Show GUILTY r oi Of CRIME OF Of ARSON SON LAPORTE Ind lad Nov Nor 27 Ray Bay Lamphere charged with the tho murder of Mrs Ura Belle and her three chi circa dren by setting fire firo to the tho s home lome April 28 8 was last evening found I guilty of arson by the tho jury which hall hail the use caso since 0 o'clock Wednesday Within five minutes after the verdict was reported Judge Richter had bail sentenced sen sen- ft the defendant to the state stat pr prison pris- pris s. s on at Michigan City for an term of from two to twenty twenty- Fone one years tined need him and disfranchised disfranchised dis franchised franchised him for 1 five vo o years I Attorney Worden for the defense said laid toni tonight ht that a motion for a n. new trial would bo be made ant an and should it be refused an appeal to the Indiana supreme su supreme preme reme court would follow The Tho Indiana supreme court is two years behind in its work vork and eo so this caso case could not be bo reached until after ho had bail served tho minimum time timo of his sentence Mr Worden declared tho the verdict to bo lie ridiculous If Ii ho was guilty at all said the attorney Ie be he ho was guilty of murder He Be should have e been acq acquitted jor Tor a Now New Trial The motion for a new trial trill will be based on the tho courts court's instruction that the jury could find Lamphere guilty of arson Should the case be carried to the court and sent back for re I trial Lamphere could not be tried on any char charge e in this particular caso case exCepting ex ex- arson the crime of which ho he was kvas asConi convicted t d. d However in an event t cr r I teat mat Kind linci the state would elect to r try Itry him on one of the thc indictments i I probably tho the n case i I- Members of the jury are reticent in discussing what occurred in the tho jury iury toom room but enough has been learned to I know that but for two members Lamphere Lam- Lam II phere would have hae been found guilty of murder or manslaughter tho verdict the being be be- ing a compromise Several members the jur jury it is understood held out long iong for murder in the tho f first degree with a life lifo sentence So far as ns could I be learned nono none was for han hanging in I Innocence i Lamphere in n a statement tonight said laid that ho was confident that the dult body in tho the fire was that of Mrs Irs Gunness Gannes Ho reiterated his inno innocence in lin tho the matter of setting firo to tho the house bouse though admitting that ho was on the road nod and saw the tho fire firo that night He no also declared that ho he did elid not see Mrs Gunn Gunniss ss kill I 1 have I so no complaint to make about tho ver dict diet Thin Things looked pretty blu blue but ithe he verdict might have been worse R Tonight bt all tho members of the tho jury Lade the following nc signed statement 11 ji We uW V the undersigned jurors impaneled im im- un- un paneled and sworn in the tho case aso of the theof I state of Ind Indiana lDa versus Ray flay say that it was our judgment In the consideration of this case caso that the adult body found in in the rU ruins ns of the fire was that of of Bello Gunness and that the case caso was decided by us lIS on I an entirely different proposition t. t |