The Detroit times., 1908-05-06
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CHARMED YARD
OF MUROEREss


body was substituted. A search all
over America was begun today TO a.
certain II there Is any truth In this re-
port.
II was not until yesterday thpf the
authorities became aware or the
crimes committed at the Guinness +
home. Following the finding OF
body. the searchers dug with eager
ness over the various portions OF the
place and unearthed other bloody EVIL
dences OF crime IL was found that
the woman lured her victims by matri-
monlal advertisements and then kill
ed them for what gain she could thus
secure. Lamphere was insa-ni- 1cll-
Gus OF one man who had thus been
lured TO his doom and the police are OF
the opinion that this fact may be the u
means or tracing solution OF that
crime.
Husbands Suspicious Deaths.
Both OF Mrs. Guinness husbands who
died under suspicious circumstances
were insured. She collected thousands
of dollars from insurance companies |,
and continued her bold and bloody 4
work, even when suspicion had set !,
tied upon her The life OF the first i
husband, Max Sorensen, was insured |
for $500, and that OF the second. (.
Guinness, for $4,000. In addition Mrs
Guinness had her home heavily insur-
ed In fire insurance companies and /!
twice II was destroyed by flames. In
both cases the. insurance was paid
In January. a wealthy bachelor nam
ed Andrew Helgelein, OF Aberdeen. 8. 4
d.. came here TO marry Mrs. Guinness. /
In month he had disappeared, but
no suspicion was attached to the WON i
an. His dIsmembered body has been
foend. The legs and arms had been |;
hacked OF and wrapped up In gunny- 4
sack and buried.
| In another excavation the skeleton (
OF girl was found. This proved to \
be the remains OF Jennie Olson. an
adopted daughter OF Mrs. Guinness. who
disappeared In 1906. The girl was 4
IL years old at the time of her disap- (
| pearance and Mrs. Guinness always
said she had gone to Los Angeles.
Cal, TO attend a female seminary.
Find chlldren's Bodies.
The next fnd was the body of mig
man OF dark complexion with black
hair and black mustache. His body \
has not yet been identified Beneath 4
the remains was q layer Of earth and /.
found. Both were children apparent
| ly about II years old
| There are several more suspicious
looking places about the grounds
which look as though digging had
been going on lately. This morning
at daybreak the excavation was re.
sumed with great vigor.
! Love. intrigue, sordid money motives
and jealousy FALL play part In this
tragic series OF murders. Each crime
had been planned with diabolical cum
| ming. Expressmen said today that.
/ within the past six months they had
delivered half dozen trunks at the
GUINNESS home. From developments
today 1t begins TO appear that Mrs.
GUINNESS was high priestess OF MUIR
der and crime and she might yet turn
out to be the chief OF band OF blood
thirsty criminals who dealt In blood
ana who stopped at no crime, no mat
ter how gruesome and terrible
| Clearing House for Murder.
The Guinness home, according to
one theory which the police are run
ming down today, was clearing house
for murder and dead bodies of victims
from various portions OF the United /,
States were Systematically disposed
Of
Today Lamphere was told OF the ,
discovery OF the bodies.
My God, what wouldn't that wo-
man do? She was fiend In human
shape" he exclaimed. He was caught 1
In spasm OF horror and came near
limiting. He was violently nervous
and trembling at what he had learned
and he begged the prison officials not
TO leave him alone In his cell
Sherin Smulzer is directing the In
vestigation today. In an interview !
this afternoon he declared he had al
ways been suspicious OF the Guinness
home. II Is said that the bodies. espe-
cfaliy that OF Helgelein, was dismem-
bered by some one who was expert
with the saw. Lamphere is carpen. !
ter.
The House OF Death" Is the name
by which the old Guinness home today
comes to be known.
Lamphere Accuses Dead Woman.
Lamphere was led into the sheriff's
ONCE later today where he covered.
showing every evidence OF fear
Il was convinced that something
was wrong there" said he. Several /
persons came to the farm and nobody !
ever saw them 60 away. What be-
came OF them? Why, their dead bod 4
les lie out there where they were slain /
BY that foul she-hend. And hurled at
the dead OF night Oh. she knew NO
fear. She lived by blood and robbery (
and plumber. She had neither heart.
nor conscience. With her crime was .
profession.
"One day a man and woman drove
up In a carriage. They had baby
with them, but when they left, the
baby did not go with them. What did
they do? Why that woman murdered
the little baby" The mans voice rose
TO a shrek.
Lamphere said that Mrs. Guinness
frequently got him to purchase chloro-
form for her. Once he said she told
him to buy large quantity OF rat poi
son.
Joseph Guinness. the husband OF the
woman, died four years ago.