The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-09
HENRY REEDER
Laid to Rest in Greenwood
Cemetery on Sunday After
noon.

Henry Reeder who was killed on his
claim, about nine miles southeast OF
Kenmare, N. d., on Tuesday evening,
was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in
this city on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Wauttke told the writer that
from what they could learn from in
vestigatiOn, the accident must have
happened little after five in the after
noon.
Mr.. Reeder had spent the afternoon
at the home of his step-father,
Herman Wauttke, with a number of
friends. Toward evening he made out
his monthly report for the Champion
Machine Co., and mailed it at Mr..
Wauttke's place, as there was no mail
box on his CLAIM. He then left
for home. And from every indication
after arriving home he started to
picket his horse, and in some manner
the horse became frightened, and Mr..
Reeder taken so completely unawares
was unable to free himself from the
rope, was knocked down and dragged
about 80 rods where the rope became
loosenel.
The body remained there all night,
and was discovered next morning by
Albert Wauttke, who left home early
in the morning to do some seeding for
Mr.. Reeder, he arrived at Henry's
place about O'Clock, and hitched two
of his horses to seeder, not seeing
him about he started toward the
barn to find him when he discovered
Henry lying in the grass, he called to
him, receiving no answer he went
over to where he was, and dis
covered him lying in a pool of blood
and dead. Albert Immediately re-
turned home and told his father that
Henry was dead. Mr.. Wauttke would
not believe the terrible news. They
both returned to the place, and
Mr.. Wauttke found that his sons
words were indeed true.
A coroner was sent for, but owing to
the way the trains ran he could not
arrive until the following day, and an
order to remove the body was tele-
graphed to Mr.. Wauttke, and it was
taken to Kenmare, where an inquest
was held.
1t was found, upon examination
that the. skull was fractured, and
the body was badly bruised. The
hands were terribly burned from the
rope. His watch crystal was broken,
the watch had stopped at little after
five, which is probably about the time
he was killed. The fracture of the
skull and two badly bruised parts of
the body were no doubt due from the
effects of the horses hoofs.
That no one saw the accident or dis
covered the body, or noticed the horse
running away seems very strange.
The body was dragged nearly to the
barn of A. G. Engdahl on the adjoining
farm, and Mr.. Engdahl was working
in a field about 80 rods from where
the accident occurred.
Henry Reeder was born in Sank
Centre, August p, 1874, and had al
ways lived here until about five years
ago, when he took homestead near
Kenmare. After his school days
"Henri" as he was called, worked in
the city, as delivery boy for T. Carl,
L. s. Bishop and V. M. Thomson.
He leaves besides his mother, two
brothers, E. w. Reeder of Little Falls,
and William Reeder who is at present
somewhere in Ohio but owing to the
fact that he is travelling he could not
be located.
The funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon at 8 O'Clock from the Adj
yentist church, Rev. Jackson officiat-
ing. The following acted as pail
bearers: Rudolph Hanson, Joseph
Kuttaba, Walter Gray, Irving Connolly
Perry Finch, Mat. Vanish, Jr.
Mr.. Recder by his genial DISPOSE
| ti0n made many friends wherever he
went. He had held many good posi-
tons and was always found trust
! worthy and faithful. At the time OF
| his death he was employed by the
Champion Machine &c. at Kenmare,
as collector. S
a pathetic part 81 The oefaent is
that Nj. Reeder was 10 h.te beer
married in about three E6eI<1, aid bad
already commenced to build hl9 hozae
The family has the synnp M u III
entire Community in this Their I'd