Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-09
SKELETON OF MAN LOCATED
FIRST AND A FOOT Below THE
BONES OF A WOMAN ARE
REAcHED-RuRlED TWO YEARS
ELEVEN VICTIMS OF
MURDERESS FOUND
sEARcHERS BELIEVE THAT MORE
BODIES WILL BE FOUND AND
DiGGERs ARE KEPT AT WORK
ON CHARMED FARM

Laporte. Ind, May S.-The tenth
body was turned up by diggers at the
Guinness charnel farm shortly before
, O'Clock this morning 1t is the skel-
eton of a man apparently. Another
body was found later, making eleven
In all. 1t was just underneath the
spot where the first body today was
discovered. It is a skeleton only,
supposed to be that Of woman.
The bodies unearthed today were
,ound beneath a pile of refuse but a
lew feet below the surface The first
,ne reached was badly articulated, the
skeleton of a male adult. The bones
we're somewhat scattered and were in
good state of preservation. 1t ap-
peared to have been under the
ground about two years. The second
skeleton was discovered directly un-
der the first, the earth between the
two being but a foot or so deep. The
bones were undoubtedly those of a
woman and appeared to have been
buried much longer than the first.
They were Of small size, but evident
" those sof a full grown. female.
That more bodies will be found be-
.ore the day is over is confidently be-
iieved by the authorities and the ex-
citement among the townspeople and
The country folk is again approaching
.he feverish spot.
New Theory Advanced.
Chicago, May S.-The hteory that a
part of the Guinness farm at Laporte
was private burial ground was ad-
vanced today by John Larson a
nephew of Mr.. Guinness. The records
Of the land show that from 1851 to
1873 the land was owned by DIR. B.
r. Car. Larson believes the bones are
4 those of people buried there by the
physisian. The Laport authorities are
now trying toascertain whether or
not Car had a private burying ground
on the place.
More Crime Uncovered.
Other developments in the astound.
ing tragedy included the following:
Declaration by Prosecuting Attorney
R. N. Smith that positive evidence had
been secured against Ray Lamphere
accused Of Staying Mr.. Guinness and
her four children.
Postponement of grand jury action
against Ray Lamphere because OF
fresh evidence that duplicates several
others in the crimes, and who will
probably be arrested today.
Discovery that Olaf Limbou, a for
mer employe of Mrs. Guinness on hel
murder farm mysteriously disap
peared several years ago. Relatives
have never seen Or heard Of him since
He was the man fall work on the
farm. Limbonit is now belived was
one of the first to meet a violent
death within the walls of the brick
mansion which eventually served as
the pyre of the archmurderess.
Suspicious aroused also pointing tc
a sixteenth victim in the series o1
brutal crimes in the case of Swanhilds
Guinness, 7-year-old daughter of Mrs
Guinness second husband. The girl
after the mysterious death Of hel
father, disappeared Her stepmothe,
said she had been sent to Wisconsin
to the home of her husbands brother
1t is now believed that she never
reached her reported destination ant
that she met the same sad fate as die
the nine whose corpses were huddlet
into crude barnyard graves.
Detention by the police of Bessie
Wallace, alias Conklin, a Michigan
City woman, who knew Lamphere ant
who heard his say that he would ge
even with Mrs. Guinness and could pu
her in the penitentiary if he desired t.
do so.
Vigorous search instituted by Sheriff
Shutter and deputies to find witnesse.
VINO Will be called before the grant
jury next Monday to testify agains
Lamphere.
Pursuance Of the inquest into the
tragedy by Coroner Mack, who tooi
dispositions from AISLE K. Helgelein
Mrs. George Arthur Olander and Sig
ward Olson of Chicago, brother ant
sister of the murdered Jennie Olsen
Infirnoarv at Marietta o. Rurne