ADOLPH J. BRACHMANN
WOMANS SLAIN; FIND MANS BODY
Double Death Result of Spat
Mrs. Mary Raedig (sic) Beaten With Shaker; Roomer Takes His Life
Letters in Home Indicate Adolph Brachman Had Plotted Murder and
Intended to Kill Himself
The body of Adolph Brachman, 62, who left two letters threatening suicide near
the battered body of his landlady and close friend, Mrs. Mary Raedig, 64, in
her home at 911 South Tenth street Tuesday evening, was found floating in the
Manitowoc river at 1:15 this afternoon.
The letters, addressed to his own son, Ralph, of this city, and to Richard
Raedig, son of the slain woman indicated to police that the pair had quarreled
and contained statements by Brachman to the effect that he would take his own
life.
The body was noticed floating in the river about 100 feet east of the Eighth
street bridge by D. L. MacLennan and Louis Reime aboard a tug of the McMullen
and Pitz Construction company. They summoned Police Office Milton Larson who
was crossing the bridge. The body was secured to a line off the tug and brought
to the foot of South Ninth street where Captain of Detectives Frank Tomchek,
Detective Elmer Scherer, District Attorney Fred G. Dicke and Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, all of whom had worked on the case during the morning hours, viewed
the body and identified it as Brachman. Mrs. Raedig, victim in the murder-
suicide was a dishwasher in a Manitowoc restaurant.
Find Two Letters
Two letters dated Sept. 2 and signed by Adolph Brachman, who rented a room in
the slain womans house, were found on a table a short distance from the body
by Detective Captain Frank Tomchek and Police Lt. William Herman who discovered
the badly battered corpse on the floor in the living room after they had forced
their way into the small first floor apartment this morning
In one of the letters, addressed to his son, Ralph, of this city, Brachman,
divorced from his wife for a number of years, said:
I cant stand this any longer She was good to me but has turned me out now I
am giving up this world and am going where we will all go someday ..I cant write
any more now but you can guess how I feel I thought so much of her.
Someone Else Mixed In
In the second letter, addressed to Richard Raedig (sic) of this city, a son of
the victim, Brachman wrote:
I lived in the house for two years and she treated me good and we got along good
Recently someone else mixed in and she is no more the same dear Mary She stepped
out after all I did for her I am giving up and going where we all go some day I
hope to meet her there.
On the strength of the letters, Chief of Police James Kuplic and District Attorney
Fred G. Dicke said Brachman had taken his own lifeafter writing the notes. Dicke
said that he had questioned Brachmans former wife who lives here but was told she
had not seen him for some time.
Heard Dog Howling
Police were first called into the case this morning when William Duffy, a neighbor
of Mrs. Raedigs, called the station with the information that he and his wife were
sitting on their front porch Tuesday evening when they noticed the woman, a dish-
washer at the Midget café on Franklin street, come home alone.
Shortly afterward, Duffy said, they heard three faint calls for help from inside
the house. They did not investigate, however, but a dog that kept up a continual
barking throughout the night prompted him to summon police this morning.
When Detective Tomchek and Lt. Herman arrived at the small house at eight oclock
they found all of the doors locked and gained entry through a back window. In the
front living room, Tomchek said, they found the blood-covered body of the woman,
a deep gash in her skull, lying on the floor along the wall which was splattered
with blood.
(snip)
No Evidence of Fight
While there is little evidence of a struggle in the small front room, police
theorize that Brachman and Mrs. Raedig entered into an argument after she returned
to the house early last evening. Tomchek said that he apparently wrote the two
letters threatening suicide following the bludgeoning of the woman.
Dr. Teitgen said that the woman, whose husband, Charles Raedig, died about nine
years ago, had been a patient of his. She was the mother of a large family and had
moved into the South Tenth street house about two years ago.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Raedig had not been made by press time this afternoon.
She was born Mary Kieselhorst in the town of Liberty about 64 years ago.
She is survived by five sons, Charles, Herman, Joseph, Richard and Adolph A. Raedig,
all of Manitowoc, and a brother, Louis Kieselhorst of Manitowoc.
Brachman was employed as a joiner-carpenter at the Burger Boat company at various
periods between 1944 and the present time. Previous to that he had been employed
at the Manitowoc Ship Building company
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 3, 1947 P. 1
********
Police Chief Calls Double Tragedy Murder, Suicide
(snip/mostly repeat from original story)
Brachman Rites Friday
Funeral services for Adolph Brachman, 63, also private, will be held at 9 a.m.
Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home, with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Brachman was a lifelong resident of the city. For many years he was a
draftsman and designer for the local plant of the American Seating company
and in recent years was employed at the Burger Boat company.
Survivors are four sons, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947 p.2
********
[d. 09-02-1947/age 63 yrs./bur. on Ralph Brachmann lot]
WOMANS SLAIN; FIND MANS BODY
Double Death Result of Spat
Mrs. Mary Raedig (sic) Beaten With Shaker; Roomer Takes His Life
Letters in Home Indicate Adolph Brachman Had Plotted Murder and
Intended to Kill Himself
The body of Adolph Brachman, 62, who left two letters threatening suicide near
the battered body of his landlady and close friend, Mrs. Mary Raedig, 64, in
her home at 911 South Tenth street Tuesday evening, was found floating in the
Manitowoc river at 1:15 this afternoon.
The letters, addressed to his own son, Ralph, of this city, and to Richard
Raedig, son of the slain woman indicated to police that the pair had quarreled
and contained statements by Brachman to the effect that he would take his own
life.
The body was noticed floating in the river about 100 feet east of the Eighth
street bridge by D. L. MacLennan and Louis Reime aboard a tug of the McMullen
and Pitz Construction company. They summoned Police Office Milton Larson who
was crossing the bridge. The body was secured to a line off the tug and brought
to the foot of South Ninth street where Captain of Detectives Frank Tomchek,
Detective Elmer Scherer, District Attorney Fred G. Dicke and Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, all of whom had worked on the case during the morning hours, viewed
the body and identified it as Brachman. Mrs. Raedig, victim in the murder-
suicide was a dishwasher in a Manitowoc restaurant.
Find Two Letters
Two letters dated Sept. 2 and signed by Adolph Brachman, who rented a room in
the slain womans house, were found on a table a short distance from the body
by Detective Captain Frank Tomchek and Police Lt. William Herman who discovered
the badly battered corpse on the floor in the living room after they had forced
their way into the small first floor apartment this morning
In one of the letters, addressed to his son, Ralph, of this city, Brachman,
divorced from his wife for a number of years, said:
I cant stand this any longer She was good to me but has turned me out now I
am giving up this world and am going where we will all go someday ..I cant write
any more now but you can guess how I feel I thought so much of her.
Someone Else Mixed In
In the second letter, addressed to Richard Raedig (sic) of this city, a son of
the victim, Brachman wrote:
I lived in the house for two years and she treated me good and we got along good
Recently someone else mixed in and she is no more the same dear Mary She stepped
out after all I did for her I am giving up and going where we all go some day I
hope to meet her there.
On the strength of the letters, Chief of Police James Kuplic and District Attorney
Fred G. Dicke said Brachman had taken his own lifeafter writing the notes. Dicke
said that he had questioned Brachmans former wife who lives here but was told she
had not seen him for some time.
Heard Dog Howling
Police were first called into the case this morning when William Duffy, a neighbor
of Mrs. Raedigs, called the station with the information that he and his wife were
sitting on their front porch Tuesday evening when they noticed the woman, a dish-
washer at the Midget café on Franklin street, come home alone.
Shortly afterward, Duffy said, they heard three faint calls for help from inside
the house. They did not investigate, however, but a dog that kept up a continual
barking throughout the night prompted him to summon police this morning.
When Detective Tomchek and Lt. Herman arrived at the small house at eight oclock
they found all of the doors locked and gained entry through a back window. In the
front living room, Tomchek said, they found the blood-covered body of the woman,
a deep gash in her skull, lying on the floor along the wall which was splattered
with blood.
(snip)
No Evidence of Fight
While there is little evidence of a struggle in the small front room, police
theorize that Brachman and Mrs. Raedig entered into an argument after she returned
to the house early last evening. Tomchek said that he apparently wrote the two
letters threatening suicide following the bludgeoning of the woman.
Dr. Teitgen said that the woman, whose husband, Charles Raedig, died about nine
years ago, had been a patient of his. She was the mother of a large family and had
moved into the South Tenth street house about two years ago.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Raedig had not been made by press time this afternoon.
She was born Mary Kieselhorst in the town of Liberty about 64 years ago.
She is survived by five sons, Charles, Herman, Joseph, Richard and Adolph A. Raedig,
all of Manitowoc, and a brother, Louis Kieselhorst of Manitowoc.
Brachman was employed as a joiner-carpenter at the Burger Boat company at various
periods between 1944 and the present time. Previous to that he had been employed
at the Manitowoc Ship Building company
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 3, 1947 P. 1
********
Police Chief Calls Double Tragedy Murder, Suicide
(snip/mostly repeat from original story)
Brachman Rites Friday
Funeral services for Adolph Brachman, 63, also private, will be held at 9 a.m.
Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home, with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Brachman was a lifelong resident of the city. For many years he was a
draftsman and designer for the local plant of the American Seating company
and in recent years was employed at the Burger Boat company.
Survivors are four sons, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947 p.2
********
[d. 09-02-1947/age 63 yrs./bur. on Ralph Brachmann lot]
ADOLPH J. BRACHMANN
WOMANS SLAIN; FIND MANS BODY
Double Death Result of Spat
Mrs. Mary Raedig (sic) Beaten With Shaker; Roomer Takes His Life
Letters in Home Indicate Adolph Brachman Had Plotted Murder and
Intended to Kill Himself
The body of Adolph Brachman, 62, who left two letters threatening suicide near
the battered body of his landlady and close friend, Mrs. Mary Raedig, 64, in
her home at 911 South Tenth street Tuesday evening, was found floating in the
Manitowoc river at 1:15 this afternoon.
The letters, addressed to his own son, Ralph, of this city, and to Richard
Raedig, son of the slain woman indicated to police that the pair had quarreled
and contained statements by Brachman to the effect that he would take his own
life.
The body was noticed floating in the river about 100 feet east of the Eighth
street bridge by D. L. MacLennan and Louis Reime aboard a tug of the McMullen
and Pitz Construction company. They summoned Police Office Milton Larson who
was crossing the bridge. The body was secured to a line off the tug and brought
to the foot of South Ninth street where Captain of Detectives Frank Tomchek,
Detective Elmer Scherer, District Attorney Fred G. Dicke and Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, all of whom had worked on the case during the morning hours, viewed
the body and identified it as Brachman. Mrs. Raedig, victim in the murder-
suicide was a dishwasher in a Manitowoc restaurant.
Find Two Letters
Two letters dated Sept. 2 and signed by Adolph Brachman, who rented a room in
the slain womans house, were found on a table a short distance from the body
by Detective Captain Frank Tomchek and Police Lt. William Herman who discovered
the badly battered corpse on the floor in the living room after they had forced
their way into the small first floor apartment this morning
In one of the letters, addressed to his son, Ralph, of this city, Brachman,
divorced from his wife for a number of years, said:
I cant stand this any longer She was good to me but has turned me out now I
am giving up this world and am going where we will all go someday ..I cant write
any more now but you can guess how I feel I thought so much of her.
Someone Else Mixed In
In the second letter, addressed to Richard Raedig (sic) of this city, a son of
the victim, Brachman wrote:
I lived in the house for two years and she treated me good and we got along good
Recently someone else mixed in and she is no more the same dear Mary She stepped
out after all I did for her I am giving up and going where we all go some day I
hope to meet her there.
On the strength of the letters, Chief of Police James Kuplic and District Attorney
Fred G. Dicke said Brachman had taken his own lifeafter writing the notes. Dicke
said that he had questioned Brachmans former wife who lives here but was told she
had not seen him for some time.
Heard Dog Howling
Police were first called into the case this morning when William Duffy, a neighbor
of Mrs. Raedigs, called the station with the information that he and his wife were
sitting on their front porch Tuesday evening when they noticed the woman, a dish-
washer at the Midget café on Franklin street, come home alone.
Shortly afterward, Duffy said, they heard three faint calls for help from inside
the house. They did not investigate, however, but a dog that kept up a continual
barking throughout the night prompted him to summon police this morning.
When Detective Tomchek and Lt. Herman arrived at the small house at eight oclock
they found all of the doors locked and gained entry through a back window. In the
front living room, Tomchek said, they found the blood-covered body of the woman,
a deep gash in her skull, lying on the floor along the wall which was splattered
with blood.
(snip)
No Evidence of Fight
While there is little evidence of a struggle in the small front room, police
theorize that Brachman and Mrs. Raedig entered into an argument after she returned
to the house early last evening. Tomchek said that he apparently wrote the two
letters threatening suicide following the bludgeoning of the woman.
Dr. Teitgen said that the woman, whose husband, Charles Raedig, died about nine
years ago, had been a patient of his. She was the mother of a large family and had
moved into the South Tenth street house about two years ago.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Raedig had not been made by press time this afternoon.
She was born Mary Kieselhorst in the town of Liberty about 64 years ago.
She is survived by five sons, Charles, Herman, Joseph, Richard and Adolph A. Raedig,
all of Manitowoc, and a brother, Louis Kieselhorst of Manitowoc.
Brachman was employed as a joiner-carpenter at the Burger Boat company at various
periods between 1944 and the present time. Previous to that he had been employed
at the Manitowoc Ship Building company
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 3, 1947 P. 1
********
Police Chief Calls Double Tragedy Murder, Suicide
(snip/mostly repeat from original story)
Brachman Rites Friday
Funeral services for Adolph Brachman, 63, also private, will be held at 9 a.m.
Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home, with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Brachman was a lifelong resident of the city. For many years he was a
draftsman and designer for the local plant of the American Seating company
and in recent years was employed at the Burger Boat company.
Survivors are four sons, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947 p.2
********
[d. 09-02-1947/age 63 yrs./bur. on Ralph Brachmann lot]
WOMANS SLAIN; FIND MANS BODY
Double Death Result of Spat
Mrs. Mary Raedig (sic) Beaten With Shaker; Roomer Takes His Life
Letters in Home Indicate Adolph Brachman Had Plotted Murder and
Intended to Kill Himself
The body of Adolph Brachman, 62, who left two letters threatening suicide near
the battered body of his landlady and close friend, Mrs. Mary Raedig, 64, in
her home at 911 South Tenth street Tuesday evening, was found floating in the
Manitowoc river at 1:15 this afternoon.
The letters, addressed to his own son, Ralph, of this city, and to Richard
Raedig, son of the slain woman indicated to police that the pair had quarreled
and contained statements by Brachman to the effect that he would take his own
life.
The body was noticed floating in the river about 100 feet east of the Eighth
street bridge by D. L. MacLennan and Louis Reime aboard a tug of the McMullen
and Pitz Construction company. They summoned Police Office Milton Larson who
was crossing the bridge. The body was secured to a line off the tug and brought
to the foot of South Ninth street where Captain of Detectives Frank Tomchek,
Detective Elmer Scherer, District Attorney Fred G. Dicke and Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, all of whom had worked on the case during the morning hours, viewed
the body and identified it as Brachman. Mrs. Raedig, victim in the murder-
suicide was a dishwasher in a Manitowoc restaurant.
Find Two Letters
Two letters dated Sept. 2 and signed by Adolph Brachman, who rented a room in
the slain womans house, were found on a table a short distance from the body
by Detective Captain Frank Tomchek and Police Lt. William Herman who discovered
the badly battered corpse on the floor in the living room after they had forced
their way into the small first floor apartment this morning
In one of the letters, addressed to his son, Ralph, of this city, Brachman,
divorced from his wife for a number of years, said:
I cant stand this any longer She was good to me but has turned me out now I
am giving up this world and am going where we will all go someday ..I cant write
any more now but you can guess how I feel I thought so much of her.
Someone Else Mixed In
In the second letter, addressed to Richard Raedig (sic) of this city, a son of
the victim, Brachman wrote:
I lived in the house for two years and she treated me good and we got along good
Recently someone else mixed in and she is no more the same dear Mary She stepped
out after all I did for her I am giving up and going where we all go some day I
hope to meet her there.
On the strength of the letters, Chief of Police James Kuplic and District Attorney
Fred G. Dicke said Brachman had taken his own lifeafter writing the notes. Dicke
said that he had questioned Brachmans former wife who lives here but was told she
had not seen him for some time.
Heard Dog Howling
Police were first called into the case this morning when William Duffy, a neighbor
of Mrs. Raedigs, called the station with the information that he and his wife were
sitting on their front porch Tuesday evening when they noticed the woman, a dish-
washer at the Midget café on Franklin street, come home alone.
Shortly afterward, Duffy said, they heard three faint calls for help from inside
the house. They did not investigate, however, but a dog that kept up a continual
barking throughout the night prompted him to summon police this morning.
When Detective Tomchek and Lt. Herman arrived at the small house at eight oclock
they found all of the doors locked and gained entry through a back window. In the
front living room, Tomchek said, they found the blood-covered body of the woman,
a deep gash in her skull, lying on the floor along the wall which was splattered
with blood.
(snip)
No Evidence of Fight
While there is little evidence of a struggle in the small front room, police
theorize that Brachman and Mrs. Raedig entered into an argument after she returned
to the house early last evening. Tomchek said that he apparently wrote the two
letters threatening suicide following the bludgeoning of the woman.
Dr. Teitgen said that the woman, whose husband, Charles Raedig, died about nine
years ago, had been a patient of his. She was the mother of a large family and had
moved into the South Tenth street house about two years ago.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Raedig had not been made by press time this afternoon.
She was born Mary Kieselhorst in the town of Liberty about 64 years ago.
She is survived by five sons, Charles, Herman, Joseph, Richard and Adolph A. Raedig,
all of Manitowoc, and a brother, Louis Kieselhorst of Manitowoc.
Brachman was employed as a joiner-carpenter at the Burger Boat company at various
periods between 1944 and the present time. Previous to that he had been employed
at the Manitowoc Ship Building company
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 3, 1947 P. 1
********
Police Chief Calls Double Tragedy Murder, Suicide
(snip/mostly repeat from original story)
Brachman Rites Friday
Funeral services for Adolph Brachman, 63, also private, will be held at 9 a.m.
Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home, with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Brachman was a lifelong resident of the city. For many years he was a
draftsman and designer for the local plant of the American Seating company
and in recent years was employed at the Burger Boat company.
Survivors are four sons, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1947 p.2
********
[d. 09-02-1947/age 63 yrs./bur. on Ralph Brachmann lot]
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