The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
WENDLING RUN
. down in LOCAL
LODGING HOUSE
Nationwide Man Hunt Ends in
Capture of Accused Girl
Slayer
SIeutfl Who TraiIed Fugitive
Over Continent Gets Here
Too Late


=. sought o.-eoneea1 in the basement OF
fhe church, as Theodore Dqlrrant mur-
dered TWO grown women in fhe En-
.msnuel Baptist. church in This city and
.eoncea led. the body. Of one in tile -belfry.
vending does not seem nervous over
his arrest. His brown eyes are a bit
shifty and his smile is weak, but those
signs. could he eKpIained by his low
=. moral character aside from the fact
that he is. suspected OF a terrible mur-
der.
He does not talk clear English, but
still speaks wen and inteIigibIy. He
is: glib when ii comes to telling why he
left Louisville With what he probably
J. intends as a play for canning. he
throws an atmosphere of mystery about
a. man whose name he does not re
member who was. his predecessor as
. janitor at St. Johns: and hints that
that man"has access to the basement
= Of. the church where the girls mutt
lated BODY was found.
D. ERpidl0S 0ttDtN
II told Father Shumann / thought
somebody came in at night and he
told me to lock the door of the base
...naent. said vending. slyly.
But he viii not admit that he knew
he was a hunted man until three weeks
ago, when he read in a local newspaper
/. that there was a reward of $1,000 on
his head. He laughed at the idea of
. the reward Yesterday
- His explanation for leaving Louis
vile 50 precipitously in January. is that
2 he had trouble with his wife and
. brother ~ iayv. His. wife is 45 while
he is % and. she evidently is the
thrifty one OF the family-she and her
brother Aloise Arnold According to
Vending the woman took ali his earn
ings- 4 no get enough for cigar or
glass beer, he said in broken English.
To get ava Y. from the apron strings
which tied the purse he fed. he says.
and took his mothers maiden name. of
Jacquemin as his own so that his wife
could not find him.
lie even had a plausible story to tell
when he was informed that his wife
lad fold the police of Louisville that
s5e had on December 10, two days
after the disappea rance washed his
blood stained clothing Yes. l shot N.Y.
self nthe hand about that time. clean
ing revolver. There. was a lot of
blood. said the accused.
Accused of Burglary
The police here and in Vallejo have
; what they believe to be conclusive
: proof that Wendling robbed the house
OF Naval Constructor Saunders on
. three occasions. and gave the loot 10
woman Of the. Xsilaso -
named Alice Miller or Alice Robert.
vending .snilingIy admitted knowing
. the Robert woman, but blandiy denied.
with his usual smile and shrug. that
= he had committed burglary.
he IS the coolest man we've had in
8 long time" said Captain Wall.
p ne arrest of Vending Yesterday
- morning had = tinge Of excitement to
it>' Two. weeks ago Chief Carney ar
-: iEed from Louisville and intermediate
points. which were many. and started
the local force on the hunt The chase
-. l%a around the bay. His movements in
Nalle3e We're traced. There he had
'Worined as gardener for Charles
-Keldemafn Of 639 Virginia street from
March lg TO May %. He left suddenly.
and went to Olena, where he drove a
stage and carried the mail to and from
Point Reyes On June he visited
vallejo and returned TO OIema on
I tDtGm2 = "
came to this city. He had been prom
ised job in the Pacific Coast glass
works by George Newman, president OF
the company, whom he met AT Olenoa
The job did not materialize at once He
had stayed at the lodging house AT
362A Third street on his previous visits
10 this city, and returned there on
July "a He went around the streets It
will
CLEW FOUND IN EAST
Detectives Burke and RYAN were
working hard on the case. Chief Car
ney, who lost the scent at Rio Vista
having returned to Hume, Mo, where
Mrs Corinne Munse. a woman friend
Of, the wanderer, lived and conducted a
millinery store. At Hume Carney bonad
10 get fresh line on the man. While
there he heard that Vending or
Jacouemin, the name under which he
. Travelled. was at Vallejo. Carney in
formed Captain Wall by telegraph and
Wall sent Burke 10 Vallejo to trace
him further From the Miller won1a =
Burke learned that Vending might he
In San Francisco. That was on last
Saturday, July %. Burke returned 10
the city and he and Ryan worked
hard. They ran down many false cIews.
but finally, on Friday, learned that a
man answering the description Of
Vending was staying at the lodging
alouse in Third street. All Friday aff-
ernoon the two detectives watched the
place. They satisfied themselves fbat r
the man was there. Yesterday morn
ing they set out 10. make the arrest.
When they presented themselves AT
the house, Burke at the front door and
RYAN covering the rear Of the nlace
Mrs. Moriorty refused at first to Ie;
them enter. She denied that there was