US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Handwriting on negative states "Mrs.Walburga Oesterreich" In 1922 Walburga Oesterreich’s husband Fred Oesterreich was shot and killed supposedly by a burglar in their Los Angeles, Calif. home. Eight years later after being arrested for another crime Otto Sanhuber confessed to police that he had killed Fred Oesterreich in party with Walburga. Sanhuber stated that he had lived in the attic of the Oesterreich’s home for years in order to carry on an affair with Walburga. In 1930 Sanhuber was put on trial and was convicted of manslaughter. Walburga Oesterreich was tried for murder and conspiracy but her jury ended in deadlock. She was never retried. Portrait photographs
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b3719_G3448 ark:/21198/zz0002pjzb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Conspiracy)--California--Los Angeles People Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Oesterreich, Walburga, d.1961
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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