The Washington herald., 1908-05-09

Ducas May "A woman, dressed IN
mourning, was arrested on the Atlantic
Express just as it left Syracuse at !
o'clock this morning, who is suspected Of
being Mrs Belle Guinness. the Laporte
murderess.
She was taken from the train when it
reached Utica. and with her a woman,
said to be her mother. who accompanied
her. She started back to Syracuse at 2:O5
a. m. after being in the city about half
an hour.
The woman was in such a state Of coll
lapse when she left the train here that
she could not talk for a few moments.
Then she became more composed and said
she was Mrs. L. A. Hearon, of Chicago.
She said her husband, a dealer in essen
tial oils in that city. died on January
/. and that she came East few weeks
ago 10 stay with a brother at Coopers-
town, Pa. near Franklin.
The woman said she started yesterday
afternoon, with her mother, to visit her
sister in New York She wouldn't tell
the sisters name. under instructions from
the detectives. She has a receipt for
lodge dues made out to Mrs. L. A. Hea-
ron and another receipt made out to her
in Franklin. Pa.
She made good impression. Her
mother had nothing 10 say
Suspected by FeIlOvv-traveIers.
The woman was arrested on a tip
given to the Syracuse police by train
men on the Atlantic Express, on which
she was a passenger. Travelling men on
the train told the conductor they were
positive the woman was Mrs. Guinness.
Telegraphic advices were sent TO the
Syracuse police Detectives Donovan and
Neis, Of that place. boarded the train
when it arrived at 1886 a. m.
The woman was in her berth. The train
would not wait for her 20 dress. The de
tectives went aboard and arrived here on
the way.
The Pullman conductor told the detec-
tives the two women got on the train at
Ashtabula. Ohio. which might be a juno
ton point for persons travelling TO New
York from Franklin, Pa
Both women were nicely dressed. The
woman arrested asked the detectives to
let her sister in New York know that her
train had been delayed. She pleaded with
them not to tell that she had been ar
rested.
Rochester, n. Y. May 9-The informa-
ton which led TO the arrest Of Mrs
Guinness at Syracuse was given 10 Po-
lice Lieut. Henry F. McAlester, Of this
city, by two travelling men who were on
their way here from Cleveland.
They had copies Of newspapers con
tanning pictures of the woman They
thought one OF the women passengers
bore a most striking resemblance 10 that
in the newspapers. This belief was
strengthened by the peculiar actions Of
the woman herself.
As soon as they got to Rochester, they
went to the Powers Hotel. where they
told the house detective. who. in turn,
notified tho detective.
The lieutenant called Capt. Quigley, at
Syracuse, on the phone, and informed
him Of the travelling mems suspicious,
giving the number of the car in which
they had been passengers.
ResembIed Pictures In Print
The travelling men who furnished the
information were Z. r. Duell and H. E.
Hunt, both Of Detroit
They say the woman was between
thirty-hve and forty years of age. and
weighed about 200 pounds She was heav-
ily veiled, and seemed eager to avoid at
tention on the car.
Syracuse. Nay s.-Ars. Belle Guinness,
accused Of dozen or more murders in
her home outside Of Laporte. Ind, was
arrested here tonight.
The arrest was made on a train. Mrs.
Guinness was undressed, in a sleeper.
when Syracuse detectives took her into
custody. They did not take her of the
train. but went along with her to Utica.
where the train viii make the next stop.
The understanding is that she was on
AVl way =" -NO" Apth' anu tlie syracuse
detectives got word from the authorities
at Laporte to arrest her.
The train should arrive at Utica at 1:40
a. m
Three More Bodies Found,
indianapolis. Ind, May S-To-day's ex-
eavations IN the private cemetery of Mrs.
Belle Guinness brought three additional
skeletons TO light
Hardly one-hfth OF suspected ground
has yet been investigated by the sheriff
and his assistants.
The skeletons were the remains of men.
one of them large. In every instance
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