LA PORTE FARM MURDERS.
MORE DISCOVERIES. THE SCENE OF THE MURDERS. VISITED BY THOUSANDS. New York, May 12. In reference to the La Porte horror a doctor states that, on exhuming one of the victims he found that a hand was clasping a bunch of a man's hair. This suggests that Mrs. Guinness had a male accomplice. Some witnesses saw Lampliere running from the burning farmhouse. Thirty thousand people visit the scene daily. Many reporters are bivouacking there'at night. Another corpse has lieen unearthed. STILL FURTHER DISCOVERIES. INSTRUMENTS OF MURDER FOUND. Received 13th, 10.54 p.m. New York, Jlay 13. A gold-crowned tooth was found among the debris of the farmhouse. It is l>elieved that it belonged to Jfrs. Guinness, indicating that she perished in the fire. Two dozen surgical scissors and two surgical knives and a dirk were found among the ashes in the cellar. It is believed they were used for murdering and dismembering the victims.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 122, 14 May 1908, Page 3
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157LA PORTE FARM MURDERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 122, 14 May 1908, Page 3
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