The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-09
(R0QAW WURTING IS RAPIDLY RUSHED

keis died. She was in good standing,
and ali parties favored the erection of
monument. but discussions arose in
the lodge Some withdrew, some were
expelled, and some took no act IN at
all Miss Agnes Frizzelle was and is yet
prominent member Of ol.c of the fac
tons. She is woman of fine intellect
superior education and commanding
presence. There were others, and con-
tention ensued. After many weeks OF
shall and sha'n't," Miss Frizzelle rose
| as committee of the whole and de-
| clared the lodge disbanded, their char
| ter forfeited their rights lost, and with
| her following moved out Coincident-
| ally with this action the other faction
proceeded to expel all dissenters and
| reVolutionists. Both factions then had
lodges, both claimed the true success
| sion, each charged the other with act
| ing outside of the law, and both or
| dered monument for Miss Eta Keis.
A party, headed by Mrs. Westfall and
Mrs. Dodd, got there first with their
monument. They placed their order
| .
| by nearly two weeks. When the sec
ond monument arrived it was without
the knowledge of the other faction,
| which was preparing to have an UNI
yelling with public ceremonies. Late
in the afternoon Of Tuesday Of this
week, Miss FriZzelle's party, with the
| necessary labor, went to the cemetery,
| took down the previously erected
monument, set it aside, opened the
| grave and removed the remains to an
other lot and there erected the new
| monument. Persons who saw them at
| work paid no attention to them, sup
| posing ii to be regular But little
| girl who happened to know of the trou-
bic saw what was going on and report
ed the fact to her friends, who in turn
reported it to the officers and the
morning newspaper, which later with
out investigation, accepted the report
as true and published it as an unpar-
alleled act of vandalism, describing it
as the dissertation of a grave, and not
| publishing the fact that a second
monument was erected in place of the
one torn down. The report fired the
city with indignation, which continued
at good heat until the other side of the
story was published, when it was
learned that Miss Frizzelle, who had
been charged with responsibility for
the alleged outrage, was not the person
who had done the work complained of,
but that it was Mrs. Lefevre, the legal
! representative of the dead girl, and
that she had been to the city clerks
Office and secured permit to remove
the body to another 10. and erect a
monument over it, and that Miss Fritz
zelle had simply gone with her as
| friend and adviser The dead girl left
| $500, out of which Mrs. Lefevre pro-
posed to supplement the lodges ap-
preparation of 500 and buy a monu-
ment worth S140, which Is the price OF
the one erected in place of the one re-
| moved, which cost 500. Early next
morning after the denouement, the
mayor and chief of police went to the
/ cemetery and found no evidence Of any
vandalism, but an exchange of monu-
ments and removal of the grave, as
stated. Mrs. Lefevre showed a letter
from the dead girls aunt which gave
her authority to perform the work she
had done, and said that the body was
removed simply that it might be
alongside that of the girls mother,
who died several years ago. The other
faction was not satisfied with these
| statements, and insisted on going be-
fore the grand jury, which was in ses-
sion. They were admitted. but after
| few questions and answers the ladies
returned to look for the individuals
| who had witnessed the vandalism COM
! planned of. They still insist that it is
Miss Frizzelle, and not Mrs. Lefevre,
who is responsible, and that they acted
| without any authority of the Laurel
| Circle lodge, and that the lodge will
never pay 500 for any monument but
! the one they had erected. Mrs. Lee
| fevre and Miss Frizzelle have published