The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
SECOND CHARNEL
PIT UNCOVERED
Four More Bodies Unearthed in
Guinness Farmyard Near
La Porte

LA PORTE, Ind, May 6.-A poSslDls
solution of the Guinness farm mystery
which was deepened today when -FOUR
additional bodies were found in the
barnyard, developed this afternoon.
Evidence that the nine dismembered
corpses unearthed yesterday and today
had been shipped to this city proc
ably from Chicago. came to light the
testimony OF draymen who had carted
trunks and boxes to the Guinness nome
bearing this out. In addition. the locdI
authorities received information tnat
two trunks consigned to Mrs Beila
Guinness. La Porte. Ind were being
held in an express office in Chicago ana
the assistance of the Chicago police IN
unraveling the puzzle was sought at
once.
Two of the nine mutilated bodies
were Identified in a qualified way this
afternoon. Antoine Olson, 2410 Indiana.
avenue, Chicago, reviewed the remains
supposed to be those of Jennie Olson'
the 16 year old foster daughter OF mrs.
Guinness. and pronounced them those
of his daughter. A sister of the dead
girl. Mrs. Leo Olander, 2S1S South Park
avenue, Chicago, accompanied the
father and added her testimony re-
garding her sisters characteristics.
A K Helgelein, whose inquiries re-
garding his missing brother, Andrew.
led to the first discoveries on the GUM
ness farm, became sure that the largest
and best preserved Of the corpses Is
that of his relative Against this.
however, is the evidence OF the autopsy
performed on this particular body by
DR.. ]. III. William Meyer. He found
contradictory conditions which, 10 MS
mind, at least. proved that the dead
man perished long after Andrew Hell
gelein disappeared in January last.
even going so far as to say that the
corpse showed evidence of having been
In the ground less than two weeks A.
X. Helgelein, however, refused TO be
convinced by these findings.
Ray Lamphere, who Is held on
charge of first degree murder, growing
out of the fire which destroyed the
Guinness home and caused the death of
Mrs Guinness and her three children,
offered no new evidence, despite re-
peated questionings. Ralph NJ. Smith.
prosecuting attorney of the district as
serted. however, that confession is
not necessary so far as Lamphere IS
concerned. We have" said he. posi-
tive evidence in the shape of letters
connecting Lamphere with the recent
murders at the Guinness farm
The exact nature of these letters was
carefully guarded by Smith
An attempt to identify one of the
corpses as Ole B. Rudesburg, lola, Wis,
was also started by the sheriffs off1ce
here. In response to telephone mes
sages sent there this morning word
came tonight that a member of Rudes-
burg's family had left there for this
city.
Delving into the past of Mrs GUM
ness the local authorities found one
unexplained death in her Immediate
family, which, they think, may shed
light on the present tragedy.
Six years ago there was at the farm
a child named Swanhilda. supposed 10
have been the daughter of Mrs. GUM
about years old. DR.. Fl. H. Martin
of La Porte was called to attend her
one night and diagnosed the case as an
attack of bronchitis. Three days later
the child was dead. DR.. Martin. not
having been called in the interim, re-
fused death certificate. and the in
FAINT, ii is said, was buried without full
fillment of the legal requirements. The
coroner is considering the advisability
of exhuming this body for the purpose
of an autopsy.
The Guinness farm was Mecca for
sightseers> today. The crowd became
SO dense that the road was choked and
it was almost impossible for late
corners to force their vehicles through
the press.
With morbid interest the men, women
and children pushed their way forward
toward the spot where the sheriff and
his men were turning up the earth and
refuse. Finally the sheriff appealed to
the police to keep the crowd back.
Relieved of the hindrance, the exca-
vators redoubled their efforts and with
in half an hour were rewarded. First
a few scattered bones were turned up
then, a skull was uncovered. Digging
around this, another corpse was ex-
posed, and beyond this second yet an
other.
One of the bodies in this second
charnel pit is believed to be that of
woman. The other two, and that found
earlier. are probably those of men. Of
the nine cadavers seven, therefore. are
males All are remains of adults, the
two smaller bodies found yesterday and
which Were at first thought to have
been those Of children, proving other
wise when the bones had been In
spected by the coroner and his assist
ants today
The best clew which has yet been
found came to light Immediately fol-
lowing the discovery of the last three
bodies today. John A. Welker a de-
livery man, and Leo Ware, his en-
ploye, told of having carted heavy
trunks to the Guinness farm in the sum-
mer and autumn OF 1906. Clyde Sturgis,
employed by Foster & De Garmo, an
he took two similar trunks TO the
place about year ago. In addition
several heavy boxes marked variousiy
potatoes" and wall paper were
carted to the house at different times
Ware asserted that his experience in
transporting the trunks to Mrs GUM
ness was not one which he would care
to repeat.
"She would not let us into the house
with one of the trunks" he said. I'VE
put Ii on the porch before the front
door. The other, at her orders. was
carried out after dark. There was no
light in the house. and she did not
strike one when we entered with the
trunks. She led US through two dark