The Detroit times., 1908-05-06
10 BODIES THOUGHT
T0L|E IN MURDER
CLEARING HOUSE
CONFESSION MoMENTARlLY Ex-
PEcTEp FROM GUINNESS WON.
ANS HIRED MAN WHO'S cHARo-
Ed WITH Staying HER.

ONE Of the most astounding stories
~ Of Wholesale murder ever
brought to light In the annals OF Amer.
lea criminology has been revealed
through a search Of the premises OF
Mrs, Bella Guinness, who was burned
to death with three OF her children,
In her home, In la Porte, Ind, few
days ago.
FIVE BODIES HAVE BEEN DUG
UP, TWO OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED.
1T is LEVIED THAT
THROUGH HER MATRIMONIAL
AGENCY, SHE LuRED TEN VIC
TINS TO THEIR DEATH AND BUR-
led THEM WITH THE HELP OF
HER HIRED MAN. WHO Is NOW
UNDER ARREST, CHARGED WITH
HAVING MURDERED HER AND
THE CHILDREN.
MONEY IS SUSPECTED OF BE-
ING THE MOTIVE OF THE Wo.
MANS CRIMES.
TWO OF HER HUSBANDS HAD
DIED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIR.
cUMsTANcEs.
IT is BELIEVED SHE, IN TURN.
WITH THE CHILDREN, BECAME
THE VICTIMS OF HER EMPLOYEES
JEALOUS FRENZY AND WAS
BURNED TO DEATH WHILE SHE
AND HER FAMILY LAY SLEEP
ING.
LA PORTE. Ind. May 6.--The keep
er of the jail. here and Sheriff Smut
ger are momentarily expecting that
Guy Lamphere, the hired man OF the
late Bella Guinness in whose yard FIVE
bodies have been dug up, will con-
Tess TO his alleged part in the crime.
To the charge OF murder the addition
al one OF arson has been made against
him.
Ii is now said that evidence has
been gathered which points TO the
murder of at least ten persons on the
Guinness premises.
LA PORTE, Ind. May Give
bodies OF persons who had evidently
been murdered, were dug up in the
yard at the home of Mrs Bella Gun
ness. who. with three of her children.
was burned to death on the night of
April g. The gruesome discovery
was made following search by,
Sheriff Shutter for the body OF An
drew Helgelein, OF Aberdeen, s. D.,
who came here in January to visit
the woman whose acquaintance he
had made through matrimonial bu-
Teau.
So far, two of the bodies have been
identified. They are those OF Helge-
lein and Of Jennie Olsen Guinness "a
Chicago girl who had been adopted
by the Guinness woman. The girl dis
appeared in September. 1906. The
other bodies are those of man and
two children, the latter apparently
about IL years old.
Guy Lamphere, the hired man, who
Is also carpenter. IL under arrest.
The body OF Helgelein was dismem-
bered by some one who was expert
with the saw. Lamphere tries to
throw suspicion entirely on the Gun
ness woman, but the police are in
clined to think they worked in col
fusion. Lamphere is charged with
having murdered the Guinness woman
and her family.
HI oOhC QuditSto ~ 10 DCiCfCQ tnds
Mrs. Guinness may have known some
thing OF the murders of the five peo-
pie, as II is not considered likely that
so many could have been buried In
her yard without her, at some time,
becoming familiar with the fact. There
have been rumors that Jennie Olsen
Guinness had knowledge Of the manner
In which the first husband of Mrs.
Guinness came TO his death in Chi
cago. Little is known, however, on
this subject.
Loaned Woman Money.
1t Is known tina Helgelein had loan
ed $500 to Mrs. Guinness and that he
had another $1,000 In his possession
Just prior to his death. II Is consid-
cred probable that he was killed by
Mrs. Guinness or by Lamphere or by
both Of them in order to procure the
cash he had and to avoid the necessity
OF repaying the loan he had made.
Lamphere said that Mrs. Guinness
was anxious TO send him to an insane
asylum because OF hisk nowledge of
her career.
II was current gossip, however, that
Lamphere was insanely jealous OF Mrs.
Guinness and of Helgelein, and 1t Is
well known that the woman stood
greatly In fear of him and had asked
for police protection. The search by
which the bodies were found was in
stituted by A. X. Helgelein, theb roth
er OF Andrew, who has always be-
lieved that his brother was murdered,
and that he had never gone to Nor
way, as was claimed by Mrs. Guinness
and Lamphere.
He noticed some recently upturned
earth in the yard and suggested to
Sheriff Shutter that an excavation be
made to see IL his brothers body could
not be found. Vt was dug up after a
brief search.
Despite the incoherency OF Lam
phere's statements, the sheriff thinks
that long step has been made to-
ward clearing up the case The fact
that Lamphere knew of the comings
and goings Of persons about the Gun
ness farm at least a year before he
went to work for the dead woman is
being held in reserve by Sheriff Smut
ger and Ralph N. Smith. the prose
cutIng attorney for the second judicial
district.
) Murder Clearing House7
All the bodies were only four feet
under ground and were enclosed In a
gunny sack.
, The discovery OF the bodies led ex-
pressmen to tell OF the delivery OF