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THE FATE OF SCHMIDT. NEW YORK MURDER. f CRIME THaTsTIRRED CITY. By T«le>rrapk—Pieas Association —Copyright(Received', February 12, noon.) NEW YORK, February 11. Han'* Schmidt has been sentenced to be electrocuted for the murder of Miss Aumuller on September'l4. " AN ARCH-DEMON." "This city,".isaid Inspector Faurol, of New York, -recently, "perhaps, was never more deeply stirred than it has been by the atrocious murder of Anna Aumuller by the Rev Father Hans Schmidt and the. rapidly succeeding 'chain of events which connect him with other crimes that stamp him as one of the most diabolical criminals to tall into the hands of the New York police. Fortunately for us, and due to tho ■ splendid-'corporation I received'from, members of the New York Detective Bureau, the'nutrder is no longer a mys-; rej'.w . Thiit, I' am glad to say. has been, clcar.ed up_.and.ivc have, evidence in plenty to convict ilio priest of cutting the throat of the girl lie duped and then, after dismembering her body, tossed it into tho Hudson River from tho deck of a terry-boat. There are in our possession three separate and distinct confessions made by him as to ibis' murder. "Wo have his confession as .to counterfeiting and other imractiojis «f the law which, while having uoKinimediate bearing on the murder before' wo have finished picking up the loose ends, involve others in the murder and other crimes. "The ramifications of this murder are so vast that I cannot hazard even a guess as to where the various leads we. are following will land us. We have followed Schmidt's movements relentlessly since his arrival in this country, and already wc know much about his life in Germany and England. lie. has been characterised by some as an " arch demon.' T should prefer to designate • him a monster, for mo.-t certainly he is the most monstrous creature that ever confronted me in my long connection with the police.".
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11000, 12 February 1914, Page 1
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