The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-28

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Mrs. Kaufman pnied and locked {
her husband for protection
lie placed his arm about her ~
started across the street ~ AayS
Rurasidc's livery barn.
Mob Breaks Into Fry.
As rhr started away iic .'ir@in'
mob appeared 90 lose AL srfr5lanrt
control ThCH. In fgNni were Iuzhcf
against the prisoner aud her feeble IS
cort.
String her up" came tn cry. &C.
lowed by falsrtto SCREAMS OF the fIlr-
tic women, who shricksd:
Tear her &c picccs!"
They varied this expression VIII
scratch her eyes out. and other
forms OF feminine dcnunciaIion.
Several strong women. with hats
awry from being pushed ana C-cv aci
In the throng. struggled Ecs. ;Sc pr.g.
oner and Fpat on her
There was only the lack Of leader.
ship To make the tkrons one waica
would have wreakcd summary ven.
gcuce on tho woman, practically help
less In this emergency. Tut none np.
pcarcd TO take the Initiative In uclnE
violence and Mrs Kaufman was 81.
most pushed i~to The livery barn.
Feared Further Outbreak.
From here Mrs. Kaufman waE driv-
en- To her home and later. as has been
told. 20 the Jail. II was feared tna'
had she been left nj homo the M
would have done something deEpcral
some fearing that the house would haN
been burned down.
William Fish. Justice az the peace
from parkston, near whore home the
Polrels girl lived. and representing the
general temper OF the whole corr
munity. declared that the members OF
the rarkston delegation would not
leave Sioux Fails until Mrs. Kaufman
was I'm Jail.
II In announced that no immediate
effort VIII be made To secure the re-
lease OF Mrs. Kaufman, not until the
intense feeling against her In this city
subsidies. Then IL Is expected that APP
plicatiun will be made 20 judge Jones
OF the circuit court for her release on
bail. and II this fails 20 resort to habcas
corpus proceedings.
The Alleged Crime.
Tho crime. OF which Mrs Kaufman
is alleged 10 be guilty. is that she
treated her l6-year-old servant. Agnes
Polreis, so brutally. flcndishly. I'm fact.
that the girl died after great suffering.
Twelve weeks after the girl came from
her home near Parkston, strong and
ruddy, her body was sent back In n
coffin. Discovery. almost by accident.
that there were wounds on the young
body. investigation showed there were
forty-nine cuts. abrnsions and bruises.
loose flesh from being scalded. and
flesh burned as II by acid.
Peter Erickson, hired mar nj the
Kaufman home. has testified he saw
his mistress beat the Polreis girl with
a poker and with . broom stick: that
he found her In n pool OF water on the
kitchen floor. unconscious. and II In
suspected this had been hot water: that
he carried her upstairs and 1T the
command OF Mrs. Kaufman anointed
the wounds with turpentinc and APP
piled water and wood ashes TO the ten
der flesh.
Anna Jcnsor and Mrs. Oscar Larson.
former servants Of Mrs. Kaufman. tell
OF her violent. almost demoniacal tenn
per and strange treatment OF them.
Mrs. Kaufman claims the girl fell
down stairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Polreis. parents
OF the dead girl. are poor. but their
cause has been champloned by all the
people Of their home town. and money
In plenty has been pledged TO carry on
the prosecution.
He Would Lead Mob.
Sioux Falls. =. D., June ga man
giving his name a. John MnIoon and
claiming Sioux City as his home was
arrested this afternoon as he was In
the midst of crowd at the Cataract
corner urging the crowd on to vio-
lencc.
He offered To lead II some one would
get a rope and 60 to the Jail. take Mrs.
Kaufman out and hang her. Officcr
Jack Tracey happened along and took
Magoon To the city Jail. He was not
half 40 brave when he fell into the
hands OF the officer.
There has been most strenuous
time this afternoon. Citizens and
strangers are gathered In groups Of
80 To 100 discussing the affairs and
tension II high. tightly drawn.
There have been threats OF burning
tho Kaufman house. IL Is not believed
that any acts OF violence will take
place. The police have good control
OF affairs.
That another arrest OF q sensational!
character will be made In connection
with the Kaufman case Is freely pre-.
dicted this afternoon,
The name John Magoon ls not given
In the city directory and IN not known
to tho police of Sioux City