The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-14
DEATH DUE
TO BLOWS ON HEAD
TWO PHYSICIANS TESTIFY IN
THE KAUFMAN MURDER
TRIAL.
ACCUSED WOMAN IS CALM
DOCTORS TELL r BLOOD CLO1S
ON BRAIN AND NURSES DE-
SCRIBE WOUNDS.

Following the completion of a jury
to try the case Of Mrs. Emma Kauf
mann Of Sioux Falls, charged with
the murder of her yong domestic. Ag
mes Polreis, rapid progress was made
in the case. The examination of tales
men was almost continuous for q
week.
The following men were finally &C
cepted and sworn:
Sever Benson, farmer; Ed Benne
wiz, farmer and school teacher; Will
lam Cone, farmer; c. Buck, farmer;
Ben Mace, farmer; Christian Lee
farmer; L. G. Pettigrew, farmer;
George Pearly, farmer; Ray Pierce
farmer; B. F. Nichols, carpenter; A
G. Platts, carpenter and farmer.
After the jury had been sworn
George B. Egan. for the state, read
the information charging Mrs. Kauf
mann with murder and announced
that Mrs. Kaufman already had en-
tered a plea Of not guilty.
Mr.. Egan made the opening state
ment for the state, setting forth in de
tail the allegations which would be
produced by the testimony of wit.
nesses to show that Agnes Polreis
had been the victim of a cruel and
wanton murder, and that Mrs. Kauf.
mann was guilty Of the crime.
Flandreau, S. D., June 12.-That Ag'
mes Polreais' death was due to blood
clots on the brain and these clots were
caused by external violence was the
testimony Of two physicions at the
trial Of Mrs. Emma Kaufman OF
Sioux Falls yesterday.
Both Of the physicians questioned
took part in the examinations Of the
body, made after it had been exhumed,
and their testimony was substantially
identical.
Counsel and Witnesses Clash.
Two clashes between counsel fol
the defense and the witnesses occ...
red. The first came when DR., Soho
field of Parkston told OF having exam
ined the girls brain and preserved A.
and of taking it apart during the ex
animation. Judge Aikens, attorney
for the defense, demanded:
who told you to do that carving?
CDR. Scho1eld explained that he had
had the courts permission to make
the examination; that the dissection
was necessary to hat process and
that the parts had been replaced in
their normal positions. 1t also devel'
oped that the brain is still in his pos.
session and is In this city, though it
was not said that it would be offered
as evidence,
Death Due to Wounds.
DR.. Schoield declared that in his
opinion the three wounds on the girls
head would have been fatal, regard
less Of complications from other in
juries. The witness testified that the
heart, stomach, kidneys, liver and
other organs we're normal when the
examination was held.
DR.. Billion Of Sioux Falls was the
other witness involved in a clash with
counsel. He was accused by Judge
Of being prejudiced against the
defendant. He denied this at first,
but later admitted that he had some
such feeling. His testimony, however,
differed little from that Of DR.. Soho
Four New Witnesses.
During yesterdays session the testi.
of four additional witnesses
was taken and some of the witnesses
who were examined Saturday were re-
called, these last being Miss Janet E.
Larson and Miss F. E. Coutts, the for
mer superintendent and the latter a
nurse In the Sioux Falls hospital
Agnes Polreis died. They were
recalled for the purpose Of identifying
the hospital record Of the dead girl.
They also testified regarding the
wounds. cuts and bruises found upon
the girls body when she was received
into the hospital.
Father Of Girl Testifles.
Among the other witnesses exam.
med yesterday vas L. D. Miller, pro-
of the undertaking parlors at
Sioux Falls, to which the remains OF
Agnes Polreis were sent to be en-
balmed after her death.
The testimony OF William Miller OF
John Polreis, father of the
lead girl; DR.. Schofeld Of Parkston
and DR.. T. J. Billion of Sioux Falls
also wal taken during the day.
John Polreis, father Of the dead
girl. testified that she had always been
In good health.