The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
CABDRIvER SAW
GIRL FIGHT WITH
MRS. GUINNESS
PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN HYsTER.
IcAL AFTER STRUGGLE IN LA
PORTE HoUs E-PRoPERTY
DECIDED TO cHicAGoAN.

IA PORTE, Ind, May "a graphic
chapter In ''the house Of death" tales
was revealed today by a cab driver
who was secretly closeted with Sheriff
A. r. Shutter. II is the story Of how
a young and pretty Chicago girl was
iured 10 the Widow Guinness isolated
farm and there either witnessed a
murder or was herself attacked.
1.-THE driver Is an honest man." said
Sheriff Shutter, land he asked me not
to reveal his name, but this Is his
story:
"'About nine months ago Mrs. Gun
ness asked him to meet late train.
with closed carriage. A young wo-
man was 70 be on the train from Chi
cago and should be driven to tho
farm.
"The girl, who was we'll dressed and
pretty, stepped into the cab and was
hurried out to the Guinness place. II
was midnight, but there were lights
burning brightly In every room.
1.-THE driver waited. He thought that
the Girl might wish to 90 back later.
Mrs. Guinness herself opened the door.
She spoke cordially TO the girl, usher
ed her into the house and closed the
door again, the heavy bolts ringing be-
hind her.
at was perhaps half an hour later
that the eabby heard suppressed
shrieks In the house. He leaped down
from his seat, and stood wondering,
uncertain for a moment.
"Then the bolts flew back and the
door burst open. In the flood OF light
he could see Mrs. Guinness and the
girl struggling. The latter was
screaming for aid. With a final wrench
she freed herself and sank In a faint.
The widow slammed back the door,
fastened the bolts and hastily put out
every light.
"The driver carried the young wo-
man to his carriage. She regained
consciousness, but was hysterical.
".Oh, il was TERRIBLE she kept
shrieking. 'Oh, IL was terrible; take
me away; save me-
"The girl continued in that condi.
ton until the depot was reached, and
was still hystericaI when she boarded
a train back to Chicago.
"The driver put one version on the
affair at the time, but now he has an
other. u ic believed that the girl saw
the dismembered body Of one OF the
widows Victims. ,-
Mrs. william DiesIing, who lives on
q farm near that Of the Guinness place,
today told Of the mysterious disap-
pearsnce Of baby.
One Of the surprises Of the day
came when IL was discovered that,
shortly before her disappearance, Mrs.
Guinness decided her farm and other
possessions to Chicago man. States
Attorney r. NJ. Smith refuses to talk
about this angle Of the case or give
the name Of the man. This, taken In
connection with the fact that she
made her will the day before her
house was burned, gives rice TO even
stronger belief that she Is living.
NEW YORK, May 9.-The woman
arrested on New York Central train
near Syracuse today. because OF an
alleged striking resemblance to Mrs.
Belle Guinness. the La Porte, Ind,
arch-murderess. has been identified
and released by the police.
Martin Condor, the chief OF police
OF Syracuse. wired a New York news
paper to aid him In finding IL Mrs.
Charles p. Rockefeller. OF 81 West
Fortieth-st.. knew anything OF the
woman. Ii then developed that the
prisoner held with her mother Is Mrs
Cora Belle Heron. OF Franklin. Pa.
widow of a vice president Of the Seth
ners Chemical Co. OF Chicago. who
was on her way TO Manhattan TO
make visit Previous to this, the
chief had said
IL believe mistake has been made
by my subordinates."
iysterical From Shock.
Mrs. Heron, who Is strikingly
pretty woman was hysterical today
as n result OF the several hours she
spent in prison and to newspaper men
declared she would proceed against
the police for the outrage. She told
the following story:
II was horn and raised In franklin,
Pa. Thirteen years ago / went to chi
cago with my husband, Charles Her
ron. and he became the vice-president
of the chemical concern whose works.
are ut 262 North Cutler-st. Several
return TO Franklin. where ] have al
ways maintained summer home. In
Chicago 4 lived at 2642 North Forty
second-st.. Irving park.
some time ago that | was going 10
visit her and after going to Cleveland
for short time. started on toward
Manhattan. The detectives treated Inc
in the most outrageous manner posi-
BILE. They would not permit my mother
or me to say single word. We could
have proved our identity then and
there. but they compelled us to dress.
treated us like common criminals and
after they took us to Syracuse, gave
out interviews OF things purporting to
have been said by US OF which we knew
nothing.
we were treated in the most out
rageous manner. our refusal to an
swer questions when we were awak-
ened was occasional by the fact that
we were so badly frightened that we
did not know what TO do. The other
passs myers awakened. looked at us
called US murderers and made my
mother speechIess. ! am afraid the
shock will eventually cause her death"
sister Almost Falnts.
When MIS-, Rockefeller was told OF
the arrest OF her sister she almost
fell TO the floor In a faint.
'She cannot possibly look anything
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