Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-21
Witness Swears He Saw Mil
JIionaireS> Wife Beat eirI
With Bsoomstick.
c UNCONSCIOUS
Poured Water on Her 10 Force Her to
Arise-Hired Man Then Ordered
to Dress Wounds on Girls
Body and Limbs.

.IteT 5 U CLOCK yesterday AFTERNOON.
having offered such testimony as vt
was believed would be sufficient t.
bind the accused over to the state cir
cult court. the prosecution rested in
the case OF Mrs. Emma Kaufman, wife
of Moses Kaufman. a wealthy brewer
of this city, who was arrested on the
charge OF murder growing out Of the
recent death of Miss Agnes Polreis. IA
l~6-year-old girl, who was employed as
a domestic in the Kaufman house. Ac-
cordingly the hearing was continued by
Judge Wheelock until Wednesday OF
next week. Until that time Mrs. Kauff-
man will be In charge OF Sheriff Nye
f.. Phillips. as the offense charged
against her does not permit of her be-
ing released on bail.
The continuance was taken for the
purpose OF giving Judge Frank r.
Aikens. attorney for Mrs. Kaufman.
time to procure a transcript OF the rec
ords In the case and prepare a motion
for the dismissal OF the case. This
motion will come before Judge Vince
lock when the hearing reconvenes nex
Wednesday.
Sioux Falls. 8. D.. June 15.-Shock-
ing details OF brutality were narrated
by Peter Erickson. the hired man in
the household OF Nose Kaufman. the
millionaire brewer, who. with his wife,
IL blamed for the death OF their serv-
ant. Miss Agnes Polreis. Erickson was
the principal witness In the preliminary
hearing of h Kaunmans this norm
Ing. Erickson Is still in the employ
of Kaufman. but the evidence ne ave
was very damaging against the wife
stand shortly before noon. but his
testimony had not all beer taken be-
fore the court too a recess until 2
O'Clock this afternoon.
Beaten with a club until h sank
down to the floor. helpless, doused with
hot or cold water to make her rise.
lifted to her feet only to be pummeled
by Mrs. Kauffman's fists into semi
consciousness again. her wounds filled
with turpentine. and the hired man as
signed to dress the injuries on her
limbs and body when II was found she
could not get out of bed e morning.
was the cruel fate of Miss Polreis. for
which the kauffmans were responsible.
according to the testimony OF the hired
man.
Mas Beaten with eroomstick.
"On several occasions l have seen
Mrs. Kaufman bea the girl agnes
Polreis) with a broomstick," said
Erickson. Tuesday morning OF last
week. three lays before she died. I saw
Mrs. Kaufman beat her terribly with
the handle OF q broom and heard the
girl plead piteously tor mercy. In the
afternoon l went into the kitchen and
saw the girl laying IN a pool OF water
on the 400 Mrs. Kaufman came in
just hen and said hat she threw wa
ter on the girl to make her get up
Was 1t hot or cold water?" asked
the attorney.
Il do not know" repiied the witness.
Did Miss Polreis get up when Mrs.
Kaufman threw the water on herr"
was the next question.
ssAya M r-a, c%fJ1 .f~- <A@~- 40, HL1
Hoo when l entered the kitchen" re-
piled Erickson. "When Mrs. Kaufman
came In she asked me to help her lift
the girl up, and when we a placed
her on her feet Mrs. Kaufman gave
her another beating, berating her at the
same time"
What did she saw to the girl?'
II do not know. as she talked in Ger
a II i do not understand that lam
guage."
Mrs. Kaufman Knocked Her Down.
Mrs. Kaufman gave her a terrible
beating around the head with her fists
and knocked her down, the girl lying
on the floor in an apparently" u%nconsci-
Gus condition"
Did the defendant make any explain
alton for her treatment Of Miss Pol
reis?" asked n of the prosecuting at
torneys.
Yes. she said that the girl was the
IIlOSI otGODOIIl ICdluI BIC ever Sd w.
When was this-the time the de-
PENDANT knocked Miss Polreis down
the day you found her lying in the
pool of water on the foor?"
o Tuesday, In the afternoon-three
days before she died"
did you see Miss Polreis the next
day."
Yes. the next morning. Wednesday.
Mrs. Kaufman asked me to go up
stairs and see what was the matter
with the girl: why she did not get p
What did you find?"
Too III to Get Up.
II found the girl in bed and too Ill to
get up. h seemed to be suffering a
great DEAL"
What did Mrs. Kaufman do when
you reported to herr"
She told me to go back and attend
to the girl. to dress her wounds"
When the defendant told you tc
dress Miss Polreis' wounds did she say
how the girl was hurt"
NO"
What did you do for Miss Polreis
and what wounds did you discover"
II did not notice any wounds OF
bruises on her head at that time. blu,
there were several bad bruises on he,
shoulders n other parts of her body
and her limbs and feet were In a very
bad condition. some OF the skin having
been loosened from one leg. There
were also a number of black and blue
spots on her body"
Are you a doctor?"
mo. but I ixed VI the girl the bes,
I could and made her as comfortable
- possible. bathed the wounds In
water and bandaged them.'
Tvrpsntins 70 Take Out Soreness.
while dressing the girls wounds
noticed a strong smell of turpentine
and when I went down stairs I asked
Mr. K0nnmAn QhnNlf ~ and ahA ao0d
that she put h !urpentine on the