Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-05-14
DIGUPMOR|EBODIES
TOTAL OF NINE now FOUND
H 10 Thought Most Of the Remains
Were Shipped to the Guinness
Woman and Buried
by Her.

LaPorte, Ind, May IA possible
solution Of the Guinness farm mystery
which was deepened Wednesday when
four additional bodies were found In
the barnyard, developed late Wednes'
day afternoon. Evidence that the nine
dismembered corpses unearthed Tues
day and Wednesday had been shipped
to this city, probably from Chicago,
came to light the testimony Of dray'
men, who had carted trunks and boxes
| TO the Guinness home bearing this out.
| In addition the local authorities re-
ceived information that two trunks,
| consigned to Mrs. Belle Guinness,
LaPorte, Ind.," were being held in an
express office in Chicago and the az
sistance Of the Chicago police in I'M
ravelling the puzzle was sought at
once
Ray Lamphere, who. is held on a
charge Of first degree murder, growing
out Of the fire which destroyed the
Guinness home and caused the deaths
Of Mrs. Guinness and her three chill
dren, offer6i 30 new evidence despite
repeated asstionings. Ralph N.
Smith, the prosecuting attorney Of the
district, asserted, however, that a con-
fession is not necessary SO far as
Lamphere is concerned. I'VE have"
said he, positive evidence in the
shape Of letters connecting Lamphere
with the result of murders at the
Guinness farm"
The increasingly divergent charac-
ter Of the gruesome mysteries has
aroused the entire community. Stirred
by the waves Of horror which have
swept over the town as each additional
bundle Of decaying bones and flesh
has been discovered. The county COM
missioners Of LaPorte county resolved
Wednesday to use every resource at
their command towards finding an an
swer to the puzzles which confront
the police officers. The board can
yassed the situation and decided to Of
fer reward Of $1,000 for a solution
Of the enigma. This, 1t is expected,
viii be promulgated Thursday.
The excavators in the afternoon re
doubled their efforts and within half
an hour were rewarded. First a few
scattered bones were turned up, then
a skull was uncovered. Digging around
this another corpse was exposed and
beyond this second yet another.
One Of the bodies in this second
charnel pit is believed to be that Of q
woman. The other two and that found
earlier are probably those of men. OF
the nine cadavers, seven, therefore,
are those Of males All are remains
Of adults, the two small bodies found
Tuesday and which were at first
thought to have been those Of chill
dren, proving otherwise when the
bones had been inspected by the coro-'
ner and his assistants.
The best clew which has yet been
round came to light Immediately fol-
lowing the discovery Of the last three
bodies Wednesday. John A. 'Welker, Q
liveryman, and Leo Wade, his en-
ployee, told Of having carted heavy
trunks to the Guinness farm in the
summer and autumn Of 1905. Clyde
Sturgls, employed BY Foster q De
Garmo, another livery concern, remem-
bered that he took two similar trunks
to the place about year ago. In I'D.
dition several heavy boxes, marked
variously Potatoes" and wall paper"
were carried to the house Of different
times.