The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
SEEKS DEATH At
CRAVE OF CHILD
Stricken Mother Found Pros.
trate on Ground Where
PoIreis Girl Lies.
Is A TALE OF HORROR
Arrest Of Mrs. Kaufman, Wife of Rich
Brewer for MansIauehter, 1t Is
Said, Will Be Followed by
Others Being Accused.

SdIO, WIN DC TOuOWcO Oy
Others Being Accused.
Parkston, S. d.. June ia small
trunk of wet, torn and blood covered
clothing, belonging to Agnes Polreis
before her mysterious death at the
home Of Millionaire Moses Kaufman
In Sioux Falls June i, which was re-
ceived from Sioux Falls and opened
today by States Attorney j. L. Quinn,
is considered as conclusive evidence by
the attorney for the prosecution and
the people of Parkston that the girls
last three weeks on earth We're the most
horrible which could have been endured
by a human being, and that the girl
was the victim of foul play, SO das-
tardly and cruel as to defy criminal
annals anywhere.
When it was learned that the trunk
of the 17-year-old Austrian girl. who
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Kaufman as a
servant, and whose death has resulted
in the mllionares wife being arrested
and charged with manslaughter, feel
ing became intense here, and there is q
renewed determination to probe the
crime, if crime it be, that caused
death, to the last thread. and to fight
for justice at any cost.
The board of supervisors of Hutch
inson county has agreed to stand by
the attorneys and determined citizens,
and Attorney Quinn are working day
and night to get new evidence in the
case.
Will Be Used as Evidence.
The wardrobe of the girl will be talk
en- to Sioux Falls and offered as evil
dence that the girl did not die a nat
ural death. Attorney Quinn grievous-
ly remarks that If the girl died from
loss of blood he Is ,4aapi,ace-,4 sise lost
the blood because of the forty-nine
cuts he and the physicians have counted
on her head and body.
Today, before half a dozen witnesses,
Including Charles Zehnphennig and
Anton Fergen, who made the first trip
to Sioux Falls to investigate the mat
with the key given to the girls father
in Sioux Falls by Moses Kaufman
It, was a grewsome sight for those
who examined the trunk The girls
wardrobe was merely pile of torn
and tattered rags, covered with blosd
stains; smelling of turpentine; here
and there coated with wood ashes.
turned to lye, which had eaten the
garments, and the whole contents of
the trunk as damp and soggy as
though they had been hurriedly
washed and dumped into the trunk
Neat, Clean in Habits.
Mrs. j. Gross, for whom the girl
worked in Parkston before going to
Sioux Fails. was present She exam
fned the trunk critically. and also the
clothing. She declared it to be the
same trunk. but the clothing was so
covered with blood and dirt 1T was with
difficulty she found the girls name on
some of the garments. She declared
the girl was neat: never had sore
on her body or soiled clothes in her
room for any length of time. when she
worked for her. and that was only
little over three months ago.
One by one the blood stained and
tattered garments We're drawn from
the trunk, men turning their faces
away from the horrible sight and wom-
en- not pretending to keep back the
tears. at the spectacle of the girls
undergarments covered with coagu-
lated blood, and showing only too
plainly that the girl suffered the su-
perlative of human misery during the
last few days of her life. whether the
wounds We're inflicted by another, or
claimed by DR.. Germain. through
which the poison was thrown out of
the system"
Fearful Wound on Shoulder.
A cotton suit of underclothing was
taken out by the states attorney. 1t
was Wrtnging wet. On the right
shoulder of the garment was a blood
stain as large as a dinner plate The
location of the stain corresponded to
the wound. which was a cut to the
bone, on the girls right shoulder. A
pair of stockings in the bottom of the
trunk We're found to be covered with
wood ashes, which had become a lye
and eaten holes in them. The ashes
on the stockings We're accounted for
by Attorney Quinn from the testimony.
given at the preliminary hearing by
young Erickson, the Kaufman hired
man, who stated that Mrs. Kaufman
covered with wounds, in wa
ashes M had !" bee been thrown. oual'et'g It is is
thought the girl put her feet in the
solution Of ashes with the stockings
on. because they We're so stuck to the
wounds on her feet and legs that she
could not remove them without suffer-
ing pain.
Blood Stains Everywhere.
The knit shawl, which it is said the
girl wore over her head in Sioux Fails
OF it, as from wounds on the head
which were bleeding. It was also damp
as though it had peen dipped in water
previous to packing. Then there We're
muslin undergarments, covered with
blood stains and even clots of blood
where they had touched The wounds
on the hips and legs; there was blue
kitchen apron which, it IS said. was
tied about the girls neck when she
was taken to the hospital, and 1t bore
the marks of blood. The little hand
stains; the only woolen dress skirt In
the wardrobe had blood on IT.