tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45250253468160775842024-03-05T23:15:06.816-05:00Genealogy QuestWebsite updates and genealogical musings.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-31764992723579391102014-08-20T13:48:00.003-04:002014-08-20T13:48:45.266-04:00City Directories UpdatedI just added more cities, including Parkersburg, West Virginia, and years to the City Directories database on the Harless Homepage at Harless Homepage City Directories
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-13185545592680364022014-07-24T11:49:00.001-04:002014-07-24T11:49:36.600-04:00Braxton Oliver "Brack" Harless and the Rome Fire Department Running Team
This photograph was taken around 1908 in front of the old fire department headquarters on Broad Street, Rome, Georgia.
"Brack" would have been around 21 years old and is on the front row at the far left.
I do not know how long he was a fireman or for how long he was a member of the running team - by 1917 he was working as a painter employed by Carl Von Burnham and had a "stiff foot" Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-70081526823328116452014-03-20T10:03:00.000-04:002014-03-20T10:03:32.408-04:00Thriller Thursday - Priest Forged When Boy
Priest Forged When Boy
Schmidt Gained Entrance to School by Fraudulent Certificates
Aschaffenburg, Germany, Sept. 16. - The parents of the Rev. Johannes Schmidt, the self-confessed murderer of Anna Aumuller, say there have been four suicides in their family within the last five years.
The letters sent home by the young priest are said by his relatives to have been written in a confusedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-90837240567523898592014-03-13T08:00:00.000-04:002014-03-13T08:00:40.197-04:00Thriller Thursday - Muret on Dentists' Roll
Muret on Dentists' Roll
Was Member of Association, but Unknown at Headquarters.
Chicago, Sept. 16. - President Crouse, of the Dental Protective Association, said to-day:
"I find Dr. E. Muret's name on our membership list, but I do not remember the man. He joined our organization two years ago from New York City. I have been unable to find any of the profession who know him"
Muret on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-29575457137146444532014-03-06T09:06:00.000-05:002014-03-06T09:06:10.346-05:00Thriller Thursday - Father Schmidt Master of Crime
Father Schmidt Master of Crime
German Priest Shown To Be a Jack-of-All-Trades in Murder, Counterfeiting and Illegal Medicine
Police Find Flat Plant
"Doctor" Muret, Arrested in Case of Anna Aumuller, Released in $5,000 - Girl Tells of Women Visitors to Apartment
Father Hans Schmidt, the priest of St. Joseph's Church who is in the Tombs charged with the murder of Anna Aumuller, stood Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-70831656457335835012014-02-27T07:21:00.000-05:002014-02-27T07:21:37.458-05:00Thriller Thursday - Met Schmidt On Liner.
Met Schmidt On Liner.
Woman Received Strange Letters From Murderer of Aumuller Girl.
Manchester, N.H., Sept. 16. - Hans Schmidt, who is held in New York for the murder of Anna Aumuller, is known here. He crossed the ocean in August, 1909, aboard the same steamer that carried Mrs. David Davidson of this city when she returned from a visit to Germany. During the voyage he became quite Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-40994460037856159882014-02-20T07:38:00.000-05:002014-02-20T07:38:38.114-05:00Thriller Thursday - Deeper Tangle in Girl Murder
Deeper Tangle in Girl Murder
Schmidt Criminal Posing as Dead Priest, Tombs Chaplain Thinks.
Coiners May Be Kin.
Inspector Faurot Suspects Slayer and Muret Are Brothers.
Counterfeiting Charge.
Federal Authorities Will Act Against Pair as Bogus Money Makers.
Hans Schmidt, the former assistant priest of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, who killed Anna Aumuller, cut up the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-44860397755787237352014-02-13T09:13:00.000-05:002014-02-13T09:13:08.040-05:00Thriller Thursday - U. S. Agents Search Schmidt Evidence
U. S. Agents Search Schmidt Evidence
Expect New Clues in Materials at Counterfeiting Plant of Priest and "Dr." Muret.
Latter Now Under Fire
Detectives Seek a Link Between Him and River Murder - Schmidt Admits All Charges.
Complaints were drawn yesterday by Capt. John J. Henry of the New York district of the United States Secret Service, charging Hans Schmidt, the priest who killed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-57037520542996022022014-02-06T14:50:00.000-05:002014-02-06T14:50:41.794-05:00Thriller Thursday - Schmidt Was Priest Here Through Forgery
Schmidt Was Priest Here Through Forgery
Suspended by Bishop of Mainz for Crimes. He Came to United States.
Message to Mgr. Lavelle
Murderer of Girl Once Declared Insane by Court, According to Cablegram from Germany.
Hans or John Schmidt, the slayer of Anna Aumuller, is a regularly ordained priest of the Roman Catholic Church, according to a statement made yesterday by Monsignor M.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-64680057042248803842014-02-06T13:04:00.000-05:002014-02-06T13:04:23.860-05:00Thriller Thursday - Guiltless in Louisville
Guiltless in Louisville
Schmidt Not Connected with Slaying of Little Girl.
Louisville, Sept. 15 - Investigation here to-day failed to establish any connection of the Rev. Hans Schmidt, held in New York for the murder of Ann Aumuller, with the murder in Louisville of eight year-old Alma Kellner, whose mutilated body was found in the basement of St. John's Catholic Church on May 20, 1910, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-36238667326856369902014-02-06T10:54:00.000-05:002014-02-06T10:54:09.814-05:00Thriller Thursday - Farley Talks of Murder
Farley Talks of Murder
Terrible Shock, Cardinal Says of Priest's Crime.
By Telegram to The Tribune
Mount Clemens, Mich., Sept. 15 - Cardinal Farley, who is here for a rest and to take the baths, to-night said he was shocked beyond expression over the killing of Anna Aumuller by Hans Schmidt, a Roman Catholic priest.
"All that I know of the case at present is what I gained through theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-45307374114024033602014-02-06T08:00:00.000-05:002014-02-06T08:00:01.772-05:00Thriller Thursday - "God and Abraham on My Side," Says Slayer
"God and Abraham on My Side," Says Slayer
Schmidt, Held in Tombs for Murder of Aumuller Girl, Thus Informs His Lawyer, Who, Sure Client Is Insane, Will Enter Not Guilty Plea.
Alphonse G. Koelble, the lawyer retained by Schmidt, said yesterday, after a visit with the prisoner, that the priest seemed to be utterly unconcerned whether he had a lawyer or not.
"He declared over and over Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-15895413562633396972014-01-30T17:50:00.001-05:002014-01-30T18:08:25.299-05:00Thriller Thursday - Priest Expected Home
Priest Expected Home
Postcard to Parents Said He Would Return Soon.
Aschaffenburg, Germany, Sept. 15 - Hans Schmidt, the priest who has confessed to the murder of Anna Aumuller in New York, intended to return to his home in Bavaria at an early date, according to a postcard which his parents received from him a day or two ago. Schmidt wrote that he rejoiced to think that he would see themUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-15473234371900782192014-01-30T13:00:00.003-05:002014-01-30T13:00:30.417-05:00Thriller Thursday - M'Faul Banished Schmidt.
M'Faul Banished Schmidt.
Trenton Bishop Gives Out Letter He Wrote to Priest.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 15. - Bishop James A. McFaul, of the Diocese of Trenton, made public to-day a letter written by him to Hans Schmidt in 1910, while the latter was serving at St. Francis's Church in this city, during the illness of the Rev. Dr. Rathner. In his letter Bishop McFaul said:
"You are hereby Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-21063971849097084172014-01-30T09:58:00.000-05:002014-01-30T09:58:08.071-05:00Thriller Thursday - Dentist and Woman Held in Schmidt Case
Dentist and Woman Held in Schmidt Case
Counterfeiting Charge Made Against Them After Police Find Bad Bills in Room of Priest Who Slew Girl.
Dr. E. Muret a Prisoner
Evidence in Hands of Inspector Faurot Shows Clergyman Was Plying Bogus Money Trade While Planning to Rid Himself of Anna Aumuller.
"Plant" in 134th St. Flat.
Young Man Accused as Accomplice Says Curate Was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-64055626012055360132014-01-23T15:00:00.000-05:002014-01-30T09:43:58.292-05:00Thriller Thursday - Cardinal to Aid Justice.
Cardinal to Aid Justice.
Farley Says He Never Heard of Hans Schmidt.
Mount Clemens, Mich., Sept. 15. - Cardinal Farley of New York, who is here for a rest, said to-day concerning the Aumuller case:
"I am unspeakably shocked and grieved to learn of this affair. As to this Rev. Hans Schmidt, I have never heard of him. All I know about the case is what I have read in the newspapers, but my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-43702914881219059062014-01-23T13:00:00.000-05:002014-01-30T09:43:08.565-05:00Thriller Thursday - "Dr. Molliere" Unknown.
"Dr. Molliere" Unknown.
Schmidt's Card means Nothing to Paris Hospital Authorities.
Special Cable Despatch to The Sun.
Paris, Sept. 15. - "Dr. Emil Molliere, formerly assistant surgeon Woman's Municipal Hospital, Paris, France." the name on some of the cards found among the effects of Hans Schmidt, the confessed murderer of Anna Aumuller, is not recognized here. "Municipal Hospital" doesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-38827069914403523392014-01-23T11:00:00.000-05:002014-01-30T09:41:52.846-05:00Thriller Thursday - Schmidt Planned to Sail
Schmidt Planned to Sail.
Priest Murderer Intended to Return to Bavaria.
Aschaffenburg, German, Sept. 15. - The parents of Hans Schmidt, the priest who has confessed the murder of Anna Aumuller, received a post card from him a few days ago indicating that he intended soon to return to his home in Bavaria.
The parents of Schmidt consider him abnormal morally. There is said to have been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-45644530497582885052014-01-23T10:44:00.000-05:002014-01-23T10:44:24.853-05:00Thriller Thursday - New Arrest in Girl's Murder
New Arrest in Girl's Murder
Dr. E. Muret, Dentist, of 301 St. Nicholas Avenue, in Hands of Police.
Counterfeit Charge
Complete Outfit Found in Flat He Shared With Priest.
Say Schmidt Bought It
Maidservant in Dentist's Employ Arrested as Material Witness.
A new arrest was made early this morning in the river murder mystery which was solved by Hans Schmidt, an assistant priest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-34686496909587542702014-01-16T09:00:00.000-05:002014-01-16T09:00:09.967-05:00Thriller Thursday - Arrest Dentist as Schmidt's Aid in Coining Plant
Arrest Dentist as Schmidt's Aid in Coining Plant
Detectives Find Complete Outfit in Rooms Rented by Slayer of River Victim.
Two Often Seen Together
Dr. Muret Traced by Receipts Found in Priest's Rooms - Woman Servant Also Held.
Dentist Makes Confession
Admits He Was Engaged in Coining and Asserts That Schmidt Bought Equipment.
It Is Shown That Schmidt Was Suspended and Had Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-55653833156802572192014-01-09T14:21:00.002-05:002014-01-09T14:21:20.473-05:00Thriller Thursday - Slayer Suspended Priest, Arrested for German Frauds.
Slayer Suspended Priest, Arrested for German Frauds.
Mainz, Germany, Sept. 15. - The Journal to-day says that Johannes Schmidt, belonging to the Mainz bishopric, has long been under suspension by the Bishop.
He disappeared from Mainz and later arrived in Munich, where he was arrested on a charge of committing several frauds, according to the newspapers. He was acquitted by the court on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-51737725047979531022014-01-09T14:19:00.001-05:002014-01-09T14:19:18.578-05:00Thriller Thursday - Schmidt Ordained Priest, Says Monsignor Lavelle, But Forged His Letters
Schmidt Ordained Priest, Says Monsignor Lavelle, But Forged His Letters
Mgr. Lavelle, Vicar-General of the New York diocese, this afternoon declared that he was certain Hans Schmidt was a regularly ordained priest, but that the confessed slayer probably had brought forged recommendations with him when he came to America six years ago.
"Cablegrams from Europe assured me to-day that Schmidt Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-59091388215081893342014-01-09T09:34:00.000-05:002014-01-09T09:34:19.812-05:00Thriller Thursday - Fake Priest Who Slew Girl A Real Jekyll-Hyde
Fake Priest Who Slew Girl A Real Jekyll-Hyde
Bogus Priest, Slayer of Girl, Was a Forger and Man of Disguise
Schmidt Carried Out His Priestly Duties in Daytime and at Night Went Out to Keep Company With Women.
Had a Plate to Make Counterfeit $20 Bills.
Plans are already under way in the District-Attorney's office to fight from the start the insanity defense which will be advancedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-42816703905163530302014-01-02T15:38:00.000-05:002014-01-02T15:38:51.244-05:00Thriller Thursday - Anna Was to Wed Artist, Says Friend.
Anna Was to Wed Artist, Says Friend.
Servant Tells Police Dead Girl Named Alexander Borgen as Her Fiancé.
Made Trip to Europe.
Victim's Associates Do Not Remember Her Having Mentioned Particular Friendship for Father Schmidt.
Annie Hire, a servant employed as St. Boniface's rectory, at Second avenue and East 47th street, said last night that there was another man besides Father Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525025346816077584.post-86234333207860799252014-01-02T15:33:00.000-05:002014-01-02T15:33:47.170-05:00Thriller Thursday - Out of Mind, Says Bishop.
Out of Mind, Says Bishop.
Slayer Not in Responsible Condition, Is Prelate's Belief.
By Telegraph to The Tribune
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 14.- The Right Rev. James A. McFaul, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Trenton, said this evening that he believed that Father Hans Schmidt was not in a responsible condition. The priest was under the jurisdiction of Bishop McFaul for about seven or eight Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0