New-York tribune., 1910-01-16
GUINNESS ARREST
NEW LAMPHERE TALE
Hold Negress Follouing Pub
lication of Confession.

Laporte Ind. Jan l5-Mrs elizabeth
Smith, arrested as the result of a confess
sion of Ray Lamphere TO the Rev E. a.
Schell low president of the iowa Wesleyan
University, was released to-day on a 800
bond.
The negress, who was implicated by the
confession in the murder OF Mrs. Belle
Guinness and her family, denied all tho
charges made by Lan1phere. The grand
jury will be In session next week. when II
is expected there viii be resumption OF
the investigation into the Guinness case
Mrs. Smith denied to-day that she accom-
panied Lamphere to the Guinness farm the
morning of the fire or participated in the
chloroforming of Mrs. Guinness and the
children. She admits Lamphere spent part
or the night at her house, but denies
knowledge IF what took place after he left
IT, between and o'clock in the morning.
Judge Richter ordered the arrest of the
woman after comforting with Prosecutor
Smith. The Prosecutor announced that he
was satisfied Lamphere's narrative was a
faithful account of the happenings on the
Guinness murder farm
Chicago. Jan 10.-"The Tribune" under a
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, date published to-
day the confession alleged 10 have been
made by Ray Lamphere to the Rev Dr.
E. A. Schel president of Iowa Wesleyan
University.
DR.. Schell. after justifying his action In
making the confession public. described his
visit to Lamphere in prison. He gained
Lampheres confidence and quotes him as
follows in describing his relations with Mrs
Guinness:
I had worked for Mrs. Guinness from
June, 1907, as carpenter and man of all
work. Three times at her request / pur-
chased chloroform. and once I dug hole
in the hog lot for her and helped her put
In the body OF some one who she said
had died suddenly about the house and she
thought the easiest way was to cover him
up and say nothing about it.
'Lamphere went on to say that he had
no suspicious OF Mrs. Guinness having muir
dered any one until one night when he re-
turned suddenly from Michigan City, and
having bored some holes through a wall.
saw her administer some chloroform to a
man and hit him in the back of the head
with a hatchet.
He then said that he had taken money
from Mrs. Guinness several times, making
her dig up or he would tell on her. Once
she gave him $50, at another time SIS and
again Sc- he NOuiO LIlcI 81 " Lllt caIooAiS
and when he was sober once more he would
find the money all gone
ION Sunday night, about II o'clock, after
he and negress he mentioned had been
drinking the two went together TO the
Guinness home. letting themselves in by a
key which he had. and going quietly SO
not TO disturb another hired man who
was in the house. The two gave Mrs. Gun
ness some chloroforrn, holding it under her
nose until she became quiet. The little boy
was In bed with her. They then gave some
TO the two children. who we're in bed in
another room. / asked him to explain how
all were together when found. He said he
did not know. that he was pretty drunk,
but that was the way he remembered it.
They 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 certain that
the negress did not do 1t, for she was as
drunk as he. He stoutly protested that he
had not arranged a candle so that 1t would
burn down and later set fire to the place,
and that he had nothing in his mind more
than TO get money enough TO have a big
time
He and the negress left the house to-
gether, and at certain point on the road
she went home and he went running away
greatly afraid because he saw the house
burning"