The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-09

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own mind he was confident Kuhn had
a hand In floating the Mexican ones
To make sutc. hc determined 20 run
him down. II he were ON earth lie
wrote Crouin I'm CHICAGO what had
been done and what his suspiciuus
were Then be waited Mannheim was
some distance from Bcrlin and &c was
three days later when he received a
cable saying:
Emil Kuhn we'll known In Man.
helm Came back there two wears
ago. and was married to daughtar ~
the hurghcr Health broke shortly
afterwards and returned To United
States Letters received from him
showed he was living in Los An.
gclcs and painting pictures for a Nv
ing Ills wife still in Mannheim. Kuhn
expects to return to Germany next
spring. Health has been restored
Pretty definite information that"
muttcrcd Cheney He wired Crunin
TO meet him at the ilallonbcck hotel.
Los Angeles as soon as possible, and
the "owl train on the southern pa.
cinc that night carried Cheney ON
his way south The population "
Los Angeles at THIS time was a hct-
crogcuouus crowd ~ consumptives
and tourists There always was a
large number Of artists, good, bad
and Indifferent. located in this city
Of Los Angeles and the day following
his arrival Cheney began to inyesti.
gate them Not an Emil Kuhn could
he find There was a German artist
named Ruchlow, but he was married,
and as Kuhn had wife I'm Europe,
Cheney hardly thought Buehlow and
Kuhn could be one
Two days later Cronin came in
from Chicago, and Cheney told him
all that had transpircd since they
parted company.
Very interesting. Cheney. very in.
| terestng," commented Cronin, but
nothing very definite. Your telegram
from Germany may or may not nave
been authentic"
AN right, Cronin, cavll and doubt
II you want TO, but ] know Kuhn is
the man we want. and | know Kuhn
| is right here In Los Angeles. Since
wired you TO come have ascer.
taine1 that several large shipments
| of Mexican silver have been made
to Truiillo, Just below here. The
coin was delivered to a DutchNan
and two other men. They disap-
peared from Trulillo. and | am think
ing they brought the stun up here
and recoined It."
Cheney. I hope you're right Now,
what's the lay?"
you make yourself known at the
banks and find out how much 81 this
rotten silver is around here. I'm go
ing on another still hunt for Kuhn
VIII meet you here every evening.
"All right, Jack"
Something told Cheney to take an
other look at Buehlow. He found the
German artist lived in very pretty
little cottage on the bank Of the Los
Angeles river. His wife was good
looking Mexican, and did the house
work. The Buehlows kept to them
selves, and were not neighborly al
all.
Cheney was disguised. abou
three o'clock in the afternoon Bueh
low left his house and went dowI
town. Cheney followed, and saw hin
go ~ the post Office general deliver!
window. There was a crowd aroun,
at the time, and Cheney could no
hear the name Buehow gave. In
iiffy he was behind the door, his ere
dentials easily admitting him.
That man. he said to the a~on
ished clerk, pointing at Buehlow's re
treating form, who is he?'
why, sir his name is Kuhn
Kuhn, chi" said Cheney. What
his first name?"
Emil"
by Jove, | thought so. How Otter
does he get his mail here? and wher,
does It come from?'
= The clerk was bewildered but man
aged to stammer out; He gets hi
mail about once a month, and all hi
letters come from Germany"
"Manheim|
'Yes, that's the place
IAN right. my boy Say nothin
: about this conversation" and he wa
gone.
Cronin and Cheney met after sup
per and Cheney said, "Jimmis, w
run him down. I've got Emil Kuhn.
The duece you have! How-whel
-where?"
Cheney told him and cov'ihued
Now we go for him. Tonight W
begin spot on him" or they wen
and were soon outside the Buehlo'
cottage A light was burning In tn
front room and through the windo'
Buehlow and his wife could be plainl
seen, he smoking and reading an
she sewing.
Domestic, amt it, JACKIE humble
Cronin.
"Damnably so; yes, but that ma
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