The Washington times., 1920-09-10
SOUGHT DIVORCE ON
/ EVE OF Drowning.
Mrs kuehIlng Said to Have Told
=. Lawyer She Was Held
l. Captive.
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home OF Miss Lulu X Cameron. In
Senwick Lang. Woodside. Nd.
The Kuehlings arrived in Woodside
last April from Detroit Mrs. Kueh-
ling had nsured in a divorce trial
that attracted wide interest In her
complaint she charged that ossood.
10 whom she then was married. was .
religious fanatic and forbid her to fol-
low her own beliefs. In his cross-biii.
Osxood charged she was insaneiy
1ealous and had expensive tastes.
The custody OF their child was award
ed to her.
LAwI.ER's KNOWLEDGE VAGUE.
The suit was nled by title" At
torney Bouio said today" and no dec
Iaration has been filed. From dis
cussinE II, however, I understood that
Miss Cameron fled IL as the result OF
negotiations from Mrs. Kuehling TO
purchase her home In Woodside,
Mr.. Bouic said he did not know
the amount involved In the suit, but
had heard y3s, 900 discussed as the
J purchase price that had been asked
for the residence.
Mrs. Kuehling nled a suit on July
8 to recover $500 from Miss Cameron.
This suit also vas filed only by title'
but II is said the $500 was money put
| up Dy MIS- huenuhs ioi 1h "pN'"
the Cameron residence.
When the Kuehiings arrived In
! woodside, they first lived at the home
! of Miss Cameron. staying there untli
last July, when they moved 10 the
home of DR. C. r. whitney, in Geor-
gia avenue, Woodside. 1t was about
this time, according to Attorney Bou-
ic, that Miss Cameron filed suit for
damages against Mrs. Kuehling.
SECRET SERVICE RECORD.
Kuehling last fall, before his mar
rage to Mrs. Osgood at Mt. Clemens,
Mich, last December 80. made an at
tempt TO Join the United States Secret
Service. He obtained letters OF rec
ommendation from Senator warren
G. Harding, now Republican nominee
for President, and Senator Atlee
Pomerenelo of Ohio, addressed to CHIEF
w, H. Moran, and went so far as
partly fill out an application blank In
Moran's office here.
Moran said todGy he had not seen
KuehIing personally, but one or his
assistants recalled Kuehling appear
ing in the office and having been
given an application blank. Kuehl-
Hsne started to fill out the blank, this
assistant said, but quit after answer
Ting a few Of the queries. He left
THE blank, which calls for most com
: plete record of the applicants entire
life. behind, and 1t now Is on hle In
Moran's office.
Senator Harding's letter recon-
mending Kuehling read:
my Dear Mr. Moran: This letter
will be presented to you by Mr.. Roy
H. Kuehling, Of Mansfield, Ohio.
Mr. Kuehling is very desirous OF
being considered for a place as one
Of the special agents OF the secret
Service. His pleasing personal ap-
pearance will speak for itself. he
has had business experience ana mas
good address and industrious ways,
and / believe he has every capacity
10 serve as a special agent of the de-
partment In addition to these
things, he has seventeen months
service in the national army, which
argues, of course, for friendly con-
sideration.
81 am interested in Mr.. Kuehling
as a neighbor and fellow-citizen in
Ohio, and beg to urge favorable con-
sideration in his behalf.
every truly yours.
"W. G.. HARDING"
The letter of Senator Pomerene
follows:
Dear Mr.. Moran: Permit me to
Join Senator Harding in his indorse-
ment of the application of Mr.. Roy H.
Kuehling. of Mansfield, Ohio, for an
appointment as special agent in your
department My information Is that
Mr.. Kuehling is worthy and wen
,qualified, and I am always glad to
say a good word for a young man
who had any part in the world war.
Mr.. Kuehling was with the national
army for nearly a year and half.
recommend him to your kindly con-
sideration. Sincerely,
Proof of Kuehling's marriage to
Mrs. Osgood in Mt. Clemens, Mich,
last December 80, was obtained yes
terday when detectives found the mar
riage certificate, signed by Probate
Judge Neil E. Reid, in trunk in the
room occupied by the Kuehlings in the
home of DR.. Cherries F. Whitney, Of
the Pension Office, at Woodside, Nd.
The detectives also found the letters
signed by Senators Harding and
Pomerene in this trunk.
FIND wIFE's JEwELRY.
The detectives made a thorough
search of the room for the several
expensively jweled platinum rings.
which Mrs. Marian Appleby, at whose
woodside home the Kuehlings had
been taking their meals, said Mrs.
Kuehling wore when she first came
to woodside. A solitaire diamond
was the only jewelry they found,
they say.
The search of the room also seemed
TO verify a statement by Kuehling
that he and his wife were interested d
in theatricals and had contemplated
going on the stage. Several wigs Of
the kind used by actresses were found.
Recent entries in check books Of
the Riggs National and the National
Afetrop61itan Banks showed Mrs.
Kuehling had been well supplied with
funds. Correspondence with her De-
troit attorney also showed she had
large real estate holdings in that city.
Letters also showed she had financial
dealings with her former husband.