St. Paul daily globe., 1895-03-16
WHERE is LUDWIG.
An Anxious Wife in GERMANY
on the Hunt for Her Hus-
band
WHO LEFT HER YEARS AGO.
Money Sent to Enable Him to
Return to Der Fadep-
land
USED BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
He Was Last Heard Of in the
Hospital at st. Paul--Let-
ter to the Mayor.

There is an anxious little woman
many who, for eight years, by use
of the mails, has made search for
her recreant husband, supposed to
be somewhere in America, and pre-
sumably in ST. Paul. She has
written, in the German language, a
long letter, addressed to THE Hon.
Police Commissioner" of st. Paul,
and the communication naturally
was carried to Mayor Smith. Mrs.
Bichler received her last letter from
her husband four years ago, when
he was an inmate of the city hospi-
tai and very i'll. A subsequent letter
to his wife was signed by his name,
but was in different handwriting.
1t asks for money to enable the
husband to return to Germany. The
money was sent, but Bichler never
went home. The wife now thinks
that the letter was a swindle, and
that the money was received and
used by some one other than her hus-
band. She has never heard from
her communication that her husband
is dead; that previous to his death
he Informed some one of his circum-
stances, and the some one took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to secure
money from his relatives in Ger
many.
She has ascertained that he made
ol IT
during his residence in st. Paul. She
asks that an investigation be made
and the results forwarded to her. as
1t is absolutely necessary that she
know whether he is alive or dead
The letter is written in a picturesque
hand, and reads intelligently and
We'll. 1t is as follows:
THE WIFES LETTER.
My husband, Ludwig Bichler. emf
grated to America eight years ago.
/ The last letter in his own handwriting
L received four years ago, and at thai
time he was sick at the hospital. This
letter had the heading, "City and
! County Hospital, st. Paul, Minn. "
Since then three letters came to mo
they We're not written by him person
ally, but by some one else.
On the 7th day of October. 1894 7
sent, to the address he used before he
entered the hospital, a postoffice order
Tor lIS marks, because he asked fo1
money 10 return to Germany. The ad.
dress was, Ludwig Bichler Eagle
street, No. 73, st. Paul, MINI.
have to this hour received no other
word from him, and therefore sus.
pect that the money never got into
| ms hands, on the contrary | believe
| that some one else asked for anC
| placed himself in possession of this
! money, who, through my husband
! found out my address. My grounds
/ Tor suspecting this is that the last
three letters We're written by some one
| else and not personally by husband
l therefore pray you, the Honorable
| Police Commissioner, this my earnes
prayer to inquire.
First-How long my husband wa.
sick in the above named hospital.
| Second-If he died there or not.
! Third-When did he leave the hos
| pital.
Fourth-If it is not known where h,
went after leaving the hospital.
| Fifth-Could not his place of abod,
be found in st. Paul.
| SfXth-AS if the receiver of th,
| money has not swindled me.
| l have ascertained that my HUSBAND
also went under the name of Ludwi:
| Wirth
His description is as follows: Middl
height. black hair, long nose, higl
! forehead. He was cut once in on
finger and therefore carries the sea
! yet. He used to wear earrings, there
fore this will probably show in hi
ears yet. The color of his face use,
to be dark brown.
[ therefore pray to institute diligen
search for him, as it is absolutel
necessary for me to know if he. i
alive yet, or If he has died, and if h
is alive yet, where he is at present
For a speedy answer is the prayer O
Yours, CRESIENZ BICHLER,
in Vorderfreundorf, Post Untergramet
Neiderbayern, Germany.