The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
.CORPSES DUG UP
At GUINNESS HOME
SIX BODIES ALREADY FOUND
AND SEARCH GOES ON.
MURDERS ARE REVEALED.
Laporte Woman Believed to Have
Slain Many, Including Wealthy
Suitor-Lamphere Suspect
ed AS Aeeomplice.

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ed AS Accomplice.
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Laporte, Ind. May 6.-The sensa-
tional findings at the Guinness farm,
where fiye murdered bodies were re-
lvealed yesterday, continue. and evi-
dence of additional victims confronts
the officers on all sides.
| The sixth body was unearthed on
the farm this morning, but cannot be
positively identified
Mrs. Chrisroferson, neighbor, re.
siding quite near the Guinness house,
| has given account of the disappear
ance of a number of other men who
may possibly have fallen before the
ruthless hand of the murderers. The
woman told the sheriff that a year
ago she saw a strange man wearing
a fur oyercoat appear at the Guinness
home. Mrs. Guinness told that he was
a new hired man Later he disap-
lpeared and Mrs Guinness explained
that he presented her with his over
coat which she wore about the place.
Mrs. Christoferson also stated that
shortly after the oyercoat incident an
other stranger came to the house lie
was large man with a red mustache.
After about three weeks at the place
he, too. disappeared Mrs. Guinness
said that this man had replied in per.
son to matrimonial ad which she had
placed in paper. but that he did not
suit her, SO he left Two weeks later
a third man reported to have been a
lumberman from Wisconsin was seen
at the house, but he, too, disappeared
after few days. Mrs Guinness say
ing she had dismissed him upon learn
ing that he had two children. Officers
suspect that all of these men were
made victims of the fiend and that
their bodies win be found somewhere
lon the premises.
n Anton Olson and 7. tghter Goth
Y ar and rssRter a6f M iriisylng Jennie
Olson, today identified ono OF the hair
decomposed bodies found yesterday
as that of the missing girl.
The body discovered this morning
was so badly mutilated that the deter
mination of sex was impossible. A
human rib and several other human
bones were found near by. The sher-
III believes that several more bodies or
remains will be found later. AAslie
| Helgaline, the brother of the murder
| ed Andrew, whose body was found
yesterday, today delivered into the
keeping of States Attorney Smith q
package of love letters written by
Mrs. Guinness. The letters were writ.
ten in Norwegian and are filled with
| Expressions of affection and endear-
ment. The letters to Andrew told
MIN to come and bring all the money
he could get and they would beautify
her home. She requested him to sew
the money in his clothes.
When Andrew disappeared, Aslie
says Mrs, Guinness wrote love letters
to him. She asked him to sell An
drew's property and to bring the mon.
ey to her.. Sheriff Shutter believes
that the woman planned to kill him
also. Last summer, so the sheriff
says, he accused the woman oftmur-
dering and making away with the, men
who, one after another, had fdisap-
peared after visiting her home. Mrs.
Guinness, he states, some time after
wards asked him to visit her at her
house. She promised if he would do
so that she would entertain him. The
sheriff says he was suspicious and did
not go.
Chicago, May 6.-Coroner Hoffman
today declared that he would exnume
the body of Max Sorenson, the first
husband of Mrs. Guinness, to ascer-
tain il there were evidences of MUIR
der in this case. Sorenson died mys-
teriously at Austin, suburb OF La
porte.
List of Known Victims.
Eleven victims SO far known to fig
ure in the tragedy were:
Helgelein,s Andrew, 40 years old,
bachelor Aberdeen, s. D.; suitor for
Mrs. Guinness hand, who came to La
porte in January and disappeared one
month later after loaning the woman
81 500; body dug up today.
| Guinness, Jennie Olson, 16 years old.
adopted daughter of Mrs. Guinness; dis
appeared in September. 1906. ostensi-
bly, to attend school at Los Angeles;
body dug up today. a.
| Unidentified man, believed by Sher-
liz Smulzer to have been an admirer
of the woman; body found today.
Unidentified boy. apparently s years
old; mutilated body in gunnysack.
found today.
Unidentified girl, about years old:
Imutilated body in gunnysack, found
to-day.
J Guinness, Joseph. husband OF Mrs
IGunness whose death at Laporte four
years ago had always remained mys-
ltery
Sorenson, Albert. womans first hus-
band, who died under mysterious cir