The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
PROBING MURDERS
ON CHARNEL FARM
Seven of Victims of Mrs. Gum
ness Probably VIII Never
Be Identified
Grand Jury Begins Work and
Courts VIII Try to Solve
the Mystery

LA PORTE. Ind, May ls.-WorR at
the Guinness farm today was without
important result. the screening Of the
ashes was finished and the task Of
cleaning the place begun. Miner Louis
echulte worked all day with his new
ana larger sluice box, but made no
e1ort to pan out the tailings
The sheriff said that he expected to
search the ground before the old barn
next week. This is one of the sus-
pecoeo spots which has not been ex-
rioreo, the work having been delayed
Tor lack OF funds. The restaurant.
hotel and livery stable propTietors are
preparing for another big crowd to-
morrow.
The railroads are also prepared 20
handle an increased number OF pas
sengers, and II is likely that fair
weather viii result In q repetition OF
last Sunday. when 5000 morbidly
curious visitors went TO the farm
POTTERS FIELD FOR VICTIMS
The burial last night OF Andrew NJ.
Helgelein marked the beginning of
the mai stage OF the Guinness farm
mysteries so far as human knowledge
IS concerned Two more corpses SUM-
posed 10 have been those of Jennie
Olsen and ole Q. Budsberg. have been
partially identified, but to the iden-
tity OF the remaining cadavers no ciew
exists that gives promise OF fulfill
nenL The relics taken from the death
Isrm. such as watches and rings, may
ultimately lead to the determination
that some certain missing individual
was caught in the Guinness trap, but
this VIII give almost no aid IN identify
Ing any particular body. The potters
neld Is most likely to be the ultimate
resting place OF these seven bodies.
Yesterday witnessed two conclusive
nndings regarding the bodies uneartfed
in the barnyard OF taken from the
SnoloerluE ruins Of the farmhouse.
one by the dentist who bridged Mrs.
Guinness lower jaw with artificial
teeth and established that the piece of
Saw bone found In the ruins was from
her skull the other subscribed to by
three experts show that the first body
taken from the barnyard Of the farm
Has that n Andrew Helgelein.
METHOD or DEATH UNSOLVED
The fnaiity Of these conclusions
ieads few major matters which are
capable o. solution 10 be brought to
Light The methods by which the vic
Uus of the farm were put 70 death
probably may never be known: to date
there Is "a total lack Of evidence on
THIS point The Identity OF the seven
corpSes remaining unknown Is another
f..c1-E- anu Air extent 10 Hnlcl kEW
Lamphere shared in the secrets of Mrs.
Guinness third. Only the last Of these
may be determined. and until the man
IS taken 10 trial and either acquitted
OF convicted nothing approaching GER
tainty VIII be known on this point
The state insists that il has positive
evidence against Lamphere. and the de-
Tense as positively states that the
prisoner cannot be proven guilty The
clrcur1Sta noes which have hecou7a
known are almost equally balanced so
Tar as Lamphere's part in the tragedy
is concerned, and judicial process only
can make clear their relative value.
he case has. in short reached a stag
where only the courts. through grand
3ury and open trial proceedings. can be
relied upon 10 settle the questions
which are to be brought before them.
The grand jury, il is announced, will
begin 10 Investigate the evidence gath
cred by Sheriff SmnIzer and Prosecutor
smith Monday. Its findings however.
VIII shed little light on the subject and
the details of its deliberations are not
liireiW 70 beComa known