The Servant Girl's Trunk Of Horrors
True Crime Historian
Richard O Jones
4.4 • 729 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Episode 388 is not a classic trunk murder, per se, but one of the most dramatic scenes in the narrative comes when the prosecutor opens up a dead girl’s trunk in front of witnesses to speculate on the abuses its contents portend. Two families are ripped apart in this gripping drama where evidence is thin but accusations are as abundant and brutal as the wounds on the poor girl’s dead body.
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| 0:00.0 | Popular.com |
| 0:07.0 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 9, 1906. |
| 0:13.0 | There was a little flurry of excitement in the city when it was learned today that State's Attorney Quinn and |
| 0:21.6 | members of the coroner's jury from Parkston had been in the city for two days investigating |
| 0:26.6 | the death of Miss Agnes Polarice of Parkston, who for about three months had been a domestic |
| 0:32.6 | in the employ of the family of Moses Kaufman. There were rumors of all sorts soon started. The reporter tried to |
| 0:40.6 | consult State's Attorney Quinn regarding the case, but he left the city before he could be seen. |
| 0:46.7 | It was learned, however, that he and the members of the coroner's jury returned home thoroughly convinced |
| 0:52.4 | that Miss Polarise died a natural death. |
| 0:56.0 | Miss Polarice, shortly after taking employment with Mrs. Kaufman, |
| 1:00.0 | showed signs of vertigo. |
| 1:02.0 | She would fall down while crossing the floor. |
| 1:05.0 | Not long ago, Mrs. Kaufman was awakened in the night by noise |
| 1:10.0 | and on investigation found the girl had fallen |
| 1:12.8 | downstairs and cut her head. Mrs. Kaufman dressed the wounds and administered to the girl. |
| 1:20.1 | Later, she was compelled to spend some time in bed, and Mrs. Kaufman nursed her. |
| 1:26.1 | As she would be up and around part of the time, her condition was not considered dangerous. |
| 1:31.3 | A large abscess later developed on one shoulder. |
| 1:35.3 | Mrs. Kaufman dressed this wound and did everything possible to help the girl. |
| 1:40.3 | Finally, last Friday, the girl had grown so bad that Dr. Germain was called, and he advised |
| 1:47.0 | sending the patient to the hospital, as her case looked like a complication of ailments to him. |
| 1:53.0 | This was done. |
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