The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-12-06
MRS. N. KAUFMAN
SEEKS Continuance
Rich Woman Cannot Stand
Trial for Murder. Friends
Say in Affidavit.
COUNSEL SCORES PAPERS
Thinks Printing Incidents Of Case Be-
for Their Development in Court
Was Wrons-case Goes Over
Another Week.

sioux Falls. - D.. Dec. t.--Impover-
shed mentally and physically and un-
lble at this time To stand the strain
" "A trial for the murder OF her maid
;eryant, Agnes Polreis. Mrs. Kaufman
all get a continuance az the case. IL
numerous afiidavits submitted this
morning are given consideration BY the
rourt
Judge T.. q. smith. OF Yankton. called
Into the case. because Judge Jones OF
this city. II "a neighbor of the kaun-
mans, adjourned court at noon before
the state had been heard an motion
for continuance filed last Monday.
The hearing will be resumed next sat-
urday at 10 o'clock.
Neither Mrs. Kaufman. her husband
nor her son was In court this morning.
Last Monday. when she pleaded not
guilty To the murder charge. she was
closely veiled. hut she was reported IN
good health.
Afiiaaviis were submitted testifylng
to the mental and physical weakness
OF the accused. Her husband. Moses
Kaufman. president of the Sioux
Falls Brewing company. and their SON
Charles related that during the sum
mer at French Lick Springs Mrs.
Kaufman had been very I'll. The same
Testimony was given by Mabel Phillips.
registered nurse OF Ohio, who had
charge OF Mrs. Kaufman.
a half dozen others. including three
physicians. told the same story.
Judge T.. X. Aikcns. counsel for the
accused. submitted an affidavit of his
own I'm which he lambastcd the news
papers which have told the facts I'm
the Kaufman case. before they were
submitted In court. He criticised states
Attorney Quinn Of Hutchinson county
for bringing here n trunk OF blody
clothing. representing them To belong
Ia the dead girl and exposing them To
public gaze.
Joe Kirby. representing the state
asked for n commission OF three ply
sIcIans To- examine the mental and ply
sIcial condition OF Mrs. Kaufman.
Judge Smith said he had no authority
To compel her To submit To such IN
quiry. The case was here adjourned.
Dr. w. a. GERMAN. the Kaufman
family physician. who signed the death
certificate In the case OF the alleged
murdered girl. was one OF the atlantis
who declared that the condition or Mrs.
Kaufman IL now such that "A trial OF
the case would place her under strain
which she could not stand with the
result that there would be n mistrial
and the county put TO needless expense.
In the main he was corroborated by at
fidavits made by DIR. :. A. Brown and
DIR. l. A. Perkins.
Proprietor John EmmSc. OF the cat
aract hotel deposed that states Attor-
ney Quinn. OF Parkston. had brought
TO this city "A trunk of bloody clothing
and had exhibited them publicly before
any attempt had been made to submit
them as evidence IN court. IL will be
recalled the Justice court later refused
To permit the clothing To be submitted
us evidence.
In Counsel Aiken's arraignment OF
States Attorney Quinn FOR this pro-
Ceeding. he intimatcd the clothing
might not have belonged TO the Polrels
girl. When scoring the newspapers
who showed special industry I'm ssist-
ing I'm the development OF both sides
of the gruesome story OF the alleged
murder OF a maid by her rich mistress
and printing Incidents before they were
brought out In open court, Judge Aiken
mentioned The Sioux city Tribune the
Sioux Falls Press and also the Catar-
act and Critic OF this city.
Counsel for Mrs. Kaufman occupied
all the time between $3.50 this morning
and noon. He was particularly bitter
In his denunciation or his fellow atior-
ney. MIR. Quinn.
since the morning session OF court
Il IL freely predicted that Mrs kauff-
man will be grained the continuance
she Is fighting for.