On august 22 1922 after overhearing a loud argument between the oesterreichs and believing dolly to be in danger of physical harm sanhuber came rushing down from the attic a pair of 25 caliber pistols in hand.
Dolly and otto attic.
In 1918 fred and dolly moved to los angeles with otto following close behind.
So when fred informed dolly in 1918 that he thought they should sell the house and move to los angeles things could have gotten complicated.
Stymied in her marriage to her wealthy but boorish husband fred sultry and seductive dolly keeps her young love slave otto hidden away in her attic for years.
Dolly had a solution.
The little household hummed away nicely until the night of august 22 1922.
This is when the situation shifted from a run of the mill extramarital affair to something bizarre.
Instead dolly found a house overlooking sunset boulevard with an attic and sent otto there early so he d be waiting for her when she arrived.
For five years dolly and otto carried on this odd relationship with otto living in the cramped attic.
When 17 year old otto sanhuber knocked on the.
She made sure the home she and her husband were moving to had an attic for otto and had otto move in first before she and fred did.
Sanhuber would quit his job and move into the oesterreichs attic.
But when otto shoots fred dead she tries to pass it off as a robbery gone awry a claim that doesn t sit well with chief detective herman who tenaciously pursues the case.
For ten years dolly kept otto a secret from her husband.
Dolly moved otto into the attic of her home where he lived in secret quitting his job and cutting himself off from everyone else for five years.
When the oesterreichs made the decision to leave their milwaukee home and move to los angeles dolly had to move her lover with them.
When he had to hide in the attic fred wrote pulp fiction pursuing his dream of author glory.
Fred never went up there and the lovers could continue their tryst safely out of sight from prying eyes.
One uncharacteristically hot autumn day in 1913 dolly asked fred to send one of the factory s repairmen to the house to fix her sewing machine.
Neighbors heard ominous crashing noises coming from the oesterreich house.
She gained notoriety for her bizarre 10 year affair with otto sanhuber aka.
Walburga dolly oesterreich née korschel.
Not long after they settled into the house otto took up residency in their attic.
1880 german empire april 8 1961 los angeles california was an american housewife married to a wealthy textile manufacturer fred william oesterreich december 8 1877 august 22 1922.
Dolly found a charming residence featuring an attic room right above the master bedroom.
The family moved into a new mansion complete with an attic which was one of dolly s stipulations for moving.