Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1915 — Southern Muredrs Charged to Former Cincinnati Man. [ARTICLE]

Southern Muredrs Charged to Former Cincinnati Man.

John L. Wendenhall, formerly of Cincdnnati, is held in jail at Tampa, Fla., charged with the murder of Mrs. Charles W. Elliott and daughter,, Susan, on a lonely road near Tampa. Mrs. Elliott was the wife of a wealthy businessman of Tampa. Mendenhall is 43 years old. He is said to have been infatuated with Mrs. Elliott. Guy Stemple was the chauffeur of the automobile in which Mendenhall and the woman were riding. He says Mendenhall burned the machine after killing the woman in an effort to destroy the bodies. Mendenhall was a fruit grower, mill operator and lumber dealer and was quite wealthy. All Florida is wrought up over the crime because of the prominence of the parties.