San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-02
A WATERY GRAVE.
A Swiss Immigrant, CottIreb BRANDED,
Finds One.

This morning after daybreak, between
6 and Z O'Clock, boy named Kline, who
is employed by County Assessor d. NJ.
Poor at his ranch four miles south of the
city, on coming to the city, discovered
the body Of dead man, lying face
downward in the water of the San
Pedro creek at the race track or Nogal-
itos crossing on South Flores street The
boy did not touch the remains, but told
Antonio Esquivel, an assistant to Pound
master Cassiano, and they visited the
spot. The coroner, Justice J. e. Craw-
ford. was Informed Immediately by Off
Ger Martinez and summoned jury and
viewed the remains. The iurv found
young man Of "A or % years of age, Of
decidedly German or Swiss features.
heavy set frame. low stature, dressed in
common working clothes, white shirt,
gold collar button and shirt stud, lying
at the edge OF the creek bank, where a
MIR. Hamilton, q passer-bye, had carried
the body from the water. A silver case
Swiss watch, silver chain and watch
key with jeweled head, pocket
memorandum book and several letters,
pencil, a purse containing $3.50 in
silver were found on the remains, which
were taken in charge Of by the jury.
The body was ordered taken care OF by
Justice Crawford, and with the personal
effects of the dead man the jury returned
to the city and examined the papers of
the dead man.
railway ticket, second class, evil
IDENTIFY used by foreign railway COM
psny, was first examined, which dis
closed the name OF the dead man to be
Gottlieb BRANDED, from Wadenseil,
Switzerland. Letters from his mother,
dated from Morgan, and from another
not his mother evidently, dated from the
same town, which expressed for him
the tendersst affection and truest love.
The writer hoped soon to be with him,
and never would be separated from him
again. Two congrstulatory birthday
cards were found inscribed to my love
GOttlieb," evidently sent by his young
brothers or sisters, photograph. dis
closing group; pretty girl Of lG or II
years, and two boys, evidently his
brothers and sisters; letter full of kind
words and loving messages from
evidently sent to him addressed to an
other person for him, were found one
addressed to John Bosshardt, No. pol
Commerce street, and another TO Mrs. B.
f. Horton, America.
An account of the Indictment weather,
and the trouble to procure the witnesses
living near the spot where the corpse
was found, the inquest was adjourned
after inspecting those effects until to-
mOrrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
A LIGHT reporter visited Mr.. Boss
hardts saloon at No. POI Commerce
street this morning and learned from Mr..
Robert Hunziker, the barkeeper and q
well-knOwn SwitZeT, that GOttlieb Bran
del was well-known by him and was
COuntryman of his. He said he. Gott-
lieb, had been in This country about one
year, and had worked for a farmer liv-
ing about 10 miles from San Antonio.
Lately however, GOttlieb told him he
had had some trouble with his employer
and had quit and was then looking for
work. The waiter boy at this saloon
says the deceased was in the saloon last
night between 7 and o'clock and took
a glass Of beer for which he
paid 8 cents out of his pocket.
He then drank another glass and gave
the boy 80 cents and received 40 cents
change. He complained of being sick
and said he did not feel well and had
been sick for two weeks. He had been
steadily losing flesh and was not as
heavy as he mad been. That Is the last
time he was seen in the saloon. His
watch, common Swiss watch, had
stopped at $3.50. but was not run down,
and had evidently been stopped by its
immersion in the water, probably at that
hour this morning. While the man was
evidently downhearted and discouraged
and may have committed suicide, the
evidence of the young men at the saloon
may go to prove he was Ill, and having
him.