Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-09
TOTAL NUMBER
NOW IS TEN
One More Body Exhumed on
the Guinness Farm at :.
La Porte, Ind.

Laporte, Ind, May 8.-One more
body was added to the death roll of
the Guinness farm today. The
grewsome remains now number ten.
Coroner Mack had first announced
that the grave opened contained one
comNlete body and portions of a
second, but this evening said that
what he had first believed to be
the additional thigh arm bones are
really pieces of the first.
Other important developments of
the day included the following:
Peter Colson, new witness in the
case, told r. N. Smith, prosecuting
attorney, that Ray Lamphere had
acknowledged attempts to black
mail Mrs. Guinness. This is con-
sidered as definitely establishing
motive for disagreement between
Lamphere and the woman, which re-
suited later in the burning of the
farm house.
Mrs. Leo Grening said that her son
Emil, who formerly worked on the
notorious farm, saw two strangers
at the place the night that Jennie
Olson disappeared in November, 1906.
Emil Grening is now in Oklahoma
City and the sheriff will try to COM
municate with him in the hope of
establishing the fact that Mrs. GUM
ness had accomplices in the murders
at her place.
The Pinkerton detectives who were
brought here at the instigation of
Sheriff Shutter, began their inves-
tigation. The resumption of excava-
ton at the Guinness farm again
drew an immense crowd of specta-
tors. The rush of visitors had be-
come so great that some of the local
liverymen have established regular
bus line from town to the farm.
One of the first new witnesses
found today was Colson. Mr.. Smith
had been endeavoring to establish a
definite disagreement between Lam
phere and the Guinness woman and
when Colson revealed conversation
in which Lamphere declared his
ability to get money and clothing
from the woman, the prosecutor felt
that in this respect at least his work
had been successful. According to
Colson, Lamphere said few days
before the fire of April %, 81 made
her get down on her knees last
night and I am going to make her
get down tonight unless she comes
up with some money"
Continuing Lamphere said, 81
know unknown things about her
and would raise an awful row if
they were told. She bought me this
suit of clothes that I am wearing
but she does not like to come UP
| with the coin, and that is what I
| need and must have"
1t is the prosecutors theory that
Lamphere had gained knowledge
of the means by which Andrew Heg-
elem was done to death, and that
| the prisoner attempted to use this
| the woman. She became terror
| stricken at his threats and undertook
| series of prosecutions against him
| which resulted in his trial before
| the lunacy commission and in his
being thrice arrested at her insti-
| cation.
That Lamphere attempted to
wreck vengence upon her for these
| actions and for her refusal to give
| him money or to continue the rela-
tion which had existed before then
prior to the appearance here in Jan,
| uary of the Helgeleins; that the fire
of the Guinness house was started by
Lamphere, but that he had no idea
of causing the deaths of Mrs. Guin.
ness and her children.
| The laws of Indiana, however, pro.
| vide that arson, resulting in deaths
shall be considered as murder in the
first degree even If the fatal outcome
of the first crime is not premeditated
1t is on this statute that Lamphere
! is be tried.