THE LA PORTE HORROR.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright,
A DOCTOR'S DISCOVERY
ANOTHER CORPSE UNEARTHED
Received May 13, 8.31 a.m. NEW YORK, May 12
In connection with the La Porte horror, a doctor declared that one victim was grasping a bunch of man's hair, suggesting that Mrs Guinness had a male accomplice. Witnesses state that they saw Lamphere, the farm hand who was lately arrested and charged with the murders, running from the burning farmhouse. Thirty thousand persons visit the scene of the murders daily. Many reporters are bivouacking about the place at night. Another corpse has been unearthed. MRS GUINNESS BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED. Received May 13, 11.50 p.m. NEW YORK, May 13. A gold-crowned tooth found in the debris of the farmhouse id believed to have belonged to Mrs Guinness, indicating that she perished in the fire. Two dozen surgical scissors, two surgical knives and a dirk were found among the ashes. The cellar of the house is believed to have been used to murder and dismember the victims.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9089, 14 May 1908, Page 5
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174THE LA PORTE HORROR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9089, 14 May 1908, Page 5
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