The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-07

La Porte, Ind, May Ca possible
solution of the Guinness farm mys-
terry, which was deepened today Wheh
four additional bodies We're found III
the barnyard developed late this aftef
noon Evidence that the nine dlsmehi
bered bodies unearthed yesterday ana
today had been shipped to this city,
probably from Chicago, came to light,
the testimony of dfayman VINO had
carted trunks and boxes to the Gum
ness home bearing this out,
In addition. the local authorities re.
coived information that two trunks.
consigned to Mrs, Bella Guinness, La
Porte, Ind, were being held in the
EXPRESS office in Chicago and the as
sistance OF the Chicago police in un'
ravelling the puzzle was sought
Two of the nine mutilated bodies
were identified this afternoon with
considerable certainty They were
those OF Jennie Olsen. the lG years
old foster daughter of Mrs. Guinness,
and Andrew Helgelein The formed
Identification made by the girl father
and sister and the latter by the dead
mans brother, A. X. Hegelein.
Roy l.amphere, held on the charge
of first degree murder growing out OF
the fire which destroyed the Guinness
home and caused the death Of Mrs
Guinness and her children, offered no
new evidence despite repeated ques'
tioning. Ralph n. Smith, prosecuting
attorney. asserted, however. that a
confession is not necessary as far a.
I.amphere is concerned We have
positive evidence in the shape OF q
letter connecting him with the muir
ders of the Guinness farm he said.
The exact nature of the letters Is
carefully guarded by Smith.
An attempt to identify one of the
corpses as that of Sole B. Budsberg. c'
lola, Wis. was started by the sheriff
today. Word came tonight that
member of Budsberg's family had left
for this city.
The increasingly divergent charac
ter of the gruesome mystery has
aroused the entire community and the
crowd was so great at the Guinness
PREMISES today that the sheriff was OBJ
liged to call on the police TO keep thf
people back so as not to interfere viii
the work.
Relieved of the hindrance. the exca
vators redoubled their efforts, and
within half an hour were rewarded
At first few scattered bones were
turned up, then skull was uncovered
Digging around this another corpse
was exposed and beyond this secon,
vet another was found.
One of the bodies in this sccont
charnel pit is believed to be that OF
woman. The other two, and that were
found earlier, are probably those @
men. OF the nine cadaverous forms
seven, therefore are those of males.
The best clew yet found, came tt
light Immediately following the dis
covery of the last three bodies today
John A. Walker, a liveryman, an'
Leo Wade, his employee. told of hav
ing carted heavy trunks to the Gnin
ness farm in the summer and autumn
of 1906 Clyde Sturgis, employed b.
Foster & DeGarmo, another liver
concern, remembered that he took tw
similar trunks to the place year age
In addition several heavy boxes wer
carted to the house at different times
Mrs. Guinness wouldn't let us int
the house with one of the trunks sal
Wade, 1--WE put 1t on the porch hefor
the front door. The other. at her O
ders, was carried in after dark. Their
was no light in the house, and sh
didn't strike one when we entere
With the trunk. She led us thrOug
two dark rooms into third and opel
ed another door. But told Walker
had had enouugh and we dropped tn
trunk in the third room and left
Sturgis said the trunks he took Z
the farm were heavy and strongl
corded.
Mrs. Guinness told me to carr
them In the cellarway | started
uncord them for her. but she told n
TO leave them alone and mind my on