Evening star., 1934-07-15
kUEHLING DEATH
DUE TODROWN|NG
His Body, With Woman's,
Found Near Miami--PaSt
Record Recalled.

ROY II. Kuehllng. 40 brother OF
Detective Lieut. Ben c. Kuehling oi
the Metropolitan Police Departme..i :
and Mrs Z c Farcloth, so. whose
bodies were found yesterday lying
face downward on q rocky beach al
Miami Pla died from drowning. an
sutopsy disclosed last night.
John p Rowland. Florida State In
yestiRstor. who had been studying
theories ranging from accidental
drowning 70 double murder, received
the report and said I'm satisfied nov
that the deaths were natural ac-
cording To the Associated Pres.
Kuehline vho had figured promi-
nently in the newspapers here IN 1917,
1920 and 1922 was an unemployed
real estate salesman. He went 10
Miami last Winter.
Auto Near Scene.
In his automobile. parked near the
Epot where his body vas found be
side that Of Mrs. Fslrcloth. vas found
Ave bottles Of moonshine liquor. and
authorities pointed 10 the possibility
he and the woman might have been
intoxicated and fell of high bank
onto the rock-studded beach When
the tide came in, according To TINS
theory. they were drowned.
Another opinion was that they had
gone down TO the beach to sleep and
the incoming tide covered them.
Doctors found contusions about the
throat Of the woman and decorations
and abraSions on the faces and fore
heads Of both.
The owner of the apartment in
which Mrs Faircloth lived said she
had last seen the woman when the
tenant left for a dance THURSDAY
nieht In company OF man whom
she later identified as Kuehling.
Mrs Faircloth who would have
celebrated her 50th anniversary to-
day is survived by her husband, with
whom Rowland said she had not been
living recently, and a daughter Evelyn.
Kuehing is survived by two broth
ers and two sisters in addition to
Lieut.. Kuehling. who said he had not
seen his brother for some time.
Disappeared In 1917.
Roy Kuehling figured in the news
first in 1917. when he disappeared
from Camp Meade December II after
q visit to his sick mother. Early the
next morning. a sentry found ms
service coat suitcase and two notes
on the old Aqueduct Bridge. His hat
was lying on the ice below.
The notes. one addressed to his
mother and another to the COM
mander of his outfit, Company C.
3I2th Machine Gun Battalion, COM
planned he was in bad physical
condition and expressed fear that he
was not we'll enough TO remain in the
Army.
Later he was granted an honorable
discharge from the Army, and in
1920 he again figured in the news,
when his first wife, Mrs. Gertrude V.
o. Kuehling. was drowned on the
Potomac a short distance below Chain
Bridge.
Mrs. Kuehling, a Detroit heireSS.
drowned on the night OF September 8,
1920. and Kuehling was held by po-
lice until September IA, when grand
Jury exonerated him According to
newspaper accounts, he maintained
the drowning was accidental, and re-
lentless questioning by detectives
failed to shake him. While he was
being detained he pried panel from
a witness room door with a spoon
"just to show how easy it could be
done" He made no effort to escape.
however.
Recommended by Harding.
At that time he and Mrs. Kuehing
had made their home in Woodside,
Md, and, although he was not en-
ployed he had been recommended
for appointment TO the United States
Secret Service by the then Senator
Warren c.. Harding and Senator At
lee Pomerene of Ohio.
Two years later, on September %.
1922, his second wife, Mrs. Kath-
leen Whitesell Kuehling a Univer-
sity of Missouri graduate. was shot
and seriously wounded under myS-
terious circumstances at the home of
her parents at Eldorado Springs. Mo.
Kuehling fled the house and hid in
q barn. later escaping. He was cap
tured. however, and brought to trial
when his wife recovered. on charge
Of felonious assault with a dangerous
weapon.
At the trial. Kuehling testified he
and his wife had been lying in bed
talking over plans for him to find en-
ployment when a revolver which had
been lying between them suddenly
went off.
It was dark and when he called to
his wife and she failed TO answer he
became frightened, ran out Of the
house and hid in the barn.
Accused of Shooting.
Mrs. Kuehling testified her husband
had been Jealous and had refused TO
allow her out Of his sight She said
that on the night Of the shooting he
had been berating her and that during
the quarrel he pointed a gun at her
land suddenly everything went black. -
Kuehling was sentenced to FIVE years
on the shooting charge.
Miami police found a diary in
Kuehling'S belongings which contained
frequent entries indicating he was dis
couraeed over failure to find work
They also found penciled viii dis
posing Of his automobile and arrang-
ing for his funeral.
He wrote that he wished 10 be
buried beside the grave Of his mother
al Pohick Va.
Dies at Age of l02,