The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-09

farm ana secretly brought to LaDOrte,
Lampherc summoned d friend to the
Jail. He knew nothing about the dis
cOvery of his property. When his
friend reached the Jail Lamphere said
to him:
Sends for His Lawyer.
Il think | have something that
can say to the public without hurting
my case. | want You to go TO my at
torney, Mr.. Worden. Tell him | want
to see him and that | want some clean
clothes, and also tell him, for Gods
sake. TO send to the barn at Wheat
brooks farm and get my trunk.
, Wheatbrook will show any one he
sends for/it where it is. want it
taken away from there"
Hours before this message was de
livered to Lamphere'S attorney, de
tectives had found the trunk and had
brought it here More important rev
Citations are expected after the con
tents of the trunk have been exam
ined.
The telltalc AK. reddcned with blood
believed to have coursed through hui
man VEINS, was found on the Guinness
farm in wood shed, buried under Il
pile of rubbish Sheriff Smutzer and
his aids uncovered it when searching
the shed for traces of more murdered
victims graves.
Officials both here and from Chica-
go express the firm belief that there
are still % bodies in the ground about
the farm or III the sealed basement
of the house.
To Laporte in 1900.
Mrs. Guinness came here about 1900.
She repaired and renovated the man
sion. drained the marsh that had form
| ed tore down a CrumbIng stone wall,
| planted new trees. \eighhorS avoid
ed the newcomer. and Mrs. Guinness
was not popular.
| No one knows when and how she
began her systematic series of murd-
ers. Certain it is. however, that in
the first two years Of her residence
there she sought the society of her
! acquaintanceS and after that avoided
! it.
She barred and chained all the out
er doors and would drive visitors
! away with threats of violence. There
are II heavy Oaken doors in the house
and on each of these she caused TO be
placed three heavy bolts so that all
three could be thrown by a single
| lever.
Unbelievable. though it may seem
that human slaughter house actually
was provided with troughs for draiIt
| ing off the lS)od of the slain victims
There it was that Mrs. Guinness kill
| ed them, dsmembered them with the
skill of a surgeon and prepared to
! bury them with Quicklime in the
| post holes" that hired man had dug
| innOcently.
! Body Examined.
There are several reasons for be-
| lieving that Mrs. Guinness is alive An
examination of the body of the woman
| found in the ruins of the burned house
ems to prove that it was the body
! of woman much smaller than Mrs.
| Guinness. The body is that of a wom-
an who weighed about 130 pounds
Mrs. Guinness weighed 200 pounds.
Here Are the Comparisons.
| Following are the comparisons. as
| estimated by MIS-. GUINNESS 5 weight.
| and the actual measurements OF the
| body found:
! Dead Woman Mrs. Guinness
9 inches, .... Biceps .....17 inches
| IS inches. ..... Bust 46 inches
IS inches. ..... Waist ......3T inches
% inches...... Thigh ......&o inches
40 inchcs...... Hips ......54 inches
| 10 inches Calf Io1a inCbpS
| inCheS.-.... Wrist ...... . inches
County Prosecutor Smith holds out
against all these indications" that
Mrs. Guinness is alive He is firmly
convinced She Derished with her chill
dren in the ruins Of her own home. or
that she was murdered by Ray Lam
| plere.
Three Farmhands Gone.
Efforts will be made to clear up the
disappearance of three farmhands
who had been employed by Mrs. Gun
ness They. too, vanished as though
the earth had opened up and swallow
ed them. These men are also believ-