The San Francisco call., 1898-03-14

chance of her recovering. She repeated the assertion that she was not afraid ot death. b1t with all the desperation of human hope, clinging tenaciously t' the slightest chance for further earthl3 existence. she endeavored to read 1n tha stoical faces of those about her some message of human sympathy that might fortify her in her awful struggle in the dark valley of the shadow or death into which she had been so sud denly hurled.
 together last night with Mrs. L. Ros- hell a sister of Mrs. Schuler, who lives in Oakland. They left for this city ahout o'clock and both seemed to be in good spirits so the relatives thought they had patched up their dlfterences- SchuIler had promised to pay ms WlIe $1O0 of the $500 he owed her ana they went to the office to arrange the mat ter. The quarrel which ended so tragically probably arose over the diff ferent opinions the couple had in re- gard to the payment of this money
 Mrs. Schuller has been married three times and none of her matrimonial ven tures have proved very happy. Her firet husband was a Frenchman named Champagne, and the union between the two was dissolved by divorce. In lS92 she married Eugene C. OWleS, Wno committed suicide, leaving Mrs. Schul- Ter a considerable sum or money Schuller succeeded in winning her in 1894 and immediately borrowed from her all of the money left her by OWles, and from that time the trouble began Friends of the dead man think ne was the innocent and abused husband while the wife was the one to blame TOT gil the infelicity in the family, but the chances are that both were equally blamable for the unhappy state of af- fairs. About three months ago Schuller went to Portland on business and dur ing his absence his wife went 10 the office. loaded all the furniture into an express wagon and sold 1t. For thls loving act her husband issued orders that she should not be allowed In the building and since that time no one connected with the place has seen her around the office until yesterday
 A wear ago last Christmas Mrs. Schuller, who had not been receiving any pecuniary assistance from her nus band, waited in front of the residence of his daughter on Octavia street llll he came out after enjoying his Christ mas dinner. She went up to him and asked him for money to celebrate the day fttingly He gruffiy told her that she could mot get any money rom nm, and in her desperation she grabbed hold of his hat and told him unless he gave her some money she would keep inc nat. 0H6 WdlheQ away WILL eAiS hat and Schuller called a policeman and had her arrested for threats against life.
 The case was called in Judge Lows court. when the story of the domestic troubles of the pair was fully ventil- ated. Schuller claimed that his wife was insane and wanted her sent before the Insanity Commissioners. She told the court that he had not been SUD- porting her for some time and wanted her put out of the way; that he was living in luxury while she was depend ent upon strangers to keep her from starving. As there was nothing to show that she made any threats against the old man the case was dismissed. It was remarked at the time that the probability was, as an upshot or the domestic troubles of the pair, she would kill him.
 The lady has not very enviable rep utation in other ways than that of making her husbands life one not en- tirely filled with happiness. About year ago a house that Mrs. Schuller owned in the Western Addition burned under very suspicious circumstances. The insurance was rather large for the value of the property, and Fire Mar shai Charles Towe, thinking the fire incendiary, had Mrs. Schuller arrested on the charge of arson, but owing to insufficient evidence she was acquitted. qt was firmly believed, however, that she was guilty of the crime, though 1t eould not Ra pToyed