Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18

Bessie Guycr, the supposed victim of
the murder unearthcd by plumbers in
The cellar of the house at 1873 South
fourteenth street, is alive and well.
She is the wife of Charles ". Camp
bell. machinist employed by the
Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany. the mother OF two healthy, ru-
bust children. and resides in Scotland
avenue, II. L. II. No. 1, ChamberSburg.
Mrs. Campbell was employed by DIR.
Charles L. Ayre>, OF York. the dentist,
who occupied the murder house i'll
1901. and Il the woman for whom
the county authorities have been
searching since Sunday. She was To-
Gated by a Telegraph investigator last
CVenin. and was very much surprised
that her name should have been drawn
into the inquiry. She explained that
through the newspapers she had learn
cd of the discovery OF a murder III
Harrisburg. but did not know IL was
in the house in which fifteen years ago
She was employed a. a Child's nurse 10
care for the two small children OF DIR.
.AyrCS.
. County Detective James T. Walters.
working on clues obtained by him,
found Mrs Campbell to-day and inter-
viewed her concerning her connections
with the Ayres' family.
Detectives Back Where They Started
In the finding Of Mrs. Campbell, the
by the county authorities in an eIIort
TO tabliSh the identity of the girl and
find her slayer. have been smashed
and the detectives are now Just as lar
at sea as they were last Friday when
the CHASTITY discovery was made.
After the plumbers, employed by Il.
{. eastman. discovered the human
skeleton. the county authorities ana
newspapermen set TO work in an er-
fort to learn the names OF former oc-
-Cupants of the house. = Telegraph
man unearthed the name OF the den
tist and in an interview early sunday
morning DR.. Ayres said he had a girl
in his employ, while he resided in the
murder house. whose age CORES
ponded with the age OF the girl who
was murdered. The dentist said he
had lost all trace of the girl after she
had left his employ but later recalled
in an interview with County Detective
James T Walters that her name was
Bessie Guyer and that he believed she
resided in MeChanicsburg.
Guyer Girl Couldn't Be Found
The inability of the authorities TO
readily locate the girl in Mechanics
burg strengthened the belief that the
murdered girl was Bessie Guyer. Rep
resentatiyes OF this paper went to
Mechanicsburg Tuesday and located
all OF the Guyer families in the town
but the missing Bessie was not to be
found
The school records from 1898 TO
1900 were gone over. but they did
not reveal the much sought name.
Older residents OF the town recalled
that a girl named Guyer had gone
away from the town about 1901 or
1902 but from that time they had lost
all trace of her. They did not even
recall that her first name was Bessie.
Then reporters learned OF Other FAINT
nT living
districts about Mechanicsburg and
through Franklin county. These pec-
pie were also interviewed and finally
came the direct information that there
was a real live Bessie Guyer a num-
ber of years ago and that she resided
somewhere in the vicinity Of Ship
pensburg. Investigations carried on
there last evening verified the latest
story and the girls father. Jerry Guy
e.. for many years q farmer. but now
residing in Shippensburg, was locat-
ed.
obtained that in 1897 Miss Bessie Guy
er was married 70 Charles W. Camp
bell and that the couple now reside
in ChamDersburg with their two chill
dren. boy OF six and q girl two years
younger
Teleghone Girls Help
Through the efforts OF several Bell
Telephone Company operators. Mrs.
Campbell was located in Scotland ave
nue. Chambersburg.
n q telephone communication. Mrs.
& lmpben told of her family. She said
she was born and lived on a farm with
her father. two sisters and a brother.
az Williamson. several miles from
Chambersburg. Her mother died when
she was quite young. Lulu, a sister,
now Mrs. Ernest Harssy, of Pleasant
willie. y. J.. was the oldest child. She
left Williamson and came 10 this city
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