Description: Louisville's Alma Kellner Mystery, Kentucky, True Crime, Paperback A kidnapping, a brutal murder, an international manhunt, and a diabolical priestâ?¦ This is the true story of the murder of eight-year-old Alma Kellner.On a bitterly cold day in December of 1909, young Alma Kellner simply disappeared from the altar of St. John's Church in Louisville. Her body was found four months later near the site of the church, and news of the murder rocked the city. The manhunt for the suspect Louisville police Captain John Carney eleven thousand miles across the country, and even to South America, to return the killer to justice. While a man was tried and convicted to life in prison for the crime, suspicion lingers that the true culprit was the murderous and maniacal Catholic priest Hans Schmidt, the only priest to have ever been executed in the United States. Author Shawn M. Herron details the fascinating story of a tragedy that still remains a source of mystery to this day.
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MPN: 9781467138161
Book Title: Louisville's Alma Kellner Mystery
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: Murder / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.4 in
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Genre: True Crime, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 0.8 Oz
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Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: True Crime Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback