Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-06-22
DOCTOR CR|LLED;:
STOR|ESCONF FL-ICT.
S. OIney, M. D., on Witness
Stand in Kaufman Case
Has to Explain

Too Il INs.gV.
'''ouN ans was bIll'eo vi li'e "i1''sS'
stand in the Kaufman murder case
ttie ,,orri,. ~. ro,,,,,, Attorya,,
George r logan Tor tbe efSte
= The nurnnss 80 tn sbo,o that the
direct isstir,oy,, ,i,,ao ~ NJ ONE
tyesterdav afterno0, In aunnort of the
Contention of the defense maj Agnes
IpoIreis sar,a,,t ~ Ntro IIa,,f,,,9,,,
came to her deatb rom The effacta ~
diabetes. was IargeIv IN confjicf Win
the testimony given nv the sap,a Wit
ness at the preliminary hearing exact
ly one year ago.
TO make his poipt Attorney Topar
read nearly the entire transcri1t of Sr
Olreys testimony az the preliminary
hearing, several apparent digcreDancies
appearing. Replying to a question to-
day witness said:
"Anemia would have contributed to
the wounds on the shoulders Of Agnes
'Polreis but wouiu not have caused the
wounds in Itself alone A deficiency OF
blood might have accounted for the
condition OF the cuts"
Cats Had O4L.r Oil;
.,. - 's' O''sH'
buI Will a,,a anSilia alohe nave pro-
T'opan A''o'hey
NO" was the responsa "tbat ,,o,Ia
uava been a n1vsicaI iror,ossit,ttt,, " ""'N
Counsel for state ana 6afenea ,,,,,,,
pled hotIv over the nat,,ra of tb I.
examination the state cIai,ninor - "a
the right TO 20 over ali of tie tastt-
nnonv or Or OIuev taken a. ~, 80
himinarv hearing ana 10 1sp -.
DENYING that right
I'VE can ask" Said states co,,nsa,
"yVhy witness sees tbfrgg difec,a,,.t,
now from what he saw tben, . ,.,a,
ago?" 49,
Judge Smith ruled tho state di4 not
have the right to prove thai taetiTo[,,,.
was false but could show wherein dis9
crepancies exist in his testimony now
and then
DR. Olney explained tho apnaror,,
conflict bv stating his oripi,ai 49,.
were expressed within three or fo,,r
days after the post mortum axamina-
tion Of the body Of the Polreis oirI a,a
that he had not had opportnnttv m
fully digest the results Of this ex3p,i-
nation. year ago, DR. Olney who was
one OF several physicians to exhume
ana examine the BODY OF the girl for
whose alleged murder Mrs. Kaufman
ls now on trfti' testlhed that the cuts
Rlld WOUNDS could not have been
caused py olapetes'
Mrs. Kaufman Absorbed
Mrs. Kaufman this morning evinoad
the keenest interest in the proceedings
and was much absorbed In tho tins
between the attorneys. The sberiff tbis
morning had the women and men in
the court room separated as rnuch as
possible. Fully 200 women were snecta1
TORS today There was no spusatio,ol
aDplause or other demonstration as on
Other occasions
Z The cross-examination OF Dr Coz
main the Kaufman family phvsician
VINO testified Yesterday thai Agnes Pol
ireia had died of disease was saarCbi,a !
Attorney Logan. for the state NOT sraT |
ling the nhysician's feelings ln the laagt
T o,an Sc himself a medical studont ani
he made the old practitioner side-stan
or S:.-5rc,IIaSly51o y - - - = 7'ep
"iSr m = Garynain said vastarda,, ~.
-, tho ar,huiarca ,a,oa ~ ~, ~
Italrate gt,I Ia tba hosnItal tha ~
nIeadad with her mistress 70 e,n ,Ie,I,I
p,i,h Sar ana that hotb nist1ese o,l3
oid Via Went teara in en,ars,, r75,,t,,ni t,,sd
distress.
Defense Denien Evervthjno.
I r,anaraa,, 9 n Tnno f71ud,a
,I,sr,r ..lS1n.ai fIr NJ, Kaufn,apn
thia ,1,osntne, ATTN tho nnenina, |
,.I, s,,a9 ,,ar,a. s .,a1 Iaea9,,o s,aid.
w. dont, aI,arvtbing Tbia Sc opr
ldafa,,sa ,riora is nnf eyi5anre enough |
~, s,n,,,t,t 49,. a,,n,, 10 ,,, a,r,,labotion
t,,e,s raaan rrha,.e ,,,es ,nt 4, ,yo,1T,d an |
As-,,,s pal,oia, boay ca,sed IN, The aa- |
lfandanf
.@rha,,, noe not a wound NJ anx, Kind |
sac 6af tes ad pan q
ne stated the evidence ar defense /
ivol,ld estanltsb that Tho sores or
wounds duplicatad an each of the |
,shculder nIades 81 the elbows on the
Knees and those On tha fear and toes |
were the resuIt of 4 disease known AZ |
diabetes that this same disease would |
account for the blood cIot found on the /
girls brain. he stated further that !
Drs. schofleld ard Billion witnesses |
for the state. had observed on one oc- |
lcasion that this disease SO affected the |
skin that the least pressure viii leave |
ia wound.
This, Judge Aikens said, would be es-
tablished by evidence which had not |
been destroyed, and by physicians OF |
high standing. He referred 10 what ne |
termed the inconsistencies of the case |
ean,;,. ph.sio;.. ra..ieo
r., NJ cay,,S s,ia,,. NM
,I<aufmanns' family nhvsician was the |
f,rst witness called far the dafa"se lie
told OF being called to the Kaufmann |
home at o'clock on the morning OF
June /, last year. by the sickness of |
Agnes Poreis. whom he found in a
greatly weakened, anemie condition.
He made a medical examination OF The |
girl and discovered that she was af- |
fected by diabetes, mellitus and on his
suggestion il was determined To send |
khe girl to the hospital al once where
she could be cared for IN 4 proper
manner. Although weak the girl was
conscious and when being taken TO the
ambulanca said To Mrs Kaufmann
Mrs. Kaufman, | don't want 10 60
10 the hospital. | don't want 10 so TO
the hospital. you must come 10 the
hospital with me- YOU must come with |
me-"
Shed Sympa thetic Tears.
At the time. witness said hoth hfrg
Ixoufroann ana me erirl v,era v.eerj,,s,
.rbe eirl was CARRIED ~ the ,n,h,,io,,l.a
IN peter Erirkson star u,itress fos
tba nrosecntion Nyifness etataa ba |
M an,laoaf tba ,rir, e,,5 4, o,.,,a,. n. 80