Otto In The Attic Dolly

Neighbors who heard the gunfire alerted police to the scene where dolly told them burglars murdered her husband after he refused their demands.

Otto in the attic dolly.

When he had to hide in the attic fred wrote pulp fiction pursuing his dream of author glory. Sanhuber was the man in the attic the live in lover of walburga dolly oesterreich. The little household hummed away nicely until the night of august 22 1922. He lived in the attic of the very much married dolly for twenty years while dolly lived downstairs with her husband fred oesterreich.

And very soon otto was contentedly snuggled away in his new cave. 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. On august 22 1922 after overhearing a loud argument between the oesterreichs and believing dolly to be in danger of physical harm sanhuber rushed from the attic with 25 caliber pistols in hand. Dolly deliberately chose a new house with an attic somewhat of a rarity in los angeles and once again otto moved in to resume their affair.

Notorious figure in one of the most bizarre murder cases ever. 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. In 1913 oesterreich sent a 17 year old factory worker named otto sanhuber to his house to help dolly with her broken sewing machine at her request. Dolly found a charming residence featuring an attic room right above the master bedroom.

Walburga dolly oesterreich c 1880 1961 was an american housewife married to a wealthy textile manufacturer. Dolly intended for sanhuber to help her fix a. Fred was an apron manufacturer described as a skinflint with an iron will the pair lived in milwaukee wisconsin where dolly is believed to have had several brief extramarital affairs before she met then 17 year old otto sanhuber around 1913. Otto took fred s fancy diamond watch and dolly hid in the bedroom closet.

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. Otto locked her inside and placed the key outside the door before he returned to the attic to hide. Versions of how the two met vary. 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.

For five years dolly and otto carried on this odd relationship with otto living in the cramped attic.