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Show I WIFE OF CHURCH JANITOSURKESTfD LOI'ISVILLK. Ky.. May 30 Mrs. Joseph Wendllng was arrested tonight charjyed with bel'i? an accessory to the murder of Almu Kellncr, whos mutilated body was found ibis morning morn-ing In a cistern In one of the parochial buildings of St. John's Catholic church. Confronted with a gold ring and a pl 1 found hi her trunk and after the pin had been positively Idintlfled by the mother of the long missing child as one that Alma wore the day he disappeared. Mrs. Wendllng maintained maintain-ed a stolid demeanor and casually vouchsafed the Information that the pin and ring had been given her by a Hoy who found them In the streets. Mrs. Wendllng also admitted that stains on some clothing which she w-nshd for her huebind a short time after the child disappeared were blood stains. Her admission was made In advance of a chemical analysis of the garments which are I;) the possession of the pollen. She declared the blood stains cara from an accidental wound on her husband's arm. Further than ibis Three hours of "sweating'' elicited little Information from the woman, whose husband the police now seek as the murderer of the little girl. Solves Mystery. The discovery of U" mutilated and decomposed body of Alma Ke'.lner In an old cistern under a parish house of St. lohn's Catholic church today, sotveri part of th" mystery snrrround-Ing snrrround-Ing her disappearance. Alma was the eight-year-old daugh-ler daugh-ler of Fieri 1,. Kellner, and since her disappearance on Tlecembcr fi, Frank Fehr, a millionaire brewer, her uncle, has spnied neither lime nor money In the search f.r her. Tie positively Identified Iden-tified the body today. The body wad found only a few yards from the i-ntrance to SL John's churrh, where ATma had rone to attend at-tend services the morning of her disappearance. dis-appearance. Looking for Wendling. The police are looking fer Joseph Wendllng. former janitor of St. John's church, who, since January 11, a little more than a month after the disappearance disap-pearance of the Kellner girl, has een missing. Mrs. Lena Wendllng, wife of the missing man. and housekeeper for Father Schumann, pastor of SL John's church. Is under surveillance. Tn a sworn statement before Captain Carney, chief of derectlves, this afternoon, aft-ernoon, ?.lrs. Wendling admitted washing wash-ing muddy clothes of lvr husband, shortly after the disappearance of the Kellner girl. The detectives examined exam-ined these clothes trousers, shirt and hat and declaro there are still blood stains on them. A little more than a year Hgo ac-cording ac-cording to the police records, Wendling Wend-ling was arrested and fined because of Improper conduct with a young girl whom he accoste,) on the street. Parent Prostrated. Neither parents of Alma h.ta yet seen the child's hodv. Both are prostrated. pros-trated. Mr. Fehr, the uncle, is positive posi-tive of his Identification through the comparison of a shoe found with the hedy, with one worn by Alma before her disappearance. Other means of identification at this lime eem Impossible Im-possible because of Ihe lack of clothing cloth-ing found with the body and its horrible hor-rible mutilation and decomposition. The discovery of the body was by a mere accident. Saturday the' janitor of Hie church told Father Schumann that water was collecting under one of the parish buildings. Plumber began to pump out the .water. Their work was resumed re-sumed this morning After pumping only a short time, the water began to smell badly and a few minutes later a slime-covered object ob-ject was discovered A child's toot, with shoe and stocking on, appeared. The police ami coroner were notlQed Immediately by Father Schumann. |