The Detroit times., 1908-05-07
Lamphere's Girl COnfidante,
Bessie Wallace, Arrested in
the Guinness Murder Cases

smaller trunks TO the place about
a year ago. In addition. several
heavy boxes. marked variously "Po-
tatoes." and wall paper" were
carted to the house at different times
Wade asserted that his experience
in taking the trunks to Mrs. Guinness
was unpleasant. He had TO take the
trunks In the cellar way. Mrs. Gun.
ness, he said, had acted suspiciously
John A. Walker. liveryman Of this
place. last summer and during the
summer of 1906, delivered eight
trunks at the home OF Mrs. Guinness
Another trunk was taken there by
Michael Tracey. an expressman.
A Powerful Woman.
Mrs. Guness was a woman oof
great physical strength, and those
who knew her asert that TO drag
200 pounds across a yard would have
been comparatively easy for her. A
drayman who delivered furniture 10
the house when Mrs. Guinness first
moved there, In 1900, recalled that she
aided In carrying several heavy pieces
OF furniture up stairway "She
could lug weight as well as most men
have worked WITH" he declared.
Despite the known strength OF
Mrs. Guinness, officers seeking TO fast.
en- responsibility for the numerous
deaths upon the woman, are not con.
vinced that she was unaided In the
horrifying work.
Another mystery has developed In
the series of murders committed in
and around the Guinness house. Sheriff
Smulzer commenced an investigation
into the disappearance OF Ole Buds
berg, of lola, Wis. He came to La
porte in March, 1907. He was ac-
quainted with Mrs. Guinness and. In
company with her, clsited the Laporte
Savings bank. where he deposited a
note for $1,000 to be collected by the
Farmers State bank, of lola. Wis.
The note was paid April, 6, 1907.
and Budsberg received $1,000 from
the Laporte bank. He has never been
seen since that time.
Nephew's Deposition.
John Larson, OF 992 Francisco ave-,
Chicago, 20 years old, a nephew OF
Mrs. Guinness. is here trying TO ar
range to take the four bodies found
In the ruins of the fire to Chicago,
which he believes are the bodies of
his aunt, Mrs. Belle Guinness, and her
children, Mrytle, Lucy and Phillip.
The nephew made deposition be-
fore the coroner
He said:
My aunt was born In Thorndhjem,
Norway. where she still has sister
and brother living. Her maiden
name was Belle Paulsen. She was
- YEARS old and came to this country
26 years ago. My mother IL her SIS
ter.
my aunt had weakness for adopt
ing children. She was q queer woman
and there was estrangement In the
family with her for about 15 years.
MY aunt wanted to adopt my old
est sister, Is years ago. but my faith
err objected This caused the family
estrangement. She adopted Jennie
Olson when Jennie was eight years
old"
Mrs. Nellie Larson. No s92 Fran
cisco-aye.. Chicago, sister Of Mrs. Gun
ness, according to dispatches from
that city. said:
"My sister was crazy for money.
When she was girl, che never
seemed to care. for man for his
own sake, but only for the Injuries
he could give her. She frequently told
me that she never would have lived
with Max Sorenson, her first hus-
band, IL ne had not made such nne
home for her.
eat the time Sorenson died, the
neighbors charged that he was pois-
oned, but I never thought so. He
became Ill one evening and died the
next day. He had good physician to
attend him.
L have not seen my sister for 20
years. She was angry with me be-
cause | would not allow her to have
my little daughter to bring up.
my sister at one time had candy
store In Chicago, but 1t burned down.
The first house she had In the suburb
of Austin also burned down."