Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-08-21
WALTON'S BODY.
John ". Walton Drowned in
San Francisco Bay.
The Remains Washed on West Oak
land Shore.
Some Of HIS Friends Here Believe III
Suiciied.
TERRITORIAL PAPERS ON TIE FAIR.

Lat Thursday night. "a was stated In
THE CITIZEN Oi Friday afternoon, "A mes
sage wa received here asking some facts
about John W. Walton, whose dead body
wss supposed to have been found in the
san francisco bay on the West Oakland,
Cal. shore. Papers found on the person
OF the drowned man indicated that his
name wa John W. Walton, and when a
description OF Walton was sent
from here to the California au-
thorities they we're then posi-
lively certain that the dead holy was
his. Walton, for years, waa "A land owner
and a business man at the Jemez aud
sulphur hot springs, but he disposed Of
his mountain interests, visited his old
home at Bloomington. ILL.,, and on re-
turning to New Mexico took up city life
In Albuquerque, having "A room at the
lodging house of Mrs. u. II. Hopkins. He
left here about three weeks ago. presum-
ably for San francisco, az he told some
friends he was going 10 visit California,
hHu tu iVuNo WcoN HANiFoh O'ot " 10"
days al Gallup. Some of his friends
here, who were particularly acquainted
with Walton, believe that he became
suddenly ~deranged Ia crossing the San
Francisco bay and threw himself over
board. The following t%elegraphic ac'
count OF the finding OF the body IL
clipped from the Ban Francisco Post.
Oakland, Aug 1.-THE remains OF q
man we're found In the bay near Ste"
arts bath house, IN West Oakland. thi,
morning by Joseph Motel. The coronei
WAS notified, and Deputy Coroner Henry
Quellin bore the emaiDs 10 the mOTg1e
IL was then ascertained that the deceased
WAS 40 years OF age n that his nam'
wa John ". Walton. u former residen'
OF Albuquerque, n. NJ. These facts weri
learned from papers lOund OH his person
which showed that deceased WA IA mem
bar In good standing OF Fidelity Lodge
No. 10. 1. q. o. IT,. OF Gallup, n. NJ
There wa also found in his pockets III,
dinner bill of fare of the teainer Corona
OF the Pacific steamship Company line
aud also an Odd Fellows travelling
membership card good for clever
months from Jan. n OF the present year
and "A new memorandum book viii
morocco cover anu gilt edge pages, whlcI
had evidently been recently purchased
~ there was no writing within and tn
leaves were free from stains. On tn
inside OF the first cover was "a newapape
: label bearing the address, John W. Wal
! .on, 2l3la eat Railroad Avenue, Albu
lqrrque, n. NJ
The papers we're encased In u wallet 9
!. red leather. There Was only 10 cent
. lOund in the pockets. The body wa
' clothed In "a suit OF bla, * diagonal. IN
. clothes and shoes were IN good condition
' and the general appearance OF the ma
vas that OF one In fair circumstances.
y How he met his death Ia uuk1OwI
Che presence OF the COr0na's bill OF iar
on his person would indicate that he In
been u passenger on board that boat an
had kept the bill. which was printed !
: the national cOlOTs, az "a souvenir. III
articles in the seyerai courses OF Oh
menu were printed by u typewriter in ~
, ink, but the action OF the water had oil
a liberated the date OF the bill.
a The suspicion was At first entertaine
that the victim had been murdered. rot
bad and thrown in the bay. This wa
based upon the fact that there was 4
little money on his person, when ord
narily q man OF the presence OF the d.
ceased would be likely TO be cOmfortabl
supplied with money. II was strengt|
sned by the appearance near the leftter
d ole OF a wound which bled proiusei
rhs cOroner's deputy. however, was II
n clined TO believe that tho wound WI
40 made by the head striking on the jsgg,
ID rocks which line the shore. the pial
where the body was found.
" II IL most likely that the remains wei
70 brought TO shore from the other side
the bay. They were In a good state
y, preservation. having been In the wat
l. only u few days. The deceased was p
Q beet In height, OF robust frame, stron
d. full features, with a mustache shadil
u from the red TO brown.
Deputy Coroner Quellen notified I
a ODD Fellows relief board Of this city al
also ~telegrsphed the news Of the hndll
OF the body TO the secretary OF Ftdeli
Lodge, No. 10, | o. o. II, Gallup. NJ
Ih Mexico, and also to the authorities
" Albuquerque.