The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-01

'nakine i've In all. WAS found In the
|tae, rhc chi,d's bloodstained un-
+er.hift was toaLd under the steps
~ The church. There Is no Chew TO
he whereabouts OF Vending.
Was Praying When Killed.
Discoveries made late today in the
|aaemeut OF at Johns Catholic
Ihurch. according 70 the police. &C..
Scsl almost every detail OF the mur
er OF Alma Keliner. who disappear
q December s. after attending serv-
- az 81 Johns
Buried In the top OF an embank-
ieni IN the church basement. just
ader the sacrlsty, were found lit
j. gauntlet glove with a red star.
Ilhich the little Eirl wore the morn
|fg Of her disappearance. and her
lndkerchief. covered with blood.
~ Is now the police theory that the
s~iiuer child. who was late for the
, arrh service. was discovered alone
y the church by Joseph Vending.
~ missing ianltor. assaulted and
heficred and her body dragged
Ixough the church and dropped into
basement through a hole In the
Y klsty.
1'he. police are likewise convinced
Ncudiins tried o Luru The body
the church furnace. ard. failing.
frr threw Z, IN the o'i c.stcrn un-
- one Of The pas.sh house where
Wa accidentally discovered.
The glfls body was buried in 81.
.ouls cemetery. Only Frank Fehr.
hs girls uacle. aud frieG: accom-
anlea the casket
Ms. WesdIing obiurate.
Mayor W. O. Head said today ne
rould cali special meeiinR OF the
~ council. for the purpose OF Of
|e.iAE a reward Of 81 .00O for the
'cfy.ciion OF the murderer.
The most perslsteut questioning OF
NJ. Joseph. Vending. who IL held
Lt the police station sre. charged
,ith having been an accessory to the
murder. has failed TO shake the wo-
nan In her Arst declaration that she
knew nothing about the crime. she
.iheres TO her statement that a ring
,nd pin found IN trunk at her
- both OF which have positively
b NJ tifed as the property Of the
y ~ - <girl. we're given her by a
*urther than her admission
hat zhotas seen nothing OF her hus-
and. who was janlior at the school
|lpce hls dlappeaance on January
when he drew s1OO from the
lsnk, she will say nothing about him
a Eeidcnces of Guilt Grow.
: Dnligent investigation By the po-
te aud detectives Is weaving a very
lispng chain OF circumstantlal eyi-
ience about the missing chanltor. for
ne apprehension OF whom the police
department. lssq nleht set out a drag
aet which viii sweep every part OF
the country. Clothing which he is
known to have worn bears numerous
stains which the detectives confident
ly pronounce traces OF blood. A hat
recovered from an old barrel where
Mrs. Vending stated she had thrown
4 about the time OF the janltor's
lIght. also bears numerous similar
hroloratlons. The trap door to the
Nb-cellar was 90 effectively hidden
Ht It's existence ou'd have been
4pwn TO no one ~ intimately ac-
,nhinted with the Mbu'lding. The
lttys to the school 3lding. say the
,blice. we're always Weddings
I>Desesslon. who was Men employ
nfent one month beforFAthe disap-
|searance OF Alma KellnN The car
pet in which the body wrs wrapped
FOR rs hasty burial is ideolical with
hat quantity os which Was found
In the school store room.
u became known yesterday that Il
WAS the custom OF the Kellner child
10 go into the school chapel alone
eud kneel at the altar as II in prayer
'tSk hNleved that II was in thls at
itnde she was seized on the morning
e Deoa huber 5 and dragged to a re-
|ofo I. of the school building.
| >urtsn 10 Nashville.
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