The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-06
KEPT A CLEARING HOUSE
FOR CHICAGO MURDERERs
Man Held on Charge Of Burning Her Home Now
Charged With Being Accomp|ice
Bodies Found Buried in Yard of
Ruined House

Ffe"ftsar with which he said he could
not part "as he might have use far
It before long The revolver. IT il
declared, was afterwards identified as
belonging to Hegeleln.
The Lamphere knew Helgelein had
been slain is now believed certain.
During the time he was prosecuted
by her for trespass he told the police
he knew something Mrs. Guinness
wanted him to forget He would not
diYulge however. what he knew.
stating that Justice would be done at
last.
-. Girl Knew Too Much.
The theory regarding the murder
OF Jennie Olsen is that she, nearing
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was murdered that her lips mlgat be
seaIed forever.
States Attorney Smith tonight sid
In all probability Lamphere would
be taken from jail TO prison at Michi
question the safe custody OF the sus
pect.
Mysterious Death.
Mrs. Guienness' first husband Max
Sorenson, died several years ago
while the family lived at Austin. III.
His death was said TO be due t. heart
failure but relatives claimed he had
been poisoned An inquest was or
dercd some time after the remains
had been,|buried but for some reason
the body was never disinterred by
the authorities.
While a resident Of Austin the
home of Mrs. Guinness burned and al
though some question as 10 the origin
OF the fire arose, the insurance was
collected.
Another Fire.
J With the money secured from the
| insurance on the death OF her hus-
band, Mrs. Guinness bought a conf C.
| tionery store in Chicago. A short
4 time later the store was gutod by fire,
/ the origin OF which was suspicious ut
after making an investigation the IN
surance company could not at
tach any blame to Mrs. Guinness AMI
paid the clam.
After the fire at Chicago Mrs,
Guinness moved 90 La Porte and II
was here that she married Peter
Guinness While In the Kitchen one
day Guinness was struck on the he1d
by a meat chopper md his vile ex-
plained 10 the coroner that It had
/ fallen from a shelf and killed bin.
Although her story was questioned
/ the investigation never was carried
any further and her story was given
sufficient credence by the authc rites
TO drop the case
Believe Girl Knew.
The authorities believe Jennie Oh
son knew of the circumstance which
surrounded the death at least of one
of the husbands Of her foster mother
and that it was for this reason that
she was put out Of the way While
the skeleton has not been absolutely
identified as that of the adopted
daugter. It Is reasonable ~ believe
that such Is the case as sbe has not
been seen for the past two years.
Intended TO Remarry.
That Mrs Guicnness was evidently
contemplating still another maria =
Is believed by the officers rs a result
b, II the receipt of letter Wednesday
by executor Fogle addressed n Mrs.
lGuienness. The letter Is written Ia
} Norwegian and is from Carl Peterson.
Of Alpaca. Wis.
; He writes that he Is sorry he can
not meet her requirements as to his
financial conditions. but he Is r.
I respectable and worthy in every way.
/. He saws he hopes she vii BE- abe
to find the right kind Of man one
who will make her good husband
and b. a father to her children