The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-05
NRS. EMMA KAUFMAN OF SIOUX
FALLS, ARRAlGNED ON MUIR
DER CHARGE.
northwest IS AROUSED
pver the TriaI--AlIeged Awful Beat.
ings Given Girl BY Her Mistress
Defense Will Make
Strong Fight.

fIaureau, D. H., June 1.-The trial
Il Mrs. Emma Kaufman, wife of a
Wealthy brewer, OF Sioux Falls, ac.
used of numbering Miss Agnes Pol.
els, her l6-year-old domestic, opened
lere today, having bel sent here on
mango OF venue from Sioux Falls. The
work OF securing jury, 1t is antici-
'ated, will require several days.
II was just a year ago on Saturday
morning OF last weekJune THAT
b girl ded in a Sioux Falls hospital
rom injuries which the prosecution
VIII allege were inflicted by Mrs.
Kaufman. Twelve davs after the
ieath Of the girl Mrs. Kaufman was
placed under arrest, and her prelimin-
iry hsaring was one of the most SEN
sational incidents in ,.he history of
Sioux Falls.
Her preliminary examination was
inally concluded on Jcne 20 of last
year and following this demonstra-
ion was made against the defendant
as herself and husband we're proceed
ng from the court room to their car
riage.
Native of Hungary.
The dead girl. who was a native of
Austria Hungary, had arrived in South
Dakota from the old country with her
parents during the closing months of
l905. The girl came to Sioux Falls
and entered the employ of Mrs. Kauf.
mann on February Is of last year,
only few weeks after the family ar
rived in South Dakota. and only a lit
lie over three months before she died
at Sioux Falls hospital from mum.
erons wounds, bruises and cuts which
ARE alleged 10 have been inflicted by
Mrs. Kau fmann.
After hr death In local hospital.
en- jane I ifer ramaias We're prepared
| for burial and shipped to the parents
|tf the girl at Parkston, where the
wounds upon the head were dscoy
cred.
After the burial of the remains the
stories of the wounds on her head
were so persistent that an investiga.
tion was made When the body had
been lift from its place in the grave
the other wounds. gashes and bruises
which will play so important part in
the trial of Mrs. Kaufman were dis
covered
To convince the authorities of Min
nehaha county that the girl had been
IL ba rtntt NF Foul sala a1f hx-l
the Parkston people the coffin of the
dead girl was later for the second time
lifted from the grave. The evidence
secured as the result of the second eX-
,amination resulted in the arrest of
Mrs Kaufman on the charge of hav
ing been responsible for the death of
the girl.
Trial TO Be Bitterly Fought.
The tr al will prove TO be the most
famous murder trial in the history Of
South Dakota. The prosecution will
be represented by States Attorney |
Orr of this city, George B. Egan, an at
torney of Logan. Ia. and w. j. Hooper.
The fense will be represented by |
Judge Frank r. Alkens and Harry Il |
Judge of this city, who complete the
law firm of Aikens G. Judge.
The theory of the prosecution is
thai the girl was deliberately beaten
to d ath by Mrs. Kaufman. In sup |
port of this the prosecution will offer
the testimony Of Peter Erickson, the
former hired man of the Kaufmanns
and others bearing upon the alleged
cruel treatment of the girl by Mrs
Kaufman. Among other testimony
will be evidence TO the effect that on
one occasion Mrs. Kaufman threy hot
water on the girl after she had fallen
TO tn, floor from sheer exhaustion.
II is expected the defense will al
lege that a blood-clot on the girls
brain had the effect of preventing her
having control over b rself, so far at
least as the use Of her lower liml
was concerned. and that because OF
this she had frequent falls. The
wounds found upon her body will be
: xplained by these freqrent falls, II
being alleged that on one occasion she
fell down stairs through having no
control over her lower limbs.
Since q few days after the conc.u-
sion Of her preliminary hearing on
June 20 Of last year Mrs. Kaufmlhn
has been at liberty on bonds Of SIS.
900.