Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-06
FIVE PERSONS ARE MURDERED
Bodies Found Buried Near Wrecked
Guinness Home at La Porte, Ind
ONE VICTIM FROM ABERDEEN, $. D.
Houne was Burned Three weeks Age
and Body Of Mistress and Three
Chndren Were Pound
in Ruins.

Children We're Pound
in RuiBs.
LA PORTE md. May S-sheriff Butler.
under direction OF John HeldErsn OF Aber
deem. S. D.. today began digging in the
ground near The wrecked home OF Mrs
Belle Guinness. who with three children
week ago today was burned TO death in a
fire which consumed her home At the
depth Of four feet the body OF Andrew Held
Eren. brother Of John HeldEren. who came
here in January to visit Mrs. Guinness. was
found. In another place the body of a
woman was dug up which Is thought to be
that Of Jennie Olsen Guinness. a 1s-year-old
girl whom Mrs. Guinness had reared. and
who disappeared in September, 1905. when
81 was said she had gone to Los Angeles,
Cal. to attend school
Andrew Heldgren became acquainted with
Mrs. Guinness through a matrimonial
agency. Heldgren spent almost a month
visiting Mrs. Guinness and others in this
city. He was supposed TO have started on
a trip to Norway and Sweden He has
never been heard from since Mrs. Gun
ness was trying TO make loan from a
local bank. When Heldgren learned Of this
h cleaned her 1850. Just before that Held
gren had drawn from Aberdeen through a
local bank S.0oo.
When news Of the burning Of the Guinness
home was received BY John HeIdgren, he
started for this city 20 investigate the dis
appearance Of his brother HeIdgren's body
was found to be disenbered and the arms
legs. trunk and head had been put In differ
ent sacks and buried. Sheriff smulzer and
Prosecutor Smith say they are confident
that Ray Lamphere. now under arrest here.
charged with the murder Of Mrs Guinness
and her children. knows of the HeIdgreu
murder. Lamphere is carpenter and the
way in which the HeIdgren body was dis
smbered indicates that some one familiar
with the use Of saw did the work
Three More Bodies Found.
Late this afternoon three additional bodies
had been dug up in the Guinness yard. They
were bodies Of two males and a female.
LampEere worked for Mrs Guinness at the
time OF the disappearance Of Heldgren and
I it is stated that he appeared one day in
local barber shop wearing a coat belonging
to Heldgren and carrying Heldgren's gun.
Asked why he was carrying a gun. he said.
1t is reported. he did not know what mo-
ment he might need it. 1t was current
gossip at the time that Lamphere was
I Jealous Of Mrs Guinness and Heldgren.
The home Of Mrs. Belle Gunnes. six miles
from here, was destroyed by fire during
the night one week ago and the bodies
Of the woman and her three children were
I found in the ruins The children were:
Myrtle. aged Il: Lucy. aged 9. and Phil
I Lip. aged s. Joseph Maxwell an eanploys.
barely escaped from the burning house.
j The head of Mrs. Gunnes was missing
from the eharred trunk and IL has not been
I ilund.
Soon after the fire it was suspected that
I Ray Lamphere. a farm labOrer, knew
something OF the matter. and a search
was made for him and his arrest made
the same evening. his capture being ef-
fected in a small woods near here, in
which he had concealed himself in the
trunk Of a hollow tree. Lamphers ac-
knowledged that he knew Of the fire. but
said he had only seen IL he passed the
house at 3 O'Clock in the morning on his
way TO work.
Today's developments here serve 20 re-
call the notorious Bender case in Kansas
many years ago and the more recent
Holmes case in which Indianapolis. espe-
cially the suburb OF Irvington, was inter-
ested.
HeIdEren Had $4,000.
Andrew Heldgren became acquainted with
Mrs. Guinness through a matrimonial
agency. Al that time Mr. Heldgren spent
almost a month visiting Mrs Guinness and
others in this city He was supposed to
have started on a trip to Norway and
Sweden. He has never been heard Of since.
+ Heldgren. who was a veIi-dressed young
man from Aberdeen. S. D., appeared in
town ono day last winter with Mrs Gun
ness and called at the savings bank He
had with him a draft for 5000. which he
wished cashed. The bank did not know
the man and IL would not accept Mrs. Gun
ness endorsement for so large an amount
50 the draft was left there for collection.
II drawn On a hank in Aberdeen. s.
D. In a few days the money for the draft
came and It was turned over to the man
Apparently this money was turned over
10 Mrs. Guinness. for Immediately there
after she paid note Of 500 at the bank
and paid other bills. after which she made
deposit Of about SEQ in the State bank
About the time this man arrived Ray Lam.
phere who had been working for Mrs
Guinness. came to the sheriff and told him
that there vas strange man az the Gun
ness house. that he came from Aberdeen
s. D.. and that he was wanted there for
murder and robbery. The sheriff put ar
officer to watching the man while he in.
vestigated the matter
The Investigation disclosed the fact thai
there had been no murder committed In
Aberdeen and that this man was MOI
wanted there. Lamphere claimed 10 havs
received his information in a letter from
friends In Aberdeen The last seen her,
OF Haldgren was one morning some day.
later when he left for Chicago. A few day,
afterwards the savings bank received an In
quiry from Aberdeen. IL being stated tina
Heldgren had not returned there and hi,
friends were mystified.
Assistant Cashier Buck went TO the Gun
ness house and interviewed Mrs. Gunnes,
and the woman is alleged TO have said.
do they think made away with hin
too?" she then explained that the man wal
on his way 70 Sweden 10 visit ana cam,
here TO pay her the money which she has
lent him some time before