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Show mm Wendling, Slayer of Little Alma Kellner, in San Francisco San Francisco, July 28 According i to Captain J p. Carney, chief of the detectlvo department of the Ixuls5He police force, Joseph Weudllng, tho' janitor of St. John's parochial school, ' who Is accused of the murder of Alma Kellner, the. eight-year-old niece of a wealthy brewer of the Kentucky city, Is surrounded in this' city and his capture la only a question of a few hours. Carney has been In San Francisco Fran-cisco for the past three weeks, having traced Wendllug here from Vallejo, where he had been living under an I assumed name. San Francisco, July 2$. While he I would not state that such was the case, Capt. Wall of the detective department de-partment virtually admitted today that several of his men bad spent the. night guarding a bouse where the suspect was expected to come. The sr.Bpcci did nt appear and the detectives de-tectives now believe that he will bo . hard to capture If he Is the man wanted, as ihe story published this nornlng will put him on his guard Detective Carney of Iulsvil'.c traced Wendllng to Vallejo where the ! lr.tter had lived for some time under I ar. assumed name. The suspect dls- : appeared, however, and the trail lei ; ! to San Francisco. Chief StamforJ j j of Vallejo, who had become acquaint- J ed with the man. accompanied the lo-; lo-; cal officer to aid the San Francisco ' department In making the capture. J Alma Kclner left home on the I morning of Decemler 8. last, to at- j tend mass at St. John's Parochial j school.. Hc-r parents supposed she had 1 been Kidnaped by relatives who wish- i ed her brought up in another faith On May 30, last, the little girl's body. 1 ' fearfully mutilated, was found In the basement of the school. A reward of $tj,noi was offered for the apprehension appre-hension of the murderer by the child's relatives. We-ndling had fled and Captain Carney was Induced to take up the' chase which led him through several southern states, Mexico, Central Cen-tral America and finally to San Francisco. From this- city Carney j trucod Wendling to a ranch near Rio Vista where he had been "working as I a common laborer. From the ranch the trail led to Vallejo and thence hack to this city, where the local po-j po-j lice declare they hate tho alleged j murderer surrounded |