Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-20
Dentist Positively Identifies the
Relics Of Latter Day Borgia
Picked up in Ashes of Burned
Dwelling,
FEW SkEPTICS PERSIST
WOMAN IS STILL ALIVE


lHy Morning Journal special Leased WlreI
Inportc Ind, May 10, That Mrs,
Bella Guinness died In the lames
which destroyed her home April Is
was eoncuslvoly shown today when a
seagcher in the ruins discovered the
upper and tower bridges containing
the false teeth of the woman. The
low set OF teeth tally exactly with
the description and diagram Furnish
ed by Dr /, p Norton, the dentist,
who built the bridge ana who today
Identified the teeth positively as those
of Mrs. Guinness. In view OF tic I'M
mlstakablc evidence, including the
finding one week ago OF rings be-
longing to the murderess, Coroner
Mack stated this evening that he
would render an official finding that
the burned adult female body was
that ot Mrs Guinness
Tonight few skentlcal persons re
maiu and their argument Is that Mrs
Guinness, after killing the children
and setting nre to The house threw
her teeth IN the fire
Dr Norton built the lower bridge
Tho upper jaw he said, was prob
ably nridsed IN Chicago hut the work
done IN the lower jazz can positive
~ Identify as that done by me about
a year ago Az that time | built q
lower bridge for Mrs Guinness, con
sistma of six dummies ana two crowns
for the TIVE einuinng teeth, making
a total OF eight teeth, and swung
them from the lower two cuspids, The
gold I'm tho rear OF the crowns was
Of solid IS carat and bears my nri-
yate style Of workmanship, thus
eimuatnp any possibility that tn"
teeth are those of any one else, The
gold which hold the plato to the eus-
pids ls Intact hut the teeth have TALL
en- out or burned away from the geld,
which in places shows indications ol
having started to melt under the
fierce heat to which the heUd of the
mrdercss was subjected and which
practically dryoured her hcad
sheriff Smutzor Is inve4liRatmg the
report that William Rcidingcr far
mer at Dcladeld, WIZ, WAS one OF
Mrs Guinness Victims In i letter re-
ceivod today David Hickeu, friend,
living at Waukesha, Wise tells OF the
dlgapnparanCo from home of ltcidln-
ger, who after a visit from Mrs. Gun
ness sold some crops which nettcd
him 81 900 and left ior some place
in northern Indiana TO marry
wealthy widow he said
A month later. his hired man, John
Heintzelman, received q lettcr IN
etructing him to sell the stock ana
farm Implements and put the money
in the bank. Although the letter Was
unsigned and not in the handwriting
of RcIdingor. the hired man followed
the instructions ana deposited 5000 ~
thc bank, where It Is today, Ton Reid
niger never returned ana was NOT
heard from after that
Miss Jennie Graham, tNN TenneN
street. Waulcesha, IS seeking hei
brother, who left home to marry
rich widow In Indiana and was never
heard from after that
What ia considered positive proof
that Henry Gurholdt, Of Scandinavia,
wis. came 10 Laportc, ana was put
out of the way by Mrs. Guinness was
supplied today when Shorln shutter
received letter containing a dcscrIp-
tIon of Gurhpldts watch which tai
lies with one Of the watches found IN
ihn tuiue of the burned house Curl
holdt had $500 In cash when he lelt
home to come to Laporte 70 see Mrs.
Gunnesg. with whom lac had correS-
ponded ~,
Coroner Mack tonight prepared ms
rcports on the Eve remNInlng sEr.r-
IONS Of unidentified dead,
The cause of death in each Coco iS
pivcp as unknown, The seven unlden-
lined dead we're buried today IN the
potter's field.