The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
HUNDREDS Of
CURIOUS ONES
VISITED FARM
Scene of Many Murders an
Attraction Not to Be
Overlooked.
CROWDS MADE MERRY
OVER THE TRAGEDIES
SUNDAY GIVEN OVER TO SIGHT
SEEING AND INVESTIGATION
TOT RESUMED TODAY.

Laporte Ind, May 10.-An roads in La
porte county led to the Guinness farm to-
day, more than 1900 sightseers visiting
the place of death before the sun set.
Practically every able-bodied resident of
this city made the trip and the railroads
and trolley fines brought about 4,oG0 more
10 the city.
Mayor barrow found it necessary to is
sue stringent orders that the Sunday clos
ing laws should be strictly enforced, ana
the hotels and restaurants were oVerruh
with patrons. Practically every convey
ance in the town was pressed into serV-
1re in an attempt to provide transporta-
Son for the crowds, In the afternoon
these proved insufficient, and late corners
were forced to make their way 10 Nhe
place on foot.
investigator of the case by the author
tiles halted, sthe sheriff and other Officials
who went to the farm being compelled
TO become mere spectators also. Several
of the out-of-tOwn visitors. however. were
seeking information concerning missing
friends or relatives. and some further IN
formation regarding the possible identity
of the unknown victims of the farm re-
suited from their inquiries.
Another Possible Victim.
The most definite information came
from Olaf Lindboe Of Chicago. He said
that his brother Thomas worked for Mrs.
Guinness three years ago, and that the
last letter which he had from him con-
tanned the information that Thomas in
tended to marry his employer. Olaf wrote
TO the woman a little later and she re-
Ilied that Thomas LindbOe had gone TO
" Louis and that she had had no word
from him Olaf Lindboe viewed the I'M
identified corpses, but was unable to find
any likeness to his brother in the de-
cayed bundles of bones and flesh.
Crowds Came Early.
-
when the first trains from the east ar
rived shortly after o'clock in the morn
ing Nearly 100 passengers from Elk
hart, MishaWaka, South Bend, New Car
Isle. Rolling Prairie and other towns de-
barked from the coaches and formed the
advance guard Of the army which IN
vaded the Guinness property during the
day. Another train from the same points
brought in nearly 2n more spectators
three hours later and at 10 o'clock, IL and
100 more reached here from the same
towns. 1t was reported that more than
---00 tickets to. Baporte had been sold IN
ElkhaTt alone.
Another large crowd came from In
dianapolis and the intervening cities, vii
lagos and hamlots on an excursion tram
over the Lake Erie q Western railroad.
This train consisted Of eight coaches and
it is estimated that its passengers num-
beTed over 600.
Place Easy TO Find.
The strangers. nau no OIhcuAN III anu
ing their war TO the death farm The
constant stream of carriages, cabs, ON
nibuses, automobiles, motorcycles, bicy-
cIes. farm wagons and carryalls pointed
unmistakable directions 10 those VINO were
unable 10 obtain places in the convey
ances and were compelled TO walk. The
macadam road which winds past Clear
lake and the Guinness farm to Pine lake
was chOked so that even the automobiles
were compelled to move at a snaifs pace
Many of the vehicles were unable to gel
within quarter Of a mile of the farm
their passengers joining tire crowds which
walked across the intervening fields.
Jokes and Laughter.
Att he farm only the speakers stand
with its customary pitcher OF ice water
was necessary to complete the impress
sion that big political rally had drawn
the inhabitants of the countryside to the
spot. There was nothing in the attitude
Of the crowd to indicate that they were
SAsiting a place where the most gruesomt
Tragedies of a decade had taken place
Jokes, laughter and comment on the ante
cedents of the farm were heard on every
side and EXPLANATIONS of JOY from sue
cessful relic hunters were numerous
Family picnic parties grouped themselve!
on the sloping lawn under the fine pines
and cedars which dot the dooryard OF
found resting places beneath the flower
ing apple and plum trees of the orchard
Children were numerous, ana many q
these groups had baby cab as nu
cieus.
Souvenirs on Sale.
Along the roadside in front of the farm
were lemonade stands and lunch wagons
At the gates were vendors of souvenir
pOstal cards, those bearing a group pic
ture OF Mrs. Guinness and the three littlt
ones who met death with her finding th'
readiest sale. A baseball game in tn,
vicinity was represented by strong voiceC
bankers who indicated TO the faded sight
seers the place for fresh entertainment
The rush back 10 town late in the at
iernoon intensified the confusion which
had prevailed earlier In the day. Many
of the horses attached TO the vehicles
of the farm folk We're not accustome,
10 the chugging of the automobiles, and
several of them started to run away. II
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