The sun., 1910-07-31
JOSEPH WENDLING CAPTURED
tLLEdED SLAYER or GIRL
TtkEN IN san FRtNCISCO.
Janitor of Louisville school where Chiid's
Body Was Found Had Been CHASED
ThrOugh the south and NeNlco Ne
fore Detectives Came Cpsn Him.

Nsbuy tAau hhtNh N"8sEo
Through the south and NeNico ne
fore Detectives Came Upsn Him.
SAN Francisco. July 20 The arrest OF
Joseph Vending here to-day ends one Of
the most remarkable criminal pursuits in
recent years.
Vending. who admits his identity. but
denies the crime. il wanted for the mur-
der Of eight-year Alma Kellner OF
Louisville. Ky. last December.
Two days ago Vending was seen in the
streets here. Local detectives secured
the town for him. Last night they To-
cstei him in Third street lodging house
kept by Mrs. MoriArty. She derie1
that he was there. hut this morning when
threatened with arrest she admitted that
he was in her house.
Vending was found hiding un der a
kitchen sink with his coat on and sleeves
rolled up. The tat,ooed ship on his right
forearm quickly told the detectives that
they had the right man
The prisoner quietly submitts d TO ar
rest and made no protest when handcuns
were snapped on his wrists He admitted
his identity. hut in the same breath denied
connection with the murder Of Alma
Kellner
He was taken to the city prison. vi here
he wa subjected To n severe sweating.
Vending stuck to his story that he was
not guilty Of murder and said he had fied
from Louisville To escape the wrath Of
his wifes brother. who. he says. threat
ened death becaus. he eloped with his
sister
Alma kellners body was found oa
Nav I'M Al h., r.,gS St I,k, a
school. Louisville Suspicion was at
tached To Vending and his wife Iona.
who had been janitor and janitress at
the school 4 police raid on the house
resulted in the arrest Of the wife hut the
husband had fled on January 2t
The family of the murdered child.
whose body had been hacked to pieces.
offered reward of SO 90 for the capture
of the murderer
Al the request of Kellner capt Carney
resigned from the Louisville polio, fore.
to personally assume charge Of the hunt
Into Mexico and through half a dozen
southern States detectives followed the
fugitive
Two months and a half ago wendling
cam. west to Vallejo. Cal, where he got
employment witl~ charles Weid-mann
love with Alice Miller II was through |,
Information given by her tina, his arrest
vas finally effected
IL was at Houston. Tex where Wendlius
worked FOR time that Capt carney found /
his nan had purchased a ticket for Vallejo. I
When he reached Vallejo Carney found |,
that Vending had moved to this city |
Carney appealed to IN. Vallejo police !
sht..f f,.r 1
was found 4 search of her trunks re- .
vealed loot taken from the home ~ Naval ,
Constructor Saunders. whose house was I
robbed three times during the tune Wsnd- ,
ling was in Vallejo
Vending was branded as a burglar
as we'll a. a murderer by Carney. and
after sweating the Miller woman he again .
got the trail. which led TO this city
Vending was seen on the street here
with woman. The police announced /
that they had found the house IN which
he was hidden. The hunted man got
another respite. He mad apparently
out witted the detectives. Finally when
all was ready Capt Carney broke into his
retreat and dragged him out
Vending - said To have had a career
IN which romance and crime had been
th. french army. but ned to Al-ace.
where he posed a. laborer
Ia AlsaCe he courted Madeline Arnold
They fled and were married The police
have not been able to learn whether the
woman who was arrested at the time Of
w.ndling's disappearance is this girl
The prisoner ~ - wears old. He is Polish
and ~ eaks several languages fuently.
Louisville. Ky, July 70 Alma Kell-
ner left her home AZ p45 o'clock on the
morning Of Wednesday. pecernbers The
little girl attended the Academy Of the
Sisters II Mercy. but IL was a holiday and
she was going to attend mass at 81.
Johns Church
When the little girl did not return to
dinner her mother became uneasy. hut
thought the child had gone 20 dinner with
friends N was discovered that che had
not been seen at church and that mass
was celebrated at a different hour from
what she thought. general search
revealed nothing
Then followed the finding Of the body
IN May ~ m Che cellar y ( ~ Johns. the
v"stigatinn by the Grand Jury and the
~ wendlng on the charge Of
murder
Since the time the authorities have been
the trail ~ wendlins through
IN" West
Mrs. K"llner has not recovered from the
shock If the finding of the body