The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
FELL OUT OF WINDOW
vxGINEER DEAN OF $. S. BANILLA
DROPPED FROM 4TH STORY OF
DE SOTO.
ALMOST INSTANTLY KILLED.
HIS NAKED AND MANGLED BODY
FOUND ON SIDEWALK.

SunDosed to Have Gone to sleep
While Sitting in WindOw-Passer-
law Sn1 the Body Lying on the
walk Near the Liberty street En-
trance at O'clock This Morning.
mead Mans Roommate Had Not
MISSED Him.
Naked and dying Second Engineer
moan of the Steamship Banilla was
found on the brick pavement on the
liberty street side of the De Soto by
a passerby at 8 o'clock this morning,
his body mangled by a fall of fifty
feet from the fourth story of the hotel.
The chastity find was made by Edgar
Jones, colored, who was nearly upon
the body before he saw it. The man
was lying on his face, his body dis
torted by numerous broken bones.
Life was not extinct, and the man,
though lying still, was grooming.
Jones rushed. hurriedly to Solomons'
drug store to summon assistance.
When he returned the man was dead.
DR.. Orear was gotten from his bed
in the De Soto and hurried to the
street. He pronounced life extinct A
sheet was spread over the lifeless form,
the blood from the wounds on his body
staining it from one end TO the other.
Simon Gamicha, the steward of the
steamship, was Deans roommate. He
knew nothing of the affair until awak-
ened by Clerk Butler.
When it was found that the window
of Room 426, on the fourth floor, was
open, directly above the spot where
the man had fallen, Mr.. Butler hur-
RED to the room. He found Gamicha
fast asleep in bed.
The clerk demanded of Gamicha his
name The steward was thoroughly
frightened, and for a moment did not
reply. He was asked where his room
mate was, and replied that he was in
the bed next to him. He got up and
there became still more agitated, for
he saw by the clerks look that some
thing unusual had happened. He SEEM
ed totally taken by surprise when told
of the accident.
Gamicha said that his room mate
had taken drink or two, but not
enough ito make any difference" The
Two men retired at midnight. At that
time Dean told his friend he wanted
TO get up at 6 o'clock to go to his
ship. Gamicha said he noticed moth
ing in his actions to intimate suicidal
intent. So far as he was informed
there was no motive for such a deed.
The generally accepted theory is
that the man got out of bed and sat
in the window to get cool. The night
was very hot, and he had complained
to his friend during the day of the
heat 1t is thought that he had just
fallen when his body was discovered
by the negro.
Patrolman R. B. Davis walked by
the spot where the man fell shortly
after 2:3O o'clock. At that time he did
not notice any one in the window
above. He walked on towards Whit
aker street and when near that street
heard a sound which he thought was
made by the closing of a carriage
door. This, he thinks, was when Dean
fell.
Coroner Keller was notified, and the
police ambulance was called. The body
was not touched until the coroner had
arrived. An examination disclosed the
fact that the skull was slightly frac-
tured, the left arm broken in two
places, the left thigh fractured, and
compound fracture was in the left
leg. These injuries indicate that Dean
fell upon his left side, his head strik-
ing afterwards. Nothing is known of
the mans history. He was appar-
entity about 80 years old.
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