The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-11
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81 1907 and lis answer, I'm ashamed t.
tell you
And here's another curious sidelight OF
the character Of that strange woman Belle
Guinness. In Laporte houses Of revelry by
tacit consent have been banished 10 the Out.
lying districts. One such house Ia owned
by a woman who calls herself Pearl Corey
II stands three-quarters Of a mile from town,
ON the road leading TO the Guinness farm
and something over half a mile from tina
place. Last summer Belle Guinness com
planned OF Pearl Corey's house TO the CITY
authorities, She alleged that II was a low
disreputable resort; declared that she was
q respectable woman and that she did not
want TO live In the same neighborhood with
suoh an immoral haunt. She made 80 much
fuss about II that the authorities were forced
TO act. Mayor DaTow told the police that
they would have TO close Pearl Corey's
place and close il they did, Pearl still lives
there, but the nights Of wassail aud rout
are over. lt 10 no more u house Of reyelry
Query: Did Belle Guinness really think
herself a better woman than Pearl Corey,
or was II her growing girls that she was
thinking OF, or did she fear that Pearl
Corey's house Of revelry brought too many
prying eyes into the neighbOrhood Of the
house Of slaughter
Is BELLE GUINNESS ALIVE?
The authorities are not a step nearer
determining whether Belle Guinness per-
ished in the flames that consumed her
murder laboratory and her three children
OF whether the fourth charred body Is
that Of another woman. Four doctors
have examined the body. One says il is
too small to have been the nIurderess,
Another holds a different view The opinion
Of none Of them can be considered expert.
Their formal reports to the Coroner have
not yet been made, but il 10 doubtful il
they will take a chance on declaring the
BODY that Of Mrs, Guinness. Should they
do so and she should thereafter turn up
alive il would be awkward for those local
doctors,
IAporto is still confident that the woman
has escaped, and a tale is told Of a mys-
FERROUS automobile being heard on the
McClung road about dawn the day Of the
fire. The Are started at about 4 A. NJ,
just as it was getting light. and a farmer
who lives two miles beyond the house Of
slaughter thinks he heard a motor car
hum past his house At high speed. , Before
he got wide awake the noise died away.
but he looked al his watch and IL was a
quarter past four. This is pretty fimEy
testimony, but the yarn IL being investi-
gated. Anyhow II appeals strongly TO the
Imagination OF Laporte
HIS HORSE HAD A BUNCH
One thing Is certain, IL Belle Guinness set
fire 10 her own home in the first gray light
Of dawn and then got clear way before
the flames had made the countryside a.
light as day she must have had assistance.
None Of the horses or carriages in her own
stable was taken. But IAporte, especially
Mi. $500 stnI -fI haya IL that naila
Guinness is on and away somewhere on
the wings Of the wind. Neither LAporte
nor Main street would finch IL told that
she had been seen by the Sandy Hook
observer heading due east, riding a broom
stick. Laporte, for example. is much
interested in the veraciouE account Of
George p. Chadwick concerning his intelli-
gent horse, Mr.. Chadwick is a real estate
dealer OF Michigan City and he visited the
Guinness farm to-day.
Il often used to drive past this place
remarked Mr.. Chadwick after listening to
little old Dan a while, and ] did think
seriously Of stopping on here and trying
TO do some business with Mrs. Guinness.
but my old horse would never let me.
Didn't make any difference what time OF
day or night we came by the Guinness place
that old horse would prick up his ears
and sort Of tremble and then he'd let out
for keeps and just fly past this place, ]
couldn't do a thing with him. couldn't any
more have stopped him here than could
fly. Now. how d. yon explain that? Do
YOU suppose that old horse sort OF smelled
something or don't your Id sort Of like
to have somebody explain il
WITH C%IAIRvoYANT's AID.
The SIN was getting low, the shadows
OF the little cedars beginning to lengthen
across the ruins Of the house Of slaughter.
The little group surrounding the real estate
glanced Involuntary at the murder
match, where the open graves CAPPED hor-
Tidly. Even little Old Dams eye twinkled
less pleasurably as he repeated: well, It's
a turrible thing"
The real estate man turned and strolled
away c~ontentedly. He saw that he had
made an impression.
This morning Mayor barrow got a letter
postmarked Chicago. IL read like this:
Drag lake or pond some distance east
OF Guinness farm, FOR the body OF Mrs. Gun
ness lies near shore, clutches with right
hand something at bottom OF the lake.
feet pointing toward shore. The head
OF the woman whose body was found in the
ruins Of the home will be found near the
body Of MB. Guinness Iamphere not
guilty. Other valuable information will he
forwarded as soon as body is found.
SOMEBODY
Jess Dickinson. we'll known about La
streets. has some information too.
Jess has just got back from Chicago. While
there il occurred to him that he might just
as we'll clear M the Guinness mystery "a not.
SO he went TO see q c~lairvoyant. She told
him that Mrs. Guinness was still alive and
within 100 miles Of Laporte. Having
listened to jess, Didn't | tell you?' said
Main street.
The %hypnotism theory is up now. It's q |,
late, but it's here. William Nicholson.
The Swede who 10 nearest neighbor 10
the Guinness farm, is sponsor for II, though
he's o little shy on facts.
Il think she hypnotized those men.
he said this afternoon. 4 told my wife 90.
She had funny ives. IL always made me
feel queer when she bnpked at me, always
did, They we're snappy eyes that never
were still
Still another neigbbor. c. r. Russell,
has a tale 10 tell. His farm adjoins the
Guinness place At the rear, away over by
The railroad.
About a year ago he said, IL had a
dispute with Mrs, Guinness about the loca-
ton OF the line between the two farms.
She finally got pretty ugly about II There
amt any doubt that I was right. MIR.
Russell looks like the kind Of person who
10 always right But | finally made her
a present Of about two and a half acres Of
Ia nd. I didn't want any trouble with her.
YOU bet! | never had any doubt that she
murdered Ounces. The land wasn't -
very vsh able anyhow,
FIVE DROWNED FROM La NCH.
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