The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-07

past history of Mrs. Guinness IT. ..,x.
 My aunt was born in Trondhetrn. Norway. where she still has s,.,cr and brother living. Her maiden name was Bella Paulsen. sha yss ss years old and came to this country twenty-six years ago.
 My aunt had weakness for adopt- tng children. She was queer woman. When first she met people sh. w.. cordial. Later she would appeax ,,,- different to them. She was married n, the age of 24 to Max Sorenson 5s died suddenly after eating supper. His wife found him dead in a room, nm. stairs. This was Tn Austin, III Ther. were rumors that Sorenson was pois. oned
 Tier second husband was A. ,,uIn- ness. whose death was also unusual. A meat cutter fell on him in his home and fatally injured him. In addition. he was scalded. He died without making any statement.
 "when my aunt lived in Austin. ths house in which she lived was burned. Later she lived at North Elizabeth Street and Grand Avenue. Chicago where she conducted a confectionery store. but she did not own the buiid- ing. That place. too. was burned out and she got insurance money. There WEB 0 AOPoAt thHt tHC hEc was bEATISQ by her.
 My aunt wanted to adopt my old est sister. fifteen years ago, but my father objected. This caused the fam fly estrangement She adopted Jennie olsen when Jennie was eight months old"
 Lsmphere Is Silent.
 Ray Lamphere. who Is held on 6 charge of first degree murder grow G.xs~ -E Aw> E.A kf.@ Guinness home and caused the deaths of Mrs. Guinness and her three chil- dren. offered no new evidence despite repeated questioning. Ralph N. Smith. the prosecuting attorney of the dis trict. asserted. however. that A eoufes- sion is not necessary so far as Lam phere Is concerned.
 we have positive evidence in the shape of letters connecting Lamphere with the recent murders at the Guin- ness farm" he said. The exact na- ture of these letter was carefully guarded by MT. Smith.
 An attempt to identify one of the corpses as that of Ole B. Budsberg, lola. Wis. was also started by the sherin's offlce here. In response to telephone messages sent here this morning, word came tonight that a member of Budsberg's family had left there TOT thls clty.
 The increasingly divergent character of the gruesome mysteries has aroused the entire community. Stirred by the waves of horror which have swept over the town as each additional bum dle of decaying bones and flesh has been discovered. the county commits sioners of LaPorte county resolved to- day to use every resource at their coni- mand towards finding an answer to the puzzles which confront the officers The board canvassed the situation and decided to offer reward of s1,ooo for a solution of the enigma.
 The Guinness farm was a mecca for curious sight-seers today. and by the time the first of the day's discoveries had been made the spectators number ed hundreds.
 The fact that traces of another filled pit had been found was a magnet and early in the afternoon the crowd became so dense that 1t was al> most impossible for late-comers to force their vehicles thre eagh the press. Finally the oficiai excavators were re- warded early in the afternoon by a find. First a few scattered bones were turned up and then a skull was uncov. cred. Digging around this another corpse was exposed and beyond this second yet another.