Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-07
aow Thought Number OF Persons
Murdered will Run All
Way from II to 20.
DEATHS TO DATE THIRTEEN.
Additional Light Thrown on Her Meth
ods--Prosccution Has Letters In
dlcating Lamphcrc's Guilt.

fN =, of the private grave yard at the
81 ,.rr, Of Mrs. Bella Guinness. a mile
M ,r,b of Laporte, is still in its early
"a chapters Today the estimates of the
# ,up,ber of persons murdered at the
III olaoe through the lure of a matrimonial
tureau run all the way from u to 70
So The elimination yesterday Of four
5H aismembered bodies wrapped in bur
"a Ian brings the total of victims known
"a 10 have been murdered to nine. In
al Guiding the bodies supposed to he those
81 y, Mrs. Guinness and her three chill
81 dron. discovered after the fire which
<~ burned the farmhouse on April 49, the
z# total of deaths to be investigated and
' accounted for is lS.
# There was scant doubt that Sheriff
81 Shutter today would discover evil
III dences Of murder in two more suspect
81 ed graves as yet unopened. All SUSPECT
n nus parts of the premises are to be dug
81 IN with especial attention to the sort
81 snots beneath rubbish heaps, which so
"a far invariably have been found to con-
81 ceal bodies
RI Raw Lamphere, who is in Jail here.
n still protests. his innocence. Prosecut-
81 ing Atty. Smith, however, says he has
81 positive proof that Lamphere had
81 guilty knowledge of the Guinness mir
"a ders. if he had not indeed participated
d 80 LAMPHERES GUILT.
II The prosecutor is in possession of let
n tiers written in Norwegian, which he is
a carefully guarding. These letters,
81 written to Andrew Helgelein by Mrs.
n Ciui. ness, are said to contain refer
y ences which indicate Lamphere's guilt.
a That he killed Mrs. Guinness and he'
Il children and set fire to the house in
I'll order to prevent any revelations that
n might involve him is the theory of
81 the prosecution.
II In his cell Lamphere was asked con-
"a corning a secret room in the Guinness
"a country mansion to which no one was
" ever admitted except Mrs. Guinness
q herself. She had the key and kept
Y the door locked constantly. In the
81 night hours no one I'm the household
was ever near that room. That, the
VA authorities believe, was the chamber of
~ spattered with the blood of the i'll
Isl fated victims of the woman's greed for
"a gold and passion for blood.
III u never was In that ROOM" Lam
phere said II knew that there was
room in the house that was alwas kept
n locked, and there was also a room in
W the basement. sort of ice box that no
one ever knew much about. 1t was
big place, capable of accommodating
several persons"
Il This place, near a door which led out
4 to the barnyard, is believed TO have
been the temporary morgue for the
victims. SO many bodies have now
been found that the authorities believe
the woman saved her victims and dis
articulated the bodies in groups and
buried them that way. sewed up in
gunny sacks. adding chloride of lime
TO the earth to aid disintegration.
LIGHT ON HER METHODS.
Additional light on the methods by
which Mrs. Bella Guinness caused the
deaths on her farm the persons who
are supposed to have fallen victims
10 her lust for money, was shed early
this morning by Ask X. Helgeleln.
brother of Andrew Helgelein of Mans
field, ). D.. whose dismembered corpse
Is among the nine found yesterday and
today. Helgelein told the coroner that
not only had his brother been in COM
munication with the woman but also
that she had written to him after An
drew disappeared in an attempt to in
duce 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 epistles
written in Norwegian and as yet only
partially translated. The letters are
jealously guarded by Hegeleln under
orders of Ralph n. Smith, prosecuting
attorney, but enough was revealed to
show that the woman had not hesltat
ed to dare to attempt to gain a hold
over the nearest relative of her latest
victim.
Rain may interfere with further eX-
humations today on the death en-
shrouded farm of Mrs. Guinness. Sheriff
SmGlzer announced that unless the
downpour which began early this
morning, ceases, IL will be impossible 10
explore the lawn OF the homestead,
where 1t is believed more bodies have
been concealed,
Roy Lamphere, accused of first de-
gree murder in connection with the i'm
clneration of Mrs. Guinness and her
children, is expected to be center
or Interest today. Efforts to connect
him more closely with the appalling
series of violent deaths will be made
10y the public prosecutor, although
mat official asserted yesterday that
sufficient evidence to convict the prls-
oner Of completely In the murders Is
already In his possession Lamphere
revealed Yesterday that his former em-
ployer had urged him to insure his life
IN her favor. asserting that Mrs. Gum
ness had offered TO pay the premiums
ON such a policy provided that ne
rn'N'u w lhdIly Hfis nv hlHb oHih e".''
No believed that his refusal 10 fall in
with her plans had caused the enmlty
Which she later manifested toward
NM resulting In his arrest on three
occasions and his trial before a lunacy
commission on a fourth. lAmphere's
statement about closed room in the
Guinness home, To which. he asserted,
he was always denied admittance, Is
partially corroborated by the evidence
Of Joseph Maxon. who was working
on the farm when the house caught
fine April %. MaXon asserts that he
had never been allowed access 10 the
second story OF tho farm house where
the closed room was located
Ask X. Hegelein of Mansfield. s. D.,
Was In conference with Dr. c, $. Mack
coroner OF the county, until long after
midnight,
HELGELEIN WAS INFATUATED.
The steps by which the Norwegian
farmer became infatuated with the In
ulana woman, We're canvaased once
made toward clearing the mystery,
helHelein told again OF the secrecy
WIN which his brother had shroudod
US movements before his departure
rom South Dakota. Enough was
evolved 10 show that advertisements
lor matrimonial agency had been
printed In scandinavian papers In the
northwest Helgelein asserting that a
.lnHle sheet printed In Norwegian and
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