinion, that seath re: sulted from a“ he eal was asleep.” With one sweeping In Ne Hore ‘slash of the butcher knife, he slit search of their _the manu-| the girl’s throat from ear to ear. facturing concern informed de- tectivés that the only order of pil- lows of the pattern found with the body, sold in New York City, was. to a second-hand furniture dealer on Eighth Avenue. At this store, however, the clue faded—only two such. pillows had.been.sold and no record of sale had been kept. Then, from Keansburg, N. J., a message came stating that a sec- tion of one leg had been. picked up in the river. This fitted per- fectly to the hip-socket of the lower part of the torso, On the theory that the. tar paper might have been purchased. in the neighborhood of the second- hand store, Inspector J,'A. Faurot, _ in charge of the ‘case, instructed his men to visit every drug store in that vicinity that sold tar paper. Directly opposite the second-hi store, a- druggist recalled having sold two large sheets of tar paper, a few weeks before, to a dark, stock-built man in shirt sleeves ~wwho took the paper without a wrapping and hurried off. » Make Survey Confident*that he was om the right track, Inspector Faurot made a survey of all drug stores Nearby and then—in the area bounded by them—sent his men to interview every family within that territory. When this search was completed only one © apart- ment, where no one had been at home on several occasions, « re- mained unvisited. | And, after a week of waiting for the tenants to appear, without success, the detec- tives broke into the apartment. Once inside the apartment, Fay- rot was certain that he had found the scene of the.crime for there. he found, among other things, a half used spool of insulated: cop- per wire, identical to that which encircled the torso; a large blood- stained butcher knife and a large saw, also stained: with blood, A! small pasteboard box contained many letters all of which were ad- dressed to the same > person— Annie Aumuller. Jotting down} the several addresses ‘which —ap- peared on the envelopes, Fauret! with two detectives started on a! search for the murderer. } The first two addresses revealed} nothing. Annie Aumulier had! worked there, whereabouts was unknown. The -Faurot and his men sat spell- The men were admitted to the reception room and asked to see ‘Father Schmidt.” A moment later; he erltered the room. “I am In- spector Faurot of the Police De-! partment,” Faurot said. And) then proceeded to introduce the other detectives, Before the in- troductions were completed the priest was trembling so violently that he was foreed to sit down: Puzzled somewhat by the priest’s shéw of nervousness, but willing; to take a chance, Faurot showed Schmidt a photograph of the girl, which had been found in the apartment. “Do you. know who this is?” ‘No answer. “Is her. name Annie Aumuller?” The priest hesitated for a moment, Faurot stepped closer and snap-| ed: “Did you kill her? Did you?” The priest half rose in his chair and then sunk back sobbing, bitterly, “Yes,*I killed her,” he said, “I loved her.” H Tells Weird Tale For the next two hours in the dim light of the church rectory, bound as Schmidt told his weird tale. He had met Annie Aumul- Jer shortly after coming to this country from Germany and for two years they had been having secret meetings. When the girl! became pregnant she spoke of; marriage. Schmidt procured aj license under the hame of John! Schmidt and then performed the! marriage ceremony himself. The! girl’s condition soon became noticeable to the housekeeper and Annie was dismissed. It was then) that Schmidt hired the apartment. During the following week he purchased a butcher knife and a large saw and at midnight on Sep- tember 2, 1913, he quietly en- tered the apartment, disrobed and} tiptoed.to the bed where. Annie] Places Body In Tub Carrying the lifeless form of: the girl to the bathroom, Schmidt placed it into the tub and then dissected the body into nine sep- arate parts. Each piece of the body was carefully wrapped and ‘Weighted with stones. Tar paper!’ was used for the outside cover eral relief can’t come too soon to! please him, Then he can close up} shop and engage again in public | health work, something he likes} and something he believes helps; prevent human distress. Hopkins was in New York whe he got a telephone call one Satur-| day afternoon from President! Roosevelt. He was at his desk) here the next Monday. ' Confers “In Transit” : He had $500,000,000 to give.to the states on the basis of relief! needs. He put 4,000,000 men to! work in 30 days when $400,000,-; 000 was allotted for civil works. | Now congress has appropriated an! additional $950,000,000, Besides,! he has $25,000,000 to buy sub- marginal land. That is the ladling-out job han-| dled by this man of 44 whose long, | swinging stride betrays his ath-, letic training as a basketball star, at Grinnell college ih Iowa where’ scrappy player. But his shoulders,’ broad for his figure, already are | slightly ‘bent from desk work. Those shoulders need to his job here a few months ago. He thinks nothing of working in his office until 8 or 9 o’clock at night without dinner, and then calling an after-dinner conference. H f jhe had the reputation of -being a objectives, Welfare work to him is not a mass of hazy idealism, but a job to be done immediately. Born in Sioux City, Ia., he knew in Harry Hopkins aimed to be a newspaper publisher after college, but was diverted into directing a boys’ camp. Holding executive jobs with welfare and public “That wasn’t so bad,” said Hopkins, “buf you missed another lone today.” | After days of worrying, check- be hard times when his father, a har-|ing date lists and wondering whom ;broad. Harry Hopkins has acquir-'ness-maker, lost his business fed a few gray hairs since he took the panic of 1893. ishe’d offended, Mrs. Wallace dis- jcovered Hopkins had been joking. “Joshes” Correspondents Hopkins’ prets conferences probably are characterized by ‘more “joshing” between. himself ‘and the correspondents than any Usually four or five men are health organizations in New York,’ other in Washington except those waiting in his outer office when’ he has to leave. So he holds con- ferences on the way to lunch, ré& turning from dinner, on the way home. He even confers on the, way dowrgown in the morning}; riding in the big traded-in White: House limousine which replaced a' 43. work Hopkins is known as a’ tac managing Red Cross activities in |the south, and directing the tem-} porary relief. organization in New’ enthusiastic follower York appointed ent task. Despite the serious nature of held by the president. A crack bridge player and an of horse by Governor racing, boxing, fishing and golf, Roosevelt, fitted him for his pres- sports for which he has no time the last; from 'now, he is likely to greet newspapermen with: “That yesterday saved me S-passenger car too small for his practical joker in the capital. He, walking home.” “in-transit” meetings. ; Born In lowa “HGPkifis ts ‘known to his) aS€- eiates as a welfare worker who }once attempted to console Mrs.i He has a quizzical, } the other day. He lived in an in- cubator for 10 weeks. Subscribe for The Citizen. LEGALS {swo of by 1 for Ke: (SEAL) RC c By FLORENCE J. F. BUSTO, sidelong Henry A. Wallace, wife of the | look for reporters who try to draw a out with a trick question. “Many times his answer is a sim- has exceptional executive ‘ability|luncheon of a patriotic society, ple “yes” or “no,” sometimes and who is articulate about his which she was to have attended. | “yeah” or “nope.” secretary of isk she had missed Sercomitnntifl "Witdéhce Convicts Reptile Of Theft Of Family’s Jam Supply: continued pilfering of strawberry other strong circumstantial evi- the household found many jars of The mystery surrounding the! perfectly good strawberry jam} emptied. There were many other | preserve, Apparently it had sub- sisted on this rich diet through- {out the winter and spring. In the excitement incident and this held firmly with insulated) jam from the cellar of Dr. Willys varieties of jams on the preserve and is still at large in the family copper wire. From midnight, the}M, Monroe of Pittsfield, Mass.,| shelf, but Mr. Reptile was partial) cellar. following night, until dawn he’ carried the body piece by piece to the Fort Lee Ferry, boarded the| boat and, as the -Ferry slipped through the water, he disposed of the dismembered body. The next evening—September 4th—Schmidt returned. to the apartment, scrubbed the bedrodm floor, scoured the bathtub and disposed of the blood-stained mat- tress, sheets, etc., by burning them in a nearby vacant lot. He had intended to remove all of Annie's belongings from the apartment! the following day, but the upper: part of the body was found that morning and he was afraid to visit the apartment. Horrified by the crime, clergy- men investigated Schmidt's stand- ing and from Germany word came that Schmidt has been ordained, but had been suspended. He had been arrested for, fraud and for indecency. He had operated a business under the pseudonym “Dr, Emil Mollierre,” and had pre- seribed to female patients medi- cines. that would tend to ptoduce! an abortion. Also, he admitted: having been engaged jn counter- feiting. | For two long years Schmidt; battled for his life. The first} trial, on a plea of insanity, ended in a disagreement. But on the! second trial he was convicted| and— see j Judge Vernon M. ‘Davis rapped! his gavel. “Has the prisoner any-' thing to say?” The senneroubat blinked to free himself from the blazing eyes of the murderer. The prisoner looked ‘up at the judge. “Nothing,” he answered. Judge Davia cleared j his throat.} “The, judgment of the court.” he} | began, “is that you, Hans Schmidt, for the murder in the first degree; of one, Annie Aumuiler, whereof! but het present] you are convicted, be, and you! hereby are, sentenced to the} third address was that of a church/ punishment of death, And may; rectory where the. girl. had re-j ceived a posteard.on which was mentioned the name of Hans; Schmidt. A priest greeted them, at the door and told them that! © Antic had been employed in the) pany. Ged have Mercy on your soul! | Screws having square sockets| instead of slotted heads are being} produced by an American oe] ‘was solved when the physician found a large snake, of the harm- less native variety, comfortably| ensconced there. The portly di- | to Mrs. Monroe’s ‘choice straw- discrimination by passing up all others for this particular flavor, The family cat has oc- ‘cupied the cellar nights with the I berey preserve and showed rare! reptile, but the two apparently} |} got on so well that tabby did not, |interfere with the snake’s . pre- mensions of the snake, along with Eating its way’ through the! datory activities. | : ing Them A Good Start Courtesy Charleston Geeette . parafine covering on the jar, the dence pointed to him as the cul-|snake then devoured the sweet i prit, i During the winter and spring,! to} its diseovery. the snake escaped! resides at York, der be published once lished in said C This April 13 It COURT, STATE OF; . TWENTIETH JU iT, MONROE COUN-;| RY. 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