The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-07
WOMAN'S CRIMES
 ARE NACN|F TED. More Dead Bodies Found On
 the Guinness Farm NINE MURDERS COMMITTED Several of the Dead Bodies Have Been Identified and More Mystery Is
 Added to the Puzzle By
 Boxes Held.
NINE MURDERS COMMITTED

La Porte Ind, May 6.-A possible so lution of the Guinness farm mystery which was deepened when four addi- tfonal bodies were found in the barn yard, developed late this afternoon. Evidence that the nine dismembered cerpses unearthed yesterday and to- day had been shipped to this city, probably from Chicago, came to light, the testimony of draymen who had carted trunks and boxes to the Guin- ness home bearing this out. In addi- tion the local authorities received in formation that two trunks consigned to Mrs. Bella Guinness, La Porte, Ind.," were being held in an express office in Chicago and the assistance of the Chicago police in unraveling the puzzle was sought at once. Two of the nine mutilated bodies were identi- fled this afternoon with considerable certainty. Antone Olson. 2041 Indiana avenue, Chicago viewed the remains supposed to be those of Jennie Olsen, the 16-year-old foster daughter of Mrs. Guinness. and pronounced them those of his daughter. sister of the dead girl, Mrs. Leo Olander 2s1S South Park avenue, Chicago, accompanied the father, and added her testimony re- garding her sisters characteristics.
 A. K. Helgelein, whose inquiries re- garding his missing brother Andrew, led to the first discoveries on the death haunted farm, became sure that the largest and best preserved of the corpses is that of his relative.
 Against this, however, is the result of the autopsy performed on this par ticular body by Dr. J. H. William Meyer. He found contradictory con ditions which to his mind at least, proved that the dead man had perishe ed long after Andrew Helgelein disap- peared in January last even going so far as to say that the corpse showed | evidences of having been in the ground l less than two weeks. A Helgelein, | however, refused to be convinced by tn ese findings and his certainty led the local authorities to accept his identi- tication, at least, for the present.
 Lamphere In Bad Box.
 Ray Lamphere; who is held on a charge of first degree murder. growing out of the fire which destroyed the Guinness home and caused the death of Mrs. Guin- ness and her three children, offered no new evidence. despite repeated question ing. Ralph N. Smith, the prosecuting at torney of the dstrict( asserted, however, that confession is not necessary so far as Lamphere is concerned. We have positive evidence in the shape of letters connecting Lamphere with the recent mur- ders at the Guinness farm," he said. The exact nature of these letters was care fully guarded by MT. Smith.
 An attempt to identify one of the corpses as that of Ole B. Budsberg of Iowa, Wis, was also started by the sheriff's officers here. In response to telephone messages sent here today word came tonight that a member of Budsberg family had left there for this city.
 The increasingly divergent character of the gruesome mysteries has aroused the entire community. Stirred by waves of horror which have swept over the town as each additional bundle of decaying body has been discovered the county commits sioners of La Porte county resolved to- day to use every resource at their com mand toward finding an answer to the puzzles which confront the officers The board eanvassed the situation and decided to offer a reWord of 5000 for a solution of the enigma.
 The Guinness farm was mecca for curious sightseers today, and by the time the first of the days discoveries had been made the spectators numbered hundreds.
 Great Crowds Gather.
 The fact that traces of another corpse had been found in the pit was a magnet and early in the afternoon the crowd ,lx~.,
 possible for late corners to force their
 vehicles through the press. Finally the official excavators were rewarded early in the afternoon by a find. First a few scattered bones were turned up and then the skull was uncovered. Digging around l this another corpse was exposed and be- l yond this second yet another.
 One of the bodies in this second charnel 1 pit is believed to be that of a woman. l The other two and that found earlier are | probably those of men. Of the nine ca l davers, seven, therefore, are those of l males.
 All are remains of adults, the two 1 smaller bodies found yesterday and which were at first thought to have been those of children. proving otherwise when the l bones had been removed by the coroner | and his assistants today.
 1 The best clew which has yet been found 1 came to light immediately following the | discovery of the last three bodies today. 1 John A. Welker, a liveryman and Leo l Wade, his employe, told of having carted 1 heavy trunks to the Guinness farm in the | summer and autumn of 1906
 Clyde Sturgis, employed by Foster & De Garmo, another livery concern, re- | membered that he took two similar trunks
 to the place about a year ago. In addi-
 ton, several boxes marked variously 'po-
 tatoes' and wall paper were carted to 1 tba bouse at different times