Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-12
| UNIV THEY MET THEIR DEATHS
scissors Of Surgical Shape,
Knives and Dirk Found
In the Cellar.
A.. yeqatiye Evidence to Disprove
Theory That the Victims All Met
A Violent Death.

ronorte. Ind, May 12.--The mining"
.,orations which have been proposed
X Sheriff Smultzer for several
laws started in earnest today in the
-,,trs of the Guinness home. Louis
a ccby,tze who was employed by the
1 ,bariff TO sluice the ashes in the eel
lar completed his apparatus early and
hsran the tests to determine whether
His arrangements were of the charac-
Ter demanded by the work at hand.
II METHODS OF MURDER.
a Additional evidences regarding the
methods by which the persons whose
Ecorpses were found on the Guinness
farm met thoir deaths was unearthed
This morning. Almost two dozen pairs
Of scissors bent and curved in the
fashion of surgical instruments are
said TO have been found i'm the ashes in
tbe cellar and in addition three knives,
two Of n surgical character and another
an unmstakable dirk were picked up.
& In the absence of evidence to the con-
Strary, 1t is believed that the dirk may
4haye been the chief weapon employed
Hin the series of murders. An expert
Inland could easily have slipped the
6nake like weapon between the ribs of
{ the victims and penetrated the heart.
The fact that there was no mark
4 of penetrating wounds on Andrew Hell
sgelerins body Is possible refutatioR
( OF this theory But it Is pointed out
THAT Helgerin, according to the find
zings of Dr. ], II. William Meyer, as
4madc public yesterday, succumbed only
Batter fierce struggle, in which he tore
Ia handful OF hair from the person of
Xhis murderer Chioroform, or some
other deadening drug is thought to
'S7laVe been used TO subdue the death
8fWpssle, or the South Dakota farmer,
atier winch some deadly poison was
used to encompass his death.
IN an the other bodies found on the
fiafh' there Is no negative evidence to
sdlsprove the dirk theory, although the
condition OF the cadavers precludes
Idennite Information on this point. The
KNIVES and scissors are thought to have
been used in Remembering the bodies.
Each corpse was mutilated in practi-
the latest victims showing particularly
|Gpert anatomical work.
A SIDELIGHT.
An interesting sidelight on the
Character of Mrs. Guinness had been
furnished by Mrs. c. o. Lapham OF
Laporte. who for six years was a
neghbor of the woman. Mrs Lap
nam says that on the only occasion
on which she called upon her neigh
Dor. her hostess sat near an omen win
dow until strong breeze through this
opening blew aside the folds of a loose
aress which Mrs. Guinness was wear
ms and revealed about her body a
WINE belt, containing pouches of var
lous sizes and sheaths which seemed
10 nave been constructed for knives.
AS sequel TO this. Mrs. Lapham's
laughter ls said to have related an
experience at the house when she had
accepted an invitation to supper there.
MSS lAapham, 1t Is reported. said that
sle engaged the Guinness children in
conversation regarding their home,
,eut that in the midst of their talk
As, Guinness admonished the chill
ureh and that they thereupon became
sslahgely silent and disquieted. This
Asppened some two weeks before Jen-
Ie olaen disappeared, the latter hav-
Hg been more or less an intimate
lnend of Mrs. Lapham.
me legal forces of the defense were
i.engthened yesterday by the addition
W Ellsworth E. Weir, an attorney of
,,9me note In this section. His reten-
,lon followed the arrival of William
'Ahphere, the father of the prisoner.
LAMPHERE's CASE.
mere Is possibility that the |
,and Jury which convened here yes
wIluay viii begin consideration of the |
A ssIBes against Ray Lamphere today.
- 'eN DAYS ago this investigation was
Sa,'Pohed until May IS, but yester-
KY Prosecutor Smith again declared
himself ready To proceed and last
Isnt ne prepared the deposltions
, ,nlch the sheriff and his deputies will
!, eaF 10 for grand jury purposes.
,'.. Of the criminal cases in this
lave reported to the court on affidav-
w. OF belief filed by the states at
,nney As the important cases be-
toe me present inquistorial body are
,.1 " rs expected that the Lamp
0to charges will be considered not
I9wr man Thursday mt the outside.
o'. night Prosecutor Smith said that
In,, would take the case before the
,as tomorrow, but he may even
listen this program. Much depends
wv me attitude of Coroner c. S.
iaeVvN who thus far has shown little
o'sslhalion 10 push the cases to a
,s,hneluslon II he decides today 10 re-
NJ 'e me reports on the Guinness bod |
N, which have been prepared by
XXI examining physicians. II is DOS.
,uie mat the court procedure will be |
'aslened. Until these reports are I'm |
,,ooNeNer, the prosecuting attorney Will
~ embarrassed In his attempts 10
~ eorpi deficit In the case OF Ray
" III SOON SOLVE MYSTERY.
thleago, May IA dispatch 10 the
'une from Laporte. Ind, says:
=, ,olnplete solution OF the mysteries
A 'H Guinness murder farm Ia expect |
N a., ipllh " hours. The officials who |
1ottna" en conducting the search for the |
,rac,is OF the house of many deaths |
ay 'a'lS admitted this fact yester.
,pa ney refused. however. To make
az a, .heT purposes further than to |
odav ol the final step may be taken |
nvst. VI tomorrow at the latest. The |
lesthlY surrounding four Of the IA |
,urrns which are known TO have oc- |
allesau az the place is cleared by the |
lnsr ssupn mat Ray Lamphere, the for. |
Jan s.'l hand, prisoner In the county |
- 'el IRE 10 the home ~ Mrs taalIa |