Katherina Trageser Manitowoc Pilot September 1, 1865
A brutal murder was committed in the town of Meeme last Sunday, about one mile west of Phillip's Tavern, a woman named Mrs. Draggeser, (sic) being the victim by the hands of a man named Conrad Eisert. It appears that Mrs. Draggaser was the tenant of a piece of land owned by a man in Milwaukee, and that her lease would not expire for some time yet. Eisert had recently purchased it, and claimed a right to it, while Mrs. Draggaser insisted that she could not be turned out of it until the expiration of her lease.
About 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, while the old lady was turning some cattle into a field, Eisert met her and forbid her taking down the fence. She went to another part of the fence – he followed her and after taking the fence down he stepped around a daughter of Mrs. Draggaser, who was in front of her mother and deliberately struck the latter over the head with a hand spike, crushing in her skull in an awful manner. She lived about eight hours, not uttering a word in the meantime.
A son of Mrs. Draggaser immediately came up, and attacked Eisert, giving him such a drubbing that at last accounts he was not able to be taken to jail. News of the murder did not reach here until Monday evening, when Sheriffs Glover and Rank immediately started for the scene, where they found the facts as stated above. A Sheboygan physician had been called in before their arrival and left word that Eisert could not be moved for several seeks, but they took the precaution to have a watch set over him to prevent an escape.
"May she rest in peace"
A brutal murder was committed in the town of Meeme last Sunday, about one mile west of Phillip's Tavern, a woman named Mrs. Draggeser, (sic) being the victim by the hands of a man named Conrad Eisert. It appears that Mrs. Draggaser was the tenant of a piece of land owned by a man in Milwaukee, and that her lease would not expire for some time yet. Eisert had recently purchased it, and claimed a right to it, while Mrs. Draggaser insisted that she could not be turned out of it until the expiration of her lease.
About 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, while the old lady was turning some cattle into a field, Eisert met her and forbid her taking down the fence. She went to another part of the fence – he followed her and after taking the fence down he stepped around a daughter of Mrs. Draggaser, who was in front of her mother and deliberately struck the latter over the head with a hand spike, crushing in her skull in an awful manner. She lived about eight hours, not uttering a word in the meantime.
A son of Mrs. Draggaser immediately came up, and attacked Eisert, giving him such a drubbing that at last accounts he was not able to be taken to jail. News of the murder did not reach here until Monday evening, when Sheriffs Glover and Rank immediately started for the scene, where they found the facts as stated above. A Sheboygan physician had been called in before their arrival and left word that Eisert could not be moved for several seeks, but they took the precaution to have a watch set over him to prevent an escape.
"May she rest in peace"
Katherina Trageser Manitowoc Pilot September 1, 1865
A brutal murder was committed in the town of Meeme last Sunday, about one mile west of Phillip's Tavern, a woman named Mrs. Draggeser, (sic) being the victim by the hands of a man named Conrad Eisert. It appears that Mrs. Draggaser was the tenant of a piece of land owned by a man in Milwaukee, and that her lease would not expire for some time yet. Eisert had recently purchased it, and claimed a right to it, while Mrs. Draggaser insisted that she could not be turned out of it until the expiration of her lease.
About 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, while the old lady was turning some cattle into a field, Eisert met her and forbid her taking down the fence. She went to another part of the fence – he followed her and after taking the fence down he stepped around a daughter of Mrs. Draggaser, who was in front of her mother and deliberately struck the latter over the head with a hand spike, crushing in her skull in an awful manner. She lived about eight hours, not uttering a word in the meantime.
A son of Mrs. Draggaser immediately came up, and attacked Eisert, giving him such a drubbing that at last accounts he was not able to be taken to jail. News of the murder did not reach here until Monday evening, when Sheriffs Glover and Rank immediately started for the scene, where they found the facts as stated above. A Sheboygan physician had been called in before their arrival and left word that Eisert could not be moved for several seeks, but they took the precaution to have a watch set over him to prevent an escape.
"May she rest in peace"
A brutal murder was committed in the town of Meeme last Sunday, about one mile west of Phillip's Tavern, a woman named Mrs. Draggeser, (sic) being the victim by the hands of a man named Conrad Eisert. It appears that Mrs. Draggaser was the tenant of a piece of land owned by a man in Milwaukee, and that her lease would not expire for some time yet. Eisert had recently purchased it, and claimed a right to it, while Mrs. Draggaser insisted that she could not be turned out of it until the expiration of her lease.
About 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, while the old lady was turning some cattle into a field, Eisert met her and forbid her taking down the fence. She went to another part of the fence – he followed her and after taking the fence down he stepped around a daughter of Mrs. Draggaser, who was in front of her mother and deliberately struck the latter over the head with a hand spike, crushing in her skull in an awful manner. She lived about eight hours, not uttering a word in the meantime.
A son of Mrs. Draggaser immediately came up, and attacked Eisert, giving him such a drubbing that at last accounts he was not able to be taken to jail. News of the murder did not reach here until Monday evening, when Sheriffs Glover and Rank immediately started for the scene, where they found the facts as stated above. A Sheboygan physician had been called in before their arrival and left word that Eisert could not be moved for several seeks, but they took the precaution to have a watch set over him to prevent an escape.
"May she rest in peace"
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