The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-06
BOYCOTT may GROW
OUT or THE KAUFMAN
MURDER CASE; LETTER
People Of Parkston, Home o.
Dead Girl, Write to Sioux
@ Falls Jobbers.

| near approach OF the commencement OF
| the trial of Mrs. Emma Kaufman. ol
| this city, on the charge of having muir
| dered her domestic, has been createu
by the flooding OF the Sioux rams joy,
| bers and business men with copies OF q
| letter prepared under the direction OF d
COMMITTEES of citizens at Parkston VINO
| are actively engaged in the prosecution
! Of Mrs. Kaufman.
Some weeks ago the citizens COM
mittee engaged special attorneys, Two
from Iowa and one from South DahvIs., 49,,
to assist states Attorney Orr, OF this
| city. in prosecuting the case The pur-
nose of sending out the letters at this
| time is to induce IL possible, the sioux
| Fails iobbers and business men to con-
| tribute toward the fund for the pay
ment OF the special attorneys. IL rs
claimed that when read between tne
| lines the letters intimate that JopDers
| who do not consent to contribute VIII
suffer loss of trade at the hands OF sucn
! of the Parkston business men as can
| be influenced by the members OF lhe
committee. ~.
| The circular letters sent out by the
| parkston committee evidently have
been printed in large numbers, Tor
single Sioux Falls jobbing house alone
| received eleven of them from dlnereht
| sources. The letters read as follows:
The Kaufman case needs no foTmai m ~
PRODUCTION: you have heard all about ~,
| but you probably nave not heard OF our
! interest IN the case. When the mutilated
body of Agnes Polreis arrived here we
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 thv the poor nnrsoS ou You
know II was no easy matter TO secure the
| arrest of Mrs. Kaufman owing 70 the
prominence and influence OF her husoaha,
and your states attorney, did not give
rredence to our proof until two or your
! physicians came here and more than Yeri-
fed proofs offered by US. l..
getting action in this case which has so
far been peid entirely by us, and hntAng
lt necessary to continue this expense we
are again asking all justice-loving cltlzehs
TO contribute Iiberally, and to jobbers and
business men of Sioux Fails we wall say
that we have no apology to offer; thls
crime was not committed here; Y rs easy s.
for you and your county, and had 1t not
been for us the murderer of Agnes Poi'
reis would have escaped without the pun,
lie even knowing that such crime mao
Now as your county commissioners anG
your states attorney have done apsolutely
nothing towards assisting us In a nnancla
way In paying expenses incurred IN gettlis
evidence etc, we must put the case up 70
the business men OF Sioux Falls, especially
since we have seen that many sioux Fans
Mrs. Kauffman's bond, in the first place.
and again to make affidavtts declaring sne
could not secure a fair trial in Minnehaha
county, all of which makes It more ex.
pensiVe for us, as the accused would pc
ready for trial had she been compelled TO
remain in Jail as people on Srial Tor muir
DER nearly always are Mr eoRPefga KbPmman Should
not cut any figure in this case; lawaoidlne
citizens must not assist wealthy person
accused of murder in getting out easy
Ifnar &c n Ginnx
bers whom we take TO be men who Will &c
their share towards securing a fair trial
and paying part expense (Which should, IN
| fact be entirely paid by your county,
Send your. contributions to w. IL. shaw
ssfsSsieF ssf5S. Hutchinson County 0anN' OF fa'A,
Quite a number of these letters may 60
| to the same party but the results will be
kept confidential by u.s. as we are not pro-
| claiming our work from the housetops, al
though we are determined TO secure 2
| thorough trial of this case. we consider IL
| a duty to humanity and 1t Is even more 50
| your duty to assist in crime being pun.
ished in your midst; we have done out
| 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.
| The entire costs of prosecuting the
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 single
| penny Of the thousands of dollars
| which 1t will cost the taxpayers OF
! Minnehaha county before the Kaufman
case 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
1 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 on their own responsibility
4 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 the prosecution of the Kauff-
man case.
/ BANK FEELS NO EFFECT
OF LUMBER COMPANY FAILURE
| Vienna, >, D., June 3.'-lt was reared
in some quarters that the recent en-
| barrassment of the Eggen Lumber
company would affect the First Ma
tional bank, of this place, of which H.
/ @. Eggen was president, but such will
4 not be the case. II. G. Eggen has re-
tired from the presidency of the insti-
tuition, the new president being A. M.
! Sogn. The bank has been reorganized
| with the following officers: President,
A. NJ. Sogn; vice president Louis
Brekke; cashier, j. Benjamin Graslie.