The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-08-06
JOE GRIEBLER DEAD
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Zoe Griehler is dead"

evening. 1t was at once suspected that
the speedy bieyclist had met his untimely
end on a race track, and such proved to
be the case. Here, where everyone
knew 'Joe."" much sorrow was expressed
for the loving wife and little ones, and
the kind mother, who but few short
weeks ago laid one OF her "boys" in the
family lot in the North Star cemetery to
rest forever. uQ IS, ~ ~
The news came iu atelegram addressed
to George Griebler. It was received by
Will Griebler, who. thinking that it was
probably the announcement of another
victory Tor "Ioe," hastily opened the
message. thread as follows:
''Joe Griebler is dead. Killed in race
at Lima, Ohio. You notify his wife.
Northwestern Cycle Company"
Mrs. Griebler is visiting with her rela-
tives at Granite Pals, Mimi, and tele-
gram was sent to her brother, informing
him of the accident. and requesting him
to break the news to his sister. ~
Many people could hardly believe that
the message was true, but it was soon
corroborated.
Beside being one ofthe most promising
cyclists this season, Grlehler was fine
musician, and for years was member
of the Union band. His baritone solos
used to ataiat much attention, and there
are hundreds who will regret that he
will never be heard again.
Griebler was % wear DID,. having been
born on Sept. II, 1867. HIS leaves a
wife and two children. Walter William,
son three years old. and Pearl, the eight
months old baby. Joe started hrs racing
career in 1898 and since then has been
coming to the front rapidly, and this
year had good prospect of clearing
small fortune. To friend he said that
he would stay in the business until this
tall. By that time he hoped to ccumu-
late stake and then he was going to
stop.
He always seemed to have a premon-
ton that he was going TO die early. and
he often said: II don't get killed before
the season closes am going to quit"
He carried considerable insurance but
just how much is not known definitely.
He had policy of So ,OO0in the Modern
-Woodmen of America, and belonged to
Granite Council 1857, of this city. He
also had So, 900 in the Maccabees and
belonged to the Clear Lake camp, Both
these policies are not inv alidated owing
to the fa& that he was racing when he
met his death, It is also said that he
has another life policy of two or three
thousand in an old line company and an
accident policy of $4,000 or $40 900 but
Z his cannot be confirmed.
A special from Lima to the Minneapo-
lis Times says: Joseph Griebler, of Min
neapolis, one OF the few married men
following the racing path, and man be-
lieved by all to be one of the coming
riders of the year, was killed to-day IN
the half-mile open race through no fault
of the men against whom he was COM
peting, or of the track, but purely
through lack of Judgment.
1t was at the upper turn of the half
mile track on which the national circuit
races were held that the field punched.
Griebler, I'll I'm red, was seen to shoot
out of the side of the bunch just coming
INTO the turn. raise his head and look be-
fore him, and then duck for one of his
great spirits. which have landed him a
winner so many times since entering the
circuit at Peoria. sae.its5 ata5s ~
He did not look up again, but went
straight to his death. Z
His. sprint carried him to the slight
banking that arose, at the side of the
tracks. and on which we're grouped a
crowd OF people. He struck the bank
ing, rose into, the air, shot. over the!
heads OF the people, struck the fence and
rolled down into the track. $500 49, : 80 !
He was carried up under the trees
bleedinc at the nose and mouth, and la
ter to he Burnett house, where he ex-
pired in twenty minutes. q gotsaa
1t seems that the race in which Griebler
was killed was a half mile open with
thirteen starters. The men were punched
until they came to the turn, when Grieb-
Ter was seen to raise his heard, evidently
looking for an opening, and which he
saw that the course was clear lie shot
out from the bunch to take the lead. In
doing so he struck the embankment of
the track and was thrown over the
heads OF the people who lined the course.
He rolled back into the track. bleeding
1t the mouth and nose.
Griebler's DEATHS particularly pathet-
ic. He was telling crowd OF the. cur
cult chasers yesterday of his family, and
of how p,uch he expected to make this
season, that they might prosper. He
has been square with the men in every
way on the route; has been hard rider,
and man that was working his way
into the hearts OF circuit chasers farther