Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10
Woman's Head Missing.


own aud then escaped after setting fire to
the house.
Woman's Head Missing.
One Of the circumstances on which that
theory is based is the fact that the body
Of the burned woman is much smaller
than Mrs. Guinness was. The intense
heat to which the Corpses were subjected.
according to DR. Meyer would. however.
fully account for this circumstance.
The fact that no head has been found
for the woman's body recovered from the
ruins of the burned house and the incli-
nation to suspect her capable of this helm
Gus crime of infanticide seem to be the
1nalnstays of those who ma ntain that
Mrs. Guinness still lives
As to the absence of the head. those
who believe that Mrs. Guinness was
burned To death say that the upper part
of the woman's body found in the ruins
WAS in an exceedingly hot place. One
arm was crooked about the body Of the
Youngest child. Both corpses were al
most lnclnerated far as the backs
were concerned. the spines being exposed
and the shoulder blades partly consumed.
n refutation of the theory that the
head of the woman had been cut off
before the body was burned was found in
Tie fact that the upper end of the spine
projected two inches or more above the
ciarred flesh of the shoulders. John H.
Ball. an undertaken. who handled the
hodies says that there was no evidence
that the flesh or skin about the shoulders
had been severed with any sharp instru-
ment.
Buckle and Ring Found.
\ finger ring, a buckle for a money
he'; and safety deposit vault key. all
identified personal belongings of Mrs.
Guinness. were found in the ruins near
the body of the partly incinerated woman.
No bodies were found today, although
excavations were made in several parts
Of the barnyard, and the search for bodies
- To he abandoned for few days. Sheriff
Smutzer announces that he will endeavor
To procure additional evidence regarding
the identity of the corpSeS found in the
basement of the burned house With this
object in view he has employed Louis
Schultz who was formerly miner, to
siuine the ashes in the cellar in the
hope that additional metallic relics of Mrs
Guinness will be found. The gold filing
which she is said to have had in several
OF her teeth is 10 be an especial object of
this search.
The sheriff is not convinced that he has
found all of the bodies which have been
hurried on the farm. but he has not fully
determined the methods in which he will
conduct further explorations
The crowds of visitors to the farm were
augmented today. The number of spec
tators at the farm had much to do with
walton. In I-aDOrte there was constant
stream of sightseers visiting the morgueS.
where ten of the fourteen bodies are ly-
Ing. No one was allowed to view the four
bodies of the Guinness family nor the
corpse of Andrew Helgelein.
Story From Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. May 9-Emil
GreennE. a carpenter, and his brother
Fred. painter. both of whom worked
last summer on Mrs. Guinness Indiana
farm today told of the mysterious visits
n fn6 .,fM Dill
Guinness and of their more mysterious
disappearance
The Greetings live in Oklahoma City.
having come recently from Indiana. Jen-
adopted daughter of Mrs Guinness was
Emil Greenings sweetheart She is
among the missing. and Emil believes that
the girl was murdered
Jennie and l were good friends said
Emll Greenlng today. land when her
mother announced one nig.., that she ha n
decided to send Jennie to California with
professor. who she said had come after
Jennie. but whom | never saw Jennie
came to me and declared that she would
never go.
In the morning 1 did not see Jennie.
Her mother told me that Jennie was still
asleep. and when l returned from an err
rand late that afternoon I was told that
Jennie had gone. l wrote to her but
gave the two letters to Mrs. Guinness. and
never received any answer. Finally l
got so tired working around the Mace
without seeing Jennie that left | don't
neneNe there ever was professor for |
un no. near any man voice or any
strange man about the house at that time
Mrs Guinness later told me that Jennie
had left at 1 o'clock that same morning
hut no one saw her leave. and no one
'iIout the place ever saw the professor
All the day following the disappearance
OF Jennie Mrs Guinness was nervous
Many Men Visitors.
the time. different male visitor came
nearly every week to stay at the house
She introduced them as cousins from
Kansas South Dakota, Wisconsin and
from Chicago. Most OF the men that
cane brought trunks with them but they
FafeIH took the trunks away. Mrs Gun.
ness Kept the cousins with her all the
Time In The parlOrs and her bedroom She
was always careful to make the children
stay away from her cousins who rarely
tried 70 show them any affection
/ never knew of Mrs. Guinness bestow-
lng her affections on any of her hired
men except Lamphere.
So many men came and 1 saw SO little
al them that j cannot remember many OF
them, but / distinctly remember a Mr.
Moo, who came from Chicago the day
before Christmas 1906. He was with Mrs
GUINNESS almost constantly.
More Cousins Missing.
When he left his trunk stayed behind
and no one saw him go. 1t was seyera,
days before Mrs. Guinness announced
that he was gone
Shortly afterward Mrs Guinness sent
me- tn Michigan City to get a horse that
she said Moo had promised to give her
took Il day to make the trip. Whom
j got TO Michigan City something was
wrong and l was told TO come back for
the horse later. When I returned ~
the farm another cousin who was thor.
when | left was gone.
In about two weeks | was again sen,
to- Michigan City and still there was nc
horse. but when ] got back another
cousin was missing and no one arount
the place had seen him leave
He says that Lamphere told him that
lie had run flelgelein out of Mrs Gun.
ness house at the point OF a revolver OF
orc occasion. bat that the South D4kotar
returned later and remained.
Maryland Man Escaped.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.