The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-13

Flandreau, S. D., June 1.-THE jury
as finally sworn in to try Mrs. Emma
Kaufman is made up as follows:
Sever Benson, farmer.
c. Buck. farmer.
Irving S~tombaugh, farIner.
e. G.. Pettigrew. arfne
b. +. Nichols, carpenter.
"A. G. Platts, carpenter and farmer
Ed. BeneWise, farmer.
William Cone, farmer.
Ben Mace, farmer.
Christian Lee, farmer.
George Pearly, farmer.
Ray Pierce, farmer.
After the jury had been sworn in
George 3. Egan, for the state, read the
information charging Mrs. Kaufman
with the crime of murder, and after
concluding this announced that Mrs.
Kaufman already had entered q plea
of not guilty.
The state withdrew it's motion,
court Tuesday afternoon, hat there
should be a separation of the wit
neSses during the time the trial was
In progress.
Opening Statement by E:aan.
Mr.. Egan made the opening state
ment for the state. setting forth il
detail the facts which would, he said,
be proved by the testimony of Wit
neSses. to show tina Agnes PoIreis
had been the victim of a cruel and
wanton murder. and that Mrs. Kaaf-
mann was guilty CT the crime OF end
Ing her life Attorney Egan made d
concise statement, which was listened
to with the closest attention by The
attorneys, court attaches, court OIL
Gals and the several hundred spec
tators who crowded the court room
to Its mo capacity as soon as it
became known that a jury finally had
been u after & tedious delay
n that the offering of testimony
was to commence.
The first witness called was AR
thur A. Snashall, a Sioux Falls un-
dertaker. who prepared the body of
Agnes Polreis for burial, He told of
having been summoned to the Kauf-
mann home with his ambulance to
take the girl TO the hospital.
This was about 10 O'Clock on the
morning of Friday. June /, of last
year. About s o'clock i'll the even
ing Of that day he was summoned to
he hospital to remove the body of
the girl, who had died between 5 and
6 O'Clock.
The witness described the wounds,
bruises and abrasions discovered by
him upon her body and head at the
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limbs We're wrapped, so he did not
notice their condition.
On cross examination the witness
stated that while or the way from the
Kaufman home TIC the hospital, the
girl was alive and gave u%tterance to
several exclanlaticnS in Il foreign
tongue. He also told of having been
present at Parkston on June 10, when
h remains for the second time were
removed from their place in the grave
and examined by physicians. and
stated that there was six or eight
time the remains were raised to the
surface of the ground.
Hospital Superintendent Called.
The second witness was Miss jeanette
Larson. superintendent of the hospital
whore the girl died. She described at
considerable length the nature of the
wounds, bruises, cuts and abrasions,
and told OF hat had been done for the
girl during the time she was in the
hospital prior to her death. She min
uteiy described the wounds, etc., and
referred to asnuynber of h.lack and blue
spots which she noticed upon the body
OF the girl. Sheatestiied. among other
things. that bruises upon each of the
shoulder blades were black and of gan.
| grenous appearances. This gangenrous
lzcondttion, tosjudse from the import
once accorded III blythe cross exarililaa.
Elton by the defense. will play a d
| siderable part in the line OF defense
toS pc followed in behalf OF Mrs. Kauf.
mann.
Ihie tflira Witness was Kiss Al nj
Thcrnburg.s a professional nurse. lwl.e
naqS assig44ed To berthe duty%oflcal.
ing for Agnes ESoireis after she hai
been taken to the hospsfstI Her tas.
tdIaaony vas niolss much the same liz:
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