The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31

again left the detectives without the
scent, but they caught 1t again when
| TIP Thursday night that the fugitive was
| in Third street roomng house. The
number given proved 10 be vacant lot
Next door. however, was lodging house
frequented by laboring men Mrs Mary
Morlarity, the owner OF the house. de-
clared that q man answering Wendlings S
Il few days before. The detectives were
still suspicious, and after watching the
house for twentyfo hours determined
this morning TO make n search. Their
Vending crouched beneath the sink oi
a washroom. Dragged forth he did not
make the slightest resistance. and when
the bullet wound in his hand and the
by his captors he readily admitted his
Identity,
Explains His Flight.
On the arrival OF The detectives with
Police Martin and District Attorney Flick
crt were summoned. With the detcc-
tives these two officials remained closet
cd for an hour with the prisoner, lie
protested his innocence Of the Kellner
murder, declaring that he knew nothing
OF 1t until he read OF the finding of the
body. Vending maintained that he had
adopted the name OF his mother To avoid
his brother -in-law,. Louis Arnold. who
had pursued him from France TO make
him marry Madeline Arnold That the
bitterness between the two men has
grown since the marriage until he feared
for his life was the explanation clung to
by Vending in explaining his flight.
Wendling told Captain Carney that he
would not resist cXtradition and the lat |
ter said that he would start for home
with his prisoner as soon as he is rested |
from his strenuous chase, 4 delay by |
train wreck OF one day on his return from
Hume kept Carney from being In at the |
arrest. and he was fifty miles from this
city when Wendling was taken into GUS
tody.
According to Captain Carney the evil
The strongest link was the discovery OF
some OF the girls bloody clothing In
'loset in Wendling's home.
Strong Chain Of Evidence.
This. with other circumstantial evil
ience brought before the coroner's and
louisville police chief send Vending to
he gallows. Carney claims 20 have
,nded here today one OF the longest and
most expensive man-hunts OF modern
lines Descriptions OF vending were
ent to every American consular repre-
in the world and to every post
master in France and Germany. Since
'une IL the expenses of Captain Carney
ave averaged 500 daily.
vending is smooth shaven and with
he healthy tan that comes from outdoor
york During all the proceedings accom-
'anying his arrest, he was the coolest
ne concerned. second sweating
damned for this afternoon was declared
II at the request OF Carney, who de-
Jared that there was no chance OF break
ng him down.
Statement Of Accused.
vending was taken from his cell to- I
light and n representative OF the Asso- | {
lated Press permitted TO talk with him. $
When told that the Louisville police Of ]
cials had declared that the evidence |
Sainst him was strong, he shrugged his {
houlders, smiled, and said:
Those police? Well, they don't get {
ny stuff on me. / amt killed that child
don't know that that child been dead
ntil read 1t in the paper three weeks
go, Then / want to go back home, but
don't 20. Why do 1 kill little girlso
tell you I don't do It,
IF little girls Is killed. no one sees It,
10 one only God, and God don't say
ont even know the little Kellner girl S
never saw her I
AS soon as ] get home and see Father E
everything will be all right
want to get out of this troubles right ,
way. ! know the first two or three days 1
lat | been in that church as janitor
lat II amt going TO be good for me
was going TO happen I told !
yself, and now look at this troubles"
Still smiling and still good naturedly
rotesting his innocence, Vending was o
d back to his cell {