Eggebrecht, Harold (died 1928)

EGGEBRECHT

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/23/2014 at 15:45:49

LeMars Globe-Post
February 27, 1928

DRAGGED TO DEATH BY SCARED HORSES
Harold Eggebrecht Is Found In Field
FOOT CAUGHT IN STIRRUP STRAP—BODY BADLY MAULED

Harold Eggebrecht, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Eggebrecht, well known Craig farmers, was killed Friday noon when he attempted to bring home a bunch of horses that had been pastured in a picked-over corn field.

The young man had left the Eggebrecht home about 11 o’clock in the forenoon, and his death must have occurred a very short time afterward, as the body when found was quite cold, and the arms were frozen nearly to the shoulders. No one knows exactly what happened. Apparently he dismounted in order to open the gate of the field so that he could drive out the other horses. Then, when mounted again, he must have been thrown in such a way that his foot slipped through a leather which was used as one of the stirrups. The saddle did not have regular stirrups. With the leather strap around his ankle, he was dragged around the field by the frightened horse until finally the strap broke. The loop of the strap was still around the young man’s ankle when the body was found.

The body was badly bruised and mauled, and there was a hole in the back of his head where he was thrown against something or kicked by one of the horses.

The others horses in the enclosure were feeding quietly, and none of them had left the field when a searching party came about four o’clock. The body was discovered by Alvin Winterfield, young Eggebrecht’s friend, who joined members of the family when they became alarmed by Harold’s continued absence.

Members of the family said they did not become alarmed at first when Harold did not come back, as they thought that he had gone to the Westergaard sale. It was not until late in the afternoon, by the time the sale was over, that they began to worry about something having happened to him.

The funeral was held today at Craig.
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LeMars Globe-Post, Thursday, March 1, 1928

PRESTON: (By Special Correspondent)
The sad news reached this neighborhood Thursday evening that Harold Eggebrecht, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Eggebrecht, of Craig, was instantly killed Thursday morning while riding a horse and fell off and was killed. He was not found until late that afternoon. We are all appointed to die and death is no respecter of person, nor is anyone warned of how or when the grim reaper will call upon us. We sympathize with the bereaved family. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon.
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TRANSCRIBER NOTE: Quite likely the deceased is buried in St. John's Evangelical Cemetery, Craig, Iowa. His parents were later buried in this same cemetery.