The San Francisco call., 1906-07-06
SCHILLER INDICTS
Wife WITHOUT
mercy.
Tells Of Her Alleged Miscon-
duct With McRea and
Withholds None of Details
PUBLIC ASTOUNDED
Recital Crimsons the Cheeks
Of Accused Woman and
She Hides Face in Hands
PUBLIC ASTOUNDED

With flushed cheeks and quickened
breath, her features hidden now and
then behind her hands. Mrs. Lillian
May Schiller listened yesterday morn
ing in Judge Grahams court TO the
unsparfng indictment voiced against
her and George N. McRae by her hus-
band, Otto Frank Schiller, architect.
But often when court and spectators
would involuntarily turn toward her,
as some unspeakable charge was made.
she would startle them with ringing
laughter.
why did you stand all of this mis-
conduct?" asked Attorney Partridge,
who represents Schiller, after the uu-
happy husband had related a tale bet
ter told behind closed doors than in
print.
Because / was very fond of her"
answered Schiller For nine years be-
fore we were married we kept COM
pany; we were practically reared to-
gether, and it is hard after so many
years to lose respect for even friend,
let alone ones wife" He continued:
One day Mrs Schiller telephoned to
me and told me that George McRae was
i'll and suffering much. told her |
didn't believe it; that he had played
make any difference what 1 believed;
that she knew he was i'll and that she
was going to take him to the hospital.
1 answered and said:
DO it; hope 1t will be the end of
family
was i'll at all, he kept calling on my
wife and finally 1 became so exasper-
ated that 1 rang him up and told him
ne eo was b running has my ba nome cod ana Do I9a
to come over and pay the bills and re-
main in doors and thus avoid the scan
constant public appearances. Mrs;
Schiller rang him up as soon as 1 had
concluded talking and said: 1T is all
right, George will see you tomor-
row.
ARMS AROUND McRAE.
On October 2s, last, McRae came to
my home. Seeing me, he asked me II
l was armed and | told him that no
question. Then he took a pistol out of
his pocket and put it on the shelf. Mrs.
see If we could not get along for six
months together and said that If we
could not 1 could get divorce so
she could marry McRae-
Knowing that 1t was not her purpose
to try to get along with me l told her
that her proposal was unwomanly and
that she well knew her intentions.
turned later. He went into the bed
room in which Mrs. Schiller was sitting.
and seeing the door closed l went there
first Mrs. Schiller refused TO open the
door, but when / threatened to break
it in with an ak she obeyed. | asked
her what she meant, what she was
doing, and throwing her arms around
McRae she said: we were doing
this"
1 followed short time later and found
her sitting on McRae's lap. Without
word McRae sprang up and struck
me between the eyes, binding me. AS
soon as l recovered sufficiently / ran
toward the telephone intending to sum-
mon the police. when McRae approached
me from behind and struck me S,, on the
down. l crawled along to get my pis-
toll, but when I reached the bureau
where 1 had placed it l found that Mrs.
Schiller had hidden it. 1 sat there until
/ regained my composure and then
went to the Hotel Netherlands, where
l had friends.
asked me go out to the house, saying
she had letter she had written to
McRae In which she said her affectlon
for her, but that in any event she IN
tended to remain true to me- again
took up my residence there on nMer M
promise that she would not again see
McRae, but she broke her promise.
told her that if she continued TO meet
McRae she was the lowest woman IN
keep company with him, l finally
called a van, and taking my effects,
left the house never to return.
DRIVEN INTO FRENZY.
Schiller then told of many of the al
legged habits of his wife, which, he
said, drove him into frenzy. 1t was
a terrible recital and Mrs. Schiller evil
IDENTIFY felt that every eye was upon
her. as she covered her face with her
hands and for the time was abashc1.
But when court adjourned at the noon
hour and she found McRae waiting for
her in the corridor her spirits returned
and she chatted merrily with him as
they made their way to the street.
When the case was again called At
torney Partridge, in order to show the
manner of man McRae Is. introduced a
COPY of the complaint on the counts of
which his former wife, Hattie A. Nc
Rae, secured a divorce from him In
Sacramento in 1902. In the complaint
Mrs. McRae charged her husband with
the grossest cruelties, alleged that ne
beat her black and blue, cursed her,
threatened to drive her into the streets.
took a revolver and dirk to bed with
him with which he threatened her life,
and generally mistreated her. The
complaint was admitted in evidence by
Judge Graham.
Continuing his testimony, Schiller
testified that four days after their
baby died Mrs. Schiller attended card
party. Notwithstanding the fact that
had but SIS, was out of position and
our baby had just died. Mrs. Schiller
insisted on attending this card party,
which was given by the Violet Club,
said Schiller. II told her that she had
done wrong, but it made no impression
upon her. She did not care what 1
thought nor what the world thought.
l cannot understand her"
The case goes on today.