Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-12
NET CLOSES ON LAMPHERE
Wisp Of Hair Like His Found in Hand
of Dead Man.
WORK OF SITTING ASHES BEGINS
Authorities VIII Ascertain whether
Proof of Mrs. Guinness Death
Exists-Evidence from
Outside.

Outside.
LA PORTE. Ind. May 11.-That Andrew
Helgelein did not give up his life without
a struggle is evidenced by the fact that IN
his clinched hand was a brown tuft Of
short hair which is said to closely cor
respond with the hair covering the head of
/ Ray Lamphere, who is being held in jail
! here
! This new phase of the mysteries was dis
closed in the deposition Of DR.. J. H. VIII
liam Meyer, one of the examining physic-
I ians. who went into an exhaustive examiE
nation of Helgeleln's body. He also made
his report Of the body Of Jennie Olsen. the
l7-year-old adopted daughter OF Mrs. GUM
ness, In the case of both Helgelein and
/ the Olsen girl the cause OF death is given
as unknown. DR. Meyers report indicated
that both bodies were in good condition.
'Dr. B. o. Bowel. a prominent physician
OF La Porte, was for time the physician
TO the Guinness family DR.. Bowel stated
today that he had treated Mrs. Guinness
for epilepsy for some time. While attend
| ing Mad Sorensen. the former husband Of
Mrs Guinness. he studied the latter very
! closely, he says. and came to the conclu-
sion that she was a victim Of epilepsy. 1t
is said DR.. BowelPs opportunity for OBJ
servation and gaining intimate knowl-
edge of the Guinness woman gives his
/ opinion weight
| II. w. worden, the attorney for Lam
phere, has made out a petition for habeas
1 corpus proceedings, which he says he will
present IL he is denied admission to the jail
or in any way further interfered with by
any of the county authorities.
Work of Sitting Ashes.
The weather again today is very threat
ening and some rain has fallen. William
Schultz the miner employed by Sheriff
Shutter to conduct the sluicing of the ashes
and debris in the cellar OF the burned house
in the hope OF finding the gold Filings said
to have been in the teeth OF Mrs. Guinness,
began work today. Ashes will be carried
to the hopper a peck or more at time and
washed and the residue carefully examined.
William Brogiski. a Polander living with
a Mr.. Shoemaker. a farmer neighbor of
Mrs. Guinness, was called upon during the
years Of 19O6-O7 to dig three holes in the
barn lot of the Guinness place. He was
told by Mrs. Guinness that the holes were
to be utilized fef rubbish and farm refuse.
Mrs Guinness designated the dimensions Of
the holes, which BrogisHd says were about
six feet long and four feet wide. In all
these holes bodies have been found. Brog-
iski SAYS he did not see any rubbish put
into the holes, but upon subsequent visits
he noticed that all of them had been filled
up and had a covering of old tin cans,
bricks and other rubbish.
Both Brogish and his daughter had been
employed on the Guinness place. The
daughter claims that Mrs. Guinness was a
very hard employer
Lamphere Ordered to Keep Mum.
The attitude of the defense has not been
revealed to any great extent The prisoner
has received stringent orders from his at
torneys not to discuss the charges against
him with anyone, and the attorneys them
selves have not committed themselves to
any particular line of action. They have
been free in announcing theories to account
for Lamphere's actions before and follow
ing his arrest and have also given out al
legged evidence which they claim to have
secured and which they say establishes the
fact that Mrs. Guinness and not Lamphere
set fire to the house. The adult headless
! corpse found with the Slackened bodies OF
the children was, they assert, that of an
other victim Of the Guinness woman, the
theory being that the head was severed by
Mrs. Guinness in order that 1t might be
thought that the body was hers. Thus far
however. efforts TO substantiate the an
nouncements by the defense have failed
several persons having repudiated inter
views accredited TO them by Lamphere's
attorneys. while the facts found by the four
physicians who performed post mortem ex-
aminations on the corpses do not bear out
the contentious Of the defense.
Attorneys Cover Up Case.
It is thought, however, that Lamphere's
attorneys have concealed carefully the chief
:
ing meanwhile to swing public opinion in
favor Of the prisoner.
Political and business friends Of the at
torneys have been busy discussing the case
wherever opportunity offered, the argument
being mainly that Mrs. Guinness was too
shrewd a woman to be caught in fire that
: she might therefore have escaped. Prosecu-
tor Smith denounces these methods. but
there is no gainsaying the fact that the i'm
preston that Mrs Guinness is still alive is
widespread. despite the almost total abb
sence OF evidence to support IT, This cir
cumstance will make the task Of picking
a trial jury difficult and there is scarcely
I a man or woman in the community who has
not formed or expressed an opinion on the
subject. Talesmen from the rural districts.
however. may tighten the labors Of the at
torneys in this regard.
Another Claimant for Property.
Sheriff Smutzer today received letter
! from Albert Petersen. Isle. Mimi cousin
z OF Mrs. Guinness second husband.
Petersen states that Guinness left a large
amount Of money TO his wife Guinness
was insured IN the United Workmen for
600. He believes that child Of Guinness
by a former marriage, who is living with
him at Isle, Mnn-, should be protected. and
intimates that me viii Of Mrs. Guinness
win be attacked In favor OF Jennie Swan
HID Guinness, the child in question. The
county grand jury met today. The Jurymen
( were told to investigate all murder crimes
IN LaPorte county.
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