Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-05-09
WOMAN ARRESTED AS
MRS. GU|NESS;; NOW
DECLARED MIST AXE
Man Who Says He Knew Her Told
Rochester Police She Was On
Train---T TeIegraphed Ahead.
BODY IN RUINS is NOT HERS

| Special bv United Press Wire:
LaPorte, Ind, May 9:--The detec-
tives today began to examine the
letters from Mrs. Guinness to Lam
phere, found in a trunk concealed
beneath the hay In a loft at barn
six miles from the Guinness place.
When told of the find Lamphere,
who is in jail here, showed excite-
ment He said he could make a
statement after seeing his lawyer.
His attorney visited him today. II
lis believed statement will be made
/ that the letters show an understands
ing between Mrs. Guinness and LAM
Iphere.
The digging at the Guinness farm
was resumed today by the sheriff.
DIR. Harry Long, who knew Mrs.
Guinness, today, made a careful ex-
animation of the body found in the
burned house supposed to have been
hers and declared unhesitatingIy
that the body is not Mrs. Guinness.
DIR. Long said the carefully manis
cured nails on the body proved it was
not Mrs. Guinness. The body is said
to be five inches too short to be that
of Mrs. Guinness.
The announcement by Coroner Mack
that two bodies had been discovered
only served to increase the rush OF GU
riosity seekers. The scraps Of humans
ty were found in the barnyard, which
| had already given up nine cadavers.
About four feet below the surface the
excavators encountered bits Of bone
and burlaps, and a few strokes more
of the spades and hoes revealed a skull,
a decomposed torso and leg and arm
bones
Body Badly Dismembered.
The body was by far the least pre-
served Of any of the ten grewsome
relics. In addition to the usual traces
Of lime, the body showed that less
skillful hand had dismembered It, The
legs had been, as usual severed above
the knee joint but the bones were
splintered. The shoulder blade was
shattered In cleaving the head from
the body The skull was lying near
the pelvis. Nothing but jumbled heap
Of decayed flesh and crumbling bones
was left to indicate the identity Of the
person. 1t was thought, however, that
the body was that of a woman, as a
metal frame Of woman's purse were
found In the grave
Sheriff Shutter transferred operations
to a likely spot near the burned build
ing, some distance removed from the
burial ground thus far explored, but
no results were obtained. Digging Is
still going on.
Sheriff Smutzer is pressing to the ut
most the search for the murderess.
"The real extent of her criminal ca
reer may never become known" he
said.
"And l do not believe she is dead.
She was too expert and clever crim-
inal to be caught and killed by any
one In the very house where she had
slain SO many.
"But the search VIII not slacken !
have men at work searching for mora
bodies here, and will turn up every
foot Of ground near the house TIL we
find them all. And we will find Mrs.
Guinness. The missing head from the
female body found In the ruins with
the Guinness children is a sure proof
to me that the mother murderess did
not perish there. Her gold teeth were
not In that woman's mouth
II am confident" said Coroner Mack,
''that a score more victims viii be dug
up. I am receiving letters and teie-
grams from various parts of the couns
try-from the Atlantic to the Pacific
giving descriptions of missing men
and begging me to advise them If bod.
les answering the furnished descrip-
tions have been found.
"There is no telling the extent Of
the woman's operations, the number
Of men she butchered In her slaughter.
house. l believe that when inc fuII
Investigation has been Completed 10
story In the annals of crime in the
United States win be equal to the
tragedies which will have been un.
folded"
While the investigations were going ON
at the farm Prosecutor Smith, aided BY
Deputy Sheriff Roy Mari, was collect
ing additional evidence concerning Ray
Lamphere's alleged partio patton IN the
deaths of andrew Helgelein, Mrs. Cum
ness and her three children. Lamphere
is accused of first degree murder be-
cause OF the deaths Of Mrs. GUINNESS
and her three children.
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