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Walburga OESTERREICH

 
 
 

 

Mrs. Sanhuber is seen embracing her husband, Otto, one last time before he's whisked into
the grand jury to tell his story of his strange life and the slaying of Fred Oesterreich.

 

 

Otto Sanhuber is shown standing in front of a rose bush. Sanhuber considers his past as
a "ghost of the garrets" and now goes by the name of Walter Klein. Pictured with him
is his wife, Mrs. Matilda Klein.

 

 

Mrs. Matilda Klein, wife of Otto Sanhuber, is shown sitting on the witness stand.

 

 

Otto Sanhuber's wife, Matilda, is seen in a court conference with his attorneys,
Orville Rogers (left) and Earl Wakeman at the Oesterreich murder trial.

 

 

Deputy District Attorney James P. Costello is shown examining a number of mysterious letters
which Otto Sanhuber is said to have received while living under his alias of Walter Klein.

 

 

Photo of Mrs. Flora Rawson. On the night Fred Oesterreich was slain she had a woman's premonition
"something dreadful had happened" and looked out of a window of her home. She says she saw the
feet of a man slinking from the dining room to the living room in the Oesterreich home next door.
At the trial of Otto Sanhuber, Mrs. Rawson testified regarding the mystery of the slinking feet.

 

 

Photo of Mrs. Cora A. Norton who also testified regarding the mystery of the slinking feet.
She was a guest of Mrs. Flora Rawson the night Fred Oesterreich was slain.

 

 

View shows John L. Oesterreich, brother of slain man, Fred Oesterreich.
He testified against his brothers' widow.

 

 

Mrs. Walburga Oesterreich and real estate man Ray B. Hedrick are shown
taking out a wedding license.

 

 

From left to right: Ray B. Hedrick, Mrs. Walburga Oesterreich and Attorney Charles J. Rosin.
The two men are shown helping Mrs. Oesterreich out of the marriage license bureau as
she is shown almost collapsing. They had to get a wheelchair for her.

 

 

The victim

 

Photo of Fred Oesterreich.

 

 

Photo of Fred Oesterreich, whose slaying is one of Los Angeles' most famous mysteries.

 

 

 
 
 
 
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