The Washington herald., 1908-05-19

Laporte Ind. May 1S.-The center Of
interest in the Guinness tragedies was
changed to-day to the courthouse where
States Attorney Smith began the grand
jury inquiry into the charnel house mys-
teries.
While the grand jury was at work. the
news was flashed to the city that Mrs
Guinness had been apprehended on an
ocean steamer. There was a frenzied
rush from the courthouse to the news
paper offices for confirmation. With de-
NAL Of the report, the crowd rushed
back.
Forty witnesses VII give evidence
against Ray Lamphere. He is accused
of burning alive Mrs. Belle Guinness and
her children in their home on the morning
Of April 2s- Secrets said not TO have been
disclosed by the authorities are expected
TO be revealed to the grand jury.
Arson and Murder.
That az Indictment will be returned
charging arson and murder IN the first
degree Is looked upon as a certainty.
There is the possibility that another in
dietment VIII be voted charging Lam
phere with being an accessory to the
murder Of Helgelein.
Coroner Mack to-day appointed DR.. F.
7. Wilcox and DR.. George Osborne to
hold autopsies over the bodies of me a..
identified dead in the murder hall morgue.
A finding was returned tonight that six
OF the bodies were those OF males, while
one was that OF a female.
This conclusion proves that Mrs. Gun
ness killed one Of her own sex, IN ad-
dition to numbering her foster daughter.
Jennie Olson. II is the theory Of the au-
thorities that the woman was the wife
OF q supposed college professor who was
in the charnel house the night that Emil
Greening saw a strange couple.
Burial I'm POtter'S Field.
He was told the next morning that
Jennie Olson had left the city to attend
college in the West and had been ac-
companIed by the man and woman whom
he saw the night before. According to
this story, three inmates Of the house
that night were victims OF the death
chambers
The skeletons over which autopsies
were held this afternoon viii be buried
in potter's field.
The mystery surrounding the fate OF
Abraham Phillips, Of Burlington, ". Va,
is believed to have been solved. He dis
appeared IN the winter Of 1907, telling his
friends he was going to Northern Indiana.
.. t~H. ne q.
life partner He took a large sum OF
money with him. leaving unsold a fine
farm and considerable personal property.
That was the last seen OF him.
Phillips was railway man. In the
sitting and sluicing of the debris a watch
was found. on the case OF which was en-
graved a locomotive. Coroner Mack be
lieves this throws light on the fate Of
the West Virginian-
J. c. Renden threw additional light on
the fate Of John Moe. the unsuspecting
Elbow Lake, MINI, farmer to-day, when
he positively identified the watch and
chain carried by Ray Lamphere as the
timepiece once owned by his half brother.
He said he could not be mistaken.
Four Victims In one Night.
Moe Is believed by several Pinkerton
detectives detailed on the case To also
have been an inmate OF the Guinness
house the night the supposed college
professor and his wife. Jennie Olson, en-
tered the chamber Of death. In this case
the private burylng ground Of the ogress
that night claimed four victims.
A witness was found. to-day, TO whom
Pay Lamphere is alleged to have told
startling stories Of what he now believed
were nlurderous acts committed in the
charnel house.
He IS alleged to have said that many
nights he could not sleep. He paced up
and down his room. maintaining a vigil.
but fearing to venture outside the door.
He is purported 10 have said he heard
unusual connections In the downstairs
rooms. as though made by the dragging
Of bodies about the rooms. and Of strug-
Cling.
This would prove that Mrs. Guinness
was aided in the killing of her victims by
an accomplice. who is alleged to have
watched on the outside while the muir
deress killed and dismembered the victims