The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
Detectives Find Quarry in a
Local Lodging House
Hidden in Room
ADMITS IDENTITY,
BUT DENIES GUILT
Louisville Detective Chief, Who
Traced Man for Months,
* Arrives Too Late
CAPTIVE TO WAIVE
EXTRADIT1ON RIGHT

"1HE chase for Henry Joseph
\ Vending. suspected of dia-
a boLcal murder. Dhich started IN
Louisville. KY, IN MAY. Dhen the re-
mains of 8 year old Alma Kellner,
niece of millionaire brcDer, mere
found IN the basement of St. Johns
pmochial school and church there,
came 10 an end al 1890 O'CLOCK pes
tcrddy morning Dhen Detectives
Thomas P- Burke and George Fl.
Ryan arrested him IN a lodging house
at 1914 Third street. Vending de-
MES his crime, but admits he is the
hunted man.
AT the time of the arrest John p.
Carney, chief of detectives of Louis
vile, was covering the last of an
1000 mile pursuit of the fugitive. On
a train a few miles out of Oakland
he read in an early afternoon paper
that his man was held by the police
No more thrilling hunt was ever
made for suspected murderer than
for Vending. Through the south and
southwestern states he was traced to
Rio Vista, then to Vallejo and Olema.
near Point Reyes. and the net closed
about him yesterday morning at the
lodging house kept by Mrs. Mary Mo
riorty in Third street. There he was
living under the name of Henri Jac-
quemin, and beyond the change of
name was making apparently little
effort to conceal his movements His
travels had been traced by Chief Car
ney from New Orleans to Houston.
Tex, to San Antonio, Tex, and then
to Rio Vista and Vallejo by letters
and post cards which he wrote to
women friends, most of whom were
of the dissolute class
Admits Identity
From the first he made no attempt
to deny his identity. Detective Burke
showed him a photograph Of himself
and he promptly admitted that he was
Vending. He said he regretted that
he had not surrendered himself when
he learned the police were after him.
II will have something to say about
this when 1 get back to Louisville,
but not now, only that am innocent"
Vending reiterated TO the police and
newspapermen- He recognized Chief
Carney when the Louisville official
confronted him at the city prison. He
also admitted that he had been ar
rested once in Louisville for bothering
young girls. but denied that he was
guilty of any wrongdoing at that time.
vending would only smile and shrug
his shoulders when an attempt was
made to trip him on his story or to
bring out from him any admission of
knowledge Of the murder of the little
KeIlner girl The child disappeared on
December last. 1t was thought at the
time that she was kidnapped About
January IA Vending, who was janitor
at the church and school where the
body was subsequently discovered, fed
from his home. On May 80 the mangled
remains of the child were discovered in
cistern under the church Immedi-
ately the search was hot for Vending
The remarkable work Of Chief Carney.
who persistently stayed on the trail
of the man for two fun months, cover
ing IL 900 miles of territory. had its
reward yesterday noon. when he walked
into the city prison with Captain of
Detectives Wall and saw his prisoner
close and fast.
Willing to Go Back
Vending says that he will not fight
extradition. but is willing to so back
to Louisville. Chief Carney is posi-
tive that there will be a conviction of
the man for the horrible crime which