Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-11
New and Startling Evidence
May Fix Guilt in One La
Porte Murder.
DARK FOR LAMPHERE
State Weaving Strong Case
Against Him---Thousands
See Guinness Farm.

La Porte, Ind, May 11.-Authorities
of the county today are busy weaving
together the shreds of evidence relied
upon to connect Ray Lamphere with
the deaths at the Guinness farm, and
to have their case as complete as pos
sible when the grand jury meets next
week. AS yet the defense has not re-
vealed to any great extent what atti-
tude it will assume Neither LAM
phere nor his counsel will discuss the
matter with any one further than to
claim that Mrs. Guinness is still alive
and that she fired her own home that
burned her children to death.
Had Hair in Hand.
That Andrew Helgelein did not give
up his life without a struggle is evil
denced by the fact in one of his
clenched hands was a tuft of brown,
short hair, which is said to correspond
closely with the hair covering the head
of Ray Lamphere. This new phase of
the mysteries was disclosed In the
deposition of DR.. Myers, one of the
examining physicians, who went into
an exhaustive examination of Helge-
| lein's body.
Dug Three of Holes.
William Brogiski, Polander living
with farmer neighbor of Mrs. Gum
mess, was called upon during the years
1906-07 to dig three holes in the barn
lot at the Guinness place. He was told
lbysMrs. Guinness the holes were to be
utilized for rubbish and farm refuse.
sions of the holes, which Brogiski says
were about six feet long and four feet
wide. In all these holes bodies have
been found.
Lack of Money Saved Life.
ST Joe, Mo-, May 11-"Because I
had no money, l now believe is the
only thing that saved me from being
murdered by Mrs. Guinness, near La
Porte" said George Anderson of Tar
kio. Mo-. last night as he boarded a
Rock Island "fyer" for Chicago, where
he will offer his personal testimony
/
ness, to the authorities. Anderson,
who is Swede, 80 years old, believes
the woman is still alive and that she
set fire to the farm house herself
Answered One OF Ads.
Two years ago, while at Monteith.
Mich, he answered one of Mrs. Gun
ness advertisements, passing himself
as wealthy farmer. She wrote him
to come on, and he did SO. Upon find
ing he had no money, she was incens-
ed, but told him to spend the night at
her place He went to bed, but was
awakened and found the woman bend
ing over him. He spoke, and she ran
lout of the room. Greatly frightened.
he did not close his eyes after that,
land at daylight he left the place.
Throngs visit Farm.
| LaPorte. Ind, May 1.-THE grim
Guinness farm, still laden with the
lgrewsome evidence of one of the great
lest murder mysteries of modern times,
yesterday resounded with the laughter
of children, the quips and jests of
country SWANS and sweethearts, the
, jargon of postcard sellers and street
men, and the loud .disputations OF
souvenir hunters.
4 1t is estimated that at least $4,000
persons poured into La Porte on special
: excursion trains, interurban cars, au
tomobiles, and all sorts of vehicles to
; Iattend an organized feast Of the NOR
bid and curious, believed to be with
i out parallel in the United States.
Might Have Charged Fee.
Had an admission fee of SO cents a
head been charged enough money
might easily have been raised to de
fray the expenses of employing an ad
ditionai corps of detectives to work or
1.-THE case To have done SO would not
materially have increased the CONNER
cial ASPECT Of the place Of butchery
: To-day.
II Sheriff Smutzer and Deputies Mar
! and Ansliss stood guard all day t.
prevent the debris in the cellar o
the house from being carried OF b,
the bagful
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