In 1913, a terrible crime was committed in New York. The accounts are graphic, but if your ancestors lived in New York City, these were the stories they saw on the front page of the Tribune. Eventually, the story moved to the inner pages of the newspapers, but it would move back into the headlines, not only in New York but around the country, when the perpetrator was found. I am no fiction writer, but in transcribing the newspaper accounts as the details of the crime unfolded I will tell the tragic tale of the young lady who was killed and the man who killed her.
- Woman’s Headless Body Found In River
- See Murder in Find of Woman’s Torso
- Boys Find Another Part of Woman’s Body
- More of Girl’s Torso Found
- River Yields More of Woman’s Body
- Girl’s Head Severed While She Was Alive
- Butchers Victim While Yet Alive, Autopsy Shows
- Knife Used With Girl’s Body Warm
- Murder Suspect Lost by Police
- Clue Found in River Mystery
- Trace River Victim by Sale of Pillows
- Police are Outwitted; Letter Writer Hidden in the River Mystery
- Nearer to Solving the River Murder
- Aged Eccentric is Spirited Off From the Police
- Murderers of Girl May Have Used Auto
- Sternemann in Police Hands as ‘Murder Witness’
- Girl Killed Thursday
- Leg of Woman Found
- Police Believe Murder Mystery Nears Solution
- Part of Woman’s Leg Found in the Bay
- Think Leg Found is River Victim’s
- Slain Girl’s Leg Found in Ocean at Keansburg, N. J.
- Husband Sure River Victim is His Missing Wife
- Believes Woman in River Was His Wife
- Planells Seen in Havana
- Woman in Jersey is Being Watched in River Mystery
- Know River Victim; Seek Young Doctor
- Calls Slain Woman His Runaway Wife
- River Murder Victim Was Annette Day
- River Murder Victim Was Miss Annette Day
- Missing Woman Not River Victim
- River Victim Not Missing Day Girl
- Motor Boat Clue in River Mystery
- Police Again At Sea Over Jersey Murder
- River Murder Traced to Priest
- Doubt Schmidt’s Standing
- Fake Priest Who Slew Girl A Real Jekyll-Hyde
- Priest Cut Body of Girl Into Bits
- Priest Admits Girl’s Murder
- Breaks Down at Sight of Dead Girl’s Picture
- Schmidt Ordained Priest, Says Monsignor Lavelle, But Forged His Letters
- Slayer Suspended Priest, Arrested for German Frauds.
- Out of Mind, Says Bishop
- Anna Was to Wed Artist, Says Friend
- Schmidt Was Priest Here Through Forgery
- “God and Abraham on My Side,” Says Slayer
- Arrest Dentist as Schmidt’s Aid in Coining Plant
- Dentist and Woman Held in Schmidt Case
- New Arrest in Girl’s Murder
- Farley Talks of Murder
- Schmidt Planned to Sail
- M’Faul Banished Schmidt
- “Dr. Molliere” Unknown
- Guiltless in Louisville
- Cardinal to Aid Justice
- Priest Expected Home
- Met Schmidt On Liner
- U. S. Agents Search Schmidt Evidence
- Muret on Dentists’ Roll
- Father Schmidt Master of Crime
- Deeper Tangle in Girl Murder
- Priest Forged When Boy
- Schmidt, After Killing Girl, Hired Flat to Destroy Clothes
- Find Third Flat Hired by Schmidt
- Find Other Flats of Priest Slayer
- Police Find Refuge Schmidt Prepared
- Woman Leads Police To New Schmidt Flat
- Muret Studied Massage
- Clews to Priest’s Dentist Friend Found by Police
- Believe That Priest Stole Papers to Put Him in Holy Orders
- Priest is Cousin of Fake Dentist
- Many Who Knew Schmidt Differ As To His Insanity
- Muret Fled From London
- Schmidt Ready for More Deaths
- Schmidt Seen With Boy He Called Son
- Schmidt, in Disguise, Asked For Himself
- Nobody Helped Him To Kill Girl
- Blackmail of Rich Added to Priest’s Crimes
- Priest Planned A “House of Death”
- Schmidt Had A Plan To Kill Incurables
- Muret Won’t Talk of His Own History
- Priest Married Wife in South, Say Police
- Schmidt in Rage as Sanity is Tested
- Alienist Sees Priest in Effort to Save Him
- Schmidt Was Priest, Says Boyhood Chum
- Doctors Declare Priest Who Killed Girl Whom He Married, Not Insane
- To Indict Schmidt Sane or Insane on Charge of Murder
- Doubt Schmidt Who Killed Girl Is Real Priest
- Muret Decides to be a Witness Against Schmidt
- Priest in Rage Throws Rosary Beads and Money at Spectators in Court
- Victim Of Priest Had Cash Enough For Her Burial
- Dupes Say They Took Priest’s Bogus Bills
- Priest Examined Again by State’s Four Alienists
- Schmidt Witnesses Before Grand Jury
- Delay for Schmidt Awaiting Testimony
- Muret on Trial as Counterfeiter; Schmidt Listens
- Schmidt Prosecutor Going to Europe to Probe Priest’s Sanity
- Faurot Testifies Against Muret; Prosecution Rests
- Hans Schmidt’s Friend Gets Seven-Year Term
- Scene Set for Trial of Hans Schmidt
- Hans Schmidt’s Sanity Is To Be Left To The Jury
- Delay For Hans Schmidt
- Eight Jurors Chosen to Try Hans Schmidt for Murder of Girl
- Schmidt’s Fights with Victim Told at Murder Trial
- Schmidt Sought $5,000 Insurance On Victim’s Life
- Schmidt Breaks Out In Mad Frenzy, Denying Insanity
- Schmidt in Hospital; Collapses in Tombs, Raves at Keepers
- Schmidt Lauded Thaw or Richeson, Talking At Meals
- May Bar Women At Schmidt Trial For Decency Sake
- Schmidt Hearing Nearly Brings On Lovers’ Quarrel
- Schmidt Defense Rests; State to Combat Mad Plea
- Schmidt Is A Sane, Clever Criminal
- Schmidt Verdict Yet In Doubt With Jury Deadlocked
- Jury In Schmidt Case Still Tied Up
- Schmidt Jury, After 32 Hours, Dismissed
- More Delay For Schmidt
- Schmidt’s New Trial On In Supreme Court
- Schmidt’s Counsel Will Bring Out His New Defense
- Schmidt Trial Ending
- Relates Schmidt’s Plan For Wholesale Murder
- Hans Schmidt Guilty of Murder