The sun., 1908-05-08

Man-Hunt for Bodies Halted by Rain
sample Letter OF the WOOlns widow.
l,poRrF, Ind. May loving TO a con-
inning downpour Of rain to-day and the
ao,d.ng of the yard and barn lot at the
Guinness home with two inches Of water
the sheriff called on his men and no further
oTorts were made 10 find murder victims
R.furs work ceased, however, the Sheriff
hat hcated two places in which he IL con-
ed,rt that bodies will be found. and exca-
,arng will be resumed early in the morning.
ono If the most important discoveries ~
rgray was evidence that leads 10 the belief
that Mrs Guinness had room specially
prararrd for the reception Of her guests and
that was in this room that the many muir
dsr- took place A part Of this room is
su.l standing II appears TO have been
about ffteen feet square, with walls heavily
insulated and with one door which had two
heavy locks on it, There we're bars at the
windows. and the woman is said TO have
erraned e. one Of her friends that it was
her sleeping room, and living alone with
hsr children she had the windows barred
ssa .rotcction against robbers. This room
isnuw known 10 have been her guest cham
lsr n had been specially arranged 40 as
H. fcaden any sounds that might he made
IN ,nr inside, II seems according to evil
dcroc furnished by the ruins that a second
vail vas built within the entire room. and
between it and the original walls sawdust
va, hacked tightly. Some Of the sawdust
snIl remains between the two walls
1u. discovery has gone far towards
easing the Prosecutor TO revise his opinion
regarding the shipping Of bodies from
Clnpago to the murder farm, and to-day
he secuted the stories Of the express men
that the trunks came bound with ropes
and that Mrs. Guinness would not permit
Tho ropes 10 be taken on He says the
trunks received at the house from time
10 time we're the property Of men who we're
stopping there and that they we're either
ordered there by the men themselves or
sent for 10y Mrs. Guinness after she had
made away with the owners.
The Prosecutor says that certain trunks
have already been traced in that way and
he is now convinced that all the bodies
are ,Iotims Of the woman. The Prosecutor
sso believes that the headlcss body now
al the morgue ana which was found in the
ruins of 1.s~tiunness home is that Of Mrs.
Gunness/ The size corresponds we'll with
hers ana the fact that the head is missing
snot regarded as very strange for the body
Law in such position that the head would
have been covered by the falling walls
and thus would have been exposed 10
more intense heat than any other part OF
her person
1 large glass bowl, which was found
against the left shoulder was half melted
away. showing that the heat had been
greater there than at any other place IN
the debris.
A careful investigation Of the woman's
financial transactions appear to confirm
the theory that she perished in her home,
though the officers are still sending out
photographs and descriptions OF her and
providing against her escape II their theory
Is wrong. II Ia now known that she' was
offered s. 900 for her farm few days before
her house was burned and that she declined
the offer. Had she intended flight there
little probability. the officers think, that she
would have refused to sell her farm. espe-
cally when a cash offer was made.
strong chain OF evidence is being woven
around Raw Iamphere, the hired hand on
the Guinness farm Last night Bessie
Wallace. a Michigan City woman was ar
rested hy the Sheriff as a witness against
lamphere. She is said to have told friends
that tamphere, with whom she was intimate
had threatened to burn the Guinness home
and to make away with the wooing widow.
The Wallace woman was released on bond
furnished this afternoon by Michigan City
resort keeper.
Iamphere has told Of closed room in the
GUINNESS home to which, he asserted. he
was always denied admission. He said
that Mrs Guinness always carried the key
TO this room. This is the guest chamber,
where the grewsome work which preceded
the nterring Of the bodies was performed.
The testimony is partially corroborated by
the evidence Of Joseph Maxson, who was
working on the farm when the house caught
fire. April os MsXson asserts that he never
had been allowed access TO the second story
Of the house, where the closed room was
located
Extracts from letters written by the
woman Ia Andrew Heldgren and by which
he was ured 10 bis death show that she
employed very affectionate terms and at
the same time provided that her victim
should have the money on his person Nhen
he arrived Here are some extracts trans
lated from her letters, which were written
10 Norwegian
you are to me a King. love and re-
spect you. know from your letters that
you must have loving heart, honest and
faithful
Come 10 me; your bride awaits you.
We shall be happy here as a King and Queen
IN the most beautiful home IN northern
Indiana
depand on YOU My heart would
break il you should fail me nov. love you
a. never loved before.
DO not trust banks. Sell or mortgage
your ranch and stocks and bring the money
sewed up in your clothes Do not 60 70
the hotel. Let me know on what train
Won will come and l will meet you with the
carriage at the station.
i am glad 10 think you never married
All these years you were waiting for the
one woman you could truly love. You are
N mo the one man in all the world, dream
NJ Won, my love, and wait your coming
This is the advertisement Mrs. Guinness
inserted in the newspapers al a bait Tor
tho matrimonially inclined;
PERSONAL Comely widow, who owns
iarsy farm IN one Of the finest districts IN
laportp county. Ind. desires TO make the
acquaintance Of a gentleman unusually well
provided. with a view Of joining fortunes
No replies nv letter considered unless sender
sailing 10 follow answer by personal visit
The scene where the bodies have been
dug up s attractive, A pretty iron renee
surrounds the ruins Of the house, behind
which is a large barn and windmill. The
spoi ~ which the bodies were Inferred ls
m mo side OF the hill and is surrounded
bv woven wire fence. This fence was
mrsery 10 the authorities for some time
gr'I n was discovered that the pigs kept
by ire woman were directly behind the
stable and the hog run led past the grave
yard