The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-06
FIND 9TH BODY
IN GUINNESS
YARD
Sheriff Thinks That Score May
Lie Buried There--Suspicion
Is Growing That Murder
ess Is Still Alive.
Little Lake Near House of
Death" Being Dragged
Hired Man Places All
Blame on Woman.
DEVELOPMENTS IN HORROR.

DEVELOPMENTS IN HORROR.
A s THE gruesome search for MUIR
"A der victims in the charnei yard
Of Belle Guinness, the la porte, Ind,
high priestess Of crime, continues,
fresh evidences Of the matrimonial
agents devIltry, in the form Of bodies,
are taken from the mould.
An eight cadaver> have been un-
earthed.
Sheriff Smuixer says he would not
be surprised TO find a score of bodies
before the search Is ended. He IL
having the little lake near the "House
Of Death" dragged and the shore care
fully examined.
There 10 a growing suspicion that
Mrs. Guinness was not among the
victims when her home was burned
and her three children perished. II
is said in some quarters that another
body was substituted for hers.
II Ray Lamphere, her hired man,
who is under arrest charged with hav-
ing killed her and the children and
set fire to the house, knows anything
Of this, he has not yet indicated II.
In the basement Of the home was
found the "Bluebesrd room" where
ed, and sewed In gunny sacks the
bodies Of her victims. She 10 today
believed to have had an accomplish.
A hired man heard the struggles OF
the victims as they were held under
the chIoroformed rags until dead,
heard the sound Of the knives, cieav-
ers and saws with which the bodies
were dismembered. and saw the re.
mains Of the kerosene torches which
we're used at night to bury the bodies.
He was satisfied with explanations and
his suspicious alIayed until the crimes
were unearthed.
LAPoRTE, Ind, May 6.--Ths
eighth body was dug from the
back yard Of the Guinness "House
Of Death" today, by Coroner Mack,
making total Of " victims OF
violent death In the list of crimes
charged against Widow Belle
Guinness, matrimonial agent who
was believed to have been burned
TO death In her home, with her
three children, few weeks ago.
The sixth body was unearthed
shortly after noon today and the
finding of more human bones
pressed until two more bodies
were discovered.
Sheriff SmuIzer and Coroner
Mack say that they expect to find
score Of cadavers before the
search is ended. The little lake
near the ruins Of the house, and
the surrounding shore are being
dragged and searched respective.
iy.
LA PORTE. Ind. May 6.--This town
Is engaged today In attempting TO
solve series OF the most heinous
murder mysteries In the annals OF the
state--such a mystery as ranks along
side of the notorious crimes commit
ted by DIR. Holmes, OF Chicago. and
the Bender family, OF Kansas. The
finding OF five dead bodies OF persons
who had been murdered In the barn
yard OF the Guinness home, near here,
led to the Investigation.
On April % the Guinness home was
burned and four imperfectly Identified
bodies were recovered from the ruins.
Ray Lamphere. carpenter, was ar
rested on suspicion of having murder
ed Mrs Belle Guinness. aged "A years.
and her daughters, Myrtle Sorenson.
IL years old, Lucy Sorenson, 3. and
their half-brother. Phillip Guinness. 5
years old.
0ruesome Search Continues.
Then came the revelations Of the
horrible series OF bloody crimes Of
which this modern Lucretia Borgia
evidently had been guilty. Today. La
Porte Is thronged with the curious
and sightseers who are overrunning
the site OF the Guinness home. search
Ing for gruesome mementoes. La
Porte Is alive with rumors. 1t Is said
in some quarters that Mrs. Guinness
was not among the victims when her
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Timely Announcement.