The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
ALL DOUBT REMOVED
Finding of Gold Teeth Proves
Mrs. Guinness Death.
DENTIST SURE OF HIS WORK
Identifies Crowns as Those Made by
HimseIf-An Corresponds 10 Dia-
gram Made for sherin-Identiaea-
tion Found by Placer Mining OPP
erations-MOre Light ON Methods.

erations-MOre Light ON Methods.
Laporte. Ind. May 19-Again. and
! finally, Mrs. Guinness is dead.
The gold teeth. unmistakable marks OF
Identification, were found this morning in
the ruins Of the house of murder. DR..
| /. P. Norton. the dentist. who built the
bridges in the mouth Of the most noted
murderess Of the age, positively identified
the plates.
The porcelain teeth set ia gold plate,
were anchored in the upper jaw to the
euspids-the only teeth on the jaw The
gold which held the plate to the Gus
/ pids is intact but the teeth have fallen
out, or have been burned completely from
the gold. which in places shows indi-
cations Of having started 10 melt under
the fierce fire to which the head OF the
murderess must have been submitted.
Sheriff Smulzer was at the place dig
ging, when Louis Schuitze, the western
placer miner. made the find just two
weeks, almost TO the hour. from the time
the bodies of Mrs Guinness and her
three children were dug from the ruins.
The sheriff threw up his cap and shouted:
They are found"
Sheriff Smulzer In his automobile, speed
ed TO notify States Attorney Ralph Smith
Of the news and 10 take the teeth TO
DR.. Norton for Identification Word
spread quickly all over town that the
teeth had been found and the fate Of
Mrs. Guinness had been solved, even 10
the satisfaction OF the attorney defending
Lamphere.
sure of Identification.
''Yes, these are. undoubtedly. Mrs. Gun
ness teeth" said Dr. Norton, to The
Washington Herald reporter
THE upper jaw was probably bridged
in Chicago. but later work on the lower
Jaw I can positively identify as that done
by me about a year ago
AT that time I made lower bridge
for Mrs. Guinness consisting Of six dunn
mics and two crowns for the two remain
ing teeth. making a total Of eight teeth.
and swung from the lower two cuspids.
''This work is exactly the same as that
on the teeth found this morning IN fact,
but half an hour before the finding Of
the teeth. I had diagram for Sheriff
Smulzer Of Just what he would find.
showed how the TWO dummies might be
check-marked by the action Of the fire.
The teeth found are exactly the ones
designated. The gold In the rear of the
crown was Of solid eight caret and bears
my private style Of workmanship. thus
ali h1f4uF -
those OF any one else
More Light on Methods.
More light was thrown upon the meth
DDS Of Mrs. Guinness. and the identity Of
another probable victim was revealed in
a letter received yesterday morning by
the sheriff from David Hicken. a farmer
living on a rural route out Of Milwaukee.
Wis. Hicken says that the missing man
Riediger, or Riedtnger. left Delafeld. a
village twenty-five miles west OF Mil
waukee. in the fall Of 1906 with $1,000. pro-
Ceeds OF the sale OF his crops. The max
said he was going TO marry a widow near
Chicago.
Mrs. Guinness" the writer continues,
was out here to see him. AT least the
neighbors think the woman resembled
the picture in the papers. He (Riedinger)
left the care Of the farm TO a hired man
named Heintzelman. About a month
after he left. a letter came 10 the hired
man that he wasn't going to marry the
widow: 20 sell ali the live stock and i'm
plements; that he was going West. The
auction took place. and $500 was placed
in the bank Reidinger has not been
heard from as yet The letter was not
In his own handwriting. and there was
no signature 10 it,
Writes for Watch Number.
Here is believed to be another example
Of the woman's daring operations in writ
ing the unsigned letter instructing her
victims hired man TO sell the live stock
ana implements. and writing that he was
going West thus allaying suspicion.
Upon receipt Of the letter. Deputy
Sheriff Anstiss wrote to Hicken for fur
Their particulars and for the number of
Riedinger's watch. It is possible that it
may be counted among the six unidenti-
fed bodies.
Sheriff Smulzer also received letter
from NJ. Gurholt, brother Of Henry Cur
holt of lola, Wis, who came here in the
spring Of 1906, supposedly with about
information before coming to Laporte to
investigate in person. He seems TO be
pretty we'll satisfied that his brother is
among the dead
Thinks Lamphere viii Hang.
I am ready to go TO trial now" said
states Attorney Smith The people OF
Laporte maintain the idea that Mrs.
Guinness is alive. and their prejudices
cannot influence a jury. I believe 7 will
bring Lamphere TO trial the first OF next
week, and am positive that he viii hang.
This afternoon the two skeletons found
in, the grave in which the bodies of Ole
Olsen and Ole Budsburg were found
were buried in the potters' field The
bodies are supposed to have been those
of the college professor and his wife VINO
were murdered in December, 1906.
Coroner Mack said tonight that his
verdict would unquestionably be rendered
tomorrow. He will find, according to
the opinion Of the consulting physicians
of the coroner. that the four bodies taken
from the ruins Of the house are those
of Mrs Guinness and f1o- children