The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-14
MORE VICTIMS
!. Of DEATH FARM
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THREE OTHER MEN SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
POST MoRrEM REPORTS IN
Rings Found on Body Thought to Be
/, That of Mrs. Guinness
Puzzle the Of
ficlals.

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Laporte, Ind, May 13.-Evidence to
establish the identity of three addi-
tional victims Of Mrs Bella Guinness
was the most positive development OF
day filled with contradictory happen
ings,
The new victims Of Mrs. Guinness
are supposed to have been John Moe
Of Elbow Lake, Mimi; Henry Gerhalt
Of Scandinavia, Wis, small town
near Iolas from which Ole o. Budsberg
came, and George Brady of Tuscola.
Ill.
Moe has figured in the case before
this. Emil Greening. now Of Oklaho-i
ma City, Okla, told of his having
been at the farm in December, 1905,
about the time that Jennie Olsen dis
appeared, and Ray Lamphere said
that Mrs. Guinness had sent him to
Michigan City to meet a man named
John Moe last January.
Gerhait Missing Since 1905. III
The word concerning Gerhalt came
in letter signed M. Gerhalt, and
dated lola. Wis. 1t said that Henry
Gerhalt left Scandinavia Wis, on
March IL, 1906, saying that he was go
ing to work for Mrs. Guinness near La
porte. Several letters were received
from Gerhalt describing the farm
where he was working and expressing
satisfaction with the place. The last
of these communications was dated
July 4, 1906 Gerhalt's brother wrote
to Mrs. Guinness in December follow
ing and was told that Henry had left
the farm to go to Chicago.
The evidence regarding George
Brady of Tuscola is less definite. 1t
is reported that he left that town in
July, 1905, saying that he was going
ito Laporte, Ind. to marry Mrs. Gun
hess. He is supposed to have had
$500 with him.
Physicians Make Reports.
The reports Of the. four physicians
Who conducted the post mortem exf
.aminations on the bodies found In the
ruins of the Guinness home April 2S
were given to the coroner's jury. They
fan to establish the manner in which
the woman and three children met
death and 1t is probable that the
coroner's jury will return an open YER
dict regarding them.
Facts About Woman's Body.
The reports made to the coroner's
jury by Drs. ]. L. Gray, H. H. Long.
j. H. William Meyer and F. T. Wilcox
revealed several circumstances, the
existence OF which has been carefully
guarded from public knowledge. This
is particularly true of the document
signed by Dr. Gray and having to do
with the adult body, supposed to be
that Of Mrs. Guinness.
Sshe new facts brought to light con-
& NIss body are as follows
That the right arm is practically
complete and that most OF the left
forearm and hand are In existence.
Hitherto the complete arm had been
known as the left and the right arm
was supposed to have been completely
consumed in the fire.
That three rings, two containing in
scriptions, had been found on the
hands.
Puzzle Of the Rings.
The rings presented a puzzle which
thus far has not been solved. The in.
scriptions contain initials which are
unaccountable except upon one hy-
lpothesis, that being that the orna-
ments were the property of Peter Gun
ness first wife, that he presented them
to Mrs. Guinness, or that she obtained
possession of them after his death and
that she wore them on the night when
the house was burned.
Lamphere's Pastor Talks.
Baltimore, Md, May 13.-ReV. f. A.
Schell, of La Porte, to whom Ray
Lamphere made confidential state
ment concerning the La Porte sensa.
tion, who is attending the M. E. con-
ference here, said today that he has
no doubt that Mrs, Guinness is alive
Pressed as to details of the statement
made to him by Lamphere, he said
that the statement did not include the
confession that. Lamphere set fire TO
the Guinness house, but related exclu-
sively to matters that had transpired
a month or more ago. "The Guinness
children, he said, were chloroformed
then the house was fired but the WON,
ans body found in the ruins is mot
Mrs. Guinness. ! am sure Lamphere
is innocent of all murders except Hell
galine's,"