The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-31

|rII,ATED CORPSE IN
|0Ip ABANDONED ClSTERN
b Of Missing Janitor Ar
rested as AccOmplice to
Murder.

ou,sviILE. Ky, May 3o-Alrs. Jo-
wendling was arrested tonight
al with being an accessory to the
- n Alma Kellncr. whose mutilatcd
e. rras fonnd this morning in "a els
!, one of the parochial buildings of
'fohn's Catholic church,
'snTynntcd with a gold ring and pin
a In her trunk and after the pin had
= /. annsilIycly Identified by the mother
~ long missing child as one that
~ Qoru the day she disappeared. Mrs.
-,,ng maintained a stolid demeanor
essually vouehsaled The Information
. no min and ring had been given
how who found them in the
4 Wendling also admitted that
= an somo clothing which she
"a for her husband a short time af-
~ child disappeared were blood
u Hsr admission was made in ad-
4 N a chemical analysis OF the gar
a. which arc in the possession of the
4 She declared the blood stains
4, from an accidental wound on her
|',,bsr S 7 than this, three hours
'-siinr" elected little information
I ia woman whose husband the po-
rg seek as the murderer of the
b Erl.
~ was the S-year-old daughter OF
. /. Kellner. and since her dlsap-
ne on December s, Frank Fchr. n
'-5alre brewer. her uncle, has spared
"a fine nor money in the search
=, lie positively identified the body
= body was found only a few yards
4 be entrance TO st. Johns church.
Is Alma had gone to attend services
rNnlng OF her disappearance.
Janitor Suspected.
u police are looking for Joseph
|1lIng former janitor at st. Johns
Ill who, since January II. a little
. than e month after the disappear
! Of the Kellner girl, has been miss
Mrs. Lena Vending, wife of the
|ng man, and housekeeper for Fu-
Schuhmann. pastor OF St Johns
IA is under surveillance.
a sworn statement made before Cap
Carney. chief OF detectives. this aft
., Mrs. Vending admitted washing
|y clothes OF her husband shortly
thc disappearance of the Kcllner
The detectives examined these
Trousers. shirt and hat-and de-
! there ure still bloodstains on them.
1klc moro than year ago. accord
b the police records, Vending was
Ted and fined because of improper
nj with a young girl whom he ac-
u On the streets.
dlher OF the parents of Alma has
ssu the child's body. Both are pros
& Mr.. Fchr. the uncle. is positive
y Modification through the compari-
|of q shoe found with the body with
scm by Alma before her disappear
Other means OF identificatio at
thne seem impossible because OF
aa OF clothing found with the body
ih horrible mutilation and decompo-
How Body Was Found.
y discovery OF the body was by a
accident. Saturday the ianitor at
Aurch told Father SchIhmann that
q was collecting under one Of the
a buildings. Plumbers began to pump
|Lee wafer. Their work was resumed
morning.
'ss pumping orry a short time, the
besan TO smell badly and "A few
Ies later a Shiny object was
'sNd. A childs foot, with shoe
sucking on. appeared. The police
eoroner were notified Immediately by
Il Schuhmann.
rsr working five hours over the frag-
OF the body, Coroner Ellis Duncan
ual the top and part Of the left
o the skull and part OF the right
w loot were missing. All the ribs
|t5 MI Side were broken.
appearS that the body was par
burned" said Coroner Duncan.
Nl!eve guickllme was used TO aid
ssaroylng the body. but further cx-
Soon alone will develop these facts
|-if ~ scnuhmann said he could re-
~ nDlhlng suspicious in Vending s
e M, ater the disappearance OF Alma
Suspect Left Quietly.
snaiinS left the church without say
Has going to quit. and he said
70 his wife. ] thought at tho
.nal possibly the fact that bis wife
aurn older than he caused him to
"a, ne often talked of returning 10
~ nome in France. but his wife
us Parents and they have heard
LING is described by the dcteo-
ne'ng q years old, about five feet
liz nigh, weighs about 40 pounds.
ma SSnldll black mustache and dark
Vending is ~. wendling's par
w at Genlis. Cote dor. France.
Yding 10 the wife. WendlIng was
.lcr from the French army.
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