The Detroit times., 1908-05-08

piicity in the murders at the Guinness
home. Miss Conklin Ia not accused
OF completely.
II is said that Lamphere. while talk
ing 10 Miss Conklin. made threats
against Mrs. Guinness and said that
he had information which IL disclos-
ed. would hang Mrs. Guinness.
He told me that Mrs. Guinness had
10 be good TO him. or he would make
II not for her and send her to the gal
lows" said Miss Conklin TO Sheriff
Shutter. She further said that she
was ready to disclose all that Lam
phere told her, adding that he was
In love with Mrs. Guinness and was
crazy with jealousy"
Coroner Mack has received from
Alse Helgelein a deposition according
TO the statements In which Lamphere
will be called upon for an explanation
OF some statements he is said TO have
Iaade
Helgelein says in his deposition
that Mrs Guinness wrote him and in
the letter said that Lamphere told her
that he had met a man from Mans
field. s. D., who told him that Andrew
Helgelein was In Mansfield and in
Mrs. Guinness said In the same let
ter she had been expecting TO hear
from Andrew for some time-that
Andrew Helgelein had been in Chi
cago for two days and had written her
rot 10 write him until she heard from
him again. that he was going to New
York and thence to Norway. The
statements OF Mrs. Guinness do not
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Letter Disappears.
Mrs. Guinness wrote also that the
letter OF Andrew was left in the kitch-
en- while she went out to milk and
that Lamphere had stolen It or II had
been burned She inclosed a piece OF
the letter which had been found in
the barn where Lamphere had been.
In answer 10 a question as TO how
much money Andrew had she said she
did not know but she had gotten
some OF II and had given a mortgage
on her place.
Alse Helgelein had searched the
records OF LaPorte but can find NO
record OF such a mortgage.
Mrs. Guinness in answer to another
question said In the letter that An.
drew left her place about / o'clock
Jan. Is or 10. and her 11-year-old
daughter drove him into town as he
was going to Michigan City to re-
main over a day.
Several days ago Eamphere told
the police officers that Andrew Hedge
lein left on the $40 train on the Lake
Shore road. intending to 60 to Chi.
cago.
Coroner Mack turned over to a To-
cal undertaken for preservation the
body supposed TO be that of Andrew
Helgelein.
Love Letters Of Murderess.
Following is the letter which Carl
Petersen. OF Waupaca, and who was
finally Tilted by Mrs. Guinness. re.
ceived from her. April 20. only few
days before the burning of her home
II Is translated from Norwegian into
English.
Carl Peterson, waupacs. wis.
Dear Sir; As some time ago I
swer 10 my 'ad II in the scandl n
Wan, I VIII with pleasure answer
the same.
The reason | waited for some
time is that there has been other
answers TO the 'ad AS many as
SO have been received and IL has
been impossible TO answer all
have picked out the most respect
able. and have decided that -
yours Is such
Fret I will tell you that | am
Norwegian and have been I'm this
country for 20 years | live in In
diana. about 50 miles from Chicago
and one mile north OF La Porte.
am the sole owner OF nice home.
pretty location.
There are rs acres OF land. also .
all kinds OF crops. improved land. q
apples, pluns and currants I am
on q boulevard road and have