The sun., 1908-05-15
SEEK MORE GUINNESS VICTIMS
AUTHORITIES SURE All BODIES
NAVE NOT BEEN UNCOVERED.
DlEgIAg In widows Graveyard 10 he Re.
,sunled Two More watches Found In
Ruins Many Agree As to Description Of
NOman's NEent -Iamphere Identified.

lsunled Two More watches Found II
Ruins Many Agree as 10 Description o
NOman's agent -Lamphere Identlned
LAPoRTE. Ind. May 1.-Two NOR
watches were found in The ruins Of IN,
burned Guinness home to-day, making
twelve that have been recovered. Thi
has convinced the authorities that tlier,
are bodies to he found in the widow bury
ing ground, az the number Of watches Il
greater than the number Of skeletoni
unearlhed
The watches found in The ruins Of Mrs
Gunness's home. by which it is hoped I,
identify some Of her victims are described
by th5 Coroner as follows;
Elgn, IL size II jewels, S0?3717, 0peI
nickel case, No $, 56lG9, made by American
Watham Watch Company.
Waltham, IS size, open face, Ii jewels
No, Si2e5l. Silver case made by tn,
Crescent Watch Company, ,our ounce
No ais.
Waliham, IS size Is jewel No ilO4l24l
Open faced filed case, No. l7l9695, made
by the Crescent Watch Case Company.
Elgin, 10 size, jewel, No lO6G0Sl Hunt
ing gold case No, 4ilB7s
Elgin jewel. No 02Ol3O6. Open face
niled case No. j7lIse3, made by Joseph
Fahys Watch Company
Elgin, 0 size gilt, jewel, No. Iio62Il
Case evidently was gold but melted of.
Watham Is size. jewel, No 4OO2527
Open face, nickel case No l2S257, made
10y Joseph Fahys Watch Case Company.
Elgiu ~ sizs, jewel No. o772iS), hunt
ing filled case No. 057O72l made by the
Keystone Watch Case Company, Il. g.
engraved on the back
Elgin rs size, II jewel, key wind, No
li65isO. Open face silver four ounce
case No. i26O6e Newport coin silver
-P. l." engraved on the back Engraved
evidently by a novice job numbers in
case 1879 SiSS and l547
Elgin IS size jewel. No 69I70O2 Open
face. nickel case M, 3iji972 Job number
| in case 2sOl
Swiss ls size. jewel. no number open
face case, evidently OF gold melted OF.
Quantities Of the gold in the movement.
In addition TO the watches there was
found to-day a small gold plated souvenir
ring. probably belonging TO a child, bear
ing the inscription 1905 What connection
this relic may have with the tragedies Of
the farm ia not yet clear Some particles
OF gold and bone, supposed to be from
the head VI Mrs. Guinness, also we're found
The detectives are running down the
story that Mrs Guinness employed a man
to gather up her mail In various cities and
have got descriptions Of him from many
sources ell Of which tally perfectly They
are confident that he will be arrested A.
Carlson, a conductor on the lnterurban
Line, between this city and Michigan City.
proved a valuable witness regarding this
matter
For year or more said he, II have
noticed a man riding on my car who in
variably got oh at station No. :. He always
rode out either from Laporte or Michigan
City al night and usually reached station
No I about 10 o'clock. lie always carried
a grip After leaving the car he would
hurry into woodland near by, where time
after time saw him meet Il woman waiting
for him in buggy in the shadows. To
drive of with it toward the Guinness farm
am convinced now the woman who kept
those mysterious appointments was Mira.
Guinness and that the bag which the man
carried was filed with answers 10 her ma tr-
monial advertisements
often. too, the man boarded NV car AT |
station No 7. His actions aroused my |
curiosity and | discussed him with other |
conductors Of the road BY comparing !
po!es We lserDed that after leaving one |
car and meeting tue woman 3e never failed |
TO take the next car either to Michigan C.y /
or 10 Laporte
The description Of this stranger fits in
with the description Of the stranger IN
the letter that Chief Of Police COchrane |
received from Fred Hahe OF Cleveland
The full story VI the identification Of Ray
Iarphere as the man seen running from
the Guinness home on the morning Of the |
fire came out to-day, John Soiyan 10
years Of age, told the officers that he went
TO an clubhouse on the morning Of the fire
and saw flames shoot up from the Guinness
home In moment flames burst ont at
another place, and he started toward the
burning building, As he reached the fence
on the south OF the Guinness place man
ran out and the lad got good look at him
as he passed,
A deputy to-day took the boy =, the
county Jail, Eight prisoners were stood up
in line and the boy was asked TO point
out the man he saw running that morning.
The boy studied the features OF each man
carefully and answery1, Il guess | am
mistaken. = did nCi Sjs any Oi these men"
i arm sorry" said the deputy; Il thought
maybe you would know the man again
We might as well 20 out The deputy
NJ LaI Ih.4I IaaU In |
ment " II 10 20 out, whore they met Lam
phere face 10 face There is the man |
saw exclaimed the boy. That's the man
who ran by me.
Are you sure OF IT,
yes / am not mistaken ! did not see
him in the other crowd. but this is him
lAmphere declared that the boy was mis-
taken but the little fellow sticks 10 his
story. Ne will be taken before the Grand
Jury next Monday. as W II the three witnesses
" no saw Lamphere on the railroad crossing
about the time the boy said he ran in that
direction from the burning house.
Mayor Lem DarrOw was AZ hobart last
niRht consulting with Deputy Sheriff Gilt
who said Mrs Guinness ana d man were seen
passing that town IN an automobile, Gill
declares the machine WAS running at a ter
riio speed It came from The direction OF |
Hobart and went toward Chicago, A fast
luto leaving lAporte at 4, NJ. just after
ihe fire could run 10 Hobart in two hours !
Gil is confident the woman in the machine
was Mrs. Guinness, in spite Of the evidence
which appesrs TO show that she perIshed
n the fire The Mayor, who il assisting IN
Iamphere's defence, believes there is some
hing in the story and will give it further
Investigation,
The determination Of Sheriff SmutZer
o make further excavations on the Gun.
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ion which disclosed the fact that only ten
,odies have been found, while more persons
re known TO have disappeared after having
zen seen with Mrs Guinness Ten hodies