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.our. then granted the motion o, the

II ask that this court grant my client
adequate protection. On the way to
this u room she was Kissed and
spat upon. a proceeding of the most
Hespicable character"
Whore Were the Officers?
The court promised all the protec.
ton he could afford n Mrs. Kauff-
man. in the custody Of the sheriff and
accompanied by her husband. started
to the street. The crowd followed in
ominous silence until the street was
cached.
Instead of finding their carriage al
The curb. Mr.. and Mrs. Kaufman found
themselves staring into the faces Of an
,nfuriated mob. The carriage had
oeen taken away. 1t is not known why
pr at who's order. There was not a
police officer in sight. a situation OF
serious import.
Hang her." shouted somebody back
II the crowd.
Mrs. Kaufman paled and looked to
aer husband for protection.
He placed his arm about her and
started across the street to Mayor
3urnside's livery barn.
Mob Breaks Into Fury.
AS she started away the surgine
mob appeared to lose all semblance OF
control. Those in front We're pushed
against the prisoner and her feeble es-
tort.
OtliIl6 uSI QPs CdIIlc Ine CRY, 1Ol-
owed by falsetto screams of the fran,
ic women who shrieked:
Tear her to pieces!"
They varied this expression with
scratch her eye out" n other
forms of feminine denunciation.
Several strong women. with hats
lwry from being pushed and crowded
n the throng, struggled near the pris-
,ner and spat on her.
There was only he lack Of leader
ship to make the throng one which
would ave wreaked summary VEN
gence on the woman, practically help
ess in this emergency. But none APP
oeared to take the initiative in doing
violence and Mrs. Kaufman was al.
most pushed into the livery barn.
Feared Further Outbreak.
From here Mrs. Kaufman was driv-
EN- to her home and later, as has been
told. to the Jail. 1t was feared that
had she been left at home the mob
would have done something desperate,
some fearing that the house would have
been burned down.
William Fish. Justice of the peace
from Parkston. near whose home the
Polreis girl lived. and representing the
general temper of the whole COM
muntty. declared that the members of.
the Parkston delegation would not
leave Sioux Falls until Mrs, Kaufman,
was in Jail.
1t is announced that no immediate
effort will be made to secure the re-
lease of Mrs. Kaufman. not until the
intense feeling against her in this city
subsidies. Then 1t is expected that an
plication will be made to Judge Jones
Of the circuit court for her release on
bail, INC IL this fails to resort to habeas
corpus proceedings.
The Alleged Crime.
The crime, Of which Mrs. Kaufman
is alleged to be guilty, is that she
ronfo1 hos 1E-yonr-N1I n~xyn -~--
Polreis. SO brutally. fiendishly. in fact,
that the girl died after great suffering.
Twelve weeks after the girl came from
her home near Parkston. strong and
ruddy. her body was sent back in a
coffin. Discovery, almost by accident.
body. investigation showed there were
f~orty-nine cuts, abrasions and bruises.
loose flesh from being scalded, and
flesh burned as If by acid.
Peter Erickson, hired man at the
Kaufman home, has testified he saw.
his mistress beat the Polreis girl with
a poker and with a broom stick: hat
he found her in n pool of water on the
kitchen floor. unconscious. and 1t is
suspected this had been hot water: that
command Of Mrs. Kaufman anointed
the wounds with turpentine and ap.
piled water and wood ashes to the ten
der flesh.
anna JeTSoH ana MIS-. oscar Larson,
former servants of Mrs. Kaufman. tell
of her violent. almost demoniacal tenn
per and strange treatment of them.
Mrs. Kaufman claims the girl fell
down stairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Polreis, parents
IF the dead girl. are poor. but their
cause has been championed by all the
people of their home town, and money
In plenty has been pledged to carry on
the prosecution.
He Would Lead Mob.
Sioux Falls. 8. D.. June 20.-A man
Swing his name as John Magoon and
claiming Sioux City as his home was
arrested this afternoon as he was in
The midst Of a crowd at the Cataract
corner urging the crowd on to VIC.
.ence.
He offered to lead II some one would
get q rope and go to the jail, take Mrs.
Kaufman out and hang her. Oficer
Jack Tracey happened along and took
half so brave when he fell into the
hands OF the officer.
There has been q most
line this afternoon. Citizens and
strangers are gathered in groups Of
80 to 100 discussing the affairs and
tension is high. tightly drawn.
There have been threats Of burning
!he Kaufman house. 1t is 10 believed
that any acts Of violence will take
place: The police have good control
II affairs.
That another arrest OF a sensational
character will be made in connection
With the Kaufman case Is freely pre-
dicted this afternoon.
The name John Magoon is not given
In the city directory and is not known
to the police OF Sioux City.