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Show Evidence That Janitor of School Killed Little Alma Kellner Louisville. May 31 Persistent questioning of Mrs. Joseph 'Wendllng, who Is held at the police station here charged with having boen an accessory acces-sory to tho murder of Alma Kellner, the child whose mutilated body was found in the 6ubcellar of St. Johu's parochial . school here yesterday, has failed to shake tho woman's first declaration dec-laration that she knew nothing about the crime. FNirther than her admission that she has seen nothing of her husband, hus-band, who was Janitor at tbe school, slnco his disappearance on January M, when be drew $100 from the bank, she will say nothing about hint. The police are weaving a chain of circumstantial evidence about tho missing janitor. Clothing which be is knowii to have worn bears numerous blood stains. A hat, recovered from an old barrel where Mrs. Wendllng stated she had thrown It about the time of tire Janitor's flight, also bears similar dlscoloratlone. The trap door to tho subcellar was fo effectively hidden that Its existence exist-ence could not have been known to anyone not Intimately acquainted with the building. The keys to the school building, say the police, were always in tho possession of Wendllng. It Is believed the girl was In the school chapel, when 6ho disappeared on tbe morning of December 8, and was dragged to a remote part of the building A reward of $1,000 has been offered for the murderer. |