The Washington herald., 1908-05-07

La Porte, May 6.-The horrors Of the
murder at the late home of Mrs. Belle
Guinness are increasing with the finding
Of additional bodies, and there is little
doubt but the number Of murders may
be swelled to a score or more when ali
the facts are known.
one body. making the sixth. was added
to the list to-day when diggers unearthed
the remains Of a man. and within an
hour the detached bones Of two other
victims were found.
The sheriff is arranging to have the
ground Of the entire farmyard excavated
TO depth Of five or six feet
The skeleton of man was found to-
day about five feet from where four
Others were found yesterday. It had
apparently occupied a wooden box about
five feet long. The box was thin and
had rotted away in the soft ground. The
skeleton was lying face downward. and
had apparently been carelessly dumped
into the box
Detached bones were also found to-day
among Iile Of stones. It was reported
that two more bodies had been unearth-
ed but this rumOr proved to be untrue.
Proves Murder Theory.
The finding Of the man skeleton proves
conclusivdy that two men who visited
the Gunresses about the same time a
year ago are the victims. One OF them
was young man, a stranger who was
known as the sweetheart Of Jennie Olsen,
and vas to have married her, but he
disappeared.
The other may be a middle-aged Swede,
from a town near Minneapolis, and who
answered one Of Mrs. Guinness advertise
mfnts. He came here and spent several
days, during which time he had a draft
fof $1,000 honored on a Minneapolis bank.
Ile money Went 20 Mrs. Guinness. Sheriff
Snulzer obtained the name Of the man
from Cashier J. ". Crumpacker. Of the
Laporte Savings Bank. to-day. but both
'efused TO divulge il until it is known
whether the man is missing.
In a statement this afternoon P0stmas-
ter Small made IL clear that the Guinness
woman played the game Of cupid with
murderous success by the use OF the
mails Shortly after the death of Phfiip
Guinness. her second husband. in 1903. AIRS
Guinness began getting mail at the rate Of
four 10 ten letters q day. These came
from everywhere. in answer TO an adver-
usement she had inserted in a Chicago
matrimonial publication.
Prosecutor Smith adheres TO his belief
that Ray Lamphere. the local adrnirer of
Mrs. Guinness. knows all about the wild
oWs murderous career. Smith will at
tempt 70 indict him on five counts. one
for murder in each Of the cases Of Mrs.
Guinness and her three children, and one
for arson.
Prosecutor Smith IS sure he can prove
by circumstantial evidence that Lam
phere set fire 10 the Guinness home in
order 10 seal the lips OF the widow for
ever.
The belief is growing that Mrs Gun-
ness was not burned TO death in the FIRE
at her home, but that the body supDosed
70 be hers IS really that OF another
woman.
The basis for this belief Is that the head
OF the body supposed TO be Mrs Gun
ness Is missing. Many believe that Mrs. /
GUINNESS IS now on her way to Norway.
VIII Tear Down walls.
The basement and walls Of the burned
home were examined to-day. The sheriff
Will probably tear these down to hunt
for further bodies.
An autopsy on the bodies Of two men
one girl, and two children unearthed YES
terday from three soft spots" on the
farm was held at midnight All had been
murdered. These bodies that were not
dismembered were found 70 have small /
holes in the skull.
The sheriff notified the Chicago notice
70 be on the lookout for a gang in thar
city believed to be In the wholesale muir
der business for the purpose OF collecting
insurance. The gang is believed to have
disposed Of part Of the bodies in La. Porte /
On Saturday April %. two DAYS before /
her home was burned, Mrs Guinness re- /
ceived by express from Chicago four
large trunks. Sheriff Smulzer IS conf /
dent, however that they contained bodies /
of murdered people shipped here from
Chicago.
All Evidence OF Crime.
It appears from evidence in hand that
almost all the characteristics Of the big
masters and mistresses Of crime in recent /
years are present-the marriage bureau. |
insurance money, and arson.
That Mrs. Guinness was responsible for