Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-22

the various murders committed In the
house, has made confession to his
spiritual adviser while awaiting hear
ing In jail. The garden Of the Guinness
home has yielded the bodies of ten
victims. The prosecutor says he has
evidence to convict Lamphere of hav-
ing killed Mrs. Guinness and her chill
dren out Of revenge for being cast off.
It now appears that the woman had
travelling agents to follow up her mat
rimonial advertisements by urging
men interested to visit her.
Monteomery's Shortage Crows.
As the result of further investigation
into the affairs of the Allegheny Ma
tional bank the shortage Of Cashier
Montgomery. who was arrested last
week on the charge of enlightenment.
has increased to $1,350.O00 1t was
brought out that lie had used secret
panel door to make his exit when tho
bank examiner visited the institution
and then hurried to the Farmers De-
posit bank to procure funds by means
Of temporary loan from Henry Rel
Der, now serving sentence as the de.
faulting teller Of that bank. Montgom-
cry has made confession believed to
implicate many prominent politicians
connected with the Republican organ
hation, but the details of it were not
made public.
Right to Dismiss Negro Troops.
!
Judge Hough in the federal district
court at New York sustained the gov
ernment's contention that the president
had the right to discharge the negro
soldiers In connection with the shoot
ing at Brownsville, Tex. the case be-
Ing test claim of one Of the dismissed
negroes for back pay.
Thaw to Take the Stand.
The habeas corpus proceedings
brought by Harry Thaw to effect his
release from the asylum for the Grim
inal insane have begun at Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y, and at the outset DR.. Amos
Taylor of Matteawan testified that In
the three months during which Thaw
had been there under his observation
he had become convinced that Thaw
was a hopeless victim of paranoia.
Thaw had told Taylor that If he was
ever insane 1t was for only moment
before he shot White and moment
thereafter. Thaw was expected to take
the stand In an effort to convince the
jury that he Is now in his right mind.
Experts are to be heard on both sides.
Indiana Murder Farm.
AS the result of the fire which de-
stroyed a fine country house near La
porte, Ind, occupied by Mrs. Belle
Guinness and three small children and
from the ruins of which the bodies of
the woman and the children were
taken, the authorities of the town have
unearthed what appears to have been
regular business in murder or in the
disposal of the bodies of murdered
persons. The first clew came from
the request Of John Helgelein Of Aber-
deem, S. D.. that the premises be
searched for the body Of his brother
Andrew, who last January had gone to
the Guinness home In answer to mat
never been seen again. The local sher-
If located the body of the missing
man four feet under the ground near
the burned house. Further seach dis
closed number of dismembered
bodies buried about the place. Al
ready the number has reached fifteen,
and more are expected to be found I'M
der the cement floor of the cellar. Mrs.
Guinness had been twice married, and
both husbands died under suspicious
circumstances. One of the bodies dug
up is thought to be that Of Jennie OIL
sen, a slxteen-year-old girl whom Mrs.
Guinness had adopted and reared. Ray
Lamphere, man who was employed
on the Guinness place at the time of
the fire. has been arrested and jailed
as a suspicious person. He had been
seen wearing coat now known to be-
long to Helgelein. The local authori-
ties have a theory that Mrs. Guinness is
still alive and that the womans body
found after the fire is that Of one killed
by her so as to throw the police off
| the .racl; Tley believe that Mrs Gun