The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-17

Terrible Revelations of the suf-
= ~: ferings Of Agnes ,: z.
:,:4r:sx ! Polreis. = II.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. - -s.'
Sioux City, Iowa, June l6.-Revela-
tions of further atrocities suffered by
Agnes Polreis, the .16-year-old servant
of Mrs. Moses Kaufman, wife Of the
millionaire brewer at Sioux Falls, and
for whose, death, Mrs. Kaufman is
now in custody on the charge Of man
States Attorney Quinn, Of Parkston,
S. D., the girl s home, received a trunk
full Of clothing belonging to the dead
girl It was opened and inspected in
the presence of witnesses : and every
garment was stained with blood, clots
appearing in many cases. They smelled
Of - turpentine, which it has already
been testified by the man, servant was
poured on the open wounds OF the girl
by Mrs. Kaufman. :, There was evil
dence Of wood ashes changed to lye,
bearing out the hired mans testimony
that the girl was forced to battle in
water containing the ashes.
+, Some garments were wet indicating
cleansing. The bloodstains correspondent
in position to the numerous cuts which
marred the young body and their con-
.dition is eloquent of the awful suffering
which the girl passed through. AL this
will be presented as evidence next
Wednesday when the hearing resumes.
Besides this will be the almost incredit.
able report of DR.. Olney Of Sioux. Falls,
humed twice. The report says forty.
nine cuts and bruises were found as
follows: o.. s.a ..s#. 4. .-..-
. Six scalp wounds made with some
blunt instrument, four bruises OF
wounds on the forehead; abrasion over
bridge Of nose; one broad abrasion on
left cheek and two at the angle Of the
| left jaw; right side face badly scared
one large and two small cuts on g
point Of chin; both lips badly cut an6
| bruised; scratches on right side. Of
side Of neck; point of right shoulde.
/ cut through to the bone about two ant
one-haf inches long; muscles severed
and wounds gaping; point of left elbow
exposing capsule; one thumb and bacl
of left hand skin slipped easily as i.
scalded; large abrasion at left of cen
i ter Of patella; skin slipped off lef
\ foot, as if scalded. Third finger Of lef
). hand disiointed and bone protruding.
! No physician was called until tw'
/ days before the girls death, but tn
was compelled to minister to the girl
, A prominent physician made return
on the death that it was due to enemis
superinduced by diabetes. The under
1 taker said it was the worst body h
4 had ever seen. knowledge Of this ad
4 ditional and startling evidence ha
! aroused the people Of Parkston and tn
Supervisors have promised an appropri
i alton to carry on the prosecution wit
vigor. That other arrests will folio,
sooon was predicted by one Of the in
vestigators today.
4 The condition Of Mrs. Polreis
mother Of the girl, is pitiable. He
daughter had been prevented fror
writing home, it is claimed, and afte
q nine weeks silence she was tele
phoned her daughter was dead TIL
fbody came home covered with flower
and it was by mere accident the In
iuries were. discovered and suspicio
aroused which has led to the bigges
sensation the state has had in years
4 Three times the poor mother has bee
4 carried from the grave Of her chile
where she had thrown herself, sayin
she wished to die there: Three year
]: ago, just before the family left Aul
tria. another daughter was shot an
4 killed by Jealous lover. The mother
mind is thought to be failing.