Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
BAY STATE FOR BRYAN G|RL UNDER ARREST
Massachusetts Democrats in Suspected of knowledge OF
Convention at Boston. Laporte Crimes.
A PLATFORM is ADOPTED VICTIMS BROTHER APPEARS
Mayor Fitzgerald Opposed Tells
Instructions. Belle Guinness.
TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY REVELATIONS FROM LAMPHERE
Election Search
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Farm
the Philippines Becau of
VICTIMS BROTHER APPEARS
Tells of Correspondence With Mrs.
Belle Guinness.
REVELATIONS FROM LAMPHERE
Search for More Bodies Thought to
Be Buried on Farm Abandoned
Today Because of Rain.

LAPORTE. Ind. May I.-Addtiona
light on the methods by which Mrs.
Belle Guinness caused the deaths. on
her farm. one mile north of here.
of the persons who are supposed TO
have fallen victims TO her lust for
money. was shed early this morning by
Ask h. Helgelin. brother of Andrew
Helgelin of Mansfield. S. d.. whose dis
membered corpse is among the nine thus
far found. Helgelin told the coroner that
not only had his brother been i'm com
munication with the woman. but also that
she had written TO him after Andrews
disappearance in an attempt to induce
him to visit this city.
Sell your brothers stock and come
here and We will hunt your brother to-
gether," was the gist of the epstles writ
ten in Norwegian. and which he trans
lated. The letters are jealously guarded
by Helgelin under orders of Ralph y.
Smith. prosecuting attorney. but enough
was revealed TO show that the woman
had not hesitated TO dare to attempt to
gain a hold over the nearest relative of
her latest victim. Rain may interfere with
further eXhumations today on the DEATH
enshrouded farm of Mrs. Guinness.
Sheriff SmutZer announced that unless
the downpour which began early this
morning ceases it will be impossible to eX-
plore the lawn of the homestead. where.
it is believed, more bodies have been con-
cealed.
Lamphere Center of Interest.
Roy Lamphere. accused of first degree
murder in connection with the tragedies
at Mrs. Guinness farm. is expected to
be a center of interest today. Efforts To
connect him more closely with the APP
palling. series % violent deaths will be
made by the public prosecutor. although
that official asserted yesterday that suf
hcient evidence to convict the prisoner
of completely in the murders is already
in his possession.
Lamphere revealed yesterday that his
former employer had urged him 10 in
sure his life i'm her favor. asserting that
Mrr Guinness had offered to pay the
premiums on such a policy. He also said
he believed that his refusal to fall in
with her plans had caused the enmity
which she manifested toward him. re-
sulting in his arrest on three occasions
and his trial before a lunacy commission
on a fourth.
Lamphere's statement about closed
room i'm the Guinness home, to which
he asserted he was always denied ad-
mission. is partially corroborated by the
evidence of Joseph MaXon. who was work.
ing on the farm when the house caught
fire. April 2S. MaXon asserts that he
had never been allowed to use the second
story of the farmhouse, where the closed
room was located.
Trying to Clear Mystery.
Ask Helgelin of Mansfield, S. D., was in
conference with DR.. c. s. Mack, coroner
Of the county. until long after midnight.
The steps by which the Norwegian farmer
became infatuated with the Indiana wom-
an were 'canvassed once more. but only
partial progress was made toward clear
ing up the mystery. Helgein told again
Of the secrecy with which his brother had
shrouded his movements before his de-
parture from South Dakota. Enough was
evolved to show that advertisements for
agency had been printed In
papers in the northwest.
Helgelin asserting that single sheet
printed in Norwegian and full of such no
tees had been circulated among his ac-
quaintances.
The circumstances lead the invcstiga
tors here to believe that Mrs. Guinness
established communication with her vie
Tins through this agency. such a prerfiis',
accounting for her relations with Ole IL.
the farmer of lola. Wis. Whose
sons are expected here today. IL is re-
ported that the lola men VII bring with
them copies of the advertisements which
brought him Ia Mrs. Guinness rand eventu-
ally to his death.
Girl Under Arrest.
Bessie Conklin, a young woman resid-
ing in Michigan City. Ind, whose former
home was i'm Laporte. has been arrested
by Sheriff SmutZer and is being held in
Jail as an important witness.
The woman was friend of Roy Lamp
here. who is accused of completely in the
murders at the Guinness home. Miss
Conklin is not accused of completely. but
her testimony is considered of so great
Importance that she will remain locked
up until the grand jury hears her trSii-
mony next week. II H. said that I.amphcrr
while talking To Miss conklin, made
threats against Mrs. Guinness and said
that he had information Which. if dis
closed. would hang Mrs. Guinness.
lie told me that Mrs. Guinness had
to be good to him or he would make it,
hot for her and send her to the gallows
said Miss Conklin To Sheriff Smutzcr She
further said that she was ready to dis
close all that I.amohere told her addin.,
that "he was in love with Mrs Guinness
and was crazy with jealousy
Coroner Mack has received from Alsa
Helgelin a deposition. according to the
statements. in which Iamphcrc will be
called upon for an explanation of some
statements he is said to have made Hell
geiin in his statement said that Mrs
Guinness wrote him. and i'm the letter
said that Lamphere told her that he had
met Il man from MdnSneld. =. ID, who
told him that Andrew Helgelin was in
Mansfield and intended to stay there for
some time.
Mrs. Guinness said i'm the same letter
that she had been expecting to hear from
Andrew for some time-that Andrew Hell
gelin had been i'm Chicago for two days
and had written her not To write him
until she heard from him again: that he
was going to New York and thence IL
The statements of Mrs. GUM
ness do not agree with that OF Lam
phere.
Digging Abandoned for Day.
Mrs. Guinness wrote Alse that the let
ner Of Andrew was left i'm the kitchen
while she went out to milk and that Lam
phere had stolen it or il had been burned
She inclosed a piece of the letter whict
had been found in the barn. where Lam
phere had been
In answer to a question as to how much
money Andrew had. she said she did not
know but she had gotten some of il ano
he had given a mortgage on her place
Alse Helgein has made "A search Of The
records at Laporte. but can find trace
of "A mortgage.
Mrs. Guinness. I'm answer to anothe
question said In the letter that Andrew
left her place about O'Clock January 1!
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