Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-01
THE WITNESSES TOO INDEFINITE
AS to His Whereabouts the Evening
Previous to His Plunge.
HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THEORIES
OF Wise Newspaper Which Thinks
Sattler's Disappearance Was
a Gag"
CHATS him W
"No, faint"


'ohn and Valentine Sherman, were walking
along the shore of the Mississippi, between
the st. Paul ~ Sioux City freight house
and the Keokuk packet depot.
Their attention Was attracted to q dark
OBJECT lying in the water distance of seven
or eight feet from the shore. Sherman saw
1t first, and called Loiseau's attention to IL.
Botn were somewhat in doubt. Sherman
picked up stone and cast it at the object :.
il hit something, soft like" Then these
three called another, one Bird to help them
settle upon what the object was.
These four had been COMPANIONS in ,ha
search for Sattler's body for three days.
When Bird came up, he felt CONVINCED
that 'the object" was Sattler's body.
yes"
mo-
HOW TIE BODY WAS FOUND.
Such remarks passed between the four.
4Lolseau started off towards their boat tetE-
cred to the shore short distance below. and
WHICH the four had left :'to go to dinner"
Tie pulled out into the river, the other three
standing on shore pointing with outstretched
arms to '.he object" The boat was brought
to q standstill over the object in the depths
below. Cautiously Loiseau unshipped an
orr, and leaning over the side of the boat
he touched "the object"
'sBoys, it's him.
All doubt passed away from the minds of
the three companions
The body of David G. Sattler was found.
Meanwhile NOS Nv
manifested by the four, stopped to inuuire.
and fingered, Others came along and added
themselves to the assembly. In few min
uSes there was crowd on the bank of the
r1ver watching the solitary boatman, and
questioning his comrades on shore.
scarce twenty minutes had passed before
Ihlrd street, from Seven Corners to Sibley
street, including the Pioneer Press kne,o
that ID. 9. 5attler had jumped off the Wa
bashaW street bridge, and that his body had
been recovered.
WHERE THE BODY WAS FOUND.
Just as soon as Loiseau touched {" the OBJ
Ject," and it was found to be a body, word
was dispatched to the Sattler brothers of the
discovery. AS that messenger went along he
told the news. No one who got the word
failed to rush to the river side. In half an
oongregated at the foot of Bench street.
Then they rushed to the river, at point
equidistant between the freight houses
There in the meanwhile two boats had heen
brought, and with Loiseau's boat the three
had pushed the body in shore.
The people gazed upon it, and pushed each
other IN eager, morbid curiosity to get
sight.
LYING IN THE WATER,
But after all, they could not see much;
BODY to be sure, face downward it lay, with
the knees bent, shaggy over-coat drifted
upwards until all but the crown of the head
was concealed AS it lay in the water. the
WaYelets rlppled over and around it and
made the clothes of the body heave up and
down as II the corpse was imbued with life.
ana was again gasping for breath in the
water.
When found the body was lying face
downwards, the head up stream.
And it was found distance of
about $50 feet below the point where he was
seen to have gone under by officer Babe and
GLOBE reporter.
The body still in the water. A great con-
course of people. The boats at hand to keen
1t In shore. The coroner comes upon the
scene, and by the aid of Chief Weber and
Officer houleau is admitted to the edge of the
water and looks upon the body. Another
long wait The jury summoned is given a
passage way to the waters edge through the
surging and crowding mass Of men. They
look at the body.
LYING OUT OF TIE WATER.
Then two men catch hold of the water
soaked overcoat and dragged the corpse, still
face downward, to the very edge of the water.
sTurn him over!''
At this the body is turned face upwards.
and the pallid features of David G. Sattler
are recognized by q host Of friends, who
were present.
HOW HE WAS DRESSED.
He was laid on his back half in and half
out Of the water. Then it was seen that the
overcoat was unbuttoned, underneath black
coat partially gray from clinging sand; the
pants striped dark gray, even looked more
sombre from the wet and sand; brown kid
gloves on both hands; white shirt: neoktie