The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-07

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the sweetheart of murdered Jennie
Olsen. The other was middle-aged
Swede from Minnesota. who had an
swered, one OF Mrs. Guinness matri-
monial advertisements. He spent sew
eral days here. during which time he
had draft for $1,000 honored on
Minneapolis bank. The money Is said
To have been given 10 Mrs. Guinness.
Sheriff Smulzer is said to have Sc
cured this mans name from La
Porte bank cashier. but he will not an
noAnce IL.
Played Cupid by Mail.
That Mrs. Guinness used the malls
frequently TO lure on her dupes, Is the
assertion OF Postmaster Small. Short
iy after the death OF Philip Guinness
her second husband. In 1903, Mrs.
Guinness received from four TO a
dozen letters day. They came in
answer 10 an advertisement she had
inserted In a Chicago matrimonial
paper.
Prosecutor Smith still believes that
Ray Lamphere. Mrs. Guinness former
hired man, with whom she had been
Lnfriendly. shortly before she Is re-
ported TO have been burned up In her
home with her three children. knows
all about the Widows murderous ca
reer and is not telling the truth. Smith
thinks he can prove that Lamphere.
in AT OF jealous rage. augmented
by fear that she might hetray his part
In the crimes. set fire to her house to
kill her.
Others still cling to the belief that
Mrs. Guinness had the house set on
fire that the public might think she
had been burned up and that she sub
sttuted the headless body found for
her own. Those who maintain this
theory believe the woman Is now on
her way to Norway.
Seven are Mems Bodies.
OF the nine bodies found, seven are
those OF men. The two smaller bodies
which were believed to be those OF
Ichildren, on examination, proved other
wise
The best clew which has yet been
found came following the discovery
OF the three bodies. John A.
Welker, a liveryman. and Leo Wade.
his employe. told OF having carted
heavy trunks to the Guinness farm
I'm the summer and autumn OF 1906.
Clyde Sturgis, employed by Foster
and Degarmo. another livery con-
Germ, remembered that he took two
smaller trunks TO the place about
a year ago. In addition. several
heavy boxes. marked variously "Po'
tatoes.' and wall paper" were
carted TO the house at different times.
| Wade asserted that his experience
In taking the trunks to Mrs. Guinness
was unpleasant. He had to take the
| trunks In the cellar way. Mrs. Gun
ness. he said, had acted suspiciously
| John A. Walker, liveryman Of this
place, last summer and during the
summer OF 1906. delivered eight
trunks at the home OF Mrs. Guinness.
Another trunk was taken there by
Michael Tracey, an expressman.
A Powerful Woman.
Mrs. Guinness was woman OF
great physical strength, and those
who knew her assert that to dras
200 pounds across yard would have
been comparatively easy for her. A
drayman who delivered furniture tc
the house when Mrs. Guinness first
moved there, In 1900, recalled that she
aided In carrying several heavy pieces
of furniture up stairway. she
could lug weight as we'll as most men
| have worked with" he declared.
Despite the known strength OF
Mrs. Guinness, officers seeking to fast.
en- responsibility for the numerous
deaths upon the woman. are not con.
WINGED that she was unaided In the
horrifylng work.
| Another mystery has developed In
the series OF murders committed in
and around the Guinness house. Sheriff
Smulzer commenced an investigation
into the disappearance OF ole Buds.
berg. OF lola, Wis. He came to La.
porte in March. 1907. He was &C.
quainted with Mrs. Guinness and, In
company with her, visited the Laporte
Savings bank, where he deposited a
note for $1,000 to be collected by the
Farmers State bank, OF lola, Wis.
The note was paid April. G. 1907,
and Budsberg received $1,000 from
the Laporte bank. He has never been
seen since that time.
Nephew's Deposition.
John Larson, OF 1872 Francisco-ave.
Chicago, 20 years old. "a nephew. OF
Mrs. Guinness, Is here trying to ar
range, 10 take the four bodies found
In the ruins Of the fire to Chicago
which he believes are the bodies OF
his aunt. Mrs Belle Guinness. and her
children, Myrtle. Lucy and Phillip.
The nephew made deposition be
fore the coroner.
He said:
my aunt was born In Thorndhjem
Norway. where she still has a sister
and brother living. Her maiden
name was Belle Paulsen. She was
as years old and came TO this country
rs years ago. My mother Is her sis
ter.
MY aunt had weakness for adopt.
Ing children. She was a queer woman
nnd there was arrangement In the
family with her for about Is years.
MY aunt wanted TO adopt my old.
est sister 10 years ago. but my faith
CT objected. This caused the family
estrangement. She adopted Jennie
Olson when Jennie was eight years
old"
Mrs Nellie Larson, No 992 Fran.
ciscoave.. Chicago. sister OF Mrs. Gun.
ness. according TO dispatches from
that city. said:
MY sister was crazy for money
When she was girl, she never
seemed 10 care for a man for his
own sake, but only for the Injuries
he could give her She frequently told
me that she never would have lived