The herald., 1898-03-14
ALL DISPUTES ENDED
BETWEEN BROKER SCHUYLER
AND HIS WIFE
A QUARREL OVER FINANCES
settled by the Fatal Wounding of
the Wife and Suicide of the
Angry Husband
Associated Press Special Wire


GAN FRANCISCO, March 1s.-About 5
o'clock this evening Andrew Schuller,
financial and mining broker fatally shot
MS wife and committed suicide at his
office. 420 California street. 1t is believed
hat the tragedy was caused by dispute
over business affairs.
Schuller who was 20 years old had been
separated from his wife, we'll preserved
woman Of 40, for over two years. She had
been married before, her former husband.
Eugene Owles. who died in 1892, leaving her
a valuable estate. She frequently accused
schuller of having diverted the greater
portion of this property to his own use and
she stated this evening that the object OF
her visit to his office today was to obtain
some money he had promesed her. What
passed between them In the office Is not
known.
! Suddenly two shots, fired in rapid sue
cession, were heard and ]. c. Bunner, a
well-known civil engineer occupying an
adjoining office, rushed into the hallway
| just In time to see Schuller pistol in hand.
pursuing his fleeing wife. She fell to the
| floor and, as she lay PROSTATE, the en-
ragged husband fired three more shots at
her, emptying his revolver. He then at
| tempted to beat her over the head with
the BUTT of the pistol but was prevented
| from striking his victim by Bunner, who
had promptly interfered and who narrowly
escaped being struck by one of the flying
bullets. Schuller who was excited to the
| point of frenzy. exclaimed that he was
| tired CT being bounded by the woman. to
whom he applied the most vulgar epthets
| he then returned to his office. while Bun
ner assisted the wounded woman to the
street door. 1t was locked. and Runner
was surprised to find that Mrs Schuller
had the keys of the building in her pocket.
How she obtained them is u mystery. The
woman was at once taken to the branch
| receiving hospital, while Bunner and a
policeman returned to the office of her
husband. AS soon as they knocked at the
door a shot was heard and on entering his
dead body was found on the floor the sho.
he had fired with suicidal intent having
done its work instantly. An examination
made at the hospital showed that Mrs.
Schuller had been struck by three bullets.
two penetrating the lungs from the back
and one passing through the breast and
lodging near the spinal cord. She cannot
| recover.
MURDERED HIS WIFE
PITTSBURG. Pa. March 1s.-Senas
Anderson. negro ex-convict, deliberately
killed his wife. Pauline, today, firing five
shots into her PROSTATE body with his
3-year-old daughter as the only witness.
He claimed she was untrue.
GOTHAMS WICKEDNESS
NEW YORK, March 13-Adam Dolt 20
years old. wealthy resident of White
stone, l.. l., killed himself by shooting.
An unknown man jumped from a Hamil
ton avenue ferryboat as the boat was en-
tering the slip and was drowned
The body of Carl Dadle was found hang
ing to limb of a tree in Ridgewood park,
Brooklyn, today. He had been out of work
woman. who died from asphyxiation
at Washington hotel on Friday, has been
identified as Matilda Stadden of Phila-
delphia.
Frederick l. Blair, said by the police 20
be son of President "A. G.. Blair of the
Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad of Tole-
do. o., and who was arrested yesterday
charged with passing worthless checks,
was held in the Jefferson Market court
today.
SETTLED FOR CASH \
| SIilC3AbO, IhdTCH lob. Is. BENNETT,
alias Charles p. Mead formerly of Indian
apois, who was arrested on charge Of
swndling the First National bank by
means of raised drafts. has been released,
the bank officials having requested that
the case against him be dismissed. The
matter. it is understood. was settled out
of court.
MURDERED FOR MONEY
JOLIET. H.. March 13.-The body of
Thos. Walsh of the large wholesale grocery
house of Walsh & Sons, was found in a
ditch near this city today. Marks on the
head indicated that the man had been
murdered and it is believed by his relatives
that robbery was the motive.
NOT VERY SICK
NEW YORK. March 13-John Watts
Kearney, jr., adjudged by the courts Of
New Jersey as a confirmed invalid made
his escape from the Brookside sanitarium
in Plainfield, N. J., tonight. No trace has
been found of the missing man. Young
Kearney is a nephew of Gen. Phil. Kear-
ney.
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