The Washington herald., 1908-05-11

to Cause Death and AfterWard
Dismembered the Remains.
LaDorte, Ind. May 1O.-Information OBJ
tanned tonight seems TO add one more
to the list Of murders committed by Mrs.
Belle Guinness. This time the victim Is
a six months old baby. When Mr. and
Mrs Guinness came to Laporte. in the
summer Of 1902, they brought with them
an infant always supposed TO have been
their own. In November Of the same
year this child died.
i have not the slightest doubt" said
Or. H. II. Martin tonight. that the
woman strangIed that child"
Dr. Martin told your correspondent that
one day in November, 1902, Mrs. Guinness
sent for him to come and see the baby
He said: Il responded and found that
while there were slight bronchial troubles,
there was no symptom Of any serious
illness. The second day after that was
called from my bed at %
morning TO go out to the Gun
L drove out there and fom
dead It had all the symptol
from oedema Of the lungs, al
the cause that gave in the
tif1cate. Oedema Of the lungs
the lungs have becOms filled
or some other throat dischars
the patient has thus sufocate
at all an uncommon cause of
fants. But in the light of VIII
of Mrs GUINNESS, there is
my mind that she suangled o
that child.
Believes She Is Ali
DR.. Martin is one Of those
that Belle Guinness is still alN
the woman's body found III
her burned home is that of
tim Of her lust for blood
running all around town Ike
the day before the fre?" he
complaining of Lamphere,
having her will made. and
feared for her life?"
Ray Lamphere is still locked
accused Of having set the Cur
afire. He still asserts his inn
The grand jury that viii
meets tomorrow. but may
case until later in the week.
The county council is to meet here
next Friday II will undoubtedly offer a
reward for the capture of Mrs. Guinness
Several OF the members Of the council
favor making the reward S5.0o0 and this
will probably be done. although others
would prefer SOo00. Sheriff Smulzer is
still so sure that Mrs. Guinness is dead
that he is against offering any reward
at all. but Sis wishes will not be con-
sidered in the matter.
introduced to Victims.
James Iauer and Wesley Fogle, both
local merchants, said to-day that Mrs.
Guinness had at different times introduced
them to two men. each Of whom she said
was her respective husband and was
from North Dakota one Of the men
was the luckless Andrew Helgelein. but
neither Lauer nor Fogle could remember
the others name
Coroner Mack to-day got letter from
Wesley Fries. of Richmond Center, Wis.
saying that a forty -year-old friend OF
his had disappeared. and would the coro-
ner see if any of the Guinness victims
answered his description. The missing
man had a crippled foot, and lived in
Medina, n Oak. The coroner would not
tell what the Medina mans name was.
but said that none Of the victims thus
far dug up answered the description.
Probably Used Poison.
The impression among those who have
given this battling case the closest study
is now almost unanimous that either poi
son or chlOroform was the means by
which Belle Guinness killed her victims.
Save for the systematic mutilation Of the
arms and legs for greater convenience in
burying and the invariable decapitation,
none OF the bodies exhumed shows any
sign of violence, and the mutlation is Of
such a character. that it must in every
| case have been performed subsequent to
death
There is the additional reason that Mrs.
Guinness, big as she was. could scarcely
have killed strong men by attacking them
openly. and even had she been able 10 do
this. it would surely have alarmed her
entire household
Poison, therefore. is the logical dedue-
ton. and having poisoned her victims,
the murderer undoubtedly waited for their
blood TO CONCEAL before beginning the
process Of dismembering. BY this means
her deeds we're less bloody than other
wise they would have been, and Iessened
the chances Of discovery.
DuE Up Brothers Body.
It was the fate of AISLE Helgeleln 10 dig
up with his own hands from Mrs. Gun
ness corpse PLOT the m0lderiHg, mutt
/ lated fragments Of the bo1y that had
once been his brother Andrew. the last
Of the many victims Of the amazing
murderess Until now the secret Of JUST
how the hunt for victims started has
never been told Sheriff Smulzer knew
and so did County Attorney Smith. but
fer reasons Of their oaa hey have kept
silent
This morning. however ur CORE
spondent found the ma T 1om the
surviving Helgeiein droH raos town
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