The sun., 1908-05-12
Think MRS. GUINNESS IS DEAD
Authorities AGREE THAT SHE
Persisted ~ HER HOUSE.
blanket Between Her Body and Those Of
Her children Miner Begins slftlnE
Ashes Of burned House for Some
Trace Of the NOmans Gold Teeth.


Whether by her own hand or through tho
act Of an incendisry, it is generally accepted
that she ia no longer In the flesh.
The conclusion Of States Attorney Smith
and me offers at work on the case, includ-
Ing the detectives. is that the body at the
cutler morgue Is that Of Mrs. Guinness.
They believe that Ray lAmphere act fire
N the house, The evidence which the State
has all tends 10 prove that Mrs. Guinness
and her three children arc dead and that
RAY IAmphere ia guilty Of murder
Herman W. Worden, chief counsel for
lamphere, holds that Ray Lamphere could
not have committed the crime that he lived
in fear Of the woman. who had pcrsecutet
and prosecuted him He believes there are
hnt two theories one, the suicide, Mrs.
Guinness fearing the probing Of her life
and consequent exposure, and the other
that she killed her three children, put n
,sdayer in the house and fed.
The day has been without sensational
developments States Attorney Smith is
preparing his evidence for presentation
10 the Grand Jury, which will convene
Wednesday He said to-day that startling
evidence which would remove any doubt
as to the guilt Of Pay IAmphere would be
presented,
BEFORE nornipg States Attorney Smith
expects to hear Of some Of the horrors Of
the chamber Of death from a man who spent
a night in 1t,
George Anderson Of Tarkio Mo, has
wired that he will arrive tonight. Ander-
son answered matrimonial advertisement,
visited the Guinness home, told its mistress
that he owned farm and was told that he
must sell il before she would look upon him
with favor The farm was mythical and
Mrs Guinness became angry. Il will let
you stay all night. but you must go in the
morning she said.
anderson will tell the States Attorney
that Mrs Guinness entered his room, that
her coming in awakened him. that fearing
she was plotting to kill him he remained
awake until morning, when heleft the house
Il is said he will say that Mrs. Guinness
had a man in the house that night, and ii is
ON he theory that Mrs. Gunness's accom-
plice was Ray Iamphere that Anderson
will he hurried to the county Jail on his
arrival end brought face TO face with the
man charged with the murder Of the family
The statement Of Emil Greening that
Nrs Guinness had room upstairs, which
she kept locked, and in which he says
there was at one time fifteen trunks with
supply Of male wearing apparel the
roesession Of which she explained with
the statement that her callers, whom she
generally introduced ~ her cousins left
their clothing because they did not care to
no trirdered with It, has caused the beiei
that further digging will uncover the
skeletons of more victims.
chicago experts will make an e1amina-
ton tomorrow Of the stomach Of Andrew
Helelcsp. the South Dakota Tanchman
srft Of hair vas found clutched in Hell
cleans hand This gave rise to the theory
that Mrs Guinness had an accomplice and
rfst he was murdered while fighting for
his life The hair found in the murdered |
mans hand will he compared with that Of
lamphere.
Discovery was made to-day that there
was 2 Quilt between the body OF Mrs
Guinness and that Of the three children.
Pieces Of the burnt Quilt which were found
nnOn the nOON tI lilt "blllbll bg NlNpN
,nspection brought the announcement from
the prosecuting attorney that be believes
the woman was covered with il while the
tire was burning.
sheriff shutter, on finding the piece Of
burnt quilt, said:
sThe direction Of the wind on that day |
was such that the room in which the thll- |
drpn slept was comparatively free from
smoke The children during the blazN !
,at,trnliv frIgh IN their mOthnF !
Mrs. Gunness's room was situated so that |
owing 10 the direction Of the wind 1t soon |
filed up with smoke. ~
Il believe that when the children ran TO |
their mother they fell upon her bed. She |
was half overcome by the smoke and when !
tho children came to her, with her best |
efforts she placed her arms around them |
n protect them from the flames. The |
discovery Of the pieces ol the quit Is I'M
Charles Way to-day told how Mrs Gun.
nsss disanpsared on the day Of the funeral |
oi her second husband After the funeral
service everybody present was astounded
when she drove up to the front OF the house
and calmly remarked: Go aheada ana bury
him: guess it's all right
Later ii was found she had been in the
city during the funeral ceremony TO consult
with her lawyer about her possible arrest
for the murder OF her husband.
The whereabouts Of the trunk OF Ray
Iamphere containing letters written to
MIN by Mrs. Guinness was disclosed to-
night by States Attorney Smith. II was
found in, the imp provised morgue at the
C;unneae place and was taken from It's
hiding nlace. The letters which were found
in The trunk are believed to be important,
hut what they contain no person outside
the States Attorney 3 Office knows.
William Lamphere, father Of Ray Lam
nbere called at the Jail to-day. lamphere
Z ~ wears of age. feeble and poor, Il
know you are not guilty was the old mans
farewell TO his son. THAT woman was
murderer and know jury would acquit
YOU.
and a politician Of more than local reputa-
ton.
The local officers came into possession
of information this morning that they re-
gard as conclusive in respect 10 the manner
In which Mrs. Belle Guinness compassed
the deaths Of her many victims. The
theory that she butchared them has been
abandoned, and II is now certain that she
nsed chloroform as a means to rendering
them unconscious, filing the death cham
hsr" with its fumes till her victims were
unconscious and then, doubtless, applying
the drug direct till life was extinct. That
the room lust on the parlor whose walls
we're dsS1snsd and which was the guest
chamber in the mysterious house was 30
used there is now no doubt for the officers
nave found that entrance 70 It was IN
hibted 70 all persons about the house, even
70 the woman children. II was to the base
ment or cellar that the bodies we're then
taken, and there they we're dismembered in
order 10 more easily transfer them 10 the
graves in the yard
nruggists nj Chicago and In this city have