, 1875-11-14
"OVLY A EtOATER,"

sustaining tho Home.
"ONLY A FLOATER."
wAs HE MURDERED AND THROWN II TIE RIVER ?
Only foater picked up in the river NJ 7
o'clock yesterday morning, The fact would
hardly have been tced in the daily papers had
it not been for recent discoveries and develop
ments which seem to indicate most foul TRACE
dv. desorvedly ranking with the tragoal Gum
bleton- Z1egenmeyar afFale which happened Elk
years ago, As nothing was learned about the
body until late hour last evening" nothing
definite can be stated until it ia identified aud an
investigation held IS to the CAUSES o11deatb
Lite in the afternoon gentleman named T.
j. Dc G!oosch alr4Ve1 10 tbis city III search Of q
mRl Ha!ed
who came to this CITY some Gen DAYS ngo from
Maluoke:a. lo=a. The facts a. near as cau be
asoe tanned are as f5llovs: BAusch is = Young
ruau come 29 years Of age, and, about ten men!h hs
aEo, was fortunate en- 1ugh to win the band in
marriage OF 3 wealthy tanners daughter 10
Maluoaeta. Tao old eentlenau stared Einl IN
the drug and grocsrs bueiless, which prosDered
finely, aud. az the marriage was quite happy
one, he wns enyed anI admired by all. Ab,ut
tie 1st OF tne present month ne suddenly LETT
home without telling where he wa going. Il
Was since learned that he sene to CLINTON which
IL bu: few miles Away, and cashed god ehecs
for some $780, intending to return home and
thsn start for Chicago to make some purchases.
For soma occu reason, however, he came
directly to this CITY, and arrived here sokue time
Wednesday morning. Up the train he fell in
ri h \ nau named Anderson in some way con
nected with who esae grocery on River street.
On their Arrival Anderson inv ed Bausch 70
breakfast with him q: his home, but BA ,$ch re-
fused, "a ing he had to visit friend OF his
na;s.sd Stamn who keeps drugstore at No.
192 B Island av nue..
The next seen Of hin Was BY Stamm, in his
drugstore, well OH towards evening Of the same
day. Ba:.soh Was theu in quite boozy condi-
ton, and WAS visiting every sal 'on all along tne
road. He renamed vita Stamm out q few MN
ute- aud went in a southern directi q. and. af-
ter 4e had gone, StaMm visited several Of .ae
saloons in the nea hborhood, when be learned
that his friend had been treating eTetvb d1 he
could gather in the sat0on aud bad fool1hly
Exu1sIrED LAR3E ROLL or MONEY.
Farther than this, no traces Of the missing u1an
have beaa fouod. De Groosc, c'ai rs to have
written to tue Mayor aoout The disappearance,
but never received an answer. On his arrival in
this cit7 yesterday he incidentally learned the
facts about body which WAS found III Hou q
Sp in the South Branch about o'ci,ck. The
body WAS tuAt OF nan ap jarently abo 1t 30 years
old, and was eotirey nude, with the except IN
OF a pair Of new boots. There were several 8 abs
them puncturlng clear through the skull into the
bra,n. He was evidently about feet 6 inches
b.ch aud had dark balr cut short. With = sandy
nussache aod imperial De Gfoosch "eut to
the Morgue last evening, but was not able to
positively identity the corpse as tbat ,f Of his h,s
bcard-only small 1mperial. bnt as
the face vas cleanFy shaVen tbere wee sone
possibilities that The man might ha @ changed
bis personal appeacapce after arr.rlaE IN this
city. The fact Of his having had On ne" boots
is also
arn4uEp sTR0sa Fo7yT
AB soon after Bsusoh's disap: earance bill was
sent into bis store from ns.ghboriug shoema>
ker. Mr. Dc 9roosoh exaects to have additional
evidence to-day, aud will be able to identify the
body il IL is that OF Bau.ca.
The missing man had With him, resides tue
$3.50 in cash, q diamond solitaire ring worth
$3.50. q diamond pin worth $500. aud fms Jur-
eenssn goli chronometer and chain vaiued At
fully $3.50 more. He arrived Wednesday morn
ing. was drunk. aud WAS last seen IN the even
almost anvone that be was fouly dealt With. ..
Some days ago u1An named Midtlestadt. ern-
ployed iu the Naats- Zeitun9 Office, rccsived =
letter from Mis-. Bausch, informing him Of toe
sbseuco OF her husband and M,dala-
sta It caused a o:iceof the disappearance to be
inserted in The. Staats- Zeatung. Ds Gr'osch
called on Middleotadt lat eveuiog and, with the
assistance Of Wash Heeins as ipteriocutor. he
closely questioned a11ddiestadt. When the sub
|ect WAS i'st b: cached, afiddlestadt became sud-
lGDIY eAClLeu. al1u AA5Ll4s lIt4u'E6A "uOet uU4oF
B. susch had with him. In subsequent con. etsa~
lion, afiddlestadt SAID he had seen tbs man on
The day OF bis arrival bnt knew not hing about
his di a,pearance. The isteness Of the hour
2rec;uded any farther Investigation. To-day
3tamm, the druggist. who last saw Bausob Will
sn1easor to identify the corpse, % will also Mid
3;estsdt. If 1t il that Of the Iowa grocer, there
.an be no doubt but kh1s be
MET ELS DEATH nY FOUL MEANS,
IS all the circumstances point unc1istakab1v to
such CONCLUSION. An interval OF ten days
from the commission Of such vile crime will be
4pt to hive given the Murderezs sufficient time
o cover nearly, il not ALL Of their traces, so
bat there Gun pe but little hope Of discovering
hem epaediv. However. until tne corpse IL
den .ided, there can be certainty ae to it's
,eiug murder. Frederic Hildcpsandt, wheels
nan Of the propeller Java, thinks it is the body
# one Michael Reldy. who disappeared some tEo
seeks ago from Milwaukee. He. tco, vii! make
n attempt to identity the remains this morning.