One of the “odd characters….prominent” in New Berlin was an old German tramp, named Der Roth Deitsch. He was known to do no work of any kind. He carried a bundle of old clothes on his back. He “was a most accomplished drummer [who] would rattle on the seat of a chair with his old drum-sticks, which he always carried on top of his bundle and would really make pretty good music.” (Basner 209)