Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-15

ceived 81, 900 collected on a note. He
has never been seen since.
There Is strong reason to believe the
identification of the di~smembered body
found yesterday as hat of Andrew
Heigaline was an error. A. A. Helga-
line. a brother of Andrew, yesterday
declared himself positive the body was
hat of his brother. but today says he
is not so certain. There are many dis
crepancies which make 1t almost posi-
tive the body Is that OF another man.
and that Helgaline's disappearance
is yet to be explained.
Far From Solution.
The mystery or the Guinness farm is
far from solution. With every pass
ing hour developments add to the
story with amazing rapidity, and be-
fore the end of the day IL is expected
by the county officials that they will
have evidence of one of the most
fiendish plots in the history of the
country-one hat will v in every
way the famous Bender case of Kan
sas.
In many of its details the Guinness
case resembles that of the Bender fam
lily. wealthy men being lured to the
pretty country home of Mrs. Guinness
to be robbed OF their money, then as
~sassinated n buried on the farm.
Hired Man Suspected.
Ray ~Lamphhere, who is suspected of
numbering Mrs. Guinness and her three
children. after having engaged with
her in ten years of crime, is locked
up in LaPorte county jail. When he
was odd of the finding of the bodies,
he exclaimed:
My God. are there five bodies /
always thought something was wrong!"
The exclamation was made when
States Attorney Smith was putting
him through the third degree"
The police are today making a care
| full search of n Guinness premises. A
concrete floor, which Mrs. Guinness had
put in the basement two years ago, viii
be torn up. as II is thought there may
be another burial beneath it.
The Victims.
So far six bodies. four men and two
women, have been unearthed. T-iis
makes a total of ten people. who were
victims OF fire which destroyed the
home OF Mrs. Guinness, or were muir
dered. The victims are: Alice Olson,
16, adopted daughter OF Mrs. Guinness;
Andrew Helgaline, 30. sutton OF Mrs.
Guinness. from Mansfield, S. D.; three
unknown men: one unknown mi
Mrs. Belle Guinness, 3S. mother of three
children; Myrtle. IL; Lucy, ., ana
Philip, 5
Suspected tho Woman.
While q resident OF Austin the Sor-
enson home was burned and although
some question as to the origin OF the
fire arose the insurance was collected,
With this insurance money Mrs. Sor-
enson (as her name was at that time)
bought a confectionery store In Chicago
which was located at the corner or
Grand avenue and Elizabeth street.
A short time later the store was gutted
by fire. the origin OF which was sus-
picious, but after making an investiga-
ton the insurance companies paid the
claim.
After the fire at Chicago Mrs. Soren-
son moved TO Laporte and it was here
that she was united I'm marriage to
Peter Guinness. While In the Kitchen
one day Guinness was struck on the
head by a meat chopper n the wife
explained to the coroner that 1t had
fallen from a shelf and had killed him..
Although her story was questioned, the
investigation never was carried any
further.
That Mrs. Guinness was contemplate
ing a third marriage Is believed by the
officers as the result of Il receipt of
a letter Wednesday by Executor Fogle
addressed TO Mrs. Guinness. The let
ter is written In Norwegian and is from
Carl Peterson, of Waupauca, Wis. He
writes that he is sorry he cannot meet
her requirements as to his financial
conditions, but he is resDectable and
worthy I'm every way. He says he hopes
she will be able to n the right III
of "A man, one who will make her a
good and true husband, and one who
will be a father to her children.
Drew $4,000.
Andrew Helgaline became acquainted
with Mrs. Guinness through a matri-
monial agency. Helsaline spent almost
a month visiting Mrs. Guinness and 9TH
erS In this city. He was supposed to
have started on a trip to Norway and
Sweden. He has never been heard from
since. Mrs. Guinness was trying to
make a loan from a local bank. When
Helgaline learned Of this he loaned her
81. 500. Just before that Helgaline had
drawn from Aberdeen. through a local
bank. 5000.
When news OF the burning of the
Guinness home was received by John
Helgaline he started for this city to in
vestigate the disappearance of his
brother. Helgaline's body was found
to be dismembered and the arms, legs,
trunk and head had been put In diff
ferent sacks and buried.
Sheriff Smulzer and Prosecutor
Smith say they are confident that Ray
Lamphere, now under arrest here,
charged with the murder OF Mrs. Gun
ness and her children. knows of the
Helgaline murder. Lamphere is a car
penter, and the way in which the Hell
galine body was dismembered indicates
that some n familiar with the use or
a saw did the work.
Lamphere worked for Mrs. Guinness
at the time of the disappearance OF
Helgaline, and 1t is stated that he ap-
peared II day in a local barber shop
wearing a coat belonging to Helgaline
and carrying Helgaline's gun. Asked
why he was carrying a gun. he said,
1t is reported. he did not know what
moment he might need IL. 1t was cur
rent gossip at the time that Lamphere
was jealous of Mrs. Guinness and Hell
galine.
HELGALINE, WEALTHY FARMER.
WELL KNOWN AT ABERDEEN
Aberdeen, s. D., May S-Andrew Hell
galine was a well known resident Of