The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-11
Ia PORTE POLICE
CHIEF IN MAO
BUGGY RIDE
HEARS BoDY-SNATcHERs ARE
AT WORK IN CEMETERY OF
NEARBY TOWN AND IS EAGER
FOR EVIDENCE.

LA PORTE, Ind, May lin
tense excitement was created In
Ia Porte today, by a mad drive
that Chief Of police Cochran and
one Of his men made from this
city to nearby town In search
Of body-snatching eVIdcnce>
II have just received deN,ite
information" the police chief De
clared when he ordered his buggh
"that the cemetery in a town notl
far from here has been rifled.
am going there at once to make
personal investigation. II might
throw some light on the identity
ss the body in the Guinness ruins
The chief drove through Main
ct. at full speed and disappeared
on a country road, refusing to tell
his destination.
At about the same time the
grand jury was being sworn by
Judge Richter. No special lnstruc-
tons were given on the Guinness
case. but it is known that the jury
will take up the matter almost at
once.
A sluice was built In the muir
der home ruins and Louis Schultz
began the task OF "pannIng' the
ashes and debris In search OF evil
denee that Mrs. Guinness died in
the flames.
"She always wore diamond
earrings" said Sheriff Shutter.
today, land expect to find them
In the ashes"
A new clew that may reveal an
other Of Bella Guinness graveyard
plots was furnished 10 the la
Porte authorities today, through
Hazel Zahrt. little daughter Of
Mrs. Edward Zahrt. According
10 a story. the girl and her moth
err crossed the Guinness farm late
last summer and Hazel discover
ed a grave come rods away from
the place where the first series Of
graves have been excavated.
The hole had just been dug, the
fresh earth disclosing that fact.
The pit was on the slope CT the
hill facing Fishtrap lake.
LA PORTE. Ind, May 1l.-"Mri
Belle Guinness is dead. IL is her bod
which was found with those OF he
children In the ruins of the hous
where she murdered probably a scor
Of men and women. We have know
this for four days. On one OF tn
fingers of the body was a gold rim
which was Identified as one Mrs. GU
ness wore. Her keys lay in the ciC
ders beside the body. We are sur
she is dead"
This Is the declaration OF Sheri
Smutzer which, made today, show
why the authorities OF La Porte. or a
least some of them, have not entere
into the search for the Indiana mu
deress with any great enthusiasm.
Prosecutions Trump Card.
New and significant evidence. whic
would seem to indicate that Mrs. GuI
ness may have persisted by the han
Of an accomplice, has come to ligh
with the discovery that Andrew He
gelein fought terrible hand-to-han
battle for life before he was owe
come and buried beside the othe
victims OF Mrs. Guinness. This ev
ience Is furnished today. in an of
cial report OF DR.. j. II. William Meye
to the coroner, describing a lock c
brown hair lasped in the dead man
hands.
This is the important new evidenc
In the hands of States Atty. r.
Smith which, he stated today, pos
lively would send Lamphere to tn
gallows.
Here Is the official wording froI
the autopsy report:
The hand is closed. on opening
the hand. IL is found 10 grasp short,
curly. brown hair.
Ray Lamphere has hair the exaC
color OF that found and ii is the sam
length and texture.
To Offer Reward for Murderess.
The county council Is TO meet her
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