Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
BURIAL OF CADAvERS BATTLE FOR FREEDOM
Beginning of Final Chapter Expert Aenists Testify in the
Laporte Tragedy. 1haW Case Today.
SEVEN STILL Unidentified evidence FOR PRISONER
Unsoved Of the Dr. Evans the New Jersey Hos
Guinness Death House. pital on the Stand.
QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT SAW NO SIGNS OF PARANOIA
Negative in From
Agents Publicity. Diseased Mind
Beginning of Final Chapter in
laporte Tragedy.
SEVEN STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Some Unsolved Mysteries of the
Guinness Death House.
QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT
Latest Developments Have Been
Negative in Nature-Harvest
for Agents of Publicity.

| LAPORTE Ind. May 16.-The buria
last night of Andrew K Helgelein marks
the beginning of the final stage in the
| Guinness farm mysteries so far as human
| knowledge Is concerned. Two more
corpses supposed to have been those OF
Jennie Olsen and Ole 0. Budsberg have
been partially identified. but to the identi.
| ty of the. remaining cadavers no clue ex-
| lists that gives promise of fulflllment.
| The relics taken from the death farm
such as watches and rings may ultimate
| ly lead to the determination that some
certain missing individual was caught in
the Gunne, trap. but these will give al
most no aid in identifying any particular
| body The potter's field is most likely to
be the ultimate resting place of these
seven bodies
ings regarding the bodies unearthed in the
| barnyard or taken from the smoulderins
ruins of the farmhouse. One by the dentist
who bridged Mrs. Guinness lower jaw
| with artificial teeth esta blished that the
piece of jawbone found in the ruins was
| from her skull. The other subscribed to
| by three experts showed that the first
body taken from the barnyard of the farm
| was that of Andrew Helgelein.
Status of the Probe.
The flnality of these conclusions leaves
| few major matters which are capable OF
| solution to be brought to light. The
! methods by which the victims of the farm,
| were put to death probably will never be
known. To date there Is total lack of
evidence on this point. The identity of
the seven corpses remaining unknown is
another puzzle and the extent to which
Ray L.amphere shared in the secrets OF
Mrs. Guinness Is a third.
Only the last of these may be deter
mined and until the man is brought to
trial and either acquitted or convicted
nothing approaching certainty will be
known on this point.
The state insists that 1t has positive
evidence against Lamphere. and the de-
Tense as positively states that the prisoner
cannot be proven guilty of having set
fire to the house or of having assisted
In the murder OF Helgelein. The circum-
stances which have become known are al
most equally balanced, so far as Lam
phere's part in the tragedies is concerned.
and judicial process only can make clear
their relative values
Case Up to the Courts.
The case has, in short, reached a stage
where only the courts. through grand
jury and open trial proceedings, can be
relied upon to settle the questions which
are to be brought before them. The
grand jury. it Is announced. will begin
to investigate the evidence gathered by
Sheriff Shutter and Prosecutor Smith
Monday.
Its findings, however, will shed little
light on tho subject. and the Diet ails of its
deliberations are not likely to become
known.
OF late the developments have been
negative in their nature The identifica-
lions Of yesterday were exceptions only
to a rule which bids fair to become more
general each day. The authorities have
been busy largely with running down
clues which have proved to be false or
misleading. and the possibilities of fresh
discoveries are remote. The Investigations
of Sheriff Shutter at the farm are being
undertaken In q manner that almost as
sures positiveness of results, but the very
thoroughness Of the work means that 1t
must be slow and tedious.
Laporte Returning to Normal.
Laporte, in fact, Is settling back to its
! wonted calm. Fewer curbstone debates
regarding Mrs. Guinness and her affairs
are held, and the excitement incident to
the sensational discoveries of last week
Is decreasing.
The Widespreadiinterestw which the whole
affair has created Is evidenced by the
amount of press matter that has been
handled. Over score of special writer's
have been here. and investigation shows
that they have sent out close to one MIL
lion words of reading matter In the last
eleven days.
Close estimates of the amount of copy
which has been handled show that one
telegraph company has transmitted more
than 10000 words in that time. while
the other has taken care Of about 155,OD.
About 100000 words have been sent
through the malls and material for close
to 100000 words has been transmitted by
long distance telephoning.
Extent Of Publicity.
In addition, many writer's and corre-
spondents have visited Laporte to collect
material for special articles. but there Is
no method Of estimating the amount OF
their contributions accurately.
The amount of newspaper space taken
up by photographs and cartoons relating
| to the Guinness farm is also tremendous
| The local photographers have reaped
| harvest, and almost every train curing
| the first few days of the sensation prought
men or women armed with cameras ana
| tripods.
| The high tide of the press matter was
reached May 8. when nearly 5000 words
were sent out over the telegraph wires
Since then the amount has steadily
dwndled. last night showing a total OF
| less than 10000 for the twenty-four hours
ended at midnight.
Nervous Woman a Guinness Suspect.
| ST. LOUIS. May ia woman answer
| ing in every detail the description OF Mrs
Belle Guinness of Laporte. Ind. is be-
lieved by Union station officials to have
passed through here last Saturday night.
The woman first attracted attention on
leaving ST. Louis by her extreme nerV-
BUSINESS. which was noticed by tralnmen
and passengers. She purchased Pull
man ticket at St. Louis and left the perth
only once during the entire trip 10 OFT