The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-05-08
BELIEVE LAPORTE
HORROR IS ONLY
HALF REVEALED
Authorities Search for More
Bodies on Guinness Farm
SECRET ROOM IN HOUSE
Two Men Caught Attempting to Dis
figure Unsarthed Bodies to Prevent
Identiflc alton.

Laporte, Ind. May S.-What the
authorities have declared was an at
tempt to disturb the nine bodies dug
up on the Guinness farm 80 that iden-
LITIGATION of the remains would be
impossible, was made yesterday. Two
men. whose identity is not known,
broke into the carriage house of the
farm, where the bodies have been
placed, but were driven away by a
Waterman before they could do any
harm. The authorities are searching
for the men.
The day watcher on the farm, Dan
lei Hest, said that the men claimed to
be doctors, and had attempted to Jus.
tify their presence on the plea of pro-
fessional grounds. He ordered them
from the premises. but they refused to
go until they learned that Joseph
Maxson, Mrs. Guinness man of all
work, had been sent to summon the
sheriff. The men gained entrance to
the carriage house by placing lad.
der on the side of the building and
forcing open window.
The grim story of the private grave
yard Is still In its early chapters. The
estimates of the number OF persons
murdered at the place through the
lure OF a matrimonial bureau run all
The way from twelve to twenty. The
exhumation OF four dismembered bod
les wrapped in burlap brings the to-
tai OF victims known to have been
murdered to nine. Including the bod
les. supposed to be those of Mrs. GUM
ness and her three children, and dis
covered after the fire which burned
the farmhouse April 2S, the total
number OF deaths to be investigated
and accounted for is thirteen.
Ray Lamphere who is In Jail here
still protests his innocence. Prosecu
ting Attorney Smith, however. says he
has positive proof that Lamphere had
| guilty knowledge of the Guinness
murders II he had not indeed partici
pated in them. That he killed Mrs
| Guinness and her children and sci
fire 10 the house In order to proven,
any revelation that might involve hin
is the theory OF the prosecution.
| In his cell Lamphere was asked con
corning a secret room In the Guinness
country mansion to which no one was
ever admitted except Mrs. Guinness
herself She had the key and KEEP
the door locked constantly. In the
night hours no one In the household
was near that ROOM That, the auth
critics believe. was the chamber oil
horrors whose walls must have beer
spattered with the blood OF the ill-fat
ed victims of the woman's greed fol
gold and passion for blood So many
bodies have been found that the auth
critics believe the woman saved heI
victims and disarticulated the bodies
IN groups and buried them that way
sewed up In bunny sacks. adding
chloride of lime to the earth to aid
disintegration.
Chicago, May S.-Following Is Mrs
Guinness matrimonial lad" by which
victims. 1t is said. were lured to
death: Personal Comely widow
who owns large farm in one of the
finest districts In Laporte County, In
diana, desires to make the acquain
lance OF gentleman unusually well
provided with views Of joining for
tunes. No replies by letter consider
ed, unless sender is willing to follow
answer with narcoua1 Welt