Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1904 — Member of Former Rensselaer Family Killed In Colorado. [ARTICLE]

Member of Former Rensselaer Family Killed In Colorado.

$ The Colorado Springe Gazette of July sth givea the following r particulars of a terrible and, it proved, fatal aooident -which b#*fel a yonng girl of that oity, the day before and wboee parents were former residenta and still has many relatives here. Daisey M. Kaesaner, 18 years of age. slipped as she was olimbing up the big rook which separates north and south Cheyenne canons yesterday and fell 150 feet, striking many boulders before she alighted in a dump of bußhes, She was bruised and torn from head to foot and it is believed the *T injuries will prove fatal. She is now lying at St. Franois hospital where she wssoarried in the city ambnlanoe yesterday afternoon. Miss Kaessuer was one of a party i of 13 who were spending the day in the canons. They had started up the hill separating North and South Cheyenne canons and Miss ,Kaessner was in the lead. She was near the top when a pieoe of sliding rook gave way and she lost her hold. She fell about 20 feet straight before she first struck the preoipitous inoline of the big rook which marks the dividing point ‘between the two canons. Then she bounced from rock to rock nutil she landed in some bushes 150<- feet below the point from which she slipped. - The other 12 members of the party, including her father and mother and neighboring friends, terror strioken, watched her fall down the mountain side. The bruised body of the girl was brought to St. Frances hospital and Dr. Hanford was seoured to attend the oase. The girl is the daughter of Mr. fend Mrs. M. S. Kaessner, of 519 East Gillette street. The father works in one of the mills at Colorado Oity.

/ To the above from that Colorado papeMhe Bad additional must be made that the unfortunate girl did not survive her injuries, the telegraph having brought the news of he* death, at noon Fiiday. '* As above stated, Daisy Was a daughter of Millard Kaessner, a former well known resident of this vioinity, but who went west 18 years ago, and Daisy was born in Norton, Kan. Her own mother who died quiet a number of years ago, was a sister to Jay and Tom Lamson, of southwest of town. Her step-mother, the present Mrs. kaessner was formerly Mrs. Indiana Gross, and is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Morgan; and Mr, Kattsn'er, Daisy’s father, is a brother of Mrs. J. J. Eiglesbaoh, both of Bensselaer, Daisy was born at Norton, Kansas., before they moved to Colorado Springs. We may add farther, that the Artiole above quoted is in error in saying Mr. and Mrs. Kaessner witnessed the aooident as they were not with the party.