The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TONDAY. SHOT HIN WIFE, THEN HIMSELY Broker Schuller Fired | Five Bullets at His Spouse. Three of Them Took Effect and Will Prove Fatal After the Rash Deed He Re- turned to His Office and Killed Himself. MONEY MATTERS CAUSE IT The Two Had Quarreled for a Year, but Had Made Up Just Before the Tragedy. Domestic trouble of long standing culminated yesterday afternoon in a double tragedy in which Andrew Schuller, & mining broker, ended his own life by sending a bullet through his brain after firing five shots at his wife, wounding her so seriously that ghe cannot recover. As ar as can be learned the bone of tention between the two was money, and it was to collect an amount Echuller had promised to pay her that led the woman to his office in the top story of the building at 420 California street yesterday afternpon. occurred during the interview between nd and wife is not known, but given by J. C. office on the same floor of the building. Mr. Bunner had just returned from a | business trip out of town and was changing his shoes in his office when he heard two pistol shots, followed by an’s screarr He rushed to_the g feet and saw Mrs. on the floor of the hall >wed her and fired three ore shots at his wife, who was lying between himself and Bunner, who was running to the woman's assistance. After ptying his revolver Schuller an up to the prosirate woman and rted to beat her with the empty 3 er reached them and pushed v ir “Schuller, don’t seemed to be half Bunner away from his wife into his (Schuller’s) office. As soon as she found herself free from the attacks of her husband Mrs. Schuller ran down stairs, and meeting Officer Furlong told him she had been shot In the meantime Bunner put on his | shoes and then went down stairs to let the woman out, as he had locked the door to the building when P> entered and supposed she could net get out. The woman had the keys, however, and how she came to have them is not known._The policeman, after calling another officer to take the wounded woman to the hospital, went up stairs with Bunner and found the door to Schuller’s office locked. . Bunner called to-the man to let him in, but the only sound which came from the room was a pistol shot and the noise of a falling body. . The officer broke open the door and found Schuller lving on the floor in front of his desk. He died very soon | after Bunner-and the policeman en- téred the room and did not speak. The weapon with which he did his deadly work of a 38-caliber Colts army b-shot revolver. On going to his office Schuller had reloaded the gun and to kill hir 1f had placed it in his mouth. At the Harbor Receiving Hospital Dr. Zabala dressed the woman’'s wounds, and found them so dangerous. that he | thinks her recovery is an impossibility. Three of the flve bullets which were | fired at her took effect. One, which was evidently one of the ‘while she was in her husband’s office, struck her in the left breast, range down and inward, piercing the lung. Another entered the back under the left shoulder blade, and tore its way through | the body, penetrating the right lung. The other bullet struck her in the small | of the back, and cut the spinal chord. No sooner had Dr. Zabala dressed the woman’s wounds than shé appeared to suffer from a sinking spell, and it was thought that she would die in a few moments, but she rallied after a short while, and while her voice was so weak in the words that she tried to utter that it was with difficulty that what she said could be understood, still she persisted in trying to talk. She spoke rationally enough, but appeared unable to remember names or to state concise- ly wpat she desired. As she lay upon the cot she held her rosary in her hands, and with a nerv- ous motion of the fingers told off her prayers. Occasionally she would gasp for breath, as the blood in her throat choked her. Her countenance was pal- 1id, huge beads of cold perspiration stood out upon her forehead, while the glazing of the upturned eyebalis and the nervous death picking at the bed coverlet told that the span of her life had nearly run its course. At first she did not want to answer the questions that were asked her, but gentle persuasion finally evoked from the dylng woman the following state- ment: “For several years I have been most unhappy on account of my husband. ADVERTISEMENTS. Doctors now agree that consumption is curable. Three things, if taken to- gether, will cure nearly every case in the first stages; the majority of cases more ad- vanced; and a few of those far advanced. The first is, fresh air; the se- cond, proper food; the third, Scott’s Emulsion of cod-liver oil with hypophosphites. To be cured, you must not Jose in weight, and, if thin, you must gain. Nothing equals Scott’s Emulsion to keep you in good flesh. g0c. and $1.00, sll dwggiets. p Just what | rest account of the shooting is | Bunner,’ who has an | ucceeded in forcing Schuller | two fired | He was such a liar, and he deceived me 1 so often that I am glad to dle. I am | not afraid to dle, but if I should recov- er I will go in a convent if there Is | any that will receive me. My husband | owed me $600. He had been promising | to pay it to me for a long time, but had | never done so. Yesterday he told me that.if I came to his office he would | pay me, so I went. He said that he| was going to be good to me and give | me back my money, and that is the | reason that I went to his office. | “I do not know why he should have | | shot me, but I forgive him. As I le | upon this bed, knowing that my end | is but a matter of a few hours, I re- | | peat that I forgive him. My husband borrowed the money of me, and that | was the beginning of our trouble, as he | | promised to pay me back, and never | | ata.” i Mrs. Schuller, in referring to her first | husband, spoke in the most endearing | | terms of him and also of her daughter, whom she said that she had given to | God. She declared that her husband | had a son, Norman Schuller, who was [ in San Quentin for forgery, and that he also had a sister, Mrs. Cool, who was | now living in Tucson, Arizona. Occasionally the dying woman would ask those about her if there was any | | chance of her recovering. She repeated | the assertion that she was not afraid of | death, but with all the desperation o human hope, clinging tenaciously t the slightest chance for further earthl; existence, she endeavored to read in the 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 of | death into which she had been so sud- denly hurled. { The husband and wife took dinner | together last night with Mrs. L. Ros- | bell, a sister of Mrs. Schuller, who lives | |fn Oakland. They left for this city | about 4 o’'clock and both seemed to be | in good spirits so the relativ thought | they had patched up their differences. his wife | Schuller had promised to pay | $100 of the $600 he owed her and they | Went to the office to arrange the mat- | ter. 'The quarrel which ended so tragically probably arese over the dif- | ferent opinions the couple had in re- | | gard to the payment of this money. | |~ Mrs. Schuller has been married three imes and none of her matrimonial ven- ures have proved very happy. Her first husband was a Frenchman named Champagne, and the union between the | | two was dissolved by divorce. In 1862 she married Eugene C. Owles, who committed suicide, leaving Mrs. Schul- ler a considerable sum of 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 he was the innocent and abused husband while the wife was the one to blame for 2il 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 to the office, loaded all the furniture into an express wagon and sold it. For this 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 year ago last Christmas Mrs. Schuller, who had not been receiving any pecuniary assistance from her hus- band, waited in front of the residence | of his daughter on Octavia street il he came out after enjoying his Christ- mas dinner. She went up to him and asked him for money to celebrate the day fittingly. He gruffly told her that she could.not get any money from him, and in her desperation she grabbed hold of his hat and told him unless he gave her some money she would keep the hat. She walked away with the hat and Schuller called a policeman and had her arrested for threatsagainst | life. The case was called in Judge Low’s 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 sup- 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 of the | domestic troubles of the pair, she would | kill him. The lady has not a very enviable rep- utation in other ways than that of making her husband’s life one not en- tirely filled with happiness. About a 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- shal Charles Towe, thinking the fire incendiary, had Mrs. Schuller arrested on the charge of arson, but owing to insufficient evidence she was acquitted. 4t was firmly believed, however, that s N Duir ot e Srioes though n.J WHO FEARS T0 SPEAK OF "08° St. Patrick’s Day Conven- tion Was Full of Enthusiasm. All Arrangements for Thurs- day’s Celebration Have Been Completed. Everything Points to a Grand Suc- cess on That Eventful Day. Irish enthusiasm and patriotism bub- bled and sparkled in every action of the St. Patrick’'s Day Convention, which was held yesterday afternoon in the hall of the Knights of the Red Branch. Over thirty of the local Irish societies were represented by delegates, and the conven- tion, which was held for the purpose of making all the final preparations for the celebration of St. Patrick’s day, was the | lurgest that has ever been held by the sons of the Emerald Isle in the history of is city. There was a unanimity of ac- THE MURDERER AND SUICIDE THE END OF DOMESTIC INFELICITY. able address was delivered by R. Berry upon the Irish as a race. He spoke of their patriotism, their valor and their fidelity to the cause of liberty. Bannerman spoke warmiy against the way that the Irish were held up to ridi- cule upon the stage, and he said that it was the duty of every Irishman to show his disapproval of such. There were a number of pleasing incidents _that marked the session of the convention and served to lend a spirit to the proceedings. —_— MORE PESTHOUSE PROTESTS. Richmond Dis{fic; i;sidents Against the Almshouse Tract Site. The executive committee of the Sunset District Improvement Club has on the di- rection of the organization and on behalt of the residents of the Richmond district forwarded to the Board of Supervisors one of the strongest protests against the establishment of the Pesthouse in the Almshouse tract that has ever reached the city's officers. Attention is directed to the fact that if the undesired hospital is placed on the land in question in close proximity to Laguna Honda, from which the Spring Valley Water Company gets its water for the Western Addition, germs of disease will be carried into the city with results that can only be surmised. The place selected for the site is at a much higher altitude than the lake, and the sewerage will surely run into the city’s drinking water. It is further contended that the germs of disease will be blown over the entire winds that prevail d most of the win- state that if the this peninsula at ter. Pesthouse is I se ocated on thi all it should be in some quiet Spot on the . as near the county line as This would p(‘rmit the gérms of disease to be blown out over and into the waters of the bay. In conclusion the etitioners say: “It is in your power as upervisors to prevent this and perhaps save life by the expenditure of very little money for a site on the shores of the bay in the southeast corner of San Francisco | County, a location where no harm could come to anybody.” — —e———— ROBBED OF HIS STUD. James Becker Loses His Diamond at the Masquerade Ball. James Becker, who says he lives in | Stockton, mourns the loss of a valuable diamond stud, which was stolen from him while attending the masquerade ball at the pavilion Saturday night. Becker met a woman whom he had known several years ago, and at her re- bay shore, possible. m il Z— 00000000000000 tion upon the part of the convention that clearly showed that upon assuring the success of St. Patrick’s day the Irish or- ganizations of San Francisco are a unit. President Frank Conklin presided, and after the transaction of the usual opening routine business, the report from the committee appointed to request the Board of Education to allow the Irish school children to be absent from thelr schools upon Thursday without loss of time, re- ported that the board had willingly grant- ed the desired leave of absence for that day. The convention returned a vote of thanks to the board. The executive committee reported that everything was in readiness for the cele- bration upon Thursday, and that about 30,000 programmes of the exercises for the day had been distributed vesterday morn- ing from the various Catholic churches throughout the city. Vice - President quest he took her to the ball. After buy- ing her several bottles of wine he sug- gested that they join the merry throng of dancers. She consented and while they were engaged in the mazes of a waltz he claims his female companion deftly re- lieved him of his diamond. After missing the stone he at once summoned Sergeant Blank and informed him of his loss. Blank took the woman to the City Prison, where she was thoroughly searched by the matron. T amond was not found on her, and as Becker did not care to swear to a complaint against her she was relased. Becker valued the stud at $350. The police are investigating a mysteri- ous robbery in a room in the Russ House. The room is occupied by a woman named Mrs. Scovy. Last evening a young wo- man called to give her daughter piano lessons, and after she left Mrs. Scovy dis- covered that several of her rings, which & Qhairoan J.J.Donovan. / Deasy called attention to the noble work that was being done by the auxiliary so- ciety of the ladies, who were laboring to make the celebration in honor of the pat- ron saint of Ireland a success. He declar- | ed that they were doing a noble work in helping to raise funds for the Wolf Tone Monument_Association. When a _little later, T. R. Bannerman announced that the ladies’ auxiliary was also in session at dibernia Hall, whére they were formulat- ng their plans, George J. Gallagher .noved that they be invited to be the guests of the convention on Thursday, and the motion was unanimously carried. The decision of the executive committee in placing the price of reserved seats at 50 cents provoked gquite a discussion upon the part of P. J. Kelleher and Jeremiah Mahoney, who thought there should be only one price of admission, and that a quarter. The sense of the convention was that the committee had acted wisely and their decision was sustained. The various memorial committees ap- ?ointed to prepare resolutions of respect 0 the memories of Dr. M. C. O'Toole, J. J. O'Brien and James E. Kenny pre- sented thelr resolutions, which were read and adopted by a rising vote. It was de- cided that the convention should meet again next Sunday, and to-morrow night there will be a rehearsal at 120 Ninth street of the d chorus that will sing at Woodward’s Pavilion. The convention had its picture taken and was also entertained by fessor aaoecumy. ‘who rendered several seleo- |'ance, owing to the fact that Spain and MARCH 14, 1898 BAIT FOR SPANISH PRIVATEERS Klondike Gold and Coast Produce Tempting. This Country and Spain Alone Tolerate the Old Custom. Other Nations Abolished the System Forty Years Ago. A RELIC OF BARBARISM. It Would Encourage Great Risks and Result in Much Cruelty. C00000000000000000 Spain did mnot sign the treaty of Paris im 1856 regarding the capture of merchant vessels. She therefore has the right to strike a terrible blow at American commerce, as she has minety.six mer- chant ships.—Eziract from tel- egraphic interview with Senor Mendez de Vigo, Spanish Embassador at Berlin. 000000000000000000 There has been a great deal of specu- lation in local commercial circles for several days as to the probable effect of a war between Spain and the United States on the commerce of the Pacific Coast. The foregoing declaration re- news interest in the question. This is a question of great import- 0000000000000 the United States are the only great maritime nations aside from Mexico that refused to sign what is known in international law as the declaration of Paris, a treaty that abolishes pri- vateering and regulates maritime war. This was promulgated in 1856. The chief declaration of this famous treaty is in the following brief and di- rect words: ‘“Privateering is and re- mains abolished.” All the European powers except Spain acceded to the treaty and the United States gave a negative reply through Secretary of State Marcy, for the reason that the punishment of privateering, it was thought, would be a gain to nations which keep on foot a large naval force, but not to the United States, where a powerful navy was not at that time maintained, because of the belief that it would be a danger to civil liberty as well as a great and useless cost. It was thought that the chief reliance of the United States would have to be on privateers in the event of a war with a | powerful nation. The declaration of Paris is therefore not binding on the two nations that now talk of war, and th re is little doubt that the beginning of hostilities would be a signal for the granting of letters of marque and reprisal by both belligerents, in which event the Span- ish merchant marine might inflict a great deal of damage on the commerce of this coast as well as on that of the country in general. Such warfare is necessarily very fe- rocious, the motive being plunder and the manner of conducting it largely the same as characterized piracy in the old days of robbery on the high seas and plunder by conquest on the land. Woolsey and other great writers on international law have repeatedly pointed to the fact that the motives thatactuate the privateersman aresuch as overthrow all feelings of honor and highmindedness, for which reason acts of forbearance and heroism are rare, while the cruel methods of buccaneers prevail to the subversion of the hu- mane methods of civilized warfare. The chief characteristic of a letter of marque is that it grants the private citizens who plunder the enemy’s prop- erty the prizes captured as his reward, and insures him honorable treatment as an enemy rather than execution as a pirate in the event of capture. It is said that Spain has more than ninety well armed merchant vessels that might be advantageously used for plundering American commerce in the event of the breaking out of hostilities. As there will probably be a large shipment of American gold from Alaska this year, which sum {s esti- mated all the way from forty to sixty millions, it s thought that Arctic waters and the North Pacific might be a tempting area of the sea for the am- 38 bitious Spanish privateer. Armed with Novelty Dress Fabrics! We are now showing the very latest NOVEL- TIES in FRENCH DRESS FABRICS and HIGH NOVELTIES for Spring, 1898. We call particular attention to the following four lines of HIGH NOVELTY DRESS PATTERNS which we have placed on sale this week. $|2-0" Pattern 39.00 Pattern $|2.Ufl Pattern sm.fifl Pattern The above are in the very newest color Ings, also in black. JUST RECEIVED-===- 4 cases GENUINE ENGLISH MOREENS, in twenty different shades, also black. PRICE, 5Oc YARD. NOVELTY FRENCH CREPON DRESS PATTERNS.... NOVELTY FRENCH POPLIN- ETTE DRESS PATTERNS. NOVELTY FRENCH PIREOLA DRESS PATTERNS........ FRENCH WOOL POPLIN DRESS PATTERNS....... ~ ) - . ’ ; 1892, . m, u3, us, U7, 19, 121 POST STREET. pLOBER same month they might have captured | a couple of million centals of golden | E wheat, much to the encouragement of | methods frowned upon by the declara- G tion at Paris. Of wool, barley and many | other products they would have been | 't able to secure more than enough to re- | pay them for the risks. A few million | cans of salmon from the Columbia Riv- | er country and a few more millions| s ' from Alaska would flavor the Spanish tooth in a fine way. Tt is interesting to notice the rich har- vest that privateers might reap in wa- ters adjacent to this city, as revealed | o cits, e science or trade by a casual glance af e receipts of | . = i Dbroduce at San Francsico. In 1891} Right goods ‘and service the receipts were as follows: Flour, 5,- | win permanent customers 840,683 quarter barrels; wheat, 10,851,287 | § SPECIAL SAVING SALE centals; barley, 5,081,697 centals; oats. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Merit always =~ wins .. the highest prize whether in art, 545,848 centals; beans, 588,188 sacks; corn, 342,537 centals; wool, 89,439 bales. The foregoing is only one side of the shield, for the clearances fror‘n san | Claret 350 Francisco show a richer possibility than e ts, Nearly 11,000,000 centals of | , "Swarly E0 gallon Bacon—Feris's 16¢ wheat were shipped to various parts of the world last year, a third as much barley and more than 1,000,000 barrels of flour. These shipments, had there been war, might have been seized by pri- vateers in the waters of many coun- tries, such as those adjacent to all parts of the United Kingdom, Africa, Aus- tralia, China, South America, India, Ja- Canned fruits—ow eis regularly 18c 1b First-class food—young pigs 'corn fattened I5¢ regularly 20c tin 5 Next to the highest priced fraif Canned at the orehards pan and the islands of the sea. 20¢ Another great item is the dried and canned fruit crop. In 1896 the shipment of California fruits alone amounted to several hundred millions of pounds. The wine crop is large enough to make all the Spanish privateers drunk for a Oysters—ou ouiee 123c and: regularly 15¢ and 25¢ tin They have the fresh oyster flavor Ginger. ale—twnse 6o $1.357 regularly $1.50—Imported = - i year, and there is scarcely a fleld of in- | Alkethrepta 206 dustry that does not offer them a rich regularly 25c tin % 1b h legacy if they exploit their opportuni- Chocolate value condenssd ties with guns of sufficient caliber. . - 5 Puree de foie gras “200. LIVE BIRDS THEIR TARGET. regularly 25¢ tin L s — French sandwich meat flavored Olympic Gun Club Holds Its Regular with truffle S e Monthly Pigeon Shoot in a Hickory nuts 4 lbs 25¢.° Strong Wind. Despite a strong wind the scores made in yesterday’s live-pigeon shoot of the Olympic Gun Club were above the aver- regularly 10c 1b 0Old fashioned shell barks Hamamelis (rtrasct of witeh busal). - - CINLSERRY speaks or.nis & N faith in JIRIShOEN. ; she valued ve highly, and some dress material Were’x%lagi’ng.y She at_once vis- ited police headquarters and Detectives Bee and aHrper were sent to make an in- vestigation. They secured a description of the stolen articles and to-day they will endeavor to catch the thief. —_———————— NEWSPAPER THIEVES. A reward of $10 will be paid for the arrest and conviction of any per- son caught stealing copies of this paper. p ——————— To Cure Headache in 15 Minutes. Spain, wrould pe a license from his sovereign and fired with the ambition for Klondike gold he age. Fast birds made the sport lively and heals hurts % pint pint : quart interesting. soothes bruises y ¢ ase 40(! The following scores were made: O. Feudner, 10; Nauman, 9 Webb, 10; Reduces inflammation : - Haight, 12; W. J. Golcher, 10; H. C. Gol- men like it on their faces after . .. cher.sdl; Slade, 7; Wagner 13; F. Feud- shaving s ner, 8; F. Vernon, 11; White, 7; Murdoch, H 2 1: 'Owens, 7: Neustadter, §; Schultz, 6 Lime water qart 20C n‘fi-:&sf,—‘ regularly 30c and 50c Keeps milk and stomachs sweet —aids digestlon—makes pearly: - teeth—good for babies. Green, 8; Hart, 7; Briggs, 8; Rossini, 4; Walkerson, 2; Maskey, 10; Huie, 11; H. Vernon, 9. After the regular match two six-bird matches were shot off. In the first match Feudner, W. J. Golcher and Haight killed 1 i —Ddoned 1o A Sealite and tied, Mviting tho mensy. Finnan haddies I23C !: th& ‘siecolrég I;Iaunt-mx; }}fi‘dbi‘x' J. ngg- regularly 16c 1b cher tled with six straight birds and di- breakfast e e A ey follows: First ~match—O. Feudner, 6;| Mackerel—nNorwsy $2.50 Nauman, §; Haight, 6; W. J. Golcher, 6; Heads and tails off ; sini, 3; ernon, 5. Second match—0. Golcher, 6; agner, 5; .+ Ve , 53 %{eustadtfier.mfl Greeh, b Fasint, G B for grinding pepper at table g i Bath perfume ehmse 20 ———— It betng the intention of J. F. Kennedy, suc- cessor to Morris & Kennedy, art dealers, 21 Post street, to retire from business, he offers his large stock irrespective of cost. . ——————————— Jumped in the Bay. regularly 25c—French bran’bag Softens the skin—makes the bath delightful Extracts—Crown Perfumery An o\ s aeins b iase s Jash| O us J5C Johmson and his residence 37 Mission ‘white rose white ):sllotmpo street, while suffering from the effects of Jockey club peau &' o essence bouquet English roses n overindulgence in liquor last night, N ur regularly $1 1% ounce bottle ‘umped into the bay at the foot of Fourth could extract it from American owners by processes much warmer than thaw- ing it from the soil of the boreal Arctic. There are many millions to be cap- tured along this coast from vessels do- ing the ordinary commercial business of the country. Records at the Mer- chants’ Exchange, for example, show that 350,000 sacks of flour arrived at this port in January. That would have been a tempting catch for a few pri- vateers. They would enjoy making the American crew carry their prize to where the captured sailors street. He was rescued by a boatman and subsequently removed to the Receiv- ng Hospital. = Johnson denied that ne tried to commit suicide, but refused to :ay why he jumped into the water. 'CASTORIA Salt and pepper shaker roc The two in one glass—combination 433 Pine 215 Sutter 2300 California 1075 Clay between Eleventh and 'rw:.\;h'm Baja California 5 DAMIANA BITTERS 1s & powerful phrug.msise and apecitio teals b for the sexual and of both m&ndlmmuam Vigoraior and Norvins, “Bolls ob- it owh