San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-25
AMONG The Cars.
4 DEPOT POLICEMAN'S Elk
e,PERIENCE.

An Esteemed Citizen of Freder.
icksburg Comes to San Antonio
to Draw His Pension for Services
in the Navy and Has a Somnam.
bulistic Attack - other Bright
Railroad News, Cleaned From
Various Sources.
y. j. Weatherly, the depot pO-
liceman at the Southern Pacific,
had an experience last Tuesday
which didlnot prove exactly pleas
ant one, under the circumstances.
1t was about 3 o'clock in the
morning, for that is the time Mr..
Weatherly is on duty, when he OBJ
served some one walking along the
track, on what is known as the
"store track" Mr.. Weatherly was
aware that the man was in danger,
for had a crew been engaged in
switching, which could have been
very likely, the man would I'M
questiOnably have been found a
mangled corpse at day-break.
The man continued in the
direction of Mr.. Weatherly. When
they met, Weatherly beheld an
aged man, gray haired, with
eyes wide open, and arms out
stretched, as though feeling for his
way. Mr.. Weatherly says he
never was so frightened before in
his life. The popular Waterman
is strictly temperate, and that re-
leases all blame to Imagination or
apparition.
He was a real live man and
Weatherly asked him where he
came from.
The man replied, 81 dom know"
The policeman then asked him
his name and where he lived, to
which he replied as above. When
the policeman inquired whether he
had anybody to take care Of him
or had any money, the man hand
ed over his purse, saying, "You
a gentleman, take it,"
Weatherly told the man he did
not want his money and then re-
peated the query: "Where is your
home "
The answer was he lives in Fred
ericksburg. William j. Maltsber-
ger, who keeps a saloon at the cor
ner Of BurlesOn street and Harrison
avenue, in the rear of the freight
depot, halls from fredericksburg,
and Weatherly thinking he might
be here on visit and a guest of
Mr.. Maltsberger, asked whether he
knew him.
The man then appeared relieved
of his burden, and his face wreath
ed in smiles, replied: va, he lif in
here" pointing to box car, and on
trying to find an opening in the
car, which was locked, he said, "but
is locked" and he was then all in a
quandery.
Mr.. Weatherly took the man
over to Maltsberger's place and
awOke the occupants of the house,
saying he's got man, whom he
found wandering about on the
track, and who is looking for Mr..
Maltsberger.
Mr.. MaltSberger came out in his
big night shirt, and exclaimed {: |
'Well, Otto Klein, where have you
been, | thought you was asleep-in
your ROOM"
The man was taken to his room
and put TO bed. When he awoke
and got up for the day, he was
asked to explain how he found his
way out and what he was doing
out on the track at that time. The
man seemed unable to explain his
position, and said he is suffering
from heart disease and is afflicted
with sonambulism.
He is 80 years of age and a high
ly respected citizen of Fredericks-
burg. He was at one time a men,
Der Of the United States navy and
came here for the purpose of pre-
pairing his papers to draw his pen
sion from the government. When
Mr.. Klein was told that
the newspapers would con-
tain an account of his eX-
perience among boX-cars in San
Antonio he simply replied: 81
don keer, led dem say wod dey
wOnd; is all so; no lie; no dis
grace"
Mr.. Weatherly, however, claims
it was his first experience of that
kind in his time on earth, and in
the future will be better able to
assist a man afflicted with sonam-