New-York tribune., 1908-05-13
THREE MORE VICTIMS
Indicated By Evidence Found IN
La Porte Investigation.

La Porte Ind May 1e.-Evidence to estabish tne
identity of three additional victims Of Mrs. 6e''e
Guinness was the most positive deVeloph'e"1 ~ -
day filed with contradictory happenings mere,
Both prosecution and defence received se'oa.n'
from the discoveries and revelations. out on 'h7
rboIe substantial progress was made toward bring
ing the case to the stage where 1t VIII be uahs
ferred to the courts.
The reports Of the four physicians who cohou''eu
the post-mortem examinations on the pooies iounu
in the ruins of the Guinness home Oh Ap. " M
given to the coroner's jury this morning ihes
fail tn establish the manner in which the woman
and three children met death, and 1t is prooao'e p
that the coroners jury will return an open Veio'''
regarding them. =.
DR.. Mack to-day said that ne hau " ~
what his return will be. - 49,.
ar ,.ver saw Mrs Guinness or her children, that
7 know Of" he said There Is notn1hs III vv
dence yet SO far I am concerned 10 es'"ols
the identity of the victims of the fire ano cohse
quently I without an opihioh ~
otherwise, in this regard
Prosecutor r. N. Smith is still collecting eVioence'
which he asserts will! connect Kay Lanhpie,
the deaths Of Mrs Guinness and her three emu, s'
and in this work he is being alded oS Tue eheii
II is possble therefore, that the case against
Iar,nbere NAV be presented to the grand jury ee-
fore the coroner's jury reaches decision IN 'he
matter
The reports made to the coroners jury To-Day o.
Drs 7 I. Gray H. H. Long, ]. II. Wiillam meyer
- T. T wiIcox revealed several circumstances,
the existence of which been carefully kept from
the public. This is particularly true OF the aooo-
ments having to do with the adult booy supposed
to be that of Mrs Guinness. .
The new facts brought to light concerning 'rf'
body as follows
That the right arm is pracucaY compie'e' aii"
that most of the left forearm and mana are III eA
istence Hitherto the complete arm had ceeh
known as the left and the right arm was supposed
to have been completely consumed in the hre-
That three rings two containing inscriptions. had
been found the hands.
That with the body had been discovered ras-
ments of bedclothing and of leather mattress
the remains of four nightdresses, the one OF an
.du1t and the others those of child, and frag-
ments of adult underwear.
The rings presented puzzle, which thus far has
not been solved. The inscriptions contain Initials
which are unaccountable except upon one hypo-
thesis that being that the ornaments We're the
ronertv of Peter Gunnesss first wife, that he pre-
sented them to Mrs. Guinness, or that she obtained
possession of them after his death, and that she
wore them the night when the house was
burned
The new victims of Mrs. Guinness supposed to
have been John Moe, of Elbow Lake, Mimi; Henry
Cierhalt of Scandinavia, Wis small town near
lola from which Ole O. Budsberg came. and
George Berry of Tuscola, Ill
Baltimore. May l2.-The Rev Z. A. SchelI, OF
La Porte Ind who is attending the Methodist Con-
ference here, admitted to-day that Ray Lamphere.
charged with the burning OF the Guinness home
and the death Of its occupants, had made a state
,nent connected with the case TO him. The latter,
however who is pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church at La Porte, refused to dvulge little to
its nature.
My lips sealed said Mr.. Schell II got
these things S in the confessional. 1 found that
the prosecuting officers were sweating Lamphere
and 1 appealed for fair play in his behalf. l
thought that he should be allowed to have a law
yer, and l told them But advised Larphere
TO tell the prosecuting attorney exactly what he
told me, and think he will do He seems to mo
TO be a thoroughly pentent man