The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-29
FOUND A FLOATER
Body ofan Unknown Nan Taken
From the Bay.
COULD NOT Dc IDENTIFIED.
Ihe Coepns Hal EvidenKly Been In ths
Wsssr several Days-ssms q
the C1uos.
COULD NOT DC IDENTIFIED.

A iorGskoreman waking along tAA
eoush SIDE OF Ocean dock yesterday morn
ing about O'Clock was horrs6ed 70 see
the body of man floating In the clip. He
gave the alarm. and 5000 had q number OF
men about him. giving suggestions ard
acting ~ men usually do on such N cc-
casion. A long pole was secured and an
EFFORT made to push the body ashore. but
this was unsuccessful In the meantime
sonze one about the dock felephoned TO
posscs headquarters. Capt Hogie and an
other officer reSporHng- The captain got
Q raft. and with the aid Of an on-look<r
succeeded In paddlin~ out TO the body and
bringing il to the side Of the wharf. where
II was taken on the raft
The body hsd evidently ben In the VA
ter for some dAyA a. the clothes were
covered with SEA growth and the faca
quite badly decoupose6- When the crowd
got . sight Of the face some one whisper
I'd: The man was murdered Look At
the wound on the side Of his head there
And such proved 10 be the case. but
whether 1t had been dealt at the hands Of
IN contact with . floating pile u. not
known.
There were no papers Of any kind IN
the clothes. the only things found being
bottle Of medicine purchased at Smith
4 keEnedy's and s150 in silver The body
Was that Of . man 3 years old and
Weighing 10 pounds. with q cast Of fea-
lures denoting probably Swedish extrac-
ton The clothes were of dark material
and moderately good There were WOODEN
socks on the feet and a pair OF big. heavy
shoes. No one In the crowd had the
slightest idea who II could be and could
advance 10 opinion Coroner Askam was
summoned and sent the body to the NOR
que. where during the day II was visited
by number Of people. none OF whom
could Identify H. The coroner thinks the
wound on the right side OF the head looks
rather suspicious. and Will probably hold
an autopsy today
When 1t became generally known that
the body OF man had been found in tho
bay several missing persons were sug-
gested - being the unfortunate one
among them being the man employed
some time ago by Sheriff Van do vanfer.
who suddenly disappeared one night
several months ago with $40 Of the
sheriff's money. another Was the man re-
ported missing from Fremont two or three
weeks ago. II Is hardly probable that the
man is either OF these. as the body had
not been in the water that long
An incident that may throw some light
on the case was reported to the Post-In-
tellisencer last night by Victor Crois-
SAINT. of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany. About = week ago Mr.. Croissart
said an old gentleman was seen to pick
up q pocketbook from Q pile OF lumber on
the docx ard later on hand It in at the
Office. II contained a number OF papers
OF small import. so was placed on top Of
the safe. where II has remained Until ex-
amined last night. In tt were found a
bill OF sale for a saloon at WiIkeson 10
Basil de Aluvnlsa by Henry Schiickel-
man: a note OF slO6 made by Schiickslman
and payable TO b. Frspoih & Co.. liquor
dealers OF San Francisco: an affidavit
by Aiiivillia stating that Schickelman
owed Frapoili 4 Co. money for goods. and
stating that Schiickelman had been placed
in Jail for breaking certain laws. and was
unable TO pay the bill when due. and ask
Ing the firm to be patient There were
several other minor papers and letters.
showing that the pocketboox belonged 10
SchIickeiman- There was a strong odor
Of .oaoform about the pockeibook. show
dng that the man who owned IL had either
been injured or that some one else had
the book Al any rate tho book furnishes
clue.