The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-07
WOMAN KEPT CHARNEL HOUSE Mrs. Guinness Received
 Dead Bodies. SHIPPED FROM CHICAGO Startling Developments in LaPorte
 Case. Remains of Nine Persons Excavnted by sheriff and Excavations Continue. More Light on the Indiana
 Mystery.

La Porte, Ind, May s.--A possible solution of the Guinness farm mystery whiel was deepened today when four additional bodies were found in the barn yard. developed late this after noon.
 Evidence that the nine dismembered corpses unearthed yesterday and to- Gay had been shipped to this city. prob ably from Chicago. came to light. the Testimony of draymen who had carted trunks and boxes to the Guinness home bearing this out. In addition the To- cal auth critics received information that two trunks consigned to Mrs. Belle Guinness. La Porte, Ind., were being held in an express office In Chi cago, and the assistance of the Chicago police in unravellng the puzzle was sought at once.
 Two of the nine mutilated bodies were identified this afternoon with considerable certainty. Antone Olson. 24I0 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, viewed the remains supposed to be those of Jennie olson, the 16-year-old foster daughter of Mrs. Guinness, and pro- nounced them those of his daughter. 4 sister of the dead girl, Mrs. Leo OIander. 2s1s South Park Avenue, Chi cago. accompanied the father, and add ed her testimony regarding her sisters s characteristics.
 A. K. Helgelein, whose inquiries re- garding his missing brother. Andrew. led to the first discoveries on the death haunted farm, became sure that the largest and best preserved of the corpses is that of his relative.
 Against this, however is the result of the autopsy performed on this par ticular body by pr. J. H. William Meyer. He found contradictory condt- tons which to his mind at least proved that the dead man perished long after Andrew Helgelein disappeared in Jan uary last. even going so far as to say that the corpse showed evidences of having been in the ground less than two weeks. A. Helgelein, however. refused to be convinced by these ind ings and his certainty led the local authorities to accept his Identification at least for the present.
 The gang of men eNeavating on the Guinness farm today under the direc- tion of sheriff Smulzer came upon an- other disturbed spot within six feet of the place where yesterday four bodies were unearthed and upon dig ging three feet down struck a wooden box which fell to pieces as their spadss hit 1t. Upon taking away the dirt the men found the skeleton of a man ly- ing face downward.
 One of the bodies in this second charnel pit Is believed to be that of a woman. The other two and that found earlier, are probably those of men. Of the nine eadavers. seven. therefore. are those of males. All are remains of adults, the two smaller bodies found yesterday and which were at first thought to have been those of children proving otherwise when the bones had been removed by the coroner and his assistants today.
 The best clew which has yet been found came to light Immediately fol- lowing the discovery of the last three bodies today John A. Walker, a hv- eryman. and Leo Wade, his employe, told of having carted heavy trunks to the Guinness farm in the summer and autumn of 1906.
 Clyde Sturgis, employed by Foster and DeGarmo. another livery concern. remembered that he took two similar trunks to the place about year ago. in addition several boxes marked va rIousIy "potatoes. and wall papor ware carted to the house at different times.
 sheriff Resumes Work.
 Further excavation was continued toaav on the corpse -strewn farm or Mrs. Guinness, a mile north of here. by Al. F. Smulzer, sheriff of La Porte County.
 In addition. Roy Lamphere. who is d deaths of Mrs. Guinness and her three children who were lncinerated In Are which destroyed their home on AnriI 2S. will be subjected to another exanination before Justice Smith. It ia fine hope of Mir. Smith that Lam phere will shed light on the bodies found in the barnyard of the Guinness home yesterday One IS pelieved 10 De that of Andrew Helgeleln of Aberdeen, s. D. Another may be the mortal re- mains of Jennie Olsen, foster daugh- fer of Mrs. Guinness who disappeared in 1906 A third Is partially accounted for as that of an unidentified man who visited the place two or more years ago. .,....,,. :. ho those of children, are unexplained all though I,amphere told the sheriff last nisbt that a child had disappeared from the farm some time ago.
 Sbsriff Smulzer has advanced the .hsorv that some of the bodies may have been sent here from Chicago in an effort to cover up crimes In that cItv. He has asked the Chicago police to investigate the intecedents or the Guinness woman, she having lived in that city prior to her appearance here in 1900.
 Rut even if these mysteries are solved there remains yet the puzzling inci- dents when was the house burned and when did Mrs. Guinness and her chil- drsn meet their deaths. Two of these children. Myrtle. aged II, and Lucy f years her junior, bore the patronymle :sorensen," having been born to Mrs. GuInnesss first husband. The third was Philip Guinness, aged years. His father was killed by a blow on the head. said to have been caused by a sausage machine falling on his head. four years ago. Sorensen died sud denIy in Chicago prior to 1900.
 That the fire which caused the death of these children and their mother was of an incendiary origin Is the firm be- lief of the local authorities Also they have deep suspicion that Roy Lam Q phere, driven by jealousy, was the man who started the fatal blaze.
 The grewsome developments on the pretty farm have set the entire county agog. Numerous stories regarding the history of the place have been review ed and the tragic death of former owner has been the subject of revigo- rated recollections. Long before Mrs, &b a1aca ho1anUad