GREAT MURDER SYNDICATE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 119, 11 May 1908, Page 2

GREAT MURDER SYNDICATE

TJIK INDIANA ItE VENATION,* 13 BODIES EXHUMED. DECOY ARRESTED. New York, May 8. Mrs. Guinness, who is .suspected of a s .■.cries of murders, is a handsome \vo- 1 man. possessed of extraordinary t strength. Sin; is 48 years of age. J Thirteen bodies have been exhumed J from her farm. They were buried with ; chloride of lime. It is expected UmC i.mre corpses will be found. c The police suspect that .Mrs (Juimiuss i was tile ''murder fence,'' or the re- I n iver of the bodies of victims assassinated by a Chicago murder gang. The bodies hud been dismembered, apparently by an expert. Bessie Wallace, a pretty girl of 20, has been arrested on suspicion of having acted as a decoy in connection with Mrs. (luinness's seductive matrimonial advertisements. ■ The police believe they are on the track of one of the greatest murder syndicates of the age. Five big trunks recently delivered at Mrs. Guinness's farm from Chicago were, placed in a secret room at the basement, which can mnly be opened by Mrs. Guinness. FURTHER BODIES UNEAKTHED. Ileeeivcd 10th, 4.18 p.m. New York, May fl. Further investigations show that Mrs Guinncsts's first husband, named Sorenson, died t'lie day before his old insurance policy became operative. The bodies of another man and a woman have been unearthed, making 15 victims, including those found incinerat-