The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-29
RICH WOMAN IN
FIGHT FOR LIFE
PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE
OF KILLING HER SER
WANT GIRL.
TO ASK OR new JUDGE
Intense interest Aroused in Sioux
Falls over Beginning of Hear
ing Of Mrs. Emma
Kaufman


Sioux Falls. S. D., Nov. 2S.--Whcn
arraigned before Judge Jones' of tho
State Circuit court Mrs. Emma Kauf.
mann, wife Of Joseph Kaufman, a
wealthy local brewer entered plea
of not guilty to tho charge of having
murdered Miss Agnes Poreis, her 16
year.od domestic, and notice was
given that as soon as the case could
be heard an application would be
made for a continuance.
The plea of not guilty followed the
presentation by Judge Frank r.
Atkins, attorney for Mrs. Kaufman,
of demurrer to the information
against her, which was overruled by
Judge Jone'.
In the event that the case is pressed
TO trial at this term, ii is probable
an application will be made to call in
an outside judge in place of Judge
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman and their
kson remained quietly in the court
room until hack arrived at the en-
| trance and conveyed them to their
home. Interest in this, the most sen
sat ona criminal case in the history
Of South Dakota. w. intense.
Mrs. Kaufman has just returned
to Sioux Falls after an absence ex
tending from last June, when herself.
husband and Charles, their son, de
parted for the east. following the &C
ton Of the state supreme court in adj
hitting her to bail in the sum OF
S25 900.
When the case against her Is tried
il without doubt will take it's place
as the most noted criminal case in
the historysof the courts OF Sonth Ds,4
kota. Mrs. Kaufman may not have
been responsible for the death OF the
sirl--only her trial viii determine
that--but that the girl was the victim
of foul play is firmly believed by
thousands who have famllarized
themselves with the case.
Disinter Body Twice.
After the girl died in a Sioux Falls
no ptal on June ! last. her remains
were prepared for burial and shipped
to the home of her parents who re
side on farm near the little town
Of Parkston, Hutchinson county, in
The southern part of South Dakota.
The funeral was held and the body
was intetred as had been arranged.
After the funeral the fact that n
wound. had been discovered on the
of the dead girl became matter OF |
general rumor among the people of
ParkstCn and vicinity. and the citi |
zens of Parkston soon became so |
aroused that it was determined to dis |
inter the remains and make an en- |
animation.
The Poreis family came to Amer |
ca from Austria-IIungary only about |
year ago and had been in this coun
try only about seven months at the
time of the death Of the girl. Very
few people in Parkston knew Of the |
family or were acquainted with the !
daughter. yet the indignation there |
as result of the belief that the
Young girl had been cruelty murdered
never has been cqualcd by any crime
committed within South Dakota.
The girl came f. Sioux Falls Feb
ruary last, only few weeks after
the family arrived at Parkston from
the old country. Tho girl. while not
Of large stature, was robust aud
healthy. and weighed l3S pounds be
fore She left Parkston.
Agnes was the youngest of fourteen
children. of whom eight are dead
and six arc living. An older sister
was murdered by a rejected suitor
while the family lived in the old
conntcy.
Tho nature Of the questions asked
witnesses for the prosecution by
Judge Frank 4. Aikcns. Mrs. Kauf
MAINS attorney. during the preiimi-
nary hearing Of Mrs. Kaufmann. indi-
Gates that when Tho case comes 10
trial the defen-e viii seek TO prove
that the girl was affected with ane
mia nsck Of blooJD. accompanied by |
vertigo fd'zzv spell }. The ancmta. II |
probable will be- alleged developed J
INTO diabetes and gangrenc.
Probable Defense.
n is expected the defense also viii
silegc hat a blo0d-clot found on tho
,irl's brain. taken in connection with
he anemia and diabetes. had the
fleet Of preventing the girl having
control over herself. 50 far at least
Is the use Of her lower limbs wa
and that because of this
he was the victim Of frequent falls.
The gashes, bruises and wounds d
ound upon her head, body and limbs. Y
/ b believed will be attempted to be b
accounted for by the defense by these o
requent falls. # being alleged that :
u enc occasion she fell down I