The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-18
Thought Woman Leaving GAL
weston Was Mrs. Guinness
AS She Acted Strangely and
Bore Striking Resemblance.
SLUICING WORK CONTIN-
UES ON DEATH FARM.
New Graves Discovered on the
Farm and 1t Is Expected
That Other Horrors Will Be
Revealed.

Laporte, Ind, May 1S.-Sheriff
Smutzersand2Expert Miner Schultz re-
sumsda slufcing the Guinness farm to-
day. Schultz is confident that he
willsfind the,woman's teeth if they are
in the ruins.
When the sluicing is completed the
sheriff will excavate further in what
is known as the Guinness private bur
dal. grounds, and expects to find more
skeletons 1t was also announced
today that he will start the dragging Of
O. pondsnear theeprMate cemetery in re-
Spouse. TO. many demands that this be
done, although he has little hope Of
finding, anything. The barn is also to
he remoyed'thiS week and excavations
madesunder the cement floor.
TIE woman who embarked at Calves
ton, Texas, for' Hamburg, and was in
tervtewed~ bys James Stokes and Frank
Dayton because they suspected her of
being Mrs. Guinness on account of re-
semblance andeher! peculiar actions, is
believed to be- the same woman who
passed through st. Louis recently and
was suspected by union station en-
ployes. to- be Mrs. Guinness. She pur-
chaseds @ pullman ticket there and re-
mained~f11 sher berth until she reached
Fortworth. To Stokes and Dayton
she admitted being from Indiana and
explained her trip as being for the pur-
pose Of selling an estate of her hus-
band in Germany, who had recently
died. She declared she had never
heard anything about the Guinness hor-
rors in Indiana and displayed much
nervousness when the subject was dis
cussed In her presence. 1t is claimed
she Tailed closely with the missing
murderess.
Three new graves have been located
on the Guinness farm. Other discover
les are expected momentarily.
The county grand jury began its In
vestigation Of the tragedies of the
Guinness farm this morning. Prose
cutor r. n. Smith presented the first
of so witnesses to testify against Ray
Lamphere, accused Of burning Mrs.
Belle Guinness and her children alive
in their house on April 2S, and sus-
pected of having aided Mrs. Guinness
in the murder of Andrew X. Hedge
lein on January IA.
Indictments charging arson and
murder in the first degree are looked
upon as a foregone conclusion. There
is strong possibility that an indict
ment> will be voted charging Lamphere
With being, an accessory to the muir
derr of&Hefgelein. In any case the &C
tions Of the grand jury Will precipitate
a legal fight In which politics. and
perhaps, some elements which at pre-
sent are not generally known, will
have an,active part.
The grand jury is composed as fol
lows: IN. D. Mccormick, ex-sheriff
foreman; August Il. Anders, farmer
Henry Keithlin, farmer; Fred II
Zahn, ex-county treasurer; JOSEPH
Fraser, retired groceryman; Angus
Barsken. sfarIner.
Amongythe more important witness
es will besJoseph Maxson. Mrs. Gun
ness hired man, who escaped with
his lifesfrom the fire; Mrs. Nina Shoe
maker and Bessie Wallace, who ar,
expected TO testify that Lampher,
told themis that he knew enough t,
eendtNfs. Guinness to the gallows, AM
displayed, enmity toward the woman
on the.evesof the fire. and Mrs. Eliza
beth, Smith. at whose house Lampher
slept on the night the house was burn
ed.
Officers as Witnesses.
Sheriff. Albert f. Shutter and De
putty WiHfam, Ansltss. and C. ]. Smith
Of the Pinkerton National Detectiv
agency and bank officials will testif
IN reference TO Mrs. Guinness deposit
made the day before the house wa
burned and her expressed fears c
Lamphere. A boy, John Holyon, VIII
has told two stories on the same da
and contradicted himself, will b
brought before the grand jury in a
effort to get at the truth. The boy
first story was that he saw Lampher
run out OF the Guinness yard just afte
the fire started. Later he said tina
he was not about early that mornin
at all.
Lamphere's admissions, made tn
day OF his arrest at the Wheatbroo
farm after the fire. will be related b
the Sheriff and his deputies. TIL
various dispositions bearing on tn
case made before Coroner c. S. Mac
will be introduced as evidence
The presentation of the testimon
probably will occupy three or fou
days
The speculation as to where Il
money is coming from to defend Lar
phere has been increased by the di
covery that Detective c. c. Fish.
the Clark Detective agency, of Chic
go, apparently is working in Lar
phere's behalf. Lamphere's attorne,
deny that they have employed Fis
Yet Sheriff Shutter says that Fish
claiming to have secured a lot of Il
ammunition OF the prosecution. 1t
one of the curious phases OF the cas-
The scenes OF Sunday a week as
at the Guinness farm were repeate
Sunday by somewhat smaller crow,