The Washington times., 1920-09-11

Fearing death from poisoning.
Mrs. Gertrude Viger Kuehling, thir-
ty-two-year-o heiress and member
of cultured and prominent family
Of Detroit, Mich, wrote her sister
tof her suspicious while she was
ipatient 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 writ of habeus
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
fnR,- kuehIing said, ~ did not nd
minister IT,
Becoming very i'll on July 1, Mrs.
| huehling 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 high tempera-
| ture and was very sick" said DR..
| Kress this morning. She evidenced
no acute pains such as I 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 wtfA
and n cot was ordered to Mrs. Kuehl-
ing's room in the hospital. During An
| entire week. DR.. Kress said, she only
found two opportunities to see tho
| heiress blone.
HAD DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
| 81 realised from a word dropped
here md there that the couple did not
get along happy as might be,- aid
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
felt she was able to leave the hospital.
| told her no-that she should remain
while longer. Well she replied.
Mr.. Kuehling thinks I 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 did not want to
have the expense of keeping his wife
at the hospital and I told Mrs. Kueh-
didn't have 10 pay I did not think
they were without funds, as I noticed
Mrs. Kuehling wore valuable rings
and had other jewelry."
Or. Kress said on the day Mrs.
Kuehling left the hospital she was
extremely weak and had to be a.
sisted to her automobile.
As soon as Osgood told OF the pci1
letter. Detective serGennts FIR
Brur md Thomas Sweeney wen
the hcircs-' apartments md took
crsI bottles OF drugs which today
he analysed ny the District che
60 md whether they contain
poison.
While osgood and Kuehling
on the same motor boat with
tIves A. II. Scrivener. Edv
Kelly, Thomas walsh sndrB
| Continued on psssa,.eou-