The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16
MINISTER BREAKS
HIS LONG SILENCE
Dr.. Schell Makes Public
Confession of Ray
Lamphere.
DETAILS MURDER
OF MRS. GUINNESS
Secrets of Famous Death Farm
Are Finally Revealed-Many
Met Their Fate at Hands
Of Woman Who Was
=, Herself
Killed.

Killed.
CHICAGO. ILL. January 15.-Tht
Tribune prints the following thi!
morning under Mount Pleasant, Iowa
date:
The Rev u. A. schell. D. D., presi
dent OF Iowa Wesleyan University
broke his long silence to-day and CAV
TO the Tribune the confession OF Ra!
Lamphere. made to him in the count!
Jail at La Porte. Ind, April. 1908. DR.
Schell authorized the publication o
the confession. and described how /
was given to him.
When seen by a representative o.
the Tribune in his Office at the lowe
Wesleyan University he dictated the
following statement OF his reasons foi
making public the confession:
I'm view. OF the conflicting reports
which continue to keep alive interest
In the Guinness case and tho interroga-
t!ons which must continually arise in
the minds Of sorrowing friends, and
recognizing that the principal facts
already are made public, have con-
cluded to relieve myself of further re-
sponslbility by communicating TO the
public through the Chicago Tribune
the details of my three conversations
with the late Ray Lamphere in the
fall at La Porte. the statements he
made to me and the circumstances
under which they were made"
Here follows the story OF DR.. Schell's
visit to Lamphere. after which the
statement continues:
The ConfeHsfon.
II promised not to tell the prosecut-
Ing attorney, and after some two
hours OF general conversation about
Mrs. Guinness he told me the story OF
the night as follows:
"T had been intimate with Mrs
Guinness from June, 1907, while as car
penter and man Of all work was
around the house. Three times at her
request I purchased chloroform. and
once dug a hole in the hog lot for
her and helped her put in the body OF
some one. who, she said, had died sud-
denly about the house and she thought
the easiest way was to cover him UP
and say nothing about IT.
'Iamphere went on to say that he
had no suspicious of Mrs. Guinness
having murdered any one until one
night when he returned suddenly
from Michigan City. and having bored
some holes through q wall, saw her
administer some chloroform to man
and hit him in the back of the head
with Ratchet. 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
So. He would then go to the saloons
and when he was sober once moro he
would fnd the money all gone.
ION Sunday night. after he and 6
negress he mentioned had been drink.
ing about II o'clock, the two went to-
gether 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 thu
house. With some of the chloroforn
which he had purchased for Mrs. Gun
ness before Helgelein disappeared, ant
part Of which he put into another bot
tie. the two gave Mrs. Guinness some
chloroform. holding it under her nose
until she became quiet. The little boy
was In bed with her. They then gave
II to the two children who were In
bed In another room.
IT 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 re-
rendered 1t.
Found Littls, Money.
They theh' SEARCHED the house for
the large sum of money which they
felt sure was hidden In the house. but
found only small amount. He did
not set the house on fire. though he
said he was not certain that the
negress did not do II, for she was as
drunk as he.
"He stoutly protested that he had
not arranged a candle so that It 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 big time with.
He and the negress left the house
together, and at a certain point in the
road she went home, and he went run
ming away, greatly afraid because no
saw the house burning. advised
him to tell the story to the prosecuting
attorney and save the county the cost
of the trial and his sisters the eX-
pense of defending him. j told him +
would see Attorney Smith and ask him
10 be easy on him, and allow him to
consult with a lawyer before a plea
OF guilty was made. l met Smith al
most Immediately after leaving the
iail, and told him Lamphere was going
ITO confess.
Il advised him to arrest the negress
but he attached no Importance to It,
and urged him to let Lamphere have
a lawyer. He asked me If Lamphere
had confessed. and made an evasive
answer"
LINERS ORDERED TO
KEEP FACES CLEAN
Especial Cable to The Times Dlspatch.1
St Petersburg, January 15.---"Clear
aces when off duty, is new off
ial regulation issued for the benefit
cries The honest p!tnen, 1t seems
re In the habit OF strolling into tbs
,wn when their work Is done, and
rinking in the taverns, with the coal
rime still on their faces.
This constitutes an effective dis.
use, and the police are unable to