Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-06

ehVt tIoin the ilte underwriters. TO
day II IL even intimated that tho wo
man herself may not be dead-that sh,
procured n female corpse, set frc {,
her own house and then fed. leaving
the wefld TO believe She had pcrshec
IN the flames
The first body dug up was that OF
Andrew Helgeleln, q wealthy bachelor
OF Aberdeen, who came here In Janu-
airy and disappeared about Feb. l.
The limbs and head had boon sawed
OFT and placed IN gunny sacks. which
then had been sewn up The body
was nude. In a second excavation n
skeleton believed 20 be that OF Jennie
Olsen. an adopted daughter of Mrs.
Guinness, who disappeared In Sep
TENDER, 1906. was discovered
The girl was nearly II years Of
age at the time and was reported by
Mrs Guinness 10 have gone TO Los
Angeles, Cali to attend college
DIGGING UP BODIES.
Continuous digging brought the
searchers two more sacks which con-
tanned the dismembered body of
large man.
Decomposition had reduced the body
to such state that the only features
recognizable as such We're dark nous
tache and dark hair.
Beneath this body was another layer
of earth. under which were found the
p'ultH vi NRO fnlluTN0, ANlb1FnItN
about i2 years Of age.
There are several more suspected
places IN the grounds about the ruins
and the authorities resumed the search
this morning with the hope of finding
more bodies
sheriff A. f. Shutter has advanced
the theory that some OF the bodies may
have been sent here from Chicago In
MI effort to cover UP crime In that city
He has asked the Chicago police to
Investigate the antecedents OF the
Guinness woman, she having lived in
that city prior TO her appearance here
in 1900. But even II these mysteries
are solved there remain yet the puz-
2ling incidents when the house was
burned, when Mrs Guinness and her
children met their deaths. TWO Of
these children. Myrtle, aged T. and |
Lucy. four years her junior bore the |
patronymic "Sorenson," born TO Mrs. |
Guinness first husband. The third |
was Philip Guinness aged six years.
His father was said to have been KILL
ed by sausage machine falling on
his head four years ago. Sorenson
died suddenly in Chicago prior to
1900.
THAT the fire which caused the
deaths OF these children and their
mother was Of inceudiary origin Is the
firm belief of the local authorities
Also they have the suspicion that Ray
Lamphere driven by jealousy. was tine
man who started the fatal blaze.
THE FARM.
The gruesome developments in the
pretty farm have set the entire coun-
try agog. Numerous stories regard
ing the history of the place have been
revived and the tragic death Of for
mer owner has been the subject Of
refrigerated recollections4 Lunlg be-
fore Mrg (.r1innaQg la |
II belonged to Matte Attic. well
known as a resort; it became an eye
sore to the citizens OF Laporte.
But just as steps we're about to be
taken to have the place closed Mattle
Attic dropped dead of heart disease |
After Mrs. Guinness bought the farm
Il was improved considerably A fine !
driveway leading from the road TO the !
house which stood on A hill, surrounded
by trees. well kept lawns dotted with
and flower plots sloped away
towards the fields on three sides and
in the rear was the great barn within
which We're stabbed four horses pony
for the children and seyeraly highly
bred cows.
There was an orchard. truck garden
and a meadow Nothing about the
place suggested thai 1t was an abode or
mystery and death Yet. because of
the previous character of the place. 1t
was Stunned by the neighbOrs and
when the great death mystery which II
held had developed there were no
friends of the woman the authorities
could turn to FOR Information save Ray
J1amphere former man OF all work a
the farm and Joseph Maxon, whose
short service had given him no inklng |
of the mysteries which enNeloped the |
place. Maxon gave graphic descrip-
ton OF his attempts to save Mrs Gum
ness and her children from the Are.
this being corroborated by ueighbors OF
integrity Lamphere spent
the night OF April n at the home Of
Mrs Elizabeth Smith, a negress In
I.aporte Whether he had time to reach
tho Guinness farm before the fire
started IS question which has not
vet been answered fully. On its reply |
depends solution of the mystery.
Tho sheriff today began an investi-
cation into tho dlsapp carance of ole
BudsberE, Of lota. WIS Budsberg
left Laporte in March. 1907, He was
acquainted with Mrs. Guinness and In
with her visited the Laporte
note for $1,000. The note was paid
n few days later. Budsberg has
never been seen since.
MAY NOT BE HELGELEIN.
There Is today strong reason TO be-
lieve that the identification OF the dis
membered body found yesterday as
that of Andrew Hegclcin was an err
ror A. X. HelEeloin, brother OF
Andrew, yesterday declared himself
positive that the body was that of his
brother, but today he says there arc
many discrepancies which make 1t al
most positive that the body IS that OF
another man and that his brothers
disappearance Is yet 10 be explained.
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