Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-14
$1,000 collected on a note. I
has never heeN soeu since

SV%Ss SSSAA hAASSs
There Is strong reason to believe the
Identification Of the dismembered body
found yesterday as hat OF Andrew
Helgaline was an error. A. A. Helga-
line. a brother of Andrew. yesterday
declared himself positive the body. was
that OF his brother, but. today say he
is not so certain. There are many dis
crepancies which make 1t almost posi-
tive the body is that OF another nan
and hat Helgaline's disappearance,
IL yet to be explained.
Far From Solution.
The mystery OF the Guinness farm 10
far from solution. With every pass
ing hour developments add til ths
story with amazing rapidity. and be-
by the county onacials that they will
have evidence OF one OF the most
1iendish plots In the history Of the
country4One, that will rival. 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 heir money, h as
sassinated and buried on the farm.
Hired Man Suspected.
Ray I.amphhere. 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 told of the finding of the bodies.
he exclaimed:
My God. are there Ave bodies I
always thought something was wrons!"
The exclamation was made when
States Attorney Smith was putting
him through tho third degree"
The police are today making a care
DaNv r~~-@A I'D ~ 800
concrete f1OOr, which Mrs. Guinness had
put in h basement two years ago. Will
be torn up. as 1t ~ thought there may
be another burial" beneath 1t.
The Victims.
So far six bodies. o u men and two
women. have been unearthed. Tails
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. IS. sutton OF Mrs.
Guinness, from Mansfield. s.. d.: three
unknown men: one unknown woman:
Mrs. Belle Guinness, 80. mother OF three
children Myrtle. IL: Lucy. 3. n
Philip, S
Suspected the Woman.
While a 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 Gas her name was at that ttne)
bought q confectionery store In Chicago
which was located at the corner Of
Grand avenue and Elizabeth street.
A short time later the store was Quilted
by Are, 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 I.apOrte and 1t waS here
she was united In marriage to
Peter Guinness. While in the kitchen
one day Guinness was struck OH the
head by a meat chopper and the wife
explained to the coroner that it had
fallen from q shelf and had killed him.
Although her story WAS questioned. the
investigation was carried any
further. Sf
That Mrs. Guinness. wasecontemplat-
ing a third marriage IL believed by the
officers as the result of q receipt of
a letter Wednesday by Executor Fogle
addressed tt 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 ~ to his financial
conditions. but he is resuectable and
worthy In every IA He says he hopes
she will be able to find the right kind
OF a man. n who will make her u
good and true husband. and one who
will be a father to her children.
Drew 5000.
Andrew Helgaline became acquainted
with Mrs. Guinness through q matri-
monial agency. Helgaline spent almost
a month visiting Mrs. Guinness and 9TH
ers in this city. He was supposed to
have started OH a trip to Norway and
Sweden. He has been heard from
Since Mrs. Guinness was trying to
make n loan from a local bank. When
Helgaline learned Of this he loaned her
$1,000. Just before hat Helgaline had
drawn from Aberdeen, through q local
bank. $1,000.
When news of the burning OF the
Guinness home vas received by John
Helgaline he started for this city t in
yesttgate the disappearance Of his
brother. HelRaline's body was found
to be dismembered and the arms, legs.
trunk and head had been put In dif-
ferent sacks and buried.
Sheriff Smulzer and Prosecutor
Smith say they are confident that Ray
Lamphere. now under arrest here,
charged with h murder of Mrs. Gum
ness and her children, knows Of the
Helgaline murder. Lamphere Ia a car
penter, n the way In which the Hell
galine body was dismembered indicates
that some one familiar with the use OF
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 n 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 1T. 1t was cur
rent gossip at the time that Lamphere
was Jealous OF Mrs. Guinness and Hell
galine.
HELeALlNE. WEALTHY FARMER,
WELL KNOWN At ABERDEEN
Aberdeen, s. d.. May S-Andrew Hell
galine was q well known resilient of