The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-11
of death is given

Olsen girl the cause of death is given
as unknown.
DR.. B. o. Bowel, a prominent physi-
clan of Laporte, was for a time the
physician to the Guinness family
DR.. Bowel stated today that it was
his belief that Mrs. Guinness was an
epileptic. He had treated her for cpl
lepsy for sometime. While attending
Sorenson, the former husband of Mrs.
Guinness, he studied the latter very
closely, he says, and came to the con-
clusion that she was a victim of cpl
lepsy. 1t is said DIR. Bowels oppor-
tunity for observation and gaining an
intimate knowledge of the Guinness wo-
man, gives his opinion weight.
H. w. Worden, the attorney for
Lamphere, has made out a petition for
habeas corpus proceedings, which he
says he will present if he is denied adj
mission to the Jail or in any way fur
Their interfered with by any of the
county officers. While he is strong in
the hope that he may not be forced to
go to this length, he says he will do
so if exigencies arise which demand
this action.
Sluicing the Ruins.
The weather again today was very
threatening and some rain fell. Will
lam Schultz, the miner employed to
conduct the sluicing of the ashes and
debris in the cellar of the burned house
in the hope of finding the gold filings
said to have been in the teeth of Mrs.
Guinness, began work today.
with Mr.. Shoemaker, a farmer neigh
William Brogiski, a Polander, living
Dor of Mrs. Guinness was called upon
during the years 1906-19O7 to dig three
holes in the barn lot of the Guinness
place. He was told by Mrs. Guinness
that the holes were to be utilized for
rubbish and refuse. Mrs. Guinness des-
ignated the dimensions of the holes,
which Brogiski says were about feet
long and feet wide. In all of these
holes bodies have been found. Brogiski
says he did not see any rubbish put
into the holes but upon subsequent
visits he noticed that all of them had
been filled up and had covering of old
tin cans, bricks and other rubbish.
Sheriff Shutter today received a let
ter from Albert Peterson, Isle, MINI.
a cousin of Mrs. Guinness second hus-
band. Peterson states that Guinness
advanced a large amount Of money to
his wife. Guinness was insured in the
United Workmen for $4,000. He be-
heyes that child of Guinness by
former marriage who is living with
him at Isle. Mimi, should be protect
ed and intimates that the will of Mrs
Guinness will be attacked in favor of
Jennie Swanhilda Guinness, the child
in question. The county grand jury
met today. The jurymen We're told to
investigate all murder crimes in La
porte county.
Will Drag the Ponds.
Laporte, Ind, May 11.-Lemuel OAR
row, mayor of Laporte, after a confer
ence with prominent citizens last night.
| declared that the investigation into the
Guinness murder mystery would be
pushed with greatest vigor.
up to the present time" said the
| mayor there has been only a luke
warm inquiry into the amazing case.
by this time all the lakes in the
vicinity of the Guinness farm should
have been dragged. The pond back of
| gated 1t will be. Clear Lake and
Fishtrip lake, both west of the farm,
| will be dragged.
.I suspect that more tragedies will be
discovered. We intend to push this in
curry the way it should be pushed.
| There should be a more centralized eff
fort to solve the mystery"
1t is also the intention of the mayor
and his friends to investigate the Pine
| Lake cemetery, two miles north OF the
Guinness farm, with a view to satisfy
| ing themselves that no bodies have
been removed. They want to satisfy
themselves that no cadaver was sub
stituted by Mrs. Guinness for the body
| found in the fire, which in the general
public mind is accepted as the body of
| the murderess.
He Knew the Sorensons.
| Oklahoma City, Okla, May Ill
have been in the little grocery and
| confectionery store on Chicago ave-
nue. in Chicago, where Mrs. Guinness
| lived many time" said an Okla
| homa City resident this morning, who
| for reasons desires his name with
held. "She was at that time supposed
| to be the wife of man named
| Sorenson and both stayed in the store
| most of the time. / was not in Chi
| cago at the time of Sorenson's death
| but lived in that neighborhood for
| several years and have frequently
| seen both. The store was a small
: affair at the corner Of Fifty-second