Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-08
INDIANA MURDFRESS IS
STILL ALIVE SAY
FRIENDS
Report That She Died In Fire
That Consumed Her House
and Children De-
Cldred False.
BODY MEASUREMENT
Strengthens BELIEF
It Is Now Declared That Woman
Did Not Perish But That She Is
at Large. Leaving Mystery OF
the Private Graveyard
Unexplained.

Chicago, May S.-A dispatch from
| La Porte. Ind. says:
Mrs. Belle Guinness, who at the
| back door of her farm house kept q
private graveyard, from which nine
bodies have been unearthed, is alive.
| This was established yesterday be-
yond a reasonable doubt when the
body supposed to be hers was meas
ured. Careful measurements of the
headless trunk supposed 20 have been
Mrs. Guinness showed the dead wom-
| an was not more than half the size or
weight of the woman suspected of flr-
ing score of men to death.
"In addition half q dozen Of tho
most intimate friends asserted posi-
lively that the dead body Is not that
of Mrs. Guinness"
More Bodies Found.
Two more bodies were found on the
Guinness farm today when the sheriff
and his force of deputies continued
their excavations of the yard. The
two additional bodies were found In Q
grave near the spot where the three
bodies were found together Wednes-
day
The first turned up was that of q
male and the second is believed to
be that of a female. 1t is believed
thet the, bodies have been buried
al ut two years IL Is believed that
mGre bodies will oe found today.
The trial of Ray Lamphere, for
mer employe of Mrs. Guinness. who is
charged with burning the house and
causing the death OF Mrs. Guinness
and her three hildren, will probably
not be held next week as arranged,
because OF the statement made today
by friends of Mrs. Guinness that the
body of woman found in the burn
ed house Is not that of the farms
owner. Further investigation will be
made into the affair in the hope of
discovering some trace of Mrs. Gin
ness, who 1t is now believed. is alive.
Mrs. Guinness Letter.
Waupaca, Wis, May s.-The letter
which Carl Peterson of Waupaca re
eived from Mrs Belle Guinness, the.
alleged La Porte murderess, has been
translated from Norwegian into Eng
lish, and follows:
Carl Peterson, Waupaca Wis.,
Dear Sir: As ! some time ago re-
ceived from you a letter in answer to
my ad. IN the Scandinavian, / will
with pleasure answer the same.
THE reason | waited for some
time is that there have been other
answers to the same ad. As many as
fifty have been reelved, and 1t has
been impossible to answer all | have
picked out the most respectable, and
i have decided that yours is such.
First | will tell you that | am a
Norwegian and have been in this
country for twenty years / live in
Indiana, about fifty-nIne miles from
Chicago, and one mile north of La
Porte. l am the sole owner of a nice
home, pretty location.
There are seYenty-five acres OF
land, also all kinds OF crops, improv-
ed land, apples, pluns and currants.
| am on "A boulevard road and have
a twelve-room house, practically new,
windmill and all modern improve
ments situated in a beautiful suburb
of Chicago, worth about $4,000.
IAN Of this is nearly paid for. II
Is In my own name. l am alone with
three small children. from five to
eleven years The smallest is a little
boy The two largest are girls, all
frisky and well. | lost my hus-
banu by accident five years ago and
have since tried to get along as we'll
as l could with what help / could
hire. l am getting tired of this and
| have found that It is not well to
trust other with so much.
1T is too much for me to look
after things, and things are not as I
want them anyway. My idea of them
Is to take partner. to whom / can
trust everything, and as we have no
acquaintance ourselves / have decided
that every applicant | have consider
ed favorably must make a satisfac-
tory deposit of cash or security.
think that Is the best way for parties
TO keep away grafters who are al
ways looking for such opportunities,
as | have had experience with them,
as can prove.
Now, II you think that you are
able TO in some way put up $1,000
cash, We can talk matters over per-
sonally. II you can not Is Il worth
while to consider? | would not care
for you as a hired man, as / am tired
of that and neeG little rest in my
home and near my children. / will
close for this time.
with friendly regards.
MRS. S. L. GUINNESS.