The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-13

says he was told by Mrs. Guinness to
| do.
Information respecting Moo and two
other probable victims of Mrs. Gun
ness has been obtained and added 10
! the growing list of crime evidence IN
the hands of the prosecutor.
! Moo seems to have been one OF the
prize victims of the Guinness farm.
/ His case is similar TO that OF Ole
| Budsberg and Andrew X. Helgelein.
| On December %, 1906. Moo drew ST.
100 from the First National Bank in
Laporte when he was staying at the
/ Guinness farm His friends have not
heard from him since.
Pulling Evidence.
Much unexplainable evidence, which
has hitherto been suppressed has been
made public. It is contained in the
report Of DR.. J. L. Gray, who perform
ed the autopsy on the body which the
authorities have steadfastly claimed is
that of Mrs Guinness. DR.. Gray in
his report tells of three rings which
were found on the corpse and also re-
/ veals the fact that the right hand,
| hitherto declared missing, is still in
| existence.
| The rings. which might he expected
! to reveal the identity of the wearer,
only add to the mystery OF the case.
| Two Of them contain inscriptions, one
being "P. S, to j. S. August 30, "a"
and the other 'P. G. to J. S. 3-o-95.
Officials are Puzzled.
Mrs Gunness's husband was Peter
Guinness, but the identity of u. S"
and p. s." is a puzzle which none Of
the local officials would attempt to
explain this morning.
Jennie Olsen, it is suggested, may
| have been the owner of the rings. but
| the size of the circles. taken in con-
nectiOn with the date and the fact that
she was born in 1879 precluded this
as a definite conclusion.
DR.. Gray made his disclosures in
the official report, which he handed to
Coroner Mack this morning, and refus-
ed to discuss the matter later. The
report says:
was an adult right arm, with burned
and shrunken fingers contracted on
the palm Clutched in the hand was a
piece of burned cloth exhibit No. ~.
A band ring, with small diamond set,
found on second finger Of right hand
Exhibit No. p. An adult hand and
about One-third of the forearm of the
left side were with the body. On the
third finger were found a gold ring
with small diamond set with en-
craving P S. to J. S, August 1924,
and a gold band ring, engraved on the
inside p. G.. to J. S., 1886 Exhibits
Nos. and A.
DR.. Gray also describes at length the
remnants Of clothing and night robes
found with the four bodies. One OF
the night robes was that Of an adult
the length of the inside seam of the
sleeve being II inches. The gown was
trimmed with lace. and ribbon, and its
total length, according to the rem
nants at hand was 50 inches. Rem
nants Of a child's night dress and sew
eral undergarments were also found.
Impossible to Tell.
DR.. Gray's report was concluded as
follows:
From the examination Of this adult
, female it is impossible to determine
the exact cause of death"
Accompanying the findings of DR.
Gray was a report by DR.. J. H. W
Meyer on the body of the male infant
found in the ruined house. 1t describes
the condition Of the corpse as already
revealed the finding being that the
, cause of death could not be determin
ed.
The mining" operations which
have been promised by Sheriff Smutz
er for several days have been started
in earnest in the ruins Of the Guinness
home. Louis Schultze, who was EN-
; ployed by the sheriff to sluice the ash
es in the cellar, completed his appar
atus and began the tests to determin,
whether or not his arrangements wer,
. of the character demanded by tn,
work at hand.
Early in the mining operation
Schultze caught the simmer of gold
The article found resembed a CHAIR
ed tooth containing gold filling. 1t wa
turned over to DR.. l. T Norton, La
porte dentist, but, to the diSappOnt
ment of the authorities, it proved t
be a piece of a gold picture frame
| Ultimate success in the mining i
doubted by some, as it is believed tn
gold in the teeth must have been fus
ed.
Additional evidence regarding tn
methods by which the persons who's
corpses were found on the Gunnes
farm met death has been unearthec
Two dozen pairs of scissors. bent an
curved in the fashion of surgical il
struments. were found in the ashe
in the cellar and. in addition. tire
knives, two of sergical character an
another an unmistakable dirk, wer
picked up.
Dirk the Chief Weapon.
In the absence of evidence TO tn
contrary. it is believed that the dir
may have been the chief weapon en-
ployed in the series of murders. whic
have brought notoriety to the farm
An expert hand easily could have sill
ped the snake-like weapon betwee