The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-22
HANG HER MOB SHOUTED
MRS. KAUFMAN AssAiLED AS
SHE LEFT COURT ROOM.
PEOPLE sPAr AT PRISONER
Wealthy Jewess OF Sioux Falls is
Placed in Jail Without Bail, Charged
With Killing Her Servant Girl--Aw.
ful Tortures Alleged.

ful Tortures Alleged.
Sioux Falls, S. d., June 2l.-Spat
upon, Kissed, buffeted by the mad
dened mob, crying Hang her!" Tear
her to pieces!" and uttering wrathful
impreCations, Mrs. Moses Kaufman,
wife of the millionaire brewer here,
charged with torturing young ser.
want girl to death, barely escaped the
severest treatment, if not indeed
death, at the hands Of the enraged
populace here yesterday.
This demonstration followed action
in the court room when Justice A. b.
Wheelock held Mrs. Kaufman to the
circuit court without bail on the
charge of manslaughter, She is ac.
cused Of causing the death by the
most fiendish tortures of l6-yearold
Agnes Polreis. who was a servant in
the Kaufman home for three months
and whose death occurred June l.
When the carriage occupied by Mrs
Kaufman and her husband drove u[
in front OF the court house the side
walk was closely packed with dens,
mass OF humanity and it was with dil'
fculty that policemen forced pas
sage through the crowd SO Mr. and
Mrs. Kaufman could make their way
to the court room.
While the party was crow6ing its
way through the hallway to the court
room Mrs. Kaufman was vigoro lsly
hissed at by the spectators, the Kisses
coming largely from the women in
the crowd. Mrs. Kaufman is Of dark
complexion and although she wore q
veil, it could be seen that her face
was as white as a sheet of paper.
After being in the court room for
a period of only few minutes Mrs,
Kaufman was again escorted to tho
sidewalk, but their carriage had not
put in an appearance, and after a
painful wait of perhaps a minute OF
two herself, husband. and others OF
the little party started across the
street to a livery establishment, where
they for time sought refuge. Tho
crowd packed closely about them and
for a moment there were fears for
Mrs. Kaufmanns safety. Some few
cries of Lynch her" were heard.
After a conference between the at.
torneys it was decided that Mrs. Kauf,
mann should be taken to Jail. A
tend Mrs. Kaufman, who had col
lapsed as the result OF her trying ex.
perience In the court room.
1t developed that number of so
ciety women numbering between nifty
and one hundred. held meeting and
decided tha, II Mrs. Kaufman was
not placed in Jail after the conclusion
of her hearing and was again allowed
to occupy her home while in the Gus.
tody Of the sheriff they would dyha.
mite the handsome Kaufman home.
1t is said that they claim that because
their intentions were made known to
the parties concerned, Mrs. Kaufman
was placed in jail.
Escaped in Hack.
The woman, with her husband, was
compelled to cross the street with but
scant protection from the officers in
the face Of this bowling, cursing mob,
in order to get Il carriage, their own
having been spirited away. They al
most ran to the livery barn OF Mayor
Burnside at Dakota avenue and Ninth
street and there entered a closed ve-
hicle.
An effort was made to escape by
way Of back door. but the crowd
tnh nj hn L.
run as they left the stable, almost
stamped on men and women who were
waiting to do something, they knew
not what, to show their dsfavor Of
the accused woman. But for this
quick action in getting her away,
some definite form of violence would
certainly have appeared. The mob's
fury was in awful crescendo and at
its height there must have come a
leader to direct the movement OF the
crowd-a movement whose result is
terrible to anticipate.
Mrs. Kaufman, almost in a state
OF total collapse from the fright given
her, was taken to her home, where she
has been a prisoner since her arrest
a week ago. An hour later, In a closed
carriage and by detour of the back
streets, she was conveyed to Jail, in the
big stone court house. This action, 1t
is stated by both Judge Aiken, her
counsel, and States attorney Orr, was
taken as a means Of protection from
the infuriated people.
II Is declared that Mrs. Kaufman,
although shrinking from the plainness
and chilliness Of the cell after so much
luxury at home, showed evident relief
when assured of the protection Of the
steel bars across the door.
The alarm occasioned by the assault
by the mob left her weak and almost
hysterical. Naturally OF forid coun.
tenance, the frightened woman's fea-
lures were OF CHASTITY pallor. She sank
down on the iron bunk and buried her
face ip her hands. ..g,.. .,...,.