The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-07

LAPORTE. Ind. May II won't
deny any report that Lampere has told
me his story" said States Attorney
Smith II viii say, though. that 1 have
heard as much Of his story as 1 wish
have 10 desire further TO examine
him / have enough Of his personal
statement 70 hang him. and that is all
want
The remains of a dozen bodies have
been found on the Guinness farm thus
far. A search for more bodies was be-
gun early in the day. The cement Eoor
OF the widows farm house Will also
be taken up within the next twenty
four hours in a search for bodies.
Seven gold watches were found today
in the ruins OF the Gun-less home. and
are now In the possession of Public Ad-
miuistrator Fogle- BY means Of them Il
may be possible 10 identify some OF the
wonas~ icHms.
A quantity Of photographs was found
In the asEes They We're OF men and
women. but the features have been
badly effaced by the flames.
Hunt for Mrs. Guinness.
Sheriff Shutter today notified New
York authorities 70 be on the outlook
for Mrs. Guinness, owner OF the House
Of Horrors"
She IS believed 70 be on her way TO
Norway or Sweden
Shutter asked the New York police
90 watch all outgoing vessels, and also
teIegraphed the Chicago police TO watch
she former haunts Of the woman IN
that city
The sheriff today ordered the exhuma-
ton OF everything under half a dozen
piles Of soft dirt in the Guinness yard.
where the dIsmemhered bodies OF nine
men and women already have been un-
earthed. He believes many more bodies
viii be uncovered before the search
ends Six depressions in the ground
had been marked for further search
when darkness stopped the digging yes
terday. Evidence is piung Up to show
that Mrs Guinness was either the head
OF the agent Of a murder trust" which
operated in Chicago and shipped bodies
Of slain people 70 her TO be disposed Of
Believes in Murder Trust.
States Attorney Smith today declared
his belief that this was a fact. and
pointed to the many trunks received by
Mrs. Guinness from Chicago as support
ing the theory.
"As 10 who assisted Mrs. Guinness in
~
mystery having more horrible elements
than aEything IN fact or fiction that
has come 10 my notice" says Smith
The murders OF the Rue Morgue pale
into insignif1cance when COMPARED 10
this case Somewhere in a secret cham
Der Of that human slaughter house the
men who were lured 10 the home OF a
wealthy widow IN the hope Of gaining
her riches were done to death Whether
they were asphyxiated. chOloroformed
or killed with unknown weapons NAV
never be known. The woman made love
TO them when they came to see her
treachery killed them and buried the
bodies outside her home"
Advertised for Husband.
Color is lent to the theory that those
Of the victims who were killed by Mrs
Guinness herself were lured to her home
by matrimonial advertisements which
she inserted in several matrimonial
papers
The attractiveness Of the Guinness
home and grounds surrounding II evi-
IDENTIFY made an impression on the
wooers who visited the woman. and
made her task OF numbering them easy
The guest chamber of the house
which was just across the hall from
Mrs. Gun.less' room, is believed to have
been the place where the mllrderiDg
and dismembering took place. Then the
bodies were cut into pieces and the
dismembered parts taken into the ward
for burial
Mrs. Guinness could easily do this ss
she was a powerful woman. weipbfn0 .
E25 pounds, and with big hands and
arms. Whether Ray Lampere assisrafi
ner in disposing of the bodies the an
thorities cannot ascertain. bun the
strength Of Mrs. Guinness leads IN the
belief that his help was not needed
Corpse Not Like Mrs. Guinness.
Mrs. Guinness size also strengthens
the impression that she is nor dead
but is alive somewhere and prc,g,ab ablI-
planning more murders. Mrs. Guinness
was an Amazon in size, while the bodv
Of the dead woman who was to,,n1
with her children in the Guinness I.onfe
is said to weigh only about l25 porndS
Besides. people who knew Mrs. Gunneee
say this body Is too short in stature to
be that Of Mrs. Guinness
Lampere shows nc alarm whgn +bex,
tell him Of the unearthing OF new
bodies.
well wen." he says, .qs that so.
nrw?"
And further than that he win not
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