GOTTFRIED O. KRUEGER

RUNAWAY RESULTS IN DEATH
Gottfried Krieger(sic), Maple Grove Farmer, Killed at Reedsville Today
Gottfried O. Krieger, of Maple Grove is dead at Reedsville as the
result of a runaway accident this morning. While driving to the
village Krieger’s horse was frightened by a dog and the driver was
thrown from the wagon and was dragged a distance of several rods
before he yielded his hold on the reins. When picked up Krieger was
dead, his body being terribly bruised and an injury to the head
having caused his death. Krieger was one of the oldest residents of
Manitowoc county and had been engaged in farming at Maple Grove for
many years. He is survived by a family of grown up children.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, September 16, 1902, Page 1
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Tues. morning Gottfried O. Krueger of Maple Grove was driving to
Reedsville when his horse shied and ran away. Krueger was thrown
from his wagon and dragged a half mile. He died a few minutes after
being found.
Der Nord Westen, 18 Sep. 1902
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Mr. Krueger, who was killed here last Tuesday by being thrown from a
wagon was
buried Friday, Rev. Brenner performing the last sad rites. Mr. Krueger
was a
veteran of the civil war.
Manitowoc Pilot, September 25, 1902
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FILE PAPERS IN CASE.
$8000 Damage Suit For Death of Reedsville Man Started.
Papers, which place the action on the January calendar of Circuit Court,
have
been filed in the $8000 damage suit brought to recover for the death of
G.O.
Krueger, a Reedsville man, killed in a runaway accident a year ago.
Reinhardt
Kroenig of Reedsville is made the defendant it being claimed that he was
the
owner of a dog which caused the accident, the animal having attacked the
horse
which Krueger was driving. The suit demands $5000 for the widow on
account of
the death and $3000 to estate for the sufferings of Krueger before his
death.
J.P. Nolan is the administrator of the estate. Healy and Joyce are
attorneys
for the plaintiff, assisted by Sedgwick, Sedgwick & Schmidt.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, September 29, 1903 P. 1
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Response to suit filed September, 1903; appears case went on to the Supreme
Court
On the ground that the horse driven by G.O.Krueger, who was killed at
Reedsville
in a runaway accident last year caused by a dog belonging to Reinhardt
Koening,
was not a safe driver, a jury in circuit court exonerated the defendant
last
Thursday on every count made by the prosecutor, after deliberating for
six hours.
The jury held that the dog had not attacked the horse and that
consequently the
dog did not cause the runaway. Also that the horse “was not” a safe one
to drive.
Brillion News, Fri., Jan. 29, 1904
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CHARGE JURY TAMPERING
New Trial May be Granted in Krueger Case at Manitowoc if Allegations Are
Supported
Manitowoc, Wis., Feb. 1 (Special) The circuit court has ordered an
investigation
into charges of misconduct of the jury in the Krueger $8000 damage suit
recently
tried, in which a verdict was returned for the defendant. Attorneys for
the plaintiff
allege by affidavits that undue intimacy existed between certain members
of the jury
and the defendant and an examination will be held Tuesday. A new trial
may be granted.
The suit was brought by the widow and estate of G.O. Krueger of
Reedsville to recover
for his death alleged to have been caused by a runaway resulting from
the attack of a
dog owned by Reinhardt Koening, the defendant.
Brillion News, Fri., Feb. 5, 1904
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Gottfried Krueger
birth: 4 May 1834 Pomerania, Prussia
death: 16 September 1902 Reedsville, Manitowoc Co., Wisconsin
residence: 1902 Maple Grove
spouse: Johanna
Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968
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His mother was Christine Boettcher Krueger,
b. 1802 in Niederhagen, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany
d. 1870 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
(No stone in Rockland Cem., where her husband was buried in 1876)