Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-05-14

BY an overwhelming vote Of 1877 to
Is and following a two hours debate.
the house of representatives Wednes.
day again went on record against the
re-establishment OF the canteen in ma.
tlonal soldiers home. In the course OF
the discussion a man giving his name
as George +. Gridley Of Providence.
r. l., unfurled an American flag and
proceeded TO make an address from
the gallery on the temperance ques.
ton. He was promptly taken out.
An omnibus bridge bill. the first
measure OF its kind to be framed and
introduced in congress. was reported
favorably by the house on interstate
and foreign commerce. The bill au.
thorizes the construction OF "a bridges
in various parts OF the country. These
two dozen distinct authorizations were
consolidated in one act on account OF
the Democratic filibuster In progress
in the house and by this means 2s
roll-call votes on the floor will be
escaped.
The senate Wednesday passed the
Gallinger bill to regulate the employ
ment of child labor in the District OF
Columbia. Chairman Dolliver Of the
committee on education and labor, in
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A hired man heard the struggles of
the victims as they we're held under
the chloroformed rags until dead,
heard the sound OF the knives. oleav-
ers and saws with which the bodies
we're dismembered, and saw the re-
mains OF the kerosene torches which
were used at night to bury the bodies.
He was satisfied with explanations and
his suspicious allayed until the crimes
were unearthed.
Some OF the bodies. think, must
have been shipped here" said Joseph
Maxson. this same hired man. Mrs.
Guinness received many trunks. They
were all brand new. They were kept
over night and then was ordered to
chop them up for klndling.
"The inside OF every trunk was
stains were blood stains"
THAT woman is not dead" said Cor.
oner Mack. That was not her body
we found in the ruins when her house
was burned. She has fed and may be
on her way to Europe. She used an.
other body for a ruse, after she had
murdered her own children and set
fire to the house."
she had an accomplish" said the
states attorney OF the county. II
don't want'to name him, but We have
charged Roy Lamphere with murder
in the first degree In affidavit TO be
presented to the grand Jury. have
evidence enough 10 hang the man."
The seventh body was traced be-
meath the sixth body when planks
we're removed and human bones were
found to stick through the earth. The
eighth body was discovered by a farm
err who pulled up a piece OF bsrbed
wire buried In the ground. and dragged
out a human rib and Ave bones.
Deputy Sheriff Mari obtained a
statement from Joseph Maxson, hired
man for Mrs. Guinness. which gives
the most startling information OF the
day.
"Unconsciously / was an aid In her
murders. Why l dug the very holes
in which some OF those bodies were
buried. And heard the shrleks and
the struggles OF her victims.
such a thing as a Wholesale muir
der bureau in a quiet farm house new.
or occurred 10 me- II It had might
have been able TO put two and two to-
gether and start an investigation. II
I had not been 80 simple though.
suppose that she would have chloFo-
formed me and chopped my body apart
TO iii another grave. May be she
would have had me dig my own grave
the day beforel"