The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-16
Defense of Ray Lamphere Will
Force the State to Make Ab-
soIute Identification of Bod
les That Are Found.
EXPERT CRIMINAL
LAWYER Is ENGAGED,
Money Is Being Furnished
From an Unknown Source
Jennie Olson Did Go to
California Convent.

Laporte, Ind. May ia complete
les found in the Guinness house, throw
ing on to the state the harden of prov
ing their identity and al absolute de
nial of every discriminating act charg-
ed against Lamphere ana the intro
(.uctiOn of important evidence on be
half of the prisoner is the latest SEN
satiOn sprung by the defense. ELS
worth Weir, the famous criminal law
yer will become counsel for Lamphere
and money is being furnished for the
defense from an unknown source
The defense will attempt to prove
the body of Helgelein as identified by
expert Harvey Of Michigan City peni-
tentiary, was in such an advanced
state of decomposition and mutilated
that no certain identification was pos
sible. The startling feature Of the
days developments is the COrrespOn-
dence between Attorney WOrden and
Mother Superior of Convert CalifOr-
MIA, which indicates Mrs Guinness ac-
tually did send Jennie Olson to the
convent.
a farmer near Springville locked
a woman book agent in his barn for
three hours Thursday night, believing
ne had the arch murderess. He re-
fused to release the frightened wom-
an until the sheriff arrived
DR.. r. T. Norton. Mrs Gunness's S
dentist has identified a jawbone found
in the ruins as that of the woman. He
| recognized it by several Of the teeth.
which were filled with a special kind
of cement. None of the gold or por-
ce}ain teeth has yet been found
| The formation Of Mrs. Gunness's Jaw
bone. was peculiar, the dentist de-
clared. several Of the back teeth hay
| ing been removed. The cavities were
| filled in the jawbone by DR.. Norton,
who says he also found parts of the ce-
ment he used at the time diseased
condition of the iawbone also aided
the dentist in making the identifica-
ton.
The LapOrte prosecutors of Lam
| phere were overjoyed at the state
ment of DR.. Norton and pressure is be-
ing brought on Coroner Mack to pre-
vent an open verdict.
| Iamphere was on the verge of a con-
! fessiOn early today when States Attor-
ney Smith visited him in his cell.
Say, Smith," he said, you come
back here in twenty minutes. I've got
something to tell YOU"
All right" the prosecutor said. I'll
/ be back at"
"Oh. never mind" broke in Lam
phere. I've changed my mind.
thought Id confess set fire to the
Guinness home"
why don't you" Smith asked.
We'll. l just happened to think that
my mother would feel awful bad if I
told such lie as that"
The case against Ray Lamphere
probably will be brought before the
Grand jury Monday. according to the
first revision of the schedule in this
regard. The time of his trial is less
certain. Until Sheriff Smutzer has
exhausted the possibilities of the farm.
house it is scarcely likely that the case
will be docketed for trial. Accord
ing to the present rate of progress this
will mean delay of months
May Delay Trial.
The prosecution is in fact almost
ready to switch over from its former
attitude. Discussion of the baffline
aspects of the affair has been general
and the prevalence of opinion hostile
to the states side so unexpectedly