The Washington herald., 1908-05-13
HARPER PERISHED
IN BURNED HOUSE
Continued from Page One.


Mrs. Guinness by NJ. A. sorenson at
Chicago
The other gold band Is supposed to be
the wedding ring given her by Peter s.
Guinness. her second husband. The third
was slender ring. holding a chip
diamond
These three rings have been identihed
by persons who say they are satisfied
they had seen Mrs. Guinness wear them.
The rings are in possession Of Coroner
Mack.
The physicians who held the autopsy
on the body of Mrs. Guinness filed their
report at II o'clock this morning. and
though they do not pronounce the corpse
to be the body Of Mrs. Guinness. they give
a description of the clothing, and the
charred rags found with the body have
been identified as the clothing worn by
Mrs. Guinness. There is no longer any
doubt tha. the woman and her three chill
dren persisted in the fire. DIR. ]. L. Gray.
who performed the autopsy. told of the
three rings which were found on the
corpse, and also revealed the fact that
the right hand. hitherto declared missing.
is still in existence.
DIR. Gray's Report.
DR.. Gray made his disclosures in the
official report which he handed to Coroner
Mack this morning The report says:
with the body, but disconnected, was
an adult right arm, burned and shrunken
fingers contracted on the palm. Clutched
in the hand was piece Of burned cloth
exhibit No. u. A band ring. with small
diamond set, found on second finger Of
right hand exhibit No. p, an adult hand,
and about one-third of the forearm Of the
left side were with the body, and on the
third finger was found a gold ring. with
a small diamond set, with engraving, p.
S. to J. S, August %, '94,' and gold
band ring engraved on the inside 2. G.
to J. s., 3-5-'95 (exhibits Nos. and a.
Mrs. Guinness second husband was
Peter Guinness. but the identity Of j. S.
and p. s. is a puzzle. which none of the
local officials has explained.
Cannot Determine Cause of Death.
Dr. Gray also described at length the
remnants. Of clothing and night robes
found with the four bodies. One Of the
night robes was that of an adult. the
length Of the inside seam Of the sleeve
being seventeen inches The gown was
trimmed with lace and ribbon, and its
total length, according to the remnants
al hand. was ifty-two inches Remnants
OF a child's night dress and several un-
der-garments were also found
Cannot Determine Cause of Death.
DR.. Gray's report concludes as follows:
From the examination Of this adult
female it is impossible TO determine the
exact cause Of death"
Accompanying the findings Of Dr. Gray
was a report by DR. J. II, Never on the
body Of the male infant found in the
ruined house. 1t described the condition
Of the corpse as already revealed. the
finding being that the cause of death
could not be determined. Reports from
DIR. II. II. Long and Dr. I r. Wilcox on
the other bodies are expected soon.
Hidden in A corner of a dark room, of
from the Office OF Prosecutor Smith. and
guarded as II they were gold and precious
the fire at the Guinness house. There is
part of a shoulder. a portion of an arm.
some Of the leg bones. and other bones
of Mrs. Belle Guinness.
Two More Victims.
Word has come Of two more possible
victims of poison and knives Of Mrs.
Belle Guinness. NJ. Guerholt. Of lola, Wis.
has written to Sheriff Smulzer asking fer
information concerning Henry Guerholt,
who left Scandinavia. Wis, March Z,
1906. Before going away. he said. he had
engaged himself to work for Mrs. Peter
Guinness, near Lsporte. and that he not
only had a good job, but that he might
marry the woman. who had a large brick
house. containing thirteen rooms. On
July 4. 1896, Henry Guerholt wrote 10
some relatives saying he was at work AT
the place, and liked IL very much After
waiting for some time and hearing no
more FROM Henry Guerholt, VI. Guerholt.
who does not explain whether he is re-
lated TO the missing man. wrote to Mrs.
Guinness and asked her about Henry
where he was. and how he was doing.
Said He Went to Chicago.
Mrs. Guinness. in a letter dated some
time in September. replied that Henry
Guerholt had left her house in August for
Chicago with horse trader. and she
had heard nothing from him since. With
the letter we're two photos of the missing
man. who is described as being over six
feet tall, heavy build had dull brown
mustache. and had three false teeth in a
plate in the upper front of his mouth.
Another letter was from G. r. Burk.
Tuscola. III. In it he asked for informs-
tion concerning George Bradley, about
forty years old. dark complexion. dark
hair and mustache about six feet tall.
and weighing i7o pounds. Bradley worked
for Burk on his farm near Tuscola for
two or three years. He had about 81 $50
worth Of property, which he said he was
going To sell, and that he knew A widow
with three children near Laporte. Ind.
that he could marry. She owned a nice
farm. too
Bradley went away FROM Tuscola last
October, leaving his clothing with Mr.
Burk, saying he would return and get
them, but he has never come back.
Mr.. BuTk is satisfied that he is one Of
the victims of Mrs. Guinness.