San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-30
AIRSHIP COMING.
WILL BE IN TOWN NEXT TUESDAY
NIGHT.
Passed!0ver Main Plaza Yesterday Morn
ing And Will Come Back Next
Tuesday Night.

The famous air ship which has re-
Gently created so much talk all over
the country, passed over San Antonio
Yesterday morning and will again visit
us next Tuesday.
Yesterday morning between one and
two o'clock waiter at the Southern
hotel was going across Main plaza
when he heard something heavy fall
near by and turned to see if someone
had not thrown a rock at him, but
instead of finding a stone he discover
ed a small piece of iron with a tag and
a letter attached thereto. He then
looked up to see from whence it came
and says he saw large, cigar shaped
object moving through the air almost
over Wolfson's store, going north, but
could distinguish no lights on the OBJ
ject as the airship is reported to carry.
The object which had fallen was a
lock used for holding rope to prevent
it from slipping and bore evidence of
having been removed from some fresh
" painted surface, white paint ad-
herring to it in several places. To this,
attached by hempen cord, was an
ordinary shipping tag, bearing the in
scription Just from the airship Sac
ramentO.'
A letter, enclosed in a small envelope,
was also tied to the weight and ad-
dressed ITO the public"
These the boy gave to another waiter
named Pablo Remedies, who took them
to Mr. Chas. A. r. Campbell the drug
gist, where they were given to a Light
reporter this morning.
The following is the letter contained
in the envelope attached to the weight
and which is self explanatory and is
given verbatim, even to some incorrect
spelling:
ION board the Air Ship Sacramento,
April 81, 1897.
"As we have just landed and receiv-
ed our mail and papers we have MOTTO
ed from articles in the papers, that
their is some doubt in the minds of
the people as to the existence of an air
ship sailing over the country; in or
der to convince the people of your city,
we will sail over San Antonio on May
the 4th between $50 and o'clock p.
NJ. going in a westerly direction, enter
ing the city near Government hill and
going west following the line of the S.
p. Railroad as near as possible.
If the people are on the lookout we
will try to give as pretty a display as
possible for our small ship. If the
weather is not fine you need not look
50, H., -l,, ,I,,,, l.,
of storms and on dark nights. We
expect to have our ship ready for gen.
eral use, in carrying passengers and
freight by fall, until then we will be
very secret in regard to our move
ments. We will make three copies of
this and drop them in different parts
of the city, as we pass over tonight, in
the hope that one may be found for
publication.
First Mate L. s."
The letter is written in a clear, bold
hand, in ink, on ordinary note paper
and occupying the first and second
pages.
1t was either written by some prac-
teal joker and thrown from the roof
of one of the tall buildings in the vicin-
ity and the finders imagination about
seeing the object moving off was some
what stretched, or is a genuine mes
sage from the navigators of this
strange air craft.
The truth, however, will be known
next Tuesday night, when the air ship
will either put in it's appearance and
prove itself a reality or will not show
up and prove the note to be a fake.