The Detroit times., 1908-06-02
TRUELs0N 5 WIFE
he CALLED DEAD,
IS ALIVE
MAE O'RElLLYs AUNT SAYS THAT
THE WOMAN ALLEGED TO BE
GUINNESS VICTIM 10 IN NEW
YORK.

Broadway, this city, asserts that
her niece, Mae o'Rslily Truslson,
wife Of Julius Truelson, Jr., 10
alive and we'll In New York. Mrs.
Doyle added that she did not know
the address Of her niece, but she
expected to sec her In a couple Of
days. This was tho woman who,
Truelson said In hls confession"
he had taken to Mrs. Guinness to
be put out OF the way and had
helped to bury her. Jewelry
marked MAE O'Rellly" was found
In the ruins OF the Guinness home.
LA PORTE, Ind, June 2-Declaring
his belief that Mrs. Guinness. the muir
deress. Of Brookside farm, was head
and front OF band Of slayers and
that II Is possible that julius G.. Truel-
son, OF New York, who has confessed
In Vernon. Tex. was indeed one OF her
accomplices- States Prosecutor Smith
and Sheriff Shutter today began a
searching investigation into his career.
They Will trace his every step since
he left the family home at $40 West
Forty-seventh-st., New York. until his
arrest at Vernon for impersonating
and swindling under the name Of
Thaw, and will delay prosecution OF
Ray Lamphere until they are saytis-
fed.
II propose to prove or disprove the
confession OF Truelson before | pro.
coed with the trial OF Lamphere." said
States Attorney Smith.
Sheriff Shutter said:
- I'LL
sible as the result OF persistent drug
ging. but cannot believe he dreamed
all OF his story"
Ray Lamphere has denied all knowl-
edge OF Truelson.
NEW YORK. June "Details OF
the marriage of his daughter. Sarah
Arabella. to julius G.. Truelson, Jr.
Of this city, were told by Cornelius p
Vreeland, of Canarsie. l.. l. Vreeland
said the only explanation he or his
daughter could find for Truelson's
story was that the young man Sish-
ed to end his life, or was crazy.
Truelson, Jr,. said that In 1905 he
married Miss Frances O'Reilly. of
Rochester. He took her to the Gun.
ness farm. where the confession
reads, she was murdered.
The prisoner asserted he intended
to take his second wife, the Vreeland
girl. whom he married In last March,
to Laporte. but was prevented fro:a
doing so by letter from Mrs. Gun
ness.
MY daughter was introduced to
Truelson several months before the
marriage" said Vreeland. The two
took liking to each other and Belle
got my permission to be married. The
ceremony was performed on March 2
last. In Jersey City. The two went
to Montreal. where the young man
said he had business.
Was Already Married.
About week afterwards I got a
letter from Truelson's father in which
he said his son was already married
and had the father known OF the sec
ond affair, he would have warned me
in time. Meantime my daughter ar.
rived in Montreal About eight days
after the wedding, her husband told
her he must leave her for a day or
two to attend to business.
The report that he showed her
letter from Mrs. Guinness Is false. I'm,
til the murder stories appeared In the
Belle never had heard CT
the woman. But Julius didn't come
back Instead I had to pay 800 10
obtain my daughters release from a
cell In Montreal, as bad check given
by man answering the description of
Truelson caused trouble. She came
back here TO live and neither has seen
nor heard OF him since"
Truelson's brother Harry. In this
city, says he believes his brother Is
insane. due TO the effects OF injuries
received In a trolley accident.