The Washington times., 1920-09-11

Fearing death from poisoning.
Mrs. Gertrude Viger Kuehling, thir-
ty-two-year-old heiress and member
of cultured and prominent family
Of Detroit, Mich, wrote her sister
Of her suspicious while she was a
lpatient at the Washington Sanitar-
ium, Takoma Park, last July.
This information was given the
police today by Howard B. Osgood,
wealthy Detroit real estate operator,
and divorced husband of Mrs. Kueh-
ling, who came to Washington yes
terday to help clear up the mystery
surrounding her alleged drowning
from a canoe in the Potomac river,
near Chain Bridge, last Wednesday
night.
Despite the information gathered
by the police of the past life OF Kuehl-
ing, particularly since his mar
riage, he maintains his innocence
OF any semblance of responsibility for
her death and today will attempt to
obtain his release on a writ of nabeus
corpus.
When told OF Osgood's statement
concerning Mrs. Kuehling's fear OF
poisoning. the prisoner Indignantly de-
MED he had any knowledge Of her
having suffered from drugs.
"If my wife suffered from poison
ing" kuehIinR said, ~ did not nd
minister it,
Becoming very i'll on July 1. Mrs.
| kuehling was removed from her home
in Woodside, Montgomery county.
Md, to the sanitariuh. DR.. Laurette
kress found digestive and stomach
| disturbances which she believed were
due to the eating of cantaloupe.
| The woman had a high tempera-
ture and was very sick" said DR..
Kress this morning. 'She evidenced
| TO acute pains such as 1 would look
for in arsenic poisoning. 1t was my
| opinion the patient suffered from q
condition due to something she ate
Kuehling, at the time, insisted upon
remaining constantly with his wifA
and a cot was ordered to Mrs. Kuehl-
ing's room in the hospital. During an
| ertire week. DR.. Kress said, she only
| found two opportunities to see the
heiress blone.
HAD DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
al realised from q word dropped
here and there that the couple did not
get along happy as might be,- said
the physicinn. DIR. Kress said that
KuehIIng insisted that his wife leave
the hospital before she had entirely
| recovered from the Illness.
"On one OCCASION" said the physf-
clan, Mrs. Kuehling asked me IL I
felt she was able to leave the hospital.
| told her no-that she should remain
a while longer. Well she replied.
| Mr.. Kuehling thinks l ought to leave
now
"I frequently heard Kuehling in
sisting and urging his wife to get up
and go home with him. You're well
enough to go home he told her sew
eral times.
Then thought he d'd not want to
have the expense of keeping his wife
at the hospital and told Mrs. Kueh-
didn't have 10 pay 1 did not think
they were without funds. as I noticed
Mrs. Kuehling wore valuable rings
and had other jewelry."
| DR.. Kress said on the day Mrs.
Kuehling left the hospital she was
extremely weak and had to be AZ
sisted to her automobile.
A. soon ss O-eood told OF the poi,
letter, Detective serGcnnts FIR
Bnur md Thomas sweeney wen
the heircs-' apartments md took
craI bottles of drugs which today
he analysed by the District che
TO md whether they contain
poison.
While osgood and Kuehling
on the same motor boat with
tives A. u. Scrivener. Edv
Kelly. Thomas walsh snduB
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