The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-07
Believed Now That Nine Bodies Unearthed in La Porte, In diana, Were Shipped
 from Chicago,
TWO ALREADY IDENTIFIED
Man Held for Death of Four in Re cent Fire Suspected of Being Connected With Murder of
 the Others.

La Porte, Ind, May 6.--A possible solution of the Guiness farm mystery, which was deepened to-day when four additional bodies were found in the barnyard, developed tonight. when evidence tending to show that the nine dismembered corpses unearthed yesterday and to-day had been shipped to La Porte, probably from Chicago, came to light Testimony of the drayman who had carted the trunks and boxes to the Gulness home lent color to this suppositlon. The La Porte police also received information that two trunks consigned to Mrs. Belle Guiness, La Porte Ind" are held in an express office in Chicago. Assistance of the Chicago police in unrayeling the puzzle was sought at once.
 Two of the nine mutilated bodies were identified this afternoon with l reasonable certainty Antone Olson, of Chicago, viewed the body supposed to be that of Jennie Olson, sixteen I years old foster daughter of Mrs. Guiness. and pronounced it to be that of his daughter A sister of the girl, Mrs Leo Olander, of Chicago, con 1rmed the fathers Identification.
 Ask K Helgelein, whose inquiries regarding his missing brother, An- drew, led to the first discoveries on the death-haunted farm, became sure ! to-day that the largest and best pre- served of the corpscs Is that of his brother. Against this Identification. however, Is the result of an autopsy performed on this body by Dr. ] II. Meyer He found conditions which, to his mind, proved that the man per- ished long after Andrew llelgeleln dis appeared last January Dr Meyer said that the body showed evidence of having been in the ground less than two weeks Ask lIclgelein. however, refused to be convinced by these hnd- ings, and his certainty led the coro- ner to accept his Identification for tho present
 Roy Lamphere, who is held on n charge of first degree murder as a re- suit of the fire thnt destroyed the Guinness home and caused the death of Mrs Belle Guiness and her three children, gave no new evidence to- day, despite repeated puestonings. Ralph W smith, prosecuting attorney, tonight asserted that n confession Is not necessary SO far as Lamphcre Is concerned "We have evidence in the shape of letters connecting Lamphcre with alleged murders at the Gulness farm" he said Tho exact nature of these letters was carefully guarded by MT Smith
 Chicago May 6-Mrs Nellie Lar son. sister of Mrs Guinness, said toe day:
 My sister was crazy for money When she was girl she never seem cd to care for a man for his own sake bnt only for the luvurics he could give her. She Frequently told mo that she never would have lived with Max Sor- enson her first husband if he had not made such a fine home for her,
 "At the time Sorenson died the neighhors charged that he was poison ed. but I never thought SO He be- came i'll one evening and died the next day He had good physician to at tend him
 "1 have not seen my sister for twenty years She was angry with me because I wouldn't allow her to have my little daughter to bring up
 "My sister at one time had 2 candy store in Chicago, but lt burned down. The first house sho had In the suburbs of Austin also burned down"