▁sh ov el ▁from ▁a ▁store ▁near ▁Old ▁June e ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁b ury ▁him ▁near ▁a ▁rail road . ▁He ▁noticed ▁some ▁men ▁working ▁nearby , ▁so ▁he ▁camp ed ▁until ▁night time , ▁when ▁he ▁stri pped ▁the ▁blood ied ▁clothes ▁off ▁the ▁cor pse ▁and ▁cut ▁the ▁thro at . ▁At ▁some ▁point , ▁he ▁heard ▁a ▁crack , ▁which ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁neck . ▁In ▁order ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁Taylor ' s ▁body ▁identified , ▁he ▁dec ap itated ▁him , ▁b ury ing ▁the ▁body ▁and ▁head ▁in ▁different ▁locations ▁before ▁burning ▁the ▁clothes ▁and ▁was hing ▁the ▁w agon ▁off ▁in ▁a ▁nearby ▁spring . ▁ ▁After ▁conce aling ▁his ▁crime , ▁Schmidt ▁decided ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁W ag ga ▁W ag ga , ▁where ▁he ▁would ▁conf ess ▁his ▁s ins ▁before ▁a ▁cl erg yman ▁and ▁then ▁end ▁his ▁life . ▁Before ▁that , ▁he ▁would ▁write ▁down ▁a ▁conf ession ▁in ▁his ▁not ebook ▁about ▁the ▁killing . ▁While ▁trav elling ▁along ▁the ▁June e ▁road , ▁he ▁came ▁across ▁two ▁polic emen , ▁who ▁noticed ▁blood ▁dri pping ▁off ▁the ▁w agon . ▁Fro zen ▁in ▁fear , ▁Schmidt ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁w agon ▁so ▁he ▁could ▁be ▁driven ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁police ▁station . ▁On ▁the ▁way , ▁he ▁un success fully ▁tried ▁to ▁cut ▁his ▁thro at ▁with ▁a ▁raz or ▁and ▁then ▁a ▁pen kn ife , ▁but ▁was ▁prevent ed ; ▁a ▁bit ▁later ▁on