Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
LIGHT ON GUINNESS MYSTERY.
J. q. TruslsoA, IT., a. Vernon, Tex,
Says He Helped Ia Porte Woman
TOOK WIFE THERE 10 BE KILLED
JeweIry In Ruins MARKED with
womsn's name and she IL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "a
Withdrawn.

LA PORTE. Ind, June l.-Wlth the re-
tdrn today ofsheriff smutzer from Vernon,
Tex. where ne went 10 Investigate the
alleged confession OF a New York man
named Trueisoh, who wrote to Prosecutor
Smith that be had been an accomplish Of
Mrs. Guinness In several of her murders,
the details Of the sequel to that confession
will become known, The sheriff is not
bringing Trielson back with him for the
reason thatit IL claimed the confession does
not hold good. having been made by the
prisoner in order 20 escape a forgery charge
In Texas.
The confessions II true, viii solve many Of
the mysteries of the Guinness murder farm
at Pa Porte, Ind. and would hang both
Trueison and Ray LAmpheTe, the La Porte
suspect now under indictment. The Vernon,
Tex, prisoner is p years old and gives the
name Of Julius G. Trueison, Jr. He claims
to be the son of a wealthy manufacturer.
Truelson has been in jail there since
March 20. charged with swindlinE by repre-
sentlng himself to be Jonathan G. Thaw OF
Pittsburg, a cousin OF Harry X. Thaw and
passing many forged checks.
TrueIson Disposed of wife.
According to the alleged confession Of
Truelson, he took his wife, Mae Frances
O'Reiney OF Rochester. n. Y, to the
Guinness farm to have her put out OF the
way and helped Lamphere bury her. and
assisted in disposing of six other bodies at
the Guinness farm.
Mae o'Reilly is missing. Truelson jr., has
since ,retracted the alleged confession. The
police OF Rochester tried ten days ago 10
find her and reported that she had disap-
peared about the time Truelson. according
TO he confession" took her to La Porte
20 have her killed so that be could marry
again. Jewelry bearing the name OF Mae
+. O'Reiliy was found in the Guinness
ruins.
Further, Truelson ''confesses' that he in.
tended to take his second wife. Sarah
Arabella Vreeland, daughter Of c. H.. Vree-
land of East Ninty-thlrd street, Canarsie.
L. l., with whom he eloped in March last,
to the Guinness farm.
All that prevented him, the confession
says. was a letter from Mrs. Guinness tell
ing him that the sheriff was making in
qulries about the disappearance Of some Of
her victims and tina he hould come alone.
Too Young to Marry Her.
In his confession" Truelson said he can
read Danish we'll enough to understand, but
cannot speak the language. and that early
In 1904 kesresd Mrs. Guinness matrimonial
advertisement IN a Danish paper published
in Miiwapkee and by correspondence ar
ranged to meet her in the Sherman house,
Chicago.
From there he ~adebmpanied her to La
Porte. staying over night, and was told
that, although he "a no, money and was
too young to marry her, she could put him
in the way of making considerable money
by helping to dispose of bodies Of persons
who died under her care.
Truelson declared in the confession. -
that Mrs. Guinness told him che was prao-
tlcing as a midwife Illegally and that many
Of her patients died. and It was part of
her contract to dispose Of the bodies. She
said she had one man, but 1t required two
to do the work.
Sheriff Shutter reached La Porte this
forenoon. He said:
Il will continue the Investigation into
the alleged confession of Truelson, even
though he has since ~repudiated 1T
Relatives Say story IL False.
NEW YORK, June 1.-Julius G. Truelson,
the young man whose alleged confession
in connection with the Guinness farm mys-
terry and his subsequent retraction was
made public today, is believed by his family
to be mentally unsourd. His brother,
Harry, said julius had been irresponsible
since he was struck by a trolley car in
Broadway here five years ago julius sus-
tanned injury to the skull at that time, the
brother said. and Harry believes his brain
affected. Harry said the story told by
julius Of his connection with the Guinness
farm affair could not possibly be true, as
Julius was serving a sentence in Elmira
reformatory at the time covered by the
alleged confession. Young Truelson's
family are in fairly good circumstances
They say they have exhausted every effort
in an unsuccessful attempt to reform Julius
and they will have nothing more to do with
him.