The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
ON TRAIL.
Opening of the Emma Kaufman
Murder Case at
Flandreau.

mes Polreis her servant girl, in June OF
last year, was called in special session
of circuit court in this place this morn.
ing.
Judge Z. G.. Smith of Yankton will
sit in a special session of the Moody
county circuit court Venires for a
special panel of 100 talesmen have been
Issued.
| Attorneys in the case are Aikens &
Judge of Sioux Falls for the defense,
and States Attorney Orr of Minnehaha
county, assisted by Geo. W Eagan OF
Logan, Iowa, will prosecute.
No crime ever committed in the
northwest has received greater publici-
ty, created more harsh and biased criti
cism, and kept on keen edge of inter.
est 80 long as that which is now known
throughout the country as "the kauf-
mann case.
| There was testimony at the prelimi
nary hearing that there were six gashes
Oh the head of the girl, several expos
ing the skull and one on the scapula
| through which bone was protruding
one finger was broken and the bone
| was protruding; the lower limbs were
bare of skin; and there were many Sc
we're bruises and contusions.
There was a crowd of 200 people at
the depot when the defendant arrived
from Sioux Falls. There was no dem
onstration. The crowd was orderly
They grouped about the coach as the
train pulled in and outside of showing
some ordinary curiosity there was
nothing in their conduct to indicate
that the people were not friendly to
| the defendant.
There was not murmur III the
crowd, no pushing or undue haste In
surrounding a surrey which had been
chartered in advance to take Mrs,
Kaufman. her husband and son to the
st. Vincent hotel.
Mrs. Kaufman bore the ordeal well.
She walked firmly from the car to the
surrey and entered, assisted by her hus-
band She wore a tailored gown OF
brown, a brown hat. and heavy dark
green veil which partially shielded heI
profile from the spectators.
| At the st. Vincent hotel Mrs. Kauf'
mann went at once to her looms, &C
companied by Mr. Kaufman and
luncheon was served in her apartment.
| Charles Kaufman walked to the hotel
with Judge Aikens.
| At the hotel few men witnessed the
arrival of the party. Everyone seemed
| hY1i
the indications are that there is nc
heated feeling against her here and that
her counsel knew the temper OF the
people of Flandreau when he sought 8
change of venue to Moody county.
Mr.. and Mrs, Kaufman and their
son have taken up their temporary
abode with F. J. Mead, prominen
grain dealer. Mr.. Meads residence il
adjacent to the Moody county cour
house, and choice of this asylum dur
ing the trial was made undoubtedly tc
offer as much seclusion for the defend
ant as is possible. Mead house is JUS
across the highway from the place o.
trial.
| The star witness for the prosecution
Peter Erickson, former hired man o.
the Kaufmanns will testify that OF
one occasion Mrs. Kaufman admitted
to him that she had poured hot waite
on the girl after she had fallen on th'
floor flom sheer exhaustion, in order
as she is alleged to have said, to ge
her up."
| On several occasions the girl wa
seen on her knees before Mrs Kauf
mann, with her hands upraised in al
appealing manner, as though pleading
for mercy at the hands of her mistress
E.ickson will testify that at least OF
one occasion Mrs. Kaufman had thu
girl batne her feet and limbs with tur
pentine and with ashes soaked il
water, Corning lye), for the puIpos'
of reducing the swelling in her limbs.
The defense, in brief, will, it is be
lieved, be based upon the ground tha
the girl was affected with anemia ant
vertigo, and that these ailments, to
gether with blood clot found upon he
brain after her death, had the effect o
preventing her having control over be
limbs, and that, because of this, sh
had frequent falls, which caused tn'
bruises, gashes and wounds discovered
by the physicians.
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