The Washington times., 1920-09-13
INQUEST MAY
EEKUEHL|NG
Husband of Drowned Heiress
Claims He Is Victim OF
Circumstances.
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the Morgue at D o'slock this after
noon by Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt
1t is predicted In police circles that
KuehIinE win be released after he
tells his story OF the drowning OF his
wife. As has been told in The Times
Kuehling will relate to the jury that
he and his wife padded up the river
as has been their custom for sew
eral months; that reaching the Vir-
ginia shore. opposite Catfish Cove,
they put in and ate their lunch.
1--WE were just leaving the shore
to return to Washington" Kuehling
stated. ''when the canoe mysteriously
capsized. ] don't know whether II
hit rock or was turned over by one
OF the strong currents and eddies"
There were no eyewitnesses 10 the
drowning and Kuehling says he
wishes there were.
''If there had been any witnesses
| would not be in the predicament !
now am In. | have been a victim of
circumstances"
KUEHLING EXPECTS LIBERTY.
Kuehling is confident OF his re-
lease by the coroner's jury. The po-
lice will have a number of witnesses
at the inquest, including Mrs. Lulu X.
Cameron, with whom Kuehling and
his wife made their home when they
came to Washington in March; How
ard b. Osgood, divorced husband Of
Mrs. Kuehling Mrs. Patrick l.. Ryan.
sister of Mrs. Kuehling. who is stop
ping at the Washington Hotel: Robert
d. White, of Cherrydale, Va: Alvin
p. Hines. jr., 119 Quincy place north
in NNhitonu
street northeast, the three men who
helped rescue kuehling; and a prom
inent attorney, who was consulted by
Mrs. Kuehling regarding divorce
the day before she was drowned.
Attorney Darlington denied Kuehl-
ing turned his wife's body over to
Mrs Ryan, the woman's sister, be
cause he had no funds.
"Kuehling has funds" he said, land
would have given his wife a decent
burial here, but 1t was Mrs. Kuahling's
request that if she should die. she
should be buried in the family lot at
Detroit, Mich, where her relatives
live.
When Mrs. Ryan asked that she
be given the body to take it to De-
troit for burial l suggested to kuehl-
ing to sign a waiver to the coroner
so Mrs. Ryan could take the body of
her sister to Detroit for burial. Kuehl-
ing signed the waiver"
WILL SEND BODY TO. DETROIT.
The body OF Mrs. Kuehling is being
for burial by Thomas NJ
Hndle, Fifth and II streets north
west. Hindle will send the body to
Detroit either this afternoon or to-
morrow.
Although the body of Mrs. Kuehl-
ing was identified through a plat-
mum wedding ring by Howard B. Os-
good, her divorced husband, the po-
lice yesterday took Kuehling from
the Tenth precinct police station to
the District morgue to view the body
and further identify il.
Kuehling at first protested against
going to the morgue. but later con-
sented. He said he could not identify
the body as that of his wife. How
ever, the police are certain of the
as the ring taken from
the drowned woman's finger bore her
initials and was identified by Osgood.
The body of Mrs. Kuehling was
found floating near Ferguson's Rock.
in the Potomac, about a half mile
from where she was drowned, by Al
bert Renswold. fisherman, who, with
his wife, is living in a beached launch
on the District side of the river.
Like hundreds of others who were
anxious to find the body because of
the reward of 500 offered by The
Washington Times and $50 by Osgood.
the divorced husband Of Mrs. Kueh-
ling, Renswold was out in his boat
early yesterday morning on the
search.
Renswold also was the first per-
tA Rnahlip0 Of l,i
had been drowned
my wife heard cry for help"
said Renswold to The Times today
"and ] got into my boat and hurried
to where II came from. / found Kueh-
ling in water up to his waist, and
placed him in my boat. Mr.. Whitson
and two of his friends who have been
living on a houseboat. also came along
and 1 transferred Kuehling TO their
boat, as they could better accommo-
date him.
SAYS kUEHLING EXCITED.
"kuehling was greatly excited and
told of his wife drowning. He said:
I wonder if we can find her body"
But he insisted upon getting dry
clothes. After he left me / did not
see him again. He was taken to
Dempsey's wharf, l understand
Yesterday. while was off Fergu-
sons rock, | noticed an object float
ing in the water. l investigated and
found 1t to be a womsn's body. / tied
the body up at wharf and notified
the police"
A Times reporter was the first to
tell Renswold that the body he found
was that of Mrs. kuehling and that
no doubt he would get the rewards
offered for its recovery.
"I am happy to have found the
body. as I know the police wanted IL
badly, as well as the woman's family.
or course, I will be happy TO get the
rewards. The money will come in
handy" said Renswold.
Renswold's daughter, Miss Hattie
Renswold, is employed at the Bureau
of Markets, and lives at the Ethel