WILHELMINE TEGGE
SUICIDE OF A GIRL—On Sunday evening last, about the hour of nine o’clock, a young girl named Wilhilmina Tage (sic), aged nearly sixteen years, jumped into the Manitowoc river about a quarter of a mile above Jones’ Mill, and willfully drowned herself, under circumstances most appaling (sic) and lamentable.
Notice being given to Justice Sibree of the occurrence, he summoned a jury to make an inquest concerning the death of the deceased. The Justice and Jury, consisting of P.J. Blesch, Joseph W. Thomes, Michael Mahoney, Charles Korten, Jere. Crowley, and John Robinson, immediately repaired to the house of the father of the deceased, where the following facts were developed on the inquest. Late in the afternoon of the day above mentioned three half grown young men—one named Bates, another Wegfarth and the third called Bill (the last works in the ship-yard,) went to the vicinity of the deceased’s home and enticed her and another girl to go into the small pines with them. The five went off together, but were followed at a short distance by two lads about twelve years of age each, and each brother to the girls. The lads kept on the track of the parties for some time, when one of the three above named came to them and offered them a trifle of money to go back. The little boys took the bribe and returned, and about the same time the girl whose name is not mentioned above, returned to the home of deceased—the latter refusing to go with her. It was now nearly dark, and the parents anxious to preserve their child from further corruption and sin, went, together with the two lads and girl spoken of, in search of their wayward first-born. They searched for some time without success, but after a time a dog that went with the father dislodged the party from a pine thicket not far from the river. The father took after the young scoundrels who thus before his eyes he found debauching his daughter—they and the girl ran in opposite directions. The mother encountered the girl near the road, where she took off her bonnet and threw it on the ground, and went straightway toward the river. Her mother called her to come back, but on she went. The two lads and the other girl tried to catch but she kept in advance of them all and reaching the river bank she went down the steep declivity in haste till she reached the water’s edge, and there she stopped: deliberately took off her hoop-skirt; took the net off her head, and the comb out of her hair, and threw them on the ground. By this time the boys had gone down the bank, and had got within ten feet of her, but she forbade them coming near her at their peril. And just then, when the unhappy mother had reached the bank of the stream, with her eyes full upon her erring daughter, this rash, thoughtless, heedless, unfortunate girl, with curses on her lips, and anger in her heart—with the eye of God and the light of the pale moon upon her, took one fearful, fatal leap into the deep engulfing stream, and with a loud splash beneath the surface of the waters. The water closed over her, and nothing but the circle on the face of the stream indicated the place of the suicide. The father of the unfortunate girl arrived too late to be of any assistance. The body was not recovered till the next day about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, near the place where she jumped in. An examination by Dr. Balcom disclosed the fact that on taking the fearful leap she clenched her teeth and took in little or no water.
The jury in accordance with the above facts, brought in a verdict of willfull suicide by drowning. The verdict of the jury is according to the facts in the case, but is there no lesson to be taught those three young scamps who preliminarily brought about the circumstances that terminated so fearfully to the poor, unfortunate suicide. We direct the public eye toward them, and should they be caught at such work again we hope some one will give them their deserts.
Manitowoc Pilot, June 22, 1866 P. 1
[Unk]-[Miss Tegge/bur. 06-18-1866/burial register has buried the daughter
of John Deager - 15 year old, $2]
(Wilhelmine Car. Auguste/b. 1 Oct. 1850/d. 17 June 1866/drowned in
river/this entry was crossed out in the book/from First German Evangelical
Lutheran Church records 1856-1874)
(Wilhelmine Tegge/confirmed 1864/First German Ev. Luth. ch.
note: ertrunken!..drowned/from 1st German births and deaths)
SUICIDE OF A GIRL—On Sunday evening last, about the hour of nine o’clock, a young girl named Wilhilmina Tage (sic), aged nearly sixteen years, jumped into the Manitowoc river about a quarter of a mile above Jones’ Mill, and willfully drowned herself, under circumstances most appaling (sic) and lamentable.
Notice being given to Justice Sibree of the occurrence, he summoned a jury to make an inquest concerning the death of the deceased. The Justice and Jury, consisting of P.J. Blesch, Joseph W. Thomes, Michael Mahoney, Charles Korten, Jere. Crowley, and John Robinson, immediately repaired to the house of the father of the deceased, where the following facts were developed on the inquest. Late in the afternoon of the day above mentioned three half grown young men—one named Bates, another Wegfarth and the third called Bill (the last works in the ship-yard,) went to the vicinity of the deceased’s home and enticed her and another girl to go into the small pines with them. The five went off together, but were followed at a short distance by two lads about twelve years of age each, and each brother to the girls. The lads kept on the track of the parties for some time, when one of the three above named came to them and offered them a trifle of money to go back. The little boys took the bribe and returned, and about the same time the girl whose name is not mentioned above, returned to the home of deceased—the latter refusing to go with her. It was now nearly dark, and the parents anxious to preserve their child from further corruption and sin, went, together with the two lads and girl spoken of, in search of their wayward first-born. They searched for some time without success, but after a time a dog that went with the father dislodged the party from a pine thicket not far from the river. The father took after the young scoundrels who thus before his eyes he found debauching his daughter—they and the girl ran in opposite directions. The mother encountered the girl near the road, where she took off her bonnet and threw it on the ground, and went straightway toward the river. Her mother called her to come back, but on she went. The two lads and the other girl tried to catch but she kept in advance of them all and reaching the river bank she went down the steep declivity in haste till she reached the water’s edge, and there she stopped: deliberately took off her hoop-skirt; took the net off her head, and the comb out of her hair, and threw them on the ground. By this time the boys had gone down the bank, and had got within ten feet of her, but she forbade them coming near her at their peril. And just then, when the unhappy mother had reached the bank of the stream, with her eyes full upon her erring daughter, this rash, thoughtless, heedless, unfortunate girl, with curses on her lips, and anger in her heart—with the eye of God and the light of the pale moon upon her, took one fearful, fatal leap into the deep engulfing stream, and with a loud splash beneath the surface of the waters. The water closed over her, and nothing but the circle on the face of the stream indicated the place of the suicide. The father of the unfortunate girl arrived too late to be of any assistance. The body was not recovered till the next day about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, near the place where she jumped in. An examination by Dr. Balcom disclosed the fact that on taking the fearful leap she clenched her teeth and took in little or no water.
The jury in accordance with the above facts, brought in a verdict of willfull suicide by drowning. The verdict of the jury is according to the facts in the case, but is there no lesson to be taught those three young scamps who preliminarily brought about the circumstances that terminated so fearfully to the poor, unfortunate suicide. We direct the public eye toward them, and should they be caught at such work again we hope some one will give them their deserts.
Manitowoc Pilot, June 22, 1866 P. 1
[Unk]-[Miss Tegge/bur. 06-18-1866/burial register has buried the daughter
of John Deager - 15 year old, $2]
(Wilhelmine Car. Auguste/b. 1 Oct. 1850/d. 17 June 1866/drowned in
river/this entry was crossed out in the book/from First German Evangelical
Lutheran Church records 1856-1874)
(Wilhelmine Tegge/confirmed 1864/First German Ev. Luth. ch.
note: ertrunken!..drowned/from 1st German births and deaths)
WILHELMINE TEGGE
SUICIDE OF A GIRL—On Sunday evening last, about the hour of nine o’clock, a young girl named Wilhilmina Tage (sic), aged nearly sixteen years, jumped into the Manitowoc river about a quarter of a mile above Jones’ Mill, and willfully drowned herself, under circumstances most appaling (sic) and lamentable.
Notice being given to Justice Sibree of the occurrence, he summoned a jury to make an inquest concerning the death of the deceased. The Justice and Jury, consisting of P.J. Blesch, Joseph W. Thomes, Michael Mahoney, Charles Korten, Jere. Crowley, and John Robinson, immediately repaired to the house of the father of the deceased, where the following facts were developed on the inquest. Late in the afternoon of the day above mentioned three half grown young men—one named Bates, another Wegfarth and the third called Bill (the last works in the ship-yard,) went to the vicinity of the deceased’s home and enticed her and another girl to go into the small pines with them. The five went off together, but were followed at a short distance by two lads about twelve years of age each, and each brother to the girls. The lads kept on the track of the parties for some time, when one of the three above named came to them and offered them a trifle of money to go back. The little boys took the bribe and returned, and about the same time the girl whose name is not mentioned above, returned to the home of deceased—the latter refusing to go with her. It was now nearly dark, and the parents anxious to preserve their child from further corruption and sin, went, together with the two lads and girl spoken of, in search of their wayward first-born. They searched for some time without success, but after a time a dog that went with the father dislodged the party from a pine thicket not far from the river. The father took after the young scoundrels who thus before his eyes he found debauching his daughter—they and the girl ran in opposite directions. The mother encountered the girl near the road, where she took off her bonnet and threw it on the ground, and went straightway toward the river. Her mother called her to come back, but on she went. The two lads and the other girl tried to catch but she kept in advance of them all and reaching the river bank she went down the steep declivity in haste till she reached the water’s edge, and there she stopped: deliberately took off her hoop-skirt; took the net off her head, and the comb out of her hair, and threw them on the ground. By this time the boys had gone down the bank, and had got within ten feet of her, but she forbade them coming near her at their peril. And just then, when the unhappy mother had reached the bank of the stream, with her eyes full upon her erring daughter, this rash, thoughtless, heedless, unfortunate girl, with curses on her lips, and anger in her heart—with the eye of God and the light of the pale moon upon her, took one fearful, fatal leap into the deep engulfing stream, and with a loud splash beneath the surface of the waters. The water closed over her, and nothing but the circle on the face of the stream indicated the place of the suicide. The father of the unfortunate girl arrived too late to be of any assistance. The body was not recovered till the next day about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, near the place where she jumped in. An examination by Dr. Balcom disclosed the fact that on taking the fearful leap she clenched her teeth and took in little or no water.
The jury in accordance with the above facts, brought in a verdict of willfull suicide by drowning. The verdict of the jury is according to the facts in the case, but is there no lesson to be taught those three young scamps who preliminarily brought about the circumstances that terminated so fearfully to the poor, unfortunate suicide. We direct the public eye toward them, and should they be caught at such work again we hope some one will give them their deserts.
Manitowoc Pilot, June 22, 1866 P. 1
[Unk]-[Miss Tegge/bur. 06-18-1866/burial register has buried the daughter
of John Deager - 15 year old, $2]
(Wilhelmine Car. Auguste/b. 1 Oct. 1850/d. 17 June 1866/drowned in
river/this entry was crossed out in the book/from First German Evangelical
Lutheran Church records 1856-1874)
(Wilhelmine Tegge/confirmed 1864/First German Ev. Luth. ch.
note: ertrunken!..drowned/from 1st German births and deaths)
SUICIDE OF A GIRL—On Sunday evening last, about the hour of nine o’clock, a young girl named Wilhilmina Tage (sic), aged nearly sixteen years, jumped into the Manitowoc river about a quarter of a mile above Jones’ Mill, and willfully drowned herself, under circumstances most appaling (sic) and lamentable.
Notice being given to Justice Sibree of the occurrence, he summoned a jury to make an inquest concerning the death of the deceased. The Justice and Jury, consisting of P.J. Blesch, Joseph W. Thomes, Michael Mahoney, Charles Korten, Jere. Crowley, and John Robinson, immediately repaired to the house of the father of the deceased, where the following facts were developed on the inquest. Late in the afternoon of the day above mentioned three half grown young men—one named Bates, another Wegfarth and the third called Bill (the last works in the ship-yard,) went to the vicinity of the deceased’s home and enticed her and another girl to go into the small pines with them. The five went off together, but were followed at a short distance by two lads about twelve years of age each, and each brother to the girls. The lads kept on the track of the parties for some time, when one of the three above named came to them and offered them a trifle of money to go back. The little boys took the bribe and returned, and about the same time the girl whose name is not mentioned above, returned to the home of deceased—the latter refusing to go with her. It was now nearly dark, and the parents anxious to preserve their child from further corruption and sin, went, together with the two lads and girl spoken of, in search of their wayward first-born. They searched for some time without success, but after a time a dog that went with the father dislodged the party from a pine thicket not far from the river. The father took after the young scoundrels who thus before his eyes he found debauching his daughter—they and the girl ran in opposite directions. The mother encountered the girl near the road, where she took off her bonnet and threw it on the ground, and went straightway toward the river. Her mother called her to come back, but on she went. The two lads and the other girl tried to catch but she kept in advance of them all and reaching the river bank she went down the steep declivity in haste till she reached the water’s edge, and there she stopped: deliberately took off her hoop-skirt; took the net off her head, and the comb out of her hair, and threw them on the ground. By this time the boys had gone down the bank, and had got within ten feet of her, but she forbade them coming near her at their peril. And just then, when the unhappy mother had reached the bank of the stream, with her eyes full upon her erring daughter, this rash, thoughtless, heedless, unfortunate girl, with curses on her lips, and anger in her heart—with the eye of God and the light of the pale moon upon her, took one fearful, fatal leap into the deep engulfing stream, and with a loud splash beneath the surface of the waters. The water closed over her, and nothing but the circle on the face of the stream indicated the place of the suicide. The father of the unfortunate girl arrived too late to be of any assistance. The body was not recovered till the next day about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, near the place where she jumped in. An examination by Dr. Balcom disclosed the fact that on taking the fearful leap she clenched her teeth and took in little or no water.
The jury in accordance with the above facts, brought in a verdict of willfull suicide by drowning. The verdict of the jury is according to the facts in the case, but is there no lesson to be taught those three young scamps who preliminarily brought about the circumstances that terminated so fearfully to the poor, unfortunate suicide. We direct the public eye toward them, and should they be caught at such work again we hope some one will give them their deserts.
Manitowoc Pilot, June 22, 1866 P. 1
[Unk]-[Miss Tegge/bur. 06-18-1866/burial register has buried the daughter
of John Deager - 15 year old, $2]
(Wilhelmine Car. Auguste/b. 1 Oct. 1850/d. 17 June 1866/drowned in
river/this entry was crossed out in the book/from First German Evangelical
Lutheran Church records 1856-1874)
(Wilhelmine Tegge/confirmed 1864/First German Ev. Luth. ch.
note: ertrunken!..drowned/from 1st German births and deaths)
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