Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-09
MURDER HORROR
IS INCREASING
ADDITIONAL BODIES DUG FROM
LAP0RTE FARM
GREAT CROWDS SURGE AROUND
CHASTITY REMAINS
Employe Of Mrs. Guinness Declared to
Have Had Woman at His
Mercy by Threat of
Exposure
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LA PORTE, Ind, May s.-Develop-
ments in the Guinness murder case
came thick an fast this evening. each
additional circumstance brought to
light being of a nature to strengthen
| the charges against Ray Lamphere,
who is accused of first degree murder
| because of the death of Mrs. Bella
| Guinness and her three children.
Lamphere today sent a request to his
attornev, H. w. Wofden. asking the
latter to sen1 to the farm of John
Wheatbroqk for the trunk which Lam
phere left there when he was arrested
| April 2S Bu. before this word had
reached the attorney the trunk had
been confiscated by the authorities.
IT contained number of letters writ
ten by Mrs. Guinness to Lamphere
after the latter had taken employment
at the farm of John Wheatbrook, near
Springville, seven miles north of this
city.
The exact dates on these letters were
not announce 1. but that they were re-
cent is evidenced by the fact that
Lamphere went to the Wheatbrook
farm February 3. 1908. The woman
wrote to Lamphere urging him to re-
turn to her farm, and to bring your
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enough"
The Identity of the woman is mys-
terry. and neither does Mrs. Guinness
mention the amount deemed necessary
for her reception at the Guinness farm.
Woman's Rings Found
Along with the letters were found
several womans finger rings, some of
which were of unusual size, and many
have been the property of Mrs. GUM
ness.
Lamphere today evidenced desire
to break the silence which he has kept
since his arrest. To a visitor to his
cell he said
"There are some things l would like
to talk about. but my attorney has told
me not to say anything about my trou-
bles to any one. But there are some
things which | think might be talked
about and not hurt my case. They
might even help me if they became
known
Lamphere then requested that his at
torney might be informed of his desire
for some clothing in the trunk at
Springville.
The resumption of excavation at the
Guinness farm again drew an immense
crowd of spectators. The rush of vis-
itors has become so great that some of
regular bus line to the farm Hundreds
of men and women made the trip by
this means and added to the throngs
who had walked or driven out in pri-
vate vehicles.
The announcement by Coroner Mack
that two bodies had been discovered
only served to increase the rush OF
curiosity seekers. The scraps of hu-
manity were found in the barnyard
which had already given up nine
cadavers and were discovered under
circumstances similar to those which
prevailed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Find Decomposed Body
About four feet below the surface the
excavators encountered bits of bones
and burlaping and few strokes more
of the spades and hoes revealed the
skull, a decomposed torso and leg and
arm bones. The body was by far the
least preserved of any of the ten
gruesome relics. In addition to the
usual traces of lime the evidences were
that a less skillful hand had accom-
plished the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
corpse. Nothing but a jumbled heap
of decayed flesh and crumbling bones
were left to indicate the identity of the
person.
1t was thought, however, that the
body was that of a woman. as a pair
of women's oxford shoes and the metal
frame of a womans purse were found
In the grave.
While the Investigations were going
on at the farm Prosecuting Attorney
Smith. aided by Deputy Sheriff Roy
Mari, was collecting additional evil
dence concerning Lamphere's alleged
participation in the affair
One of the first new witnesses found
today was Colson, who told of con-
versation in which Lamphere declared
his ability to get money and clothing
from Mrs. Guinness. According to Col
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