Milford chronicle., 1908-05-08
DUG UP FIVE BODIES
GreWsOme Murders Unearthed at
La Porte, Ind.
ONLY TWO BODIES IDENTIFIES
Clearing House For Murderers Dis
covered After Woman, Who Con-
Quoted the Place, and Her Three
Children Were Burned to Death.

Quoted the Place, and Her THREE
Children Were Burned to Death.
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La Porte, Ind, May Cone Of the
most grewsOme murder mysteries evel
unearthed in this section Of the coun
try came to light when the bodies oi
eve persons, all OF them murdered
were found in the yard OF the home
Of Mrs. Bella Guinness, who, with
three of her children, was burned to
death on the night Of April 2S.
So far. only two Of the bodies have
been identified. These are Andrew
Helgelein. who came to this city from
Mansfield. S. D., for the purpose of
marrying Mrs. Guinness, whose ac-
uuaintance he had made through a
matrimonial bureau. The other is that
OF Jennie Olson Guinness, a Chicago
girl, who had been adopted by Mrs.
Guinness. She, disappeared in Septem-
ber, 1906, and it was said she had gone
to Los Angeles to attend school The
other bodies were those Of a man ana
Of two children apparently twelve
years Of age. So many bones we're
missing in the latter two that it is not
known whether they are male or fe-
male.
The body Of Helgelein was dismem-
bered. and the arms legs, trunk and
lAead were buried in different parts Of
the yard
II is believed by the authorities that |
Guy Lamphere. who has been under !
arrest since the burning Of the Gun
ness home. on the charge OF murder |
ing Mrs. Guinness and her family, COM
mitted the Helgelein crime. Lamp |
here is a carpenter, and the manner
in which the body of Helgelein was
dismembered leads to the belief that
# was done by somebody familiar with
the use of a saw.
There have been rumors that Jennie
Olson Guinness had knowledge Of the
manner in which the first husband of
Mrs. Guinness came to his death in
Chicago Little is known, however, on
this subject.
It is known that Helgelein had loan
ed $500 to Mrs. Guinness and that he
had another $500 in his possession
just prior to his death. It is consider
ed probable that he was killed by Mrs.
Guinness or by Lamphere, or by both
Of them, in order to procure the cash
he had and to avoid the necessity Of
repaying the loan he had made.
Lamphere. against whom a strong
case Of circumstantial evidence ex-
lists in connection with the burning of
Guinness home and the death of Mrs.
Guinness and her three children. de-
MES all knowledge of the bodies found, ,
He has said, however, on other occa.
sions that Mrs. Guinness was anxious
to send him to an insane asylum be-
cause of his knowledge of her career
II was current gossip, however, that a
Lamphere was insanely Jealous of Mrs. {
Guinness and of Helgelein. and it is I
well known that the woman stood {
greatly in fear of him, and had asked +
for police protection. a
Lamphere, when told of the discov t
cry, said: MY God. five bodies What n
wouldn't that woman do. l always v
thought something was wrong out Il
there. Several people came out tc v
that farm who never were seen to "
go away One was a man. big, with 7
black hair and mustache. Mrs. Guinness e
told me he was Jennie Olson's sweet.
heart. He was around there about two a
years ago. Then one day a man and A
woman drove up with a baby. They
went away without it. Now, that's all q
/ know about it, but guess there must
have been others. / amt sure just d
when that big man was there" u'
The search by which the bodies were y
,ound was instigated by John Helge "
Elm, the brother OF Andrew. who has u
always believed that his brother was )
He noticed some recently z'
ipturned earth in the yard. and sug Sc
rested to Sheriff Smutzer that an ex. 1
AVIATION be made to see If his broth. OF
RS body could not be found. 1t was az
lug up after brief search. as
While questioning Joseph Maxson, al
hired hand on the Guinness farm, al
ohm Helgelein learned of the mysteri. ,
us diggings of holes by him. all OF
hem being filled at a later date by !,
drs. Guinness. The remains were only -, "
our feet under ground, and were en- VI
losed in a gunnysack. -
The discovery of the bodies led ex -, III
ressmen to tell OF the delivery of fiVe -
runks to the Guinness farm during the , Ia
lst six months, and this fact has caus- W. W.
d the authorities to work on the the I'll
~ that the place was a clearing house
IT murderers. They suspect that
ealthy persons, after being lured to Cr
hicago and killed, were packed in at
lese trunks and sent to La Porte and ro,
sposed of. an,
These developments also caused the its
ithorities to recall that the two hus- he.
lnds of Mrs. Guinness died under sus-
cious circumstances. both meeting
oIent deaths. The first, Max Soren- '
n, was insured for $500. and the pas
cond. Guinness, for SS5OO. This in ing
rance was paid over to Mrs. Gun the
IS by the companies. sis