Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-08

Morgue on Farm of Suspected Whole
sale Murderess.
Laporte. Ind. May SIN his cell a
the jail Roy Lamphere, accused of kill
ing Mrs. Belle Guinness, who is her
self suspected Of numbering the nine
persons dug up ON her farm near here
still protests his innocence, though
Prosecutor Smith says he has already
sufficient evidence to hang the mar
for the burning of the farmhouse and
the murder thereby of Mrs. Guinness
and her children.
Smith, holds to his first theory that
the arch mTrderess is among those
burned to death in the house and that
the headless body of the woman found
Is hers. But not another soul in La,
porte agrees with him. The conviction
is broadcast that Lamphere did not sci
fire to the house: that the woman did
it after placing the headless body of
another woman in her bed among her
children: that she has escaped, sacri.
fcing her own babies to that end, and
that she is now somewhere in hiding
chuckling over the prosecutors belief
that retribution claimed her as a vic.
tim.
Lamphere's story is in unconscious
confederation of this. He has brought
forward number of witnesses to
prove an alibi, and he declares that
! Mrs. Guinness sent him out of town
at the time she got rid of Helgelein, SO
that he would not be able TO prove
she lied when she said that victim had
gone away during Lamphere's alb
sence.
\ Tells of "Chamber CT Horrors"
Lamphere tells weird story about q
"chamber of horrors in the farm
house.. He says it was always locked
end that he was never allowed TO go
near it. and he declares it was in that
room that the murderess slew her
many victims. But the sheriff does
not give much credence to this tale.
Meanwhile he is calling upon the pc.
lice of the entire country TO aid him
in finding the murderess and in iden-
tifying as some other the headless wo-
mans body found in the ashes of the
house.
Bessie Conklin, a young woman Of
Michigan City. Ind, was arrested and
+, locked up without bail as an important
witness in the case. She is a friend Of
Lamphere. and she had heard him say
that Mrs. Guinness simply had TO be
good to him. for he could send her TO
the gallows." Lamphere had admitted
to her that he was in love with the
murderess and was crazed with jeal-
ousy. He even told Miss Conklin that
the woman had begged him to take
7 out an insurance policy on his own
life and marry her. so that "he would
be sure never TO tell what he knew"
Two men, whose identity is not
known. broke into the carriage house
of the farm, where the bodies have
been placed, but were driven away by
a Waterman before they could do any
harm. Sheriff Shutter had left for
Chicago, and i'm his absence Austiss,
chief deputy, was summoned 10 the
farm. Before his arrival the intruders
had fled toward Michigan City. Word
was sent TO the police of that place,
and an attempt TO apprehend the men
was made there
Suspects Call Themselves Doctors.
The day Waterman at the farm Of
Daniel VI. Heston declared that the
men said they were doctors and had
attempted TO justify their presence on
the place on professional grounds. He
ordered them from the premises, but
they refused TO go until they learned
that Joseph Maxson. Mrs. Guinness
man of all work. had been sent TO
summon the sheriff. The men gained
entrance to the carriage house by plac-
ing a ladder on the south side OF the
building and forcing open a window.
The building stands on the edge OF the
knoll on which the house was built
and is two stories in the rear and one
on the house side.
Matt and Oscar II. Budsberg Of lola.
Wis. sons Of Ole Il. Budsberg. whose
disappearance from the Guinness farm
Is one of the mysteries Of the case.
arrived here They brought with them
photographs Of their father and infor-
nation concerning his movements be-
fore his departure from lola.
The letter which Carl Petersen Of
waupaca. Wis. received from Mrs.
Belle Guinness has been translated
from Norwegian into English. While
other translations may differ in minor
details. the following is practically the
correct substance:
AS some time ago received from
you n letter In answer 20 my 'ad' in
the Scandinavian. viii with pleasure
answer the same.
Many Answers to Al.
The reason waited for some time
Is that there have been other answers
to the 'ad.' As many as fifty have been
received. and Il has Iseen impossible 70
answer all. have picked out the most
respectable, and have decided that
yours h such.
First. I VIII tell ron that am q
Norwegian and have been IN this coun-
Try for twenty years. live in In
siana. abOut ffty-niue miles from Chi.
ago and one nile north % Iaporrr.
I am the sole owner Of q nice home.
pretty location.
There are seventy ve acres n land.
also All kinds n eroEsS. Improved land.