The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-09

q
underground about two years. The
second skel ton believed e. be wo-
mans s. was found in the same place
and directly underneath the first with
an Intervening space Of earth
Went South for Health.
IL was made public yesterday that
I Ray Lamphere made statement TO
I MAYOR DarroR. who is the partner OF
( i.amphere's attorney, day or TWO ago
/ that man from Chicag whose name
he did not know. came to the GUM
ness farm several months ago and re-
/ mained there for several days He
disappeared suddenly. leaving trunk
I aud a few belongings behind Upon
J iamphere's questioning Mrs. Guinness
ss 10 what had become OF her visitor
T Sic replcd that he had gone South
ifr his health and that probably he
would not return She ordered Lam
phere 20 carry the trunk and other cf-
fcctA OF the strange TO an upper story
Of the farm house Nothing was ever
heard OF the person after he left the
Guinness place
/ Careful measurements were taken
# The hcadless trunk OF tho woman
! aNAfiu IN Aii' NAiAfn NA ti' Nhl H'ti llRAAkt
which at rirst. was thought to be the
body of Mrs. Guinness. This resulted
u the astonishing recitation that the
I lead woman WAS not more thar half
l.m size or weight OF the Homan who
s. supposed to have lured a score Of
/ mcn to theis death
In addition 20 the convincing tcst
! Df me tape half a dozen of The most in
Innate friends ul AIRS. Guinness assert.
ed with the positiveness OF absolute
eonvictl n that the dead body was not
that OF the mistress OF the castle OF
death on the McClmg road
Got all The Insurance.
sinister fact in connection with
the death of MAIDS Soronson. the first
husband OF Mrs. Guinness. was re.
yealed when il became known that hc
died just one day before an insurance
'p Icy. which he had Deen carrying for
some years would have expired. and
two days after second policy which
he intended TO substitute TO. the first
had becom6 operative
CrOss-eXamination OF Mrs Guin
ness bcfore Justice Robot G.. Knkaid
one week before the burning WIN OF
her home, came 10 light as most
important fact in support Of the theory
that she He'd from her home I'm lear
OF an exposure of her crimes or that
she committed suicide fearing to face
investigation
Attorney H. w Wsrden who cross
examined her, represented Ray Lam
phere. the carpenter. now in ial in
the hearing before Justice Kinkait
when Mrs. Guinness had I.ampher'
arrested for trespassing.
In this cross-examination Attorne,
Worden asked the woman pointed
questions concerning the deaths o
her Two husbands He wanted t,
I, know whether their Eges were insur
! ed; whether she had collected the In
snrance and whether she was suspec
ted Of blame for the deaths. She dii
not answer amy OF these questions be
cause OF her law. er's objections.
= Woman Feared Exposure.
Justice Kinkaia IN telling OF tn
3 cross examination. said:
The woman when the first Ques
tions were asked her was composed
Then sho trembled and was asltate
as The questions became more numei
p Gus. The questions were leading an
2 not relevant and at times SCENE
i somewhat insulting 10 the woman b
, intlmati that she killed her two hu
bands 70 the insurance.
Z "she protested AGAINST the crosse,
a aminatiop and left the stand agitate'
q which might. OF course be true Of an
4 decent woman resenting insinuations
Attorney Worden. Who is now tai
3 ING up l.amphere's defense. said th;
when his cross-eXamining question
n were not answered be mad
b them holder and more direct accus
81 tions at which the woman was visib
a affected
u was a few days after this eros
81 examination that She made her wi
# and during the week between Il
& cross examination and the hre at III
home she hanted for Lamphere an
a wanted 20 see hint
The threshing Of her chii3ren on q
# day before the fire. because Il is b
81 iicved they wished tO visit the cells
ia NV declared 70 De important
n tprney WordeH believes inaI the boz
OF the woman who was burned wi
tho children ives stored in the cell
ia preparation lo- the burning Of d
h1ilpa
t4hc children were beaten eyidol
n ly because there aas something
h that cellar which she did not wa
n them % see said Attorney Wofds
n was the substitute lu there
n Mrs Guinness body which was stor
a Hlthere. She ned because she feared
n exposure
Janesyille. Wis. May 9-swanhil
81 Guinness, daughter Of the second hi
~ baud Cf Mrs Guinness, is near jan
4 vile. Wis. hidden by relatives. S
n was kidnapped from Mrs Cuinne
~ homie and brought here for safety
an ucle. Gust Guinness. OF Minneal
lis. Steps viii be taken Il claim
u L-------------- 1890 - L.