Trial of Mrs. Kaufmann Captivates Nautman Courtroom
The Kaufmann murder trial at Tlandreau features direct and cross examinations of Peter Erickson, the prosecution’s star witness, amid loud audience reactions including hisses and applause. Erickson testifies about Agnes Poireis’s death and a pool of water incident, while neighbors describe the Kaufmanns’ behavior and efforts to keep the maid in the house. Drs. Billion and Scotfield testify about the autopsy findings, and the court rules on admitting a subpoenaed witness as proceedings continue.
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Tlandreau
Nautmiann
Erickson
Mrs. Kaufmann
Agnes Poireis
Frank R. Aikens
Judge Aikens
Wrickson
Wiis
Mr. Kaufmann
Jude Simits
Ovens
Pinilteay
Wien
Syminn
Ericksoy
Kaufimann
Nkaufmiyn
Agni Poireis
Kaufmann
Jickson
Meutmann
Jerickson
Flandrenau
Agnes Polveis
Mrs. Udell
Udell
Smith
Nelson
T. J. Billion
Sioux Walls
Real estate dealer drowned in Bad River incident
J O Hicks of Kankakee Illinois drowned in the Bad river twenty miles west of Whadoka while his liveryman companion survived by clinging to horses as the buggy tipped in the swift water. Fifty searchers labored for hours to recover the body. Hicks leaves a wife and children.
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Kedoka
S. D
J. O. Hicks
Kankakee
Bad River
Whadoka
Ford
Lewis Dry Goods
Keyes
Hub
Stolteben
Pieckenbreck
Rank Heckell
Richard Harding
Enthusiastic Boost for New Railroad Meeting at Madison
Madison South Dakota June 13. A railroad meeting drew delegates from Madison HMreekings Mitchell Salem Vilas and Orland. Discussion centered on a line from Marshall Minnesota to Madison Mitchell and beyond into the Twin Cities. A temporary organization formed with John Wadden as President J J Todd First Vice President Geo A West Second Vice President D B Miller Secretary John Laskin and C J Skennedy Treasurer. A June 20 Brookings meeting will set up a permanent railroad organization and incorporation.
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Madison
S. D
Hmreekings
Mitchell
Salem
Vilas
Orland
Marshall, Minn
Twin Cities
John Wadden
Lake County Bank of
J. J. Todd
Geo. A. West
Brookings
MNCL
D. B. Miller
John Laskin
Mtreasurer
C. J. Skennedy
The
State Bank
Green bug found in Wheat fields across Deadle County report
J H Windhurst and F L Logan report sighting the green bug in four fields near Huron in Deadle county. The pests are scattered in wheat and oats with no known damage yet. Logan notes previous detections in Sanborn and Yankton counties after starting study in Texas last February.
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Fiuion, & D
Deadle County
J. H. Windhurst
F. 3. Logan
Logan Grain Company
Kansas City
Huron
Logan
Sanborn
Yankton
Texas
Consecration of St Marys Catholic Church in Salem
Salem South Dakota June 13 St Marys Catholic church of this city will consecrate the church and confirm a class of 100 youths on June 18. Bishop OGorman will lead the services with thirty priests from across the state assisting the pastor.
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Salem
S. NP
S. D
St. Mary’s Catholic
O’gorman
McCook County Veterans Association Dissolved in Salem
At the annual reunion in Salem on June 18 the McCook County Veterans association voted to dissolve after fulfilling its purpose. Members cited a too small roster that made annual meetings burdensome and no longer justifiable.
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Salem
S. D
McCook County Veterans’ Association
Trial of Mrs Kaufmann for Agnes Poireis murder continues
In Woonsen county preliminary hearing witnesses tell of Agnes Poireis death with Dr Schofield and Dr Billion testifying on head wounds and blood clot as possible causes. Poireis family members including John Poireis and Mrs Kaufmann show mixed emotions as the case unfolds with embalming records and exhumations discussed.
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Mlandrenu
S. D
John Poreis
Ither
Mimima Kaufmann
Sioux Walla
Ishe
Kaufmann’s
Agnes
William Moorist
Parkston
Schofield
Irl
T. J. Billion
Dillion
Kaufmann
L. D. Miller
Sioux Falls
Agnes V Polreis
William Miller
John Poireis
S. Schofield
WT. J. Billion
Dr. Schofield
Sioux River Sets New High Mark at Falls
Sioux Falls reports 3.71 inches of rain since Friday night with widespread cellar flooding and lightning damage. The Sioux River runs higher than ever for this season. farm stock killed at J C Eldridge. two city houses and water plant chimney damaged.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
J. C. Eldridge
Sioux River
Partners to Try Mas KaupmanK Charge Waruex
Star Witness for State Peter Erickson is closely watched as both sides stay vigilant during a monotone week of legal proceedings.
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Mas
Kaupmank
Charge
Waruex
Peter Erickson
Chronology of Kaufmann Case Highlighted by Indictments
A chronology outlines Agnes Poireis's death in June 1866 with multiple exhumations and public meetings in Parkston. Mrs Kaufmann is arrested and arraigned June 12, hearings extend through June 20 with jail confinement and bail actions. Subsequent motions, continuances, and a May 1507 trial date are noted amid venue changes and court actions.
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Parkston
Sinux Falls
Kaufmann
Uutmann
Wheelock
Supreme Court
Vierre
Aike Joe Lyrs
Iurmann
Sioux Walls
Ntenah
Aikens
Jones
Alkens
Plandreau
Deliberations Begin as Mrs Kaufmann Trial Opens
Jurors sworn for the murder trial of Mrs. Emma Kaufmann with the first witnesses from Sioux Falls detailing wounds and bruises on Agnes Poirers. Prosecution outlines cruel killing while the defense prepares to challenge star witness Peter Erickson.
Sioux Falls Saloon Licenses Face City Move
Sioux Falls council shows anti-saloon stance with plans to refer license applications to a fire and police committee. Alderman Sherman seeks cut to fifteen licenses by July first and a later cap of one saloon per thousand residents. Mayors orders bar transfers barred and dumb waiters closed to wine rooms.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Sherman
Committee On Fire and Police
Alderman Sherman
Watertown Switchyard Tragedy Claims Young Clem ent
Bert Clement Jr son of a Watertown hotel owner was killed while volunteering to replace a sick yard switchman. A car jumped the track during shunting and crushed him under wheels and again as it struck the elevator, ending a quarter century as a Burlington railroad man in Watertown.
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Watertown
S. C
Bert Clement, Jr
B. L. Clement
Clements
Clement
Mr. Clement, Jr
Burlington
Twice Destroyed Church Hit Again in Lightning Strike
Arlington South Carolina residents of the Norwegian Lutheran church at Sinai report their church has been struck by lightning. The current building, one of the area’s finest, suffered a tower damage worth several hundred dollars after the bolt riddled it. The previous two structures were burned by lightning and carried away by a tornado respectively.
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Arlington
S. C
Norwegian Lutheran Church At
Sinai
Eight Hour Day Wins In South Dakota Mine Settlement
Miners in the Black Hills end a five month strike after operators agree to an eight hour day with a 25 cent daily cut for three months. About 700 workers return to operations at locations including Mogul Wasp No 2 Golden Reward Imperial Dakota Ludberg Dorr and North Homestake.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Terry Peak
Hills
Mogul
Wasp No. 2
Golden Reward
Imperial
Dakota
Ludberg Dorr
Wison
Portland
Clinton
Maitland
Gitledge Maid
Golden Crest
North Homestake
Veterans to Meet in Hot Springs Next Year
Huron South Dakota June. The twenty fourth annual encampment of Grand Army Republic and Women's Relief Corps closed today to meet in Hot Springs next June. Colonel Patton of Mason City Iowa addressed the audience as did General Silsby of Mitchell. New officers were installed and gold watches presented to retiring leaders N I Lowthian and Mrs Laura Harmon. G A R officers elected: Commander Thomas C Delan Plankinton senior vice E M Thomas Huron junior vice W W H Loucks Trent medical director J H Smith Huron chaplain C B Clark Deadwood. WR C officers elected: President Mary Brown Sioux Falls senior vice Almira Stowell Aberdeen junior vice C Helen Snyder Oneida treasurer Cora Kerr Deadwood.
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Ismeer Cook
Laura Harmon
Thomas C. Delan
Plankinton
E. M. Thomas
Huron
W. WH. Loucks
Trent
J. H. Smith
C. B. Clark
Deadwood
Woman's Relief Corps
Mary Brown
Sioux Falls
Almira Stowell
Aberdeen
C. Helen Snyder
Oneida
Cora Kerr
Twelve graduates pass from state school of mines Rapid City
Rapid City South Dakota June twelve young men were graduated from the state school of mines Hollis Overpeck Oscar Anderson Claude Van Nuys Leon Wells Milton Morris Charles Whitmore Lloyd Mellinger Bernard Matson Otto Ellerman Landis Cornell Francis Bryant and Frank Anderson. Superintendent T J Grier of the Homestake King addressed the class.
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Rapid City
S. D
State School of Mines
Hollis Overpeck
Oscar Anderson
Claude van Nuys
Leon Wells
Milton Morris
Charles Whitmore
Lloyd Mellinger
Bernard Matson
Otto Ellerman
Landis Cornell
Francis Bryant
Frank Anderson
T. J. Grier
Homestake King
Omhar Huff Sentenced to Life in Murder Case
Aberdeen South Dakota June 8 Omhar Huff who pleaded guilty to the murder of Adolph Welsh in the Sherman house saloon January 22 last was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor by Judge McCoy in circuit court.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Omhar Huff
Adolph Welsh
Sherman House
McCoy
Circuit Courte
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Bugsy
Illingisan
Veterans’ Association
Wnirs
L. Dpd
Falls
Flandreau
Sever Benson
C. Buck
Irving Stombaugh
I. G. Pettigrew
B. F. Nichols
A. G. Platts
Ind
Benewise
William Cone
Ben Nace
Christian Lee
George Pearly
Ray Pierce
George B. Hyiun
Egan
Han
Agnes Py
Sna Yanton
Arthur A. Sneshail
Sioux Palls
Agnes Poirers
Isaufmann
Paksston
Janette Larson
Isaur- Wan
A. M. Phoerpburg
Miss Larson
F. E. Coutts
Sioux Falls Hospital
Emma Kaufmann
George B. Eogan
S. H. Cochran
Cochran & Ian
Omaha
John T Polreis
Elizabeth
Bert Clement
Hot Springs
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