The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-01
AFTER
LONG CHASE
JOSEPH A., VENDING ACCUSED
OF NUMBERING LITTLE ALMA
kELLNER FOUND.
DETECTIVE TRAVELS 1900 MILES
BEFORE GETTING SIGHT
OF HIS MAN.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. THE cap
tuer OF Joseph Vending, French army
officer, scion OF a wealthy family, sus
pected OF the murder of little Alma
kellner,nof Louisville, KY, ends one
Of the most determined suits by law
officers in the annals of American
crime.
Vending probably will leave for
Louisville today In custody of Cap.
tain James Carney. former chief OF
the Louisville police department, who
was assigned to take. up the case aft.
err Vending, following the discovery
OF the girls body In the cellar OF st.
Johns Parish school. Of which Wend.
ling had been ianltor. sg.
F Carney kept on the trail OF the .fugi.
tive for two months, travelling 1000
miles and communicating with the pc.
lice of nearly every large city in the
United States, Germany and France.
From Louisville to Texas, from
Texas to Mexico, from Mexico to Cali.
fornia the clews led the Louisville de.
tective. until Vending finally was
cornered in rooming house here,
hiding in q closet beneath sink. The
description of Vending fitted the sus.
pect; he himself admitted his identity,
but the preliminary Identification was
not complete until Captain Carney en-
tered the city prison and confronted
his man.. ~ r. ~
carney's Reorganization.
Hello, Captain Carney! Do you
know me?" cody asked Vending.
1--WE followed you too long not to
know you" replied the detective.
The story OF the pursuit and capture
of Vending was told briefly by Car.
ney. After describing how suspicion
was directed toward Vending, Car.
ney said:
1.-THE little girls body was found
May 30. l took up the trail on June
l. For several days | worked on in.
tangible clues. Then q friend wrote
me from Houston. Tex, giving me the
first lead. When reached Houston
Vending had gone to San Antonio.
| jumped there and back to Houston.
"On my second trip to Houston
intercepted letter to Vending from
Hume, Mo. sent an anonymous let.
ter to Hume, warning Vending that
detectives were on his track. This
ketp from them the identity of the
two mysterious passengers, and al
though the recent bombardment OF
wireless messages had aroused their
suspicious, none on board besides
Llewellyn Jones, the wireless opera.
tor, knew that the two were DR.. Grip.
pen and his girl companion.
History Of Crime.
The crime which had It's dramatic
denouement in the Arrest OF DR.. Grip.
pen and Ethel Clara Leneve aboard
the steamer Montrose Is destined to
become one Of the most notable in
criminal history.
DR.. Crippen and his wife, known by
the stage name OF Belle Gilmore, had
for the last two years occupied cozy
house at 80 Hilldrop Crescent, North
London. He was an American dentist
born at Coldwater, Mich, educated in
Indiana, pursuing medical studies later
in Michigan, California, Sandiego, Salt
Lake City, st. Louis and Brooklyn.
Belle Gilmore was a well known
vaudeville actress, about S5 years old
formerly Of Brooklyn. With the Grip,
pens lived Miss Leneve, a young typist
OF French birth, who served as amanu.
ensis to DR.. Crippen.
Mrs. Crippen disappeared from her
accustomed activities last February
To her friends DR.. Crippen explained
that she had gone TO California. Later
an advertisement appeared in the Lon.
don papers saying she had died in Cali
fornla. But Belle Elmore's forme,
actress friends became suspicious and
began an investigation. The clues OF
Scotland Yard gradually began to en-.
circle DR.. Crippen early in July.
On July 2, DR.. Crippen and the pref.
ty typist. Miss Leneve disappeared
leaving no trace Of their whereabouts
The house at Hllldrop crescent was
searched and misplaced brick in the
cellar led to the CHASTITY discovery OF
a battered body of a human being
buried in quicklIme and burned beyond
recognition. I
The chase for Crippen then began,
which ended In the arrest OF the pair
at Father Point, Quebec.
A Speedy Trial.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-Scotland Yard
officials do not have any exact infor.
nation as to whether Crlppen will be
deported or extradited, but they antlcI.
pate deportation, in which case, It was
stated, Crippen would be placed on
trial within three weeks. .sa-
1t is suggested here that Crippen
may claim American citizenship as a
means of delaying the course OF
justice.
Mrs. Leneve cabled pathetic ap.
peal to her. daughter, imploring her
to tell the police everything and not
oIallow her affection for Crippen to
stand In the way OF her duty to her.
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