The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-06
BOYCOTT MAY GROW
OUT OF The KAUFMAN
MURDER CASE; LETTER
People of Parkston, Home Of
Dead Girl, Write to Sioux
Falls Jobbers.

thing OF q SenSallOH, III view VI ~
near approach of the commencement OF
the trial of Mrs. Emma Kaufman. OF
This city, on the charge of having mur,
dered her domestic, has been created
by the flooding of the Sioux rails 1op'
bers and business men With copies or .
letter prepared under the direction or d
committee of citizens at Parkston Who
are actively engaged in the prosecutor
of Mrs. Kaufman.
Some weeks ago the citizens COM
mittee engaged special attorneys, two
from Iowa III n from South Dakota,
to assist States Attorney Orr, of this
| city, in prosecuting the case. me pur-
pose of sending out the letters at THIS
| time is to induce, if possible, the Sioux
| Falls jobbers and business men to con-
| tribute toward the fund for the pay
ment of the special attorneys. 1t is
claimed tina when read the
| lines the letters intimate that jobbers
who do not consent to contribute Will
suffer loss Of trade at the hands or such
of the Parkston business men as can
be influenced by the embers of tho
committee.
Flood of Letters Sent.
The circular letters sent out by the
Parkston committee evidently have
been printed in large numbers, for a
single Sioux Falls jobbing house alone
received eleven Of them from different
sources. Inc lelleIS leStl DIS
The Kaufman case needs no formal IN
troduction; you have heard ell about 1t,
but you probably have not heard OF our
interest in the case; When the mutilated
body of Agnes Polreis arrived here We
organized for the purpose of discovering
who so cruelty tortured this girl to death.
This was done because the girls parents
are very poor people, nevertheless poverty
gives or should give the poor as much
right to live as a wealthy person. You
know 1t was no easy matter to secure the
arrest of Mrs. Kaufman owing TO the
prominence and influence of her husband,
and your states attorney did not give
credence to our proof until two of your
physicians came here and mere than Verl-
fed proofs offered by US.
A great expense was incurred by US IN
getting action in this case, which has SO
far been paid entirely by US, and flntA1g
it necessary to continue this expense we
are again asking all justice-loving citizens
to contribute literally, and to jobbers and
business men of Sioux Falls we will say
that we have no apology to offer; this
crime was not committed here: 1t is a case
for you and your county, and had 1t not
been for us the murderer of Agnes Pol
refs would have escaped without the pub
lie even knowing hat such q crime had
been committed.
Now as your county. commissioners and
your states attorney have done absolutely
nothing towards assisting us in a financial
way in paying expenses incurred In getting
evidence, ETC., we must put the case up to
the business men Of Sioux Falls, especially
since we have seen that many Sioux Fails
men have shown themselves ready to sign
Mrs. Kauffman'S bond, in the first place.,
and again to make aftidavits declaring she
could not secure a fair trial in Minnehaha
county, all of which makes it more eX-
pensive for us, as the accused would be
ready for trial had she been compelled to
remain in Jail as people on trial for muir
h htgh nearly ar nd always os are Me- co Kanffma 70 90 sho INA
not cut any figure in this case; lawabiding
citizens must not assist a wealthy person
accused of murder in getting out easy.
We are sending this to Sioux Falls job
bers whom We take to be men who will do
their share towards securing a fair trial
and paying part expense (Which should, in
Send your contributions to w. H. Shaw
cashier Hutchinson County bank, of Park
ston.
Quite a number of these letters may &c
to the same party. but the results will be
kept confidential by us, as we are not pro-
claiming our work from the housetops. all
thong we are determined to secure Q
thorough trial of this case; we consider II
a duty to humanity alsl it is even more SC
duty to assist in crime being pun
ished in your midst; we have done our
duty in pointing this one out to you.
Contribute Only as Taxpayers.
In well Informed quarters the opinion
is expressed that practically nothing
will be contributed by the business
men of Sioux Falls toward the fund for
the payment of the special attorneys.
4 IS GtllIlS SOSIS VI pIOSSCullIlS lIlS
Kaufman case will be paid by the tax
payers of this (Minnehaha) county,
While the people of Parkston and
Hutchinson county will not lawfully be
responsible for the payment of a single
penny of the thousands of dollars
which it will cost the taxpayers of
Minnehaha county before the Kaufman
cas- finally is disposed of.
The business men of Sioux Falls and
the people of Minnehaha county, are as
determined as the people of Parkston
and Hutchinson county that the case
against Mrs. Kaufman shall be pros
ecuted to the end, no matter what that
end may be. The business men Of
Sioux Falls pay a good proportion of
the entire taxes of Minnehaha county
and therefore will pay their just pro-
portion of the costs of the Kaufman
case. They do not hesitate to say that
to contribute to the fund for the pay
ment of special attorneys, who were
engaged by the citizens committee of
Parkston or their own responsibility
and without giving the business men
of Sioux Falls an opportunity to sug-
gest or consult as to what special at
torneys should be engaged, would be
equivalent to requiring them to pay
double for h prosecution Of the Kauff-
man case.