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Isador Meier person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_isador-meier_7d44dc

also known as: Meier, Mr. Isador Meier

Probable 70%
Summary:  A traveling salesman shot in the head by Graeter while sitting in his seat, later died at Judsonia.
Completeness: 90/100 Grade A
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Claims (9)

arrived_in

Memphis train
cited from What makes the killing of Meier especially… (1891)
What makes the killing of Meier especially so sad is the fact that he had came in on the Memphis train and had been in the car not over twenty minutes when the fatal shots were fired into his head, and all the while he sat in his seat u…

died_from

gunshot wounds1891-03-17
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-06 (1891) · +1 more
nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and…

died_in

cited from There was but four persons in the car at… (1891) · +1 more
nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and…

killed_by

cited from There was but four persons in the car at… (1891) · +1 more
nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and…
unknown
cited from What makes the killing of Meier especially… (1891)
What makes the killing of Meier especially so sad is the fact that he had came in on the Memphis train and had been in the car not over twenty minutes when the fatal shots were fired into his head, and all the while he sat in his seat u…

occupation

traveling salesman
cited from There was but four persons in the car at… (1891)
nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and…

shot_by

John W. Graeter1891-03-17
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-06 (1891) · +1 more
nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and…

worked_for

cited from There was but four persons in the car at… (1891)
nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and…
cited from There was but four persons in the car at… (1891)
There was but four persons in the car at the time, the murderer, John W. Graeter, of Vincennes, Indiana ; Mr. Isador Meier, traveling salesman for Foster, Hilson & Co., Thirty ninth street. New York ; E. W. Leach, the conductor, and a lady.

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