Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-18
MINISTER RELATES
WHAT LAMPHERE SAID
DR.. SCheII Says He Urged
Guinness Accomplish to
Make Confession

CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-The Tribune prints
the following this morning under a
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, date:
The Rev. Dr. E. A. Schell, president
of Iowa Wesleyan university, broke his
long silence today and gave to the Trib-
une the confession of Ray Lamphere.
made to him in the county Jail at La
Porte, Ind, in April. 1908. DIR. Schell au-
thorized the publication of the confess
sion and described how it was given to
him.
When seen by a representative of the
Tribune in his Office at the Iowa Wesley
an university. he dictated the following
statement of his reasons for making pub
lie the confession:
I'm view of the conflicting reports
which continue to keep alive interest In
the Guinness case and the interrogatories
which must continually arise in the minds
of sorrowful friends, and recognizing that
the principal facts already are made pub
lie / have concluded to relieve myself
of further responsibility by communicate
ing to the public through the Chicago
Tribune the details of my three CONVEX
sations with the late Ray Lamphere In
the jail at LaPorte, the statements he
made to me and the circumstances I'M
der which they were made"
Here follows the story of DR.. Schells
visits to Lamphere, after which the state
ment continues:
II promised not to tell the prosecuting
attorney and after some two hours OF
general conversation about Mrs. Gun
ness, he told me the story of the night as
follows:
~ had been intimate with Mrs. Gun
ness from June, 1907, while as carpenter
and man of all work I was around the
house. Three times at her request L
purchased chloroform and once Dug
a hole in the hog lot for her and helped
her put in the body of someone who she
said had died suddenly about the house,
and she thought the easiest way was TO
cover him up and say nothing about H.
''Lamphere went on to say that he had
no suspicious of Mrs. Guinness having
murdered anyone until one night wnen
he returned suddenly from Michigan CITY
and having bored some holes through
wall. saw her administer some chloroform
to a man and hit him in the back of the
head with a Ratchet. He then said that
he had taken money from Mrs. Guinness
several times, making her dig up or ne
would tell on her. Once she gave MIN
S5G. at another time SIS and again 20. he
would then go to the saloons ana Wnen
he was sober once more he would md
the money all gone.
CHLOROFORMED HER.
ION Sunday night after he and ne
gress he mentioned had been drinking,
about IL o'clock the two went together to
the Guinness house, letting themselves
in by a key which he had, and going
quietly so as not to disturb another hired
man who was in the house. With some
of the chloroform which he had purchas-
ed for Mrs Guinness before Helgellin dis
appeared and part of which ne put INTO
another bottle, the two gave MRS. Gun
ness some chloroform, holding 1t under
her nose until she became quiet. The|
little boy was in bed with her. TheyI
then gave some to the two children, who|
wera in bed in another room. ASKED
him TO explain how all were together
when found. He said he did not know Il
that he was pretty drunk; but that was
the way he remembered IT.
''Thcy then searched the house for the
large sum of money which they felt sure
was hidden in the house, but found only
a small amount. He did not set the house
on fire, though he said he was not GER
tain that the negress did not do it, for
she was as drunk as he. He stoutly pro-
tested that he had not arranged candle
so that it would burn down and later set
fire to the place, and that he had moth
Ing IN MS InlUu IuOTS THAN " SCI hAOhOJ
enough to have big time with.
HE and the negress left the house to-
gether and at a certain point in the
road she went home and he went run
ming away, greatly afraid because he saw
the house burning. l advised him to tell
the story to the prosecuting attorney and
save the county the cost of the trial and
his sisters the expense of defending him.
1 told him / would see Attorney Smith
and ask him to be easy on him. and al
low him to consult with lawyer before
plea of guilty was made.
81 met Smith almost Immediately a n"
leaving the Jail and told him Lamphere
was going to confess. ..sp
at advised him to arrest the negress,
but he attached no Importance to it, and
/ urged him to let Lamphere have a law
yer. He asked me If Lamphere had con-
fesed and 1 made an evasive answer"
IC HRIICHE0 Tn 0EATH