The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-19
abraham
. f|l,i'llips. i. |! q is
4 III s.; s;;ilii'.nl:ig' li'.nl:i i
Went Is i to Indiana ::':lt liza
3 M airy Rich !: R':ii.c'[:h
Wild oW. 4 T 4

IiAPoRTE,s Ind, May 1S.---Abraham
Phillips. aged forty-six years. left his
home in SBelington, W. Va, in the win
'stersof II eo7, telling his friends that he
was + coming to Indiana to marry q
rich widow. 8 He brought with hlm5a
8roll sof money and a diamond ring. He
wore a badge Indicating that he was
saImember of the Brotherhood OF Rail,
way Trainmen. Yesterday q watch
'kwas sunearthed on the Guinness farm
which ids believed to prove that Phil,
ttllps was one OF the victims OF Mrs.
bella Guinness, K the arch.murderess.
The watch as gold and on the back is
engraved a. Locomotive. Indicating that
a the owner was In some way associat.
ssed with railroad work. An effort will
;Sbe .made to identify one OF the skele-
/: tons as that OF the West Virginia
4 man and ascertain the amount Of
money received from him by the In.
diana pgress: Phillips is reported to
SshaYe been wealthy and the owner of
saS fine farm and considerable real es-
tate In Belington. -. Il &
~ One "a Female.
Autopsies OF the seven identified
sbodles exhumed from Mrs. Guinness
ispriyate burial ground were completed
yesterday and they revealed the fact.
according to the reports OF Drs. F. T.
S5N1lcox and George r. Osborn. who
tSconducted3 the autnpsles under the di-
i srection of Coroner Mack. that one OF
\. the seven was a female. K
This revelation aroused new inter-
sSest In: the story, that a man and a wo.
,,Eman came to the house one night III
lGs1 9O4 Is take, Jennie Olsen to n Los An
'#geles college, as Mrs. Guinness told
those about the place. The next morn
d ldng Jennie and the man and woman
were gone. Mrs. Guinness said that
they had left on an early train for Cal.
4 Eifornia. The body now declared TO be
that of a woman was taken from the
II same hole as was that OF Jennie Oh
sen. In that hole also were the bodies
sofS Ole Budberg. Of lola. Wis. and that
Il ofSanother man. The theory now hl-
sYanced is that Mrs. Guinness may hnv.,
ION the same night. murdered Jennie
Olsen and Sthe man and woman. who
& had come to take her to California, anil
Il buried all three bodies. dlsmembered.
In the same pit. The boby OF Buds
u berg, who was murdered later than
this night, was found nearer the sur
8s face than the other three.
isss.ss Is ;!$ AZ, Watch Identified.
The mystery surrounding the watch
found on Ray Lnmphere when he was
81 arrested was cleared when J. G. RAM
en-. of Mansfield, n. D.. who came to
& ESinvestlgate the disappearance of his
Esshalf brother, John Moe. OF Elbow Lake
1ltnn. identified the time piece as the
n one owned by. Moe when he, left home
Lamphere said that Mrs. Guinness
gave him the watch.
The bodies OF the seven unidentified
dead will be buried to-day in the pot
sters' field. Christian services will DE
Sconducted for them and small stone
will be erected with an inscription
telling the circumstances OF their
death. The body of Jennie Olsen has
been turned over to relatives. Ole
Budsberg's body was shipped to lola
for burial.
IN Four Bodies Held. rs
Coroner Mack is stlll holding the
-four bodies found In the fire ruins OF
5the burned Guinness home. and which
Saccorilng to evidence produced are tic
v bodies OF Mrs. Guinness and her three
hlldren. They will be held until Cor.
q soner Mack files his formal verdict
!. Tie Laporte county grand Jury yes
sterday heard the stories OF number
z OF witnesses in the Guinness case. Ex.
scellent progress was made, but the
II greatest part of the week will be con
sumed in the investigation. va
n ss5In view OF the offer Of the county
'sS commission to pay $4,000 for tho
production OF Mrs. Guinness alive.
Prosecutor Smith expects that this
I: search will be worldwide.
~.