The San Francisco call., 1908-05-15
BONES OF JAW AND
HAIR ARE DUG UP
Indiana Death Farm Yields Up
More Details of CHASTITY
History
Ten Mems Watches Have Been
Found, but Only Nine
Male Bodies


human jawbones and a piece of skin
on which traces of hair appear and
which may prove to be part of
human scalp were found late today in
the cellar of the Guinness farmhouse.
With one accord the prosecuting offi-
GERS of the county declared today that
these relics are the most valuable to
their case that have yet been diseov-
cred. The bones were found by the
men who have been sitting the ashes
In the cellar of the house.
When the sitting process began sew
eral large pieces of metal and watch
came rafting down the screen. Sherln
Smutzer at once ordered one Of the
men to sort over the larger pieces and
late in the day two pieces of human
1awbones were found. The piece OF
skin was also found by this method.
There was q hurried call for the ply
sicians who have been assisting the
coroner when the specimens were
brought to town. The meeting was
held in the Office of Dr. j. H. William
Meyers.
THE pieces of bone are from the
upper jaw of human being" said DR..
Meyers this evening. "One seems to
have been from the right jaw and the
other from the left, although this point
has not yet been determined. 1t is i'm
possible to determine the nature of the
skin or hair. 1t may have come from
some animal or 1t may have been por-
tion of some ones scalp.
The days findings also included sew
eraI charred vertebrae, but their value
is doubtful.
TEN WATCHES FOUND
The bodies of nine male victims have
been unearthed, yet the record of
watches belonging to men is now 10.
Sheriff Smulzer announced after the
finding of today that he will resume
digging operations with the hope Of
uncovering additional skeletons. After
the watches were found today Prose-
cutor Smith and the sheriff held hur
ried consultation, but neither would re-
veal the details of their talk.
The possible determination that the
globules of metal found by the min
ing" operations on the Guinness farm
yesterday were bits of gold used by
dentist for filings in crowns on the
woman's teeth is likely to be a de-
velopment of Importance in the case.
The specimens were turned over to a
local jeweler last night, and it is ex-
pected that he will report on them
soon.
SMALL FACTS MEAN MUCH
The mystery has reached a stage
where the determination of such facts
is of major Importance. The discovery
of additional bodies is a remote possi-
bility, and the Identification of any OF
the seven cadavers remaining un-
marked is even more distantIy to be
expected.
The authorities are being deluged
with inquiries concerning missing per-
sons, but with a few exceptions these
communications are valueless because
of the absence of information as to
malformations, dental work or other
marks which might give a clew to the
identity of the crumbling skeletons
which are listed as totally unknown
Most of these remnants of humanity
have been under ground for years,
circumstance which has not been taken
into consideration by a majority of the
volunteer correspondents.
Many OF the letters reveal pitiful
stories Of anxious parents, brothers.
sisters, husband or wives, who have
waited long months or years for word
from their loved ones.
Yesterdays developments did little to
elucidate the unsolved problems aris-
ing from the corpse-sown farm. The
letter from Cleveland concerning the
attempts of an accomplice of Mrs. Gun
ness to draw another victim into her
net served to strengthen the idea that
the woman was the center of system
sons who followed the trails which led
to the barnyard cemetery on the place
DAVID HAvENS Is SOUGHT
Outside of this there was nothing
of magnitude The attorneys for the
defense are said to be looking for
David Havens, who, 1t is reported
aided in uncovering the bodies OF the
persons whom Lamphere is accused of
numbering. According to the informa-
tion current they claim that Havens
was declared an undesirable citizen by
Sheriff Smulzer and ordered away from
La Porte shortly after the fire.
The attorneys also claim that Havens
has declared that when the bodies were
found in the cellar of the Guinness
home on April 2S they were lying
brls under them. They assert that tes-
timony to this effect at the trial will
do much to clear their client of the
charges against him, arguing that the
circumstances show that the bodies had
been placed In the cellar previous to
the beginning of the fire which de-
stroyed the farmhouse.
The testimony of other men who
helped Sheriff Smulzer uncover the
corpses and of the sheriff himself is
against this supposition. In addition,
the findings of the physicians who ex-
amined the corpses established the fact
that the persons burned were clothed
in night robes and that remains of
bedding and mattresses were also
present.
If Havens, when found, substantiates
the claims of the defense an interest
ing conflict of testimony is likely to
follow.