Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-15
NOW FAMOUS FARM
THOUSANDS VISIT GRUESOME
PLACE OF MURDER.
La Porte, Indiana, Looked Like 1t Was
Entertaining Circus Crowd Last
Sunday-Relic Hunters and In
quirers of Relatives or Friends Kept
the Officials Busy.

Laporte, Ind, May 10.-All roads in
Laporte county led to the Guinness
farm Sunday, more than 1900 sight
seers visiting before the sun set the
place of death, the spot where the
bodies of II persons have been dug
up. Practically every able-bodied resi-
dent of the city made the trip, and
the railroads and trolley lines brought
about 1000 more to the city.
Mayor barrow found it necessary to
issue strict orders that the Sunday
closing laws should be strictly en-
were oVercrowded with patrons. Prac-
Lically every conveyance in town was
pressed into service in an attempt to
provide transportation. In the after
noon these proved insufficient and the
late corners were forced to make their
way to the place on foot.
Investigation of the cases by the
authorities halted, and the sheriff and
other officials who went to the farm
were compelled to be strict in hand
ling the crowds.
Several of the out-of-town visitors,
however, were seeking information
concerning missing friends or relatives
and some further information regard
ing the possible identity of the I'M
known victims of the farm resulted
from their inquiries.
The most definite information came
from Olaf Lindboe, Chicago. He said
that his brother Thomas worked for
Mrs. Guinness three years ago, and
that the last letter he. had from him
contained the information that Thorn
as intended to marry his employer
Olaf wrote to the woman a little later
and she replied that Thomas Lindboe
mad gone to st. Louis and that she
had had no word from him. Olaf
viewed the unidentified corpses, but
was unable to find any likeness to his
brother in the decayed bundles of
bones and flesh.
At the farm only the speakers stand
with its customary pitcher of ice wa
ter was lacking to complete the i'm
preston that a political rally had
drawn the inhabitants Of the country
side to the spot. There was nothing
in the attitude of the crowd to indi-
cate that they were visiting a place
where the most gruesome tragedies of
a decade had taken place. Jokes and
laughing comments on the antecedents
of the farm were heard on every side
and EXPLANATIONS of joy from success
ful relic hunters were numerous.
Family picnic parties grouped them
selves on the sloping lawn under the
pines which dot the dooryard or found
resting places beneath the towering
apple and plum trees of the orchard.
Children were numerous and many of
these groups had baby carriage as a
nucleus.
Along the roadside in front of the
farm were lemonade stands and lunch
wagons. At the gates were vendors of
souvenir postal cards, those bearing a
group picture of Mrs. Guinness and the
three little ones who met death with
her finding the readiest sale. A base
ball game in the vicinity was repre-
sented by Strong voiced bankers. Sher
III Smulzer will continue his investi-
cations at the Guinness farm tomor-
row. The hrst object of searching will
be the heap of ashes and other refuse
in the cellar of the ruined house. The
ashes and cinders are to be carefully
sifted and then sluiced by miner in
an effort to discover the gold filings
which are said to have been in Mrs. 4
Guinness teeth.