The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-14
WOUNDS On HEAD
ENOUGH 70 KILL HEh
Or. SchoffeId Of Parkston Testi
fies Regarding Polreis
Girls Death.
HE is MORE CONFIDENT
AZ Preliminary Hearing He Was Mo-
Sure of Fatality of Iniuri
of Dead Girl on the Stand
Mrs. kaufma nm Calm.

F'lanareau, S. D., June l3.-John Po
reis. .ather of the girl for whose dealt
Mrs. Emma Kaufman, of Sioux Falli,
is on trial here for murder, was on
the witness stand Monday a. IN. he
lis a German. stolid and emotionless,
and through an Interpreter he told OF
the general health of his daughter when
she went TO the kaufmann's to live.
According TO the father, Agnes had
never been ill, not even having the
simple diseases which children usual
lv have. She never took any medi-
cine and never had a doctor. She was
strong and ruddy With the health of
youth according to the fathers tesu-
,lony, who explained how the arrange
ment for the girl to go to the kauf-
nann's was made through William
Moeller, a merchant of Parkston.
Wounds Were Mortal.
Surprise was occasioned this morning
when Dr. Schofield, OF Parkston, tes-
titled that III his opinion the three
iiNtt'A
have been mortal, without amy compll-
cations from other injuries. AT the
preliminary hearing, June 20, Or.
Schoffield said he was not sure lhat
ithe aggregate injuries would nave
caused the GIRLS death.
Witness VAS present when the pody
was exhumed on both occasions, June 3
and o and said that there was no
water i'm the grave on the first date
and not enough to coNer the body the
second time. He described the wounds
on the body in detail, as developed by
the post mortem. The worst We're
three injuries on top of the head and
three at the base OF the BRAN. one of
the former he thought might have been
caused by Il ssemi-blunt instrument and
another by q blunt Instrument The
scratches cuts and abrasions We're de-
JAILED at length.
The girls heart and other organs
were normal, according to the Wit
Injuries Caused Death.
Dr.. r. j. Billion testified that the
blood clot was due to external violence;
that il might have been caused by one
or all of the wounds on the head, and
he attributed the death of the girl to
the clot, together with the injuries Oh
the head and over the body
On cross examination DR.. Billion was
asked if he was not prejudiced against
the defendant At first he denied IT,.
but when asked if he had not stated
to other physicians that he was, he ad-
mtted that he was prejudiced against
the defendant at the preliminary ex-
animation of Mrs. Kaufman. DR.. Bill
lion was q witness then, and stated
that he was not certain as to just what
could have caused the death of Agnes
Polreis. He was asked about this to-
day on cross examination, and stated
lin reply that he was in doubt as to
the cause until himself and other
physicians made an examination of the
girls brain last week. DR.. Billion was
iprt sent at Parkston on Saturday night,
June 9. of last year, when the body of
the girl was for the second time re-
moved from the grave and examined
| by a number of physicians.
/ Among the other witnesses exam
ined was L. d. Miller, proprietor of the
| undertaking parlors at Sioux Falls to
| which the remains of Agnes Polreis
| were sent to be embalmed after her
| death, and from where the remains
! We're Skipped to the girls parents af-
ter a physician's certificate as to the
cause of her death had been furnished.
The testimony OF William Miller, of
| parkston; John Polreis. father of the
dead girl: DR.. S. Schotield, of ParlSston.
and DIR. T. ]. Billion, of Sioux Falls,
also was taken during the day. The
| cross tNallillldtlol Oh LII. ScIlbltelG NTS
| not concluded until we'll into the after
noon.
Defendant Not So Nervous.
The first witness this morning was
| L. ID. Miller, proprietor of the under
takers establishment which had charge
of embalming the body of the Polreis
| girl. He merely explained the formali-
ties Of the task, and his testimony
agreed With that of his assistant
| SnaShall SATURDAY.
Mrs. kautmann appears in better
| spirits today. Saturday when the tes-
timony opened she was clearly nervous
Today she is ses contained and evinces
| the kecnest interest in all that is said
Mrs. Polreis, mother of the dead girl
| has been unable to stand the strain OF
the trial, although she could not UNI
derstand a word of the proceedings
and has beea taken back to Parlston
She was not in the court room again
after her sensational action when she
| rose. claspcd her hands above her head
and started toward the prisoner. She
was quickly restrained. What she pur-
posed doing. can only be conicctured.
There are quite number of womel
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