On 1 August 1886 he was appointed temporary executioner (provisorischer Scharfrichter) for Bosnia, which was then under Austro-Hungarian occupation in accordance with the Treaty of Berlin (1878).
Dana 1. avgusta 1886. postavljen je za privremenog dželata (nem. provisorischer Scharfrichter) za Bosnu, koja je tada bila pod austrougarskom okupacijom u skladu s odredbama Berlinskog ugovora (1878).