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Hebron Lad Dragged To Death By A Cow   

 

Leonard Kriemeyer, 8, Killed When Rope Becomes Entangled in Feet

 

Find Body in Morning

 

Special Dispatch to the World Herald

 

Hebron, Nebraska, June 26. --  Leonard Krelmeyer, 8, was dragged to death by a cow last night.

 

The step-father, F. G. Sell, had sent him to the pasture to get the cow.  He took a rope to lead the animal and in some manner it became entangled about

his feet.

 

The boy's body was one mass of bruises.  His leg was broken, showing where the rope had bound him.

 

The cow run through some brush and over a high bank, going on one side of a big tree and the boy on the other, causing the rope to break.

 

The parents became alarmed when the boy did not come home and started to search for him.

 

Neighbors joined in the search and found the body at daybreak.

 

 

The World Herald, Omaha, Monday, June 27, 1921

 

 

Deshler Girl Drowned When Falls In A Tank   

 

Special Dispatch to the World Herald

 

Deshler, Nebraska, June 26.  --  Gladys, the 3 year old daughter of April Ehlers, living east of Dreshler, fell in a water tank and was drowned Saturday afternoon.

 

A 5 year old sister discovered the body and carried it into the house.

 

Efforts to restore life failed.

 

 

The World Herald, Omaha, Monday, June 27, 1921

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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