The Detroit times., 1908-05-09
MRS. GUINNESS
SUSPECT IS
SWEATED
In Younger of Two Women
Arrested on Train Near
SyracuSe,N. Police Think
They Have Murderess.
Two Travelling Men, Alleged
Detroiters, Furnish Tip Which
Brings About the Apprehen-
sion of Suspected Pair

SYRACUSE, NJ. r., May g.
The woman arrested here aboard
a train with her companion, on
suspicion that she 10 the aroh-
murderess, Mrs. Guinness, and who
is being "sweated" by the police,
has been caught In an apparent
untruth as to her Identity and
suspicion has doubled.
She declares she 10 Mrs. L. A.
Herren, of Chicago. The only
Mrs. Herren known In that city,
and the only one given In tho
city directory, IL Mrs. A. /. Her.
rem, OF No. 4743 Evans-ave.. the
widow OF Abraham Herren, a dry
goods man. Mrs. Herren 10 at her
home. and said that she knew Of
no Mrs. Herren who would answer
the description Of the woman de-
tanned in Syracuse.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, May 9.-Strong
IN their suspicion that the younger Of
the two women taken from a train
bert, is Mrs. Belle Guinness. who is
wanted for a score OF murders on her
farm at la Porte. Ind. detectives
early today began TO give her the
third degree.
The woman's statement that she Is
Mrs. l.. F. Heron. a widow OF Chi
cago, was gravely doubted from her
refusal TO give the name OF sister
in New York whom she claimed she
was on her way 10 visit.
The older woman who accompanied
the oman thought to be Mrs. Gun
ness. also i'll be subjected to the most
severe questioning. From her, now
that she is removed from her COM
panion's influence, IL is hoped To gain
admissions which will send the sup
posed Mrs. Guinness back to La Porte
10 face trial for the most atrocious
series OF murders ever known In Am
erica.
The woman supposed TO be the
archslayer. was In such a state OF
collapse when she left the train here
that she could only talk for a few
moments. Then she became more
composed She said that her hus-
band. dealtr In oils in that city. died
on Jan /, and that she came east
few weeks ago TO stay with a brother
NJ Cooperstown, Pa, near Franklin.
The woman said that she started
New York. She has a receipt for
lodge dues made out TO Mrs. l.. A.
Hearon, and another receipt made out
TO her in Franklin. Pa. She made
good impression. Fer mother had
nothing to say. The woman was ar
rested on tip given to the Syracuse
police by trainmen on the Atlantic
express, on which she was a passen-
ger Travelling men on the train told
the conductor they were positive that
the woman was Mrs. Guinness.
Taken From Her Berth.
Telegraphic advices were sent to
the Syracuse police, and detectives at
that place boarded the train when II
arrived As the woman was In her
berth, and the train would not wait
for her TO dress, the detectives went
aboard and arrested Der on the way.
Tit Pullman conductor told the de-
tectives that the two women got on
the train at Ashtabula. Ohio. which
might be n junction point for a per-
son travelling to New York from
Franklin. Pa.
Both women were nicely dressed.
The travelling men who furnished
the information were r. n. Buell., and
n. F.. Hunt, who said they were from
Detroit. They say that the woman
was between 35 and 40 years of age
and eighed about 200 pounds. She
was heavily yelled and seemed eager
To avoid attention on the car. Once
she raised her veil and II was then
that they noticed the resemblance
that she bore TO the picture OF the
Indiana murderess as printed In the
newspapers.
LA PORTE. Ind, May 9.--The find
ing yesterday OF three more bodies
in Mrs. Guinness yard has spurred
on the coroner's stan of special grave
diggers TO extra effort While the total
number OF Mrs. Guinness known VIC
Tins now Is IS. il is believed that. be-
fore the sun sinks today. the score
mark will have been passed in the
great murder mystery.
The skeletons exhumed yesterday
were the remains OF men, one of them
a very large one. and I'm every instance
quick lime had been used to hasten
the destruction OF the flesh. In all
OF the graves remnants OF gunny-
sacks were found. though one OF the
The other two were placed In the
ground in nude condition. In one
of the graves was found evidence
OF the bones having been partially
burned before being placed in the
ground, as though an effort had been
made to destroy the body with fire.
In two of the graves all OF the
bones or complete skeletons were
rot found, but when the parts were
rlaced together IL was demonstrated
beyond a doubt that they were the
remnants of two persons and not
the same body
More Bones in Cellar.
In a search of the debris In the
cellar OF the burned residence yes.
terday. several bones were discovered,
but " could not be determined ex-
actly to what they belonged, whether,
10 X human beipg OF an animal. II
a. believed that bodies of Mrs Gun