The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10

y EuflOTs- 40 not ike my name 10 y
y be known, hence ] viii not give 1t, =
but viii tell you that the notorious \
Mrs. Guinness is descended from the =
y same man as was Kate Bender of \
= Kansas notoriety. Kate's father was =
= also a brother to Mrs. Guinness =
y grandfather. l know this through \
y my marriage ties. \
y '1n my opinion Ray Lamphers is
y kin TO Mrs Guinness" \
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Laporte. Ind. May 9.-The dissensions
which have been brewing among the Off
Gals of the city and county of Laporte
interested in the solving of the mysteries
OF the Guinness farm, broke out today.
II IS openly charged thas the political
AFFILIATIONS OF some of the men concerned
hat much to do with their attitude to-
wards the labors Of the sheriff and the
prosecuting attorney and a factional
fight in the party 10 which the latter be-
longs is blamed also.
The widespread reports that evidence
had been found tending to prove that the
corpse supposed to be that OF Mrs. Belle
Guinness Is In reality the body Of an
other woman are said to have had their
origin Ia the camp of the defense, the
members of which are of opposite politi-
cal faith to the sheriff and of the faction
opposing the prosecutor.
Denied Issuing Statement.
These reports had their origin In a
statement said to have been given out by
DR.. II p. Long. former coroner, and
one of the four physicians who per-
formed the autODsies on the bodies found
= the ruins of the Guinness home. DR..
~GOng. however. said today that he had
not issued such a statement, but had
merely expressed a personal opinion that
he was not satisfied as to the identity of
the corpse in question.
TWO other members Of the board re-
fused TO be drawn into the controversy
but Dr. J. II; William Meyer, the fourth
megGer, said that ne had no doubt but
wha$ the corpse was that of Mrs, Gun
ness He. too. however. declined to re-
veal the findings of the physicians.
Report Changed by Coroner.
The attitude of the coroner as between
the two factions. has not become mani
fest At the prosecuting attorneys Of
flee, however. 1t was asserted that Dr.
Mack, the coroner, had changed the first
report as to the identity of the Guinness
body and an inspection Of the documents
showed this TO be the case.
All four doctors were unanimous as 10
the facts and conditions surrounding the
bodies taken from the Guinness home.
Agreed as to the Facts.
There was absolutely no difference
among US" said one of the doctors. and
and this was confirmed by other mem
bers OF the board There is absolutely
no indica ton that the skull OF any OF the
trating wounds. 1t has been asserted
that fractures caused by some blunt in
strument had been found on these sliu.lsl
M Their was there any kind or brain
he1nOrrhageS and the heart and lungs of
at least two of the children revealed the
same conditions found in these organs in
the body of their mother. The hearts
were all dilated and fun OF clots and
the lungs had collapsed. This condition
IS found IN the cases Of persons who have
died from suffOCatiOn and the circum-
stances is taken as another evidence that
the theory regarding Mrs. Guinness haV-
ing killed her children. substituted an
other woman's body for her own and
then escaped after setting fire TO the
house Is not tenable.
Heat Would Shrink the Body.
one of the alleged circumstances upon
which that theory is based. Is the fact
that the body Of the woman Is much
smaller than Mrs. Guinness was. The In
tense F=at TO which the corpses were sub
fected. according to DR.. Meyer, would
however, fully account for this circum-
Mrs, Guinness was an abnormaIly large
woman In every particular. When the
corpse was cut open a layer or fat two
inches thick stil existed over the abdo-
men.
that of Mrs Guinness was found in the
fScf that the remains OF a finger ring
which she is known to have worn, were
found in the ashes several days later.
THE buckle of a money belt, such as the
xvoraau is known to have used, was also
licked no and later still key which cor
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