The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-05-13
HIDING SPOT FOR
MANY MURDERS
Seems to Have Been the
Guinness Place.
TWELVE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS
Woman Lured Men to Her
House Only to Meet
Awful Death.


unearthed on the farm adjoining the
ruins of the "house of horror" in
which woman and three children
were burned to death on April 81.
In addition a human rib and sew
eral human bones were found in a
nearby hole,
This Is the sixth body found since
noon yesterday and the 18th myster-
ious death in the case.
AN had been murdered and the au-
thorities believe that half a dozen
more bodies will be unearthed before
the search ends.
The body dug up to-day was mu-
tilated so badly that the authorities
were unable to tell whether the bones
were of a man or of a woman 1t
was found in spot midway between
the two holes from which five bod
les were taken yesterday. The head
had been completely severed, and the
trunk chopped into pieces. Leg
bones were broken off as If chopped
with meat cleaver, and one bone,
after being broken, was trimmed to
point. The body was wrapped in
gunny sack, pieces OF decayed sack
clinging to the bones when they were
removed from the hole. The body was
resting on several planks, which had
evidently been carefully placed in the
bottom OF the hole before the body
was dumped In.
Following this gruesome find the
sheriff and his deputies began digging
In other soft spots nearby. In one
of them under a rubbish heap, a hu-
man rib and several other small bones
were found. Digging in this place
was resumed this afternoon.
The most startling development
besides the discovery OF the body to-
day, is that the authorities had evil
dence to support the belief that a
second Holmes castle exists in Chi
cago, where murders by the whole
sale have been committed and the
bodies sent to Mrs. Guinness or
brought here by her and disposed OF.
All the evidence points to her as a
woman thirsty for murder, especially
If she could gain money thereby. 1t
seems she and her accomplices would
merely murder rather than send any
one away alive after having been ac-
quainted with her.
Sensations, either in Tumors or
facts, begun to develop early to-day.
By 6 o'clock reports came from the
Guinness farm that three more ap-I
parent graves had been found, and
excited men were digging to unearth
the bodies.
Some confirmation was given to the
belief that Mrs. Guinness is not dead,
and that another body was substituted
for hers, and that she is probably on
her way TO Norway.
No trace whatever of the head of
the body supposed TO have been that
Of Mrs. Guinness is obtainable, and
the belief is prevalent that fearing ex-
posture at the hands of Lamphere, she
beheaded a woman visitor, killed her
own children and set fire to her own |
home. If she did this, she took the
head with her. Three days before the
burning of the house Mrs. Guinness
received four large trunks from Chi
cago.
The sheriff believes that she is |
working in conjunction with some
Chicago murdereis and that another
Holmes castle case will develop.
Mrs. Guinness was always consider
ed eccentric. If visitors called on
her, she set the dogs on them. She
was frequently seen as late as 2
o'clock in the morning walking about
her yard and farm.
1t was on her 18th birthday that
the body of Jennie Olson was discover |
ed buried on Mrs. Guinness farm.
Mrs. Minnie Olson freely discussed the
strange story at Chicago to-day, fol-
following the receipt Of a telegram
from The sheriff at IAporte. She said |
that Mrs. Guinness told her Jennie was
in school at Los Angeles, but after
corresponding with hte police there,
she could gain no trace Of her. Mrs
Guinness refused further information
concerning her.
The 18th body was found at 9
o'clock this morning at the side of
the two holes dug yesterday, in
which five bodies were found. The
body was found under cobblestone,
buried two feet under the surface.
The body had evidently been buried
a year or more.
The discovery of the bodies led
the expressman to tell of the de-