Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-09
DUG UP FIVE BODIES
Grswsome Murders Unearthed at
La Porte, Ind.
ONLY TWO BODIES IDENTIFIES

Clearing House For Murderers Dis
covered After Woman, Who Con.
Quoted the Place, and Her Three
Children Were Burned to Death.
La Porte Ind. May Cone OF the
most grewsome murder mysteries ever
unearthed in this section Of the coun-
try came TO light when the bodies OF
five persons, all OF them murdered.
were found in the yard OF the home
of Mrs. Bella Guinness, who. with
three OF her children. was burned to
death on the night of April %.
So far. only two OF the bodies have
been identified. These are Andrew
Helgolein, who came 90 this city from
Mansfield, s. D., for the purpose of
marrying Mrs. Guinness. whose &C
quaiutance he had made through a
matrimonial bureau. The other is that
OF Jennie Olson Guinness, a Chicago
girl. who had been adopted by Mrs.
Guinness. She disappeared In Septem-
ber 1906 and it was said she had gone
90 Los Angeles TO attend school. The
other bodies we're those Of a man and
of two children apparently twelve
HNaAr VI age 81 many NWMRS were
missing i'm the latter two that it Is not
known whether they are male or fe-
male.
The body of Helgelein was dismem-
bered. and the arms. legs. trunk and
head were buried In different parts OF
the yard
IL is believed by the authorities that
Guy Lamphcre. who has been under
arrest since the burning OF the Gun
ness home. ON the charge of murder
ing Mrs. Guinness and her family. com
mittcd the Holgeiein crime. Lamp
here is carpenter. and the manner
I'm which the body OF Holgelein was
dismcmbered leads 90 the belief that
Sc was done by somebody familiar with
the use of a saw.
There have been rumors that Jennie
Olson Guinness had knowledge OF the
manner i'm which the first husband OF
Mrs Guinness came 90 his death I'm
Chicago Little Is known. however. on
this subject
t. is known that Helgelein had loan
cd $500 Co Mrs. Guinness and that he
had another $500 iu his possession
just prior to his death no is consider
ed probable that he was killed by Mrs.
Guinness or by Lamphore. or by both
of them, In order Co procure the cash
he had and 90 avoid the necessity OF
repaying the loan ho had made.
Lamphcre. against whom a strong
case OF circumstanual evidence ex-
lists in connection with the burning OF
Guinness home and the death of Mrs.
Guinness and her three children. de-
mics AN knowledge of the bodies found.
He has said. however. on other occa.
sious that Mrs. Guinness was anxious
Co send him 90 an insane asylum be-
cause o. hls knowledge of her career.
To was current gossip. however that
Lamphere was insanely Jealous OF Mrs.
Guinness and OF Hclgeloin. and it is
well known that the woman stood
greatly in fear OF him. and had asked
Tor police protection
Lamphcre. when told OF the discov.
CRY. said: My God. five bodies. What
wouldn't that woman do. ALWAYS
thought something was wrong out
there. Several people came ont 20
that farm who never were seen %
go away. One was a man. big. with
black hair and mustache. Mrs Guinness
told me he was Jennie Olson's sweet
heart. He was around there about two
years ago. Then one day a man and
woman drove up with a baby They
went away without IT, Now. that's all
know about 10. but / guess there must
have been others. ! amt sure Just
when that big man was there"
The search by which the bodies we're
found was insugated by John Hedge
lcin, the brother OF Andrew. who has
always believed that his brother was
murdered. He noticed some recently
upturned earth in the yard. and sug-
gestcd % Sheriff shutter that an eX-
caVatlon be made 10 see 10 his broth
er's body could not be found Ii was
dug up after a brief search.
While questioning Joseph Maxson.
a hired hand on the Guinness farm.
John Helgelein learned OF the mysterl.
Gus diggings of holes by him. all of
them being filled at a later date BY
Mrs. Guinness. The remains were only
Tour feet under ground. and were en-
closed in gunnysack
The discovery OF thu bodies led ex-
pressmen TO tell Of the delivery of five
trunks To the Guinness farm during the
last six months, and this fact has caus-
ed the authorities 90 work on the the
DRY that the place was a clearing house
for murderers. They suspect that
wealthy persons. after being lured to
Chicago and killed. were packed in
these trunks and sent TO Ia Porte. and
Of
These developments also caused the
authorities to recall that the two hus-
bands OF Mrs. Guinness died under sus-
picious circumstances. both meeting
violent deaths. The first. Max Soren-
son, was insured Tor $500. and the
second, Guinness for $500. This In
surance was paid over to Mrs. Gun
ness by the companies.
Dug Up Babv's BODY Win s,sde