The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-12
A BLOODY LOVE STORY.
A Tragic Occurrence that Occurred at Farm
ington, Dakota County, Minnesota

"A Tragic OCCurCcuCS Gn8C VCCUrfeO AT FaTm-
ingtOn, Dakota County, Minnesota
About two years ago powerfully built and
rather handsome fellow named Solomon Greise-
mer came to Pennington from Meyers post
Office, ILL.,, and succeeded in getting work on the
farm of Benali Kelly His manners were yerv
agreeable, and this coupled with his willingness
to work, soon made him a favorite with the
farmer and his family, which consisted of his
wife and an only daughter named Ida. The
girl was young and innocent and was liked
by all, and her girlish freshness and
purity soon attracted the attention of Greise-
mer, who endeavored with all the wiles at his
command to gain her affections. This he sue
ceeded in dong, and soon after the fact came
to the knowledge Of her parents, who consented
to a marriage After this nothing went wcll,
the man became violent and abusive on the
slightest provocation; and at last, their patience
being worn out, the girls parents revoked their
consent, and Greisemer was forced to leave
He went to his home in Illinois, and kept up a
correspondence with the girl, whom he fire.
quently begged to elope with him.
This she steadily refused to do. but at last
about week ago, seemed to consent, and wrote
him letter to come He started at once, and
arriving in ST. Paul took the evening train for
Pennington, and jumping off at q place where
the trains Stacked up outside the town, he made
his way across the country to Mr. Kelly's farm.
After hanging around the premises until mid
night, he took ladder and assembled the girls
window. AS he climed up. she opened the
Llinds and told him that she would come down
and talk with him for little while, requesting
him to 60 around to the haystack, where she
haystack until Ida came down the
back stairs and joined him, when they both pro-
ceeded to the straw stack, which stands about
twenty rods from the house. Here, in the 81
lence of midnight and with no light but that of
the stars, occurred scene tragic in the ex-
~, Oh
told Greisemer that they must part forever, and
that Notwithstanding what had passed between
them she could never see him again. At this,
Greisemer, furious at seeing the prize snatched
from him, and finding too late that in bis brut-
ish way he had learned to love, became des-
her parents and burn the house if she did not
fly with him, and brandished 8 razor to show that
he was in earnest. Frightened nearly to death,
the girl appeared to yield, and then as Greise-
mer Gained down she seized the weapon. He
made rush at her, and she, stepping back
into his throat, severing the windpipe and max
ing deep-cut narrow wound, just missing the
jugular vein. Blood gushed out of the wound,
and without making any Outcry Greisemer
walked to tho road, leaving her standing where
she struck the blow. He staggered down the
half mile nearer town, which he found to be
vacant, and with almost superhuman energy,
his wound bleeding all the time, he struggled
on three quarters of mile further to anOth-
er farmhouse, in which lived man named
Seeley, whom he succeed i'm arousing. Owing
to the severing of his windpipe, Greisemer
could not speak. but he had succeeded in ex-
planning his condition and needs by writing, and
was brought to town and carried to the Niskern
house, where the assistance of Drs. Dodge and
Eustace was Immediately procured and his
wound sewed up and dressed, his head being
confined in splints in a position to permit the
uniting of the windpipe. When Greisemer left
her the girl stood for a long time rooted to the
spot, but at last benumbed and almost uncon-
scious of what she had done, stole up stairs
and into bed.