The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-08
From Fridays Daily.

Good Thunder Herald: Mrs. Caro-.
line Rick Ziegler passed away at the
home OF her son, Robert Ziegler, on
Tuesday morning. December 80, after
reaching the advanced age OF ninety
FIVE years, eight months and fourteen
days. Death. was due to old age
and pneumonia, she having contract
ed sewers cold several weeks ago
whenl she was found in helpless
condition on the yard near the home,
probably having sone out ia the night
TO obtain wood ard had fallen down.
Her hands were quite badly frozen
and she was in helpless condition
until death relieved her suffering.
Miss caroline Rick nwas born In
Luke, Province OF Posen. Germany,
April u, 1919. There she was mar
ried to Ludwig Ziegler and lived till
the death Of her huhBand In 1871,
coming to America the following
year with seven OF her children. the
oldest, Miss Rose, having married.
chose TO stay in the fatherland.
They first settled in this village
and were among the first settlers of
the, community, this being then an
inland town with a half dozen resi-
dences. Their home was I'm an old
frame house on the site of the pres
ent +. c. Darge store building. The
following year the family moved to
the farm q mile east of the village,
now occupied by Robert Ziegler,
WHICH has ever since been the aged
ladys home.
Four sons and three daughters
mourn her parting: Robert. John.
Edward. Mrs. Theodore Young and
Mrs. August Gutenschwager, of this
place, Albert of Mankato, and Mrs.
Eva Knodel of Detroit, Mich. The
other daughter, !. Mrs, Rosa Lottig,
passed away last spring at her home
in Germany. Besides these are thir-
ty-one grandchildren and twenty great
grandchildren. two of the former still
residing in Germany.
Funeral services will be held from
the home end from the Emmanuel
'iheran church on Friday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. b. Ehwald, and in
terment will be made in Lyra GENE,
terry.
0watonna, January 1s-0scar
Christensen OF Bixby, the son Of
Fred Christianson, was shot and
instantly killed in what was evil
IDENTIFY a purely accidental manner
early Wednesday morning. The un-
fortunate young man was work.
ing nj Ell. Trotman's Just east OF
Bixby He wgs the first one up
and as he passed through the house
Mr. Trotman called and asked what
time II was. Oscar replied that IL
was seven o'clock. and Mr.. Trot-
man uhereuppn said he would get
up, too. While he was dressing he
heard shot outside the house. but
paid no attention. thinking that the
young man had tried for a rabbit
\ moment later he heard o second
shot, and being then dressed. he
Ntht Outnttt W 5St NAht WIZ EVILS
on. lie sound Oscar lying dead on
the ground. in q weltcr of blood.
with the whole left side OF his head
blown away
The coroner. DR.. w. G Roberts Of
this city, aud the unfortunate yosng
mans father. Fred christianson.
who lives Just west OF Bixhy. were
at once summoned. Mr. Fred Chris
Hanson stated that his sons shot
gun, a repeater. was in bad shane In
that tho hammer was held insecurity
when cooked From this fact and
other evidence. including the posi-
ton OF the gun and the fact that
the shot struck the young man
under the left side OF the jas, it
was believed established that the
gun exploded when Oscar tfopred
the buit TO the ground after he, had
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