The Detroit times., 1908-05-16
z MURDERS NOW
LAID At DOOR Of
MRS. GUINNESS
: REPORT ISSUED BY Ia PORTE,
mo-, AUTHORITIES DIGGING
RESUMeD-cLAlM JENNIE OIL
SEN STILL LIVES.

LA PORTE, Ind, May lG-Twenty-
two deaths are now charged to Mrs
Belle Guinness. rch.murderess OF the
age. In semi-otficial report given out
by the authorities. today Should II
be proved later. that Mrs. Guinness is
alive and that the headless body OF a
woman found ia the ruins is that OF
another victim. the total number will
be Increased by three. counting the
TWO children who persisted in the fire
and the total number Of murders for
which Mrs. Guinness will have TO an
swer will reach twenty-five
The digging for more bodies that
was begun early in the day, II is the
belief OF the sheriff. will disclose still
more victims. If the quick-lime in
which all the dlsmembered bodies
were buried, has not destroyed all
traces OF human semblance.
The list given out IS as follows:
MAIDS Sorenson, first husband; Pc
ter Guinness, second husband An
drew Helgelein. Mansfield, S. D.; ole
Q. eudsberg. lola. Wis; Jennie o.
son, Chicago; Henry GurhoIt. Scan
dnavia. Wis; John Moe, Elbow Lake,
Mimi; Charles Edmonds. New Cas-
tie, Ind; Sam Hopping, Harrison, o.;
Herman konitzer. Chicago; Emil Tell,
Usage City, kas.; George Berry, Tus.
cola, IT,: Olaf limbee. Chicago; T. J.
Mckenkins. Cerapolis. Pa; Olaf Jen-
ter. Edinbura H.; Andrew Sehwind-
Ter. Cincinnati, o.; Johann Sorensen.
ST. Louis, Mo-; Axel Gunderson. Green
Lake. Wis; Ole Oeson, Battle Greek,
Mich; linder Mikkelsen. Huron, s.
D.: Andrew Anderson, Lawrence, kas.
The grand pjury. 1t is claimed. Will
begin Monday to investigate the evi-
dence gathered by Sheriff Shutter
and Prosecutor Smith.
Ia PORTE. Ind. May 16.-Com
pete denial OF all identification OF
bodies found in the Guinness house
OF death. throwing on the state the
burden OF proving identity in each
case; absolute denial OF every in
eliminating act charged against Ray
Lamphere and the introduction OF i'm
pOrtant evidence In behalf OF the
prisoner. Is the latest sensation
sprung by the defense in the most
mysterious series OF murders the
world has ever known.
II is now settled that Ellsworth
Weir. famous criminal lawyer, viii
be OF counsel for Lamphere and
money is being furnished FOR his d.
tense from an unknown source
Would Discredt Experts.
The defense will attempt 10 prove
that the body OF Helgelein. Identified
by Expert Flava Harvey, Of the Mich
igan City penitentiary, and by Ed
ward A. Evans. chief OF the Chicago
bureau of Identification, was in such
advanced. ptAIe OF, decomposition anu
30 mutilated that no certain ideiftih
cation was possible and will put ex
perts on the stand to prove this.
A startling feature OF the days de-
velopments consists In correspond
ence between Atty. H. w. Worden
and the mother superior OF a convent
In California A letter received 10.
day is believed to indicate Mrs. Gun
ness actually did send Jennie Olsen
10 convent In California, but not in
Los Angeles. as originally given out.
The defense is proceeding on the
theory that Miss Olsen Is married
and living under new name in Cali
fornia. OF that she, is still an inmate
OF the convent. where newspapers do
not penetrate and information OF the
tragedy in Indiana might not become
known for months.
A farmer near Springwels locked a
woman book agent in his barn for
three hours Thursday night, believing
he had the murderess OF Laporte.
He refused TO release the frightened
woman when ordered to-
The man was ordered to do so by
telephone from the sheriff's Office and
a deputy had 10 be sent out