The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-06
Five Dead Bodies Have Been Found on Place of Woman
 Lately Burned to Death
MANY CRIMES TRACED ID
 DOOR OF DEAD WOMAN
Farm Hand Who Was Employed By the Woman Is Now In Jail and Will Have To Meet Charges
 As An Accomplice.

La Porte, Ind. May 5.-With five bodies already unearthed Sheriff Smulzer and Coroner Mack will continue their search tomorrow for other alleged victims of Mrs, Bella Guinness, who, to all indica- tions, was one of the most fiendish mur- derers of the century, and who was re- gently killed with her three children through the burning of her country home, one mile northeast of La Porte. Of the bodies so far unearthed two have been Identified They are those of Andrew Hell gelein, wealthy bachelor of Aberdeen, s. D., and Miss Jennie Olsen, Il years old, stepdaughter of Mrs. Guinness. The other three bodies are so badly decom- posed as to make Identification impos- sible
 The discovery of the bodies was brought about by the appearance of John Helge- lein of Aberdeen, s. D., brother of An drew Helgelein in La Porte, in search for the missing man. With informa- tion that his brother Andrew had come to La Porte to wed Mrs Guinness and that he had turned over his property to her. he became convinced that his brother had been made the victim of foul play.
 While questioning Joseph Maxson, hired hand on the Guinness farm he learned of the mysterious digging of holes by him, all of them being filled up at a later date by Mrs. Guinness. He led Helgelen and the officers to the spot where the holes had been dug about l50 feet from the house and there, after dig ging a few minutes was uncovered the body of Helgelein. The remains were only four feet under ground and were enclosed in a gunny sack. The legs and arms had been dismembered, but were with the trunk.
 About 35 feet further on from the house the remains of four other persons were found. Lying on top of a mattress were the skeletons of two men and woman. Underneath the mattress was the body or an 11-year-old girl, said to be Jennie Oi- sen All the bodies were taken in charge by the coroner and are now locked in barn on the Guinness farm, being care fully guarded.
 Expressmen Tell Tales.
 The discovery of the bodies led express men to tell of the delivery of five trunks to the Guinness farm during the last six months and this fact has caused the au- thorities to work on the theory that the place was clearing house for mnrderers. They suspect that wealthy persons, after being lured to Chicago and killed, were packed in these trunks and sent to La ia e to be disposed of
 zsfrhe developments of today also caused the authorities to recall that the two husbands of Mrs. Guinness died under suspicious circumstances, both meeting violent deaths. The first, Max Sor- renson was insured for $S500 and the second, Guinness, for $500. This insur- ance was paid over to Mrs. Guinness by the companies.
 ic I1ax Lamphere, the former hired man of Mrs. Guinness. who was arrested charged with nurdering her and her three children After the WomanS house had been de- stroyed by fire, and the bodies of Mrs. mess and her children had been found in the ruins He now will be accused of being an accomplice of Mrs. Guinness in the murdering of the alleged victims of the La Porte woman. It is believed that Lamphere, angered because Mrs. Guinness refused to keep him supplied with money, killed her and the children out of revenge and then fired the house to cover the crime. It developed tonight that Lamphere had been seen wearing a fur overcoat answering to the description of one belonging to Andrew Helgelein, several times during the month of Feb ruary Mrs. Guinness also wore the coat on several occasions and when asked con- corning it stated that it had been given to her by an admirer.
 Lamphere's Revolver.
 Lamphere is also said to have entered a barber shop in La Porte during the South Dakota mans visit in La Porte with a revolver in his possession with which he could not part, as ''he might have use for it before long" The revol- yer, it is declared, was afterward identi- fled as belonging to Helgelein.
 That Lamphere knew that Helgelen had been slain is now believed a cer- tainty During the time he was prose- cuted by her for trespassing, he told the police he knew something that Mrs. Guin- ness wanted him to forget. lie would not divulge, however, what he knew stat ing that justice would be done at last. The theory regarding the murder of the glrl, Jennie Olsen is tbat she was nearing an age when she could know too much of the life of Mrs. Guinness and her commission of crimes and was murdered Il at her lips might be sealed forever.
 Max Sorrenson's Death.
 The first husband of Mrs. Guinness, Max Sorrenson, died several years ago, w.ile the family lived at Austin, H. His death was said to be due to heart failure, but relatives claimed that he had been poisoned An inquest was opposed some time after the remains had been mur- dered, but for some reason the body was never disinterred by the authorities.
 While a resident of Austin the home sof Mrs. Guinness was burned, and a1- though some question as to the origin of the fire arose, the insurance was collected
 With money secured from insurance on the death of her husband, Mrs Guinness bought confectionery store in Chicago, which was located at the corner of Grand avenue and Elizabeth street A short time later the store was gutted by fire, the origin of which was suspicious, but after making an investigation the insurance companies could not attach the blame to Mrs. Guinness and paid the claim. After the fire at Chicago Mrs Guinness moved to LaPorte, and it was here that she united in marriage to Peter Guinness. While In the kitchen one day Guinness was struck on the head by q meat chop per, ard the wifs explained to the cor- oner tlat it had fallen from shelf and