----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Sanders To: Sarah Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Re: Baby Daughter Sara Gray - last post gnite! Sarah, Have a little concern for other list members that have to read you ramblings.... Try to e-mail others who are interested in your project directly and not through the rootsweb site -- the way I am sending this message to you and not the rest of the rootsweb members who are tired of hearing from you. Thanks, Bill Sanders [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Baby Daughter Sara Gray - last post gnite! > One day one of the policemen drove by and we chatted. > > He was delighted that we were getting the cemetery cleaned up, and told me > there was a plot in particular that was always a problem. A few weeks ago > they found a man dead there, from a drug overdose. It is a popular spot > for heroin addicts, and the ground always has balloons and needles. I > followed him to the plot, and I was horrified. It was one of the few > plots that are maintained by the family. The fact that the grass is always > cut makes it a pleasant spot for drug addicts. > Overgrown brush hides it from the street. Plots on each side are overgrown > as well, with high bushes, so the Dewees plot can only be seen if you are > standing directly in front of it. There are two overgrown bushes at each > front corner, creating totally hidden spots on each side. That's where > Baby Sara is. If you look closely at the ground you can see balloons. > Baloons are actually those little colored balloons you buy for parties, > but they fill them with cocaine, leave the used balloon on the ground, and > the lawnmower must miss them. One was right at Baby Sara's headstone, > where the overdose victim left it. We didn't see any needles in one corner > where they usually were, he said often the next addict picks them up. > > The officer said the man died of the overdose on top of Baby Daughter Sara > Gray's grave, his feet resting on her tombstone that said she lived only 3 > days. His head was near near Caiaphas Ham, the pioneer who came to Texas > with Jim Bowie and his brother Rezin. > > I thought he was putting me on. But I found the news story... > > Cemetery buffs find above-ground body > Web Posted: 04/18/2005 12:00 AM CDT > Vianna Davila > Express-News Staff Writer > > A couple searching for the oldest graves they could find in an East Side > cemetery stumbled across the body of an unidentified man Saturday evening > lying next to a headstone. > > A historical marker for the grave of Alamo preservationist Clara Driscoll > compelled Todd and Debra Girgus to stop in the Masonic Cemetery-Alamo > Lodge > in the 1700 block of East Commerce Street. They had been strolling for > about 30 minutes in the cemetery, which contains the graves of San Antonio > notables including the Menger and Frost families, when Todd Girgus spotted > the body. At first, he thought the man was asleep. > > "We go into cemeteries because we're big history buffs, but we've never > found one above ground before," he said. Girgus then called EMS from a > cell phone. Investigators were awaiting autopsy results to determine the > cause of death, said police Detective Robert Blanton. He said there were > no obvious signs of foul play. He suspected the body had been in the > location for less than two days. The deceased carried no identification. > He wore a white shirt and tan slacks. Blanton said he believed the man was > more than 50 years old. > ***** > > The brush along the street is far too dense for me to cut, but the next > day I chopped away all the brush that hid Baby Sara from view of the > policemen. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >