Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-13
UNKNOWN MAN
FOUND DEAD
Penniless and Alone
in Coronado
Hotel.
DRIVEN INTO THE STREETS
When Desperately Ill He
Told w. N. Townsend
Who is He :?


the city, because he was penniless and
left to die alone and friendless in
the streets, an aged man, also a Grip
pie, was found late Saturday night, by
w. N. Townsend, sitting on box In
the rear of the Club Saloon, desper-
ately i'll.
Mr.. Townsend took him to a room
in the Coronado Hotel, where some.
time last night the man died. He did
not register at the hotel and there
was nothing in his pockets to show
who he was or where he came from.
The man had been seen about the
streets of Santa Fe for about two
weeks and had subsisted, no one
knows how. In his trousers pocket
were dime, a nickle and few cop
pers.
When found by Mr.. Townsend, the
man was too III to talk much.
"Why don't you go homer" was
asked.
Il would, but have no home" the
man replied with sigh 81 have no
money and no friends; ! was driven
from my room because I could not
pay. Oh! am so ill. | cannot live"
A doctor said that the man was suf.
fering from dropsy and a complication
Of other ills. He had to be carried
to the room in the hotel
The last time the man was seen
alive was when a waiter went to his
room and in feeble voice, the man
asked for something to eat. He could
take little except a glass of milk and
some bread.
The unidentified man was apparent.
ly about As years of age, yet he might
easily have been sixty. He was very
thin and his face showed the eff
fects of terrible sufferings. He was
perhaps FIVE feet seven inches ir
height and several fingers of his lef,
hand were missing, evidently as the
result of an accident years ago. From
the looks of the hand, the fingers
might have been amputated as the
result of railroad accident. The dead
man wore a thin sandy mustache and
had evidently shaved within twenty
four hours. His hair was brown. He
had been too i'll to remove his
clothing and was fully dressed wher
found this morning by bell boy The
few effects in his pockets consisted
OF cheap maps of New Mexico and {
letter written in Spanish asking fol-
charity.
As soon as the body was discoy
cred Doctor David Knapp was called
and Deputy Sheriff r. i. Baca tool
charge.
Sheriff Antonio j. Ortiz and Justice
OF the Peace Jose Ma. Garcia were no
tlhed OF the finding of the body. and
the latter held an inquest in his capac
lty OF coroner. A verdict was return
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came to his death from natural causes
and that from appearances he was an
American. The jury was composed Of
S. Spitz, NJ. r. Sena, e. H. Baca
Jesus Tapia, G. w. Astler and Line
Romero.
Mr.. David Knapp, Guadalupe Rael
Ealosia Ribera, Nicholas Herrera ant
W. N. Townsend were the witnesses
examined. None of them had beer
acquainted with the deceased OF
could not throw any light in the mat
ter of identification. DR.. Knapp was
not summoned until after the man wa,
discovered dead in bed. and statet
that in his opinion death resulted from
natural causes.
Undertaken Montenie was instruct
ed by the sheriff to take charge O
the body, and have it buried at ono,
at the expense Of the county