The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-06


bodies already unearthed, Sheriff
| Smultzer and Coroner Mack VIII con
tinue their search tomorrow for othel
alleged victims of Mrs. Belle Guinncs
who, to all indications. was one q
| the most tiendish murderesses of Tho
century and who was recently KILLED
with her three children through the
burning of her country home, one
mile northeast of La Porte.
OF the bodies so far unearthcd two
have been identified, They are those
of Andrew Helgilein. a wealthy bach.
elor OF Mansfield S. D., and Miss ,Ien.
ME Olsen. the eleven year old step.
daughter of Mrs. Guinnes. The other
three bodies are so badly decomposed
as to make Identification impossible.
brought about by the appearance of
John Telgelein of Mansfield. s. ID +,
brother Of Andrew Helgelein, In La
Porte in search OF the missing man.
With the information that his brother
Mrs. Guinnes and that he had turned
over his property to her he became
convinced that he had been made u
victim of foul play.
Hired Mans Story.
While questioning Joseph Manson,
hired man on the Guinness farm,
he learned Of the mysterious digging
of holes by him. all them being filed
at later date by Mrs. Guinness
He led Helgelein and the officers to
the spot where holes had been dug
about l50 feet from the house and
there after digging was uncovered the
body of Helgecin. The remains We're
only four feet under the ground and
were enclosed in a gunny sack. The
| legs and arms had been dismembered
but were with the trunk. Thirty feet
further on the remains Of four other
nersons were found. Lying on tor
| of a mattress were the skeletons OF
two men and n woman. Underneath
the mattress was the body of an IL
year-old girl. said to be Jennie Olsen
All the bodies were taken in charge
by the coroner
Clearing House For Murderers.
The discovery OF the bodies led ar
lexpressman to tell OF the delivery OF
five trunks to the Guinness farm dur
ing the last six months aud this fac
has caused the authorities to worl
on the theory that the place was
clearing house for murderers. They
suspect that wealthy persons, ate
being lured to Chicago and killed
we're packed In these trunks and Sent
to La Porte and disposed OF
Two Husbands Tragic Ends.
Developments today also caused
the authorities TO recall that the tive
husbands OF Mrs. Guinness had die,
under suspicious circumstances. boil
meeting violent deaths. The FIST
Edward Sorreuson. was insured foi
sS 500 and the second. Guinness. fol
$500. This insurance was paid Owe
to Mrs. Guinness by the companies.
Lamphere An Accomplice.
Ray Lamphere former hired maj
of Hrs Guinness who was arrcste'
after the woman's house had been De
stroyed by FIRE and the bodies o
Mrs. Guinness and her three childreI
found in the ruins. was charged wit
numbering the fanny. He viii nov
he accrsed of being an aeompliee o
| Mrs. Guinness in numbering the a
lleged victims of the Ia Porte woman
II is believed that I.amphere. angerei
because Mrs Guinness refused q
keep him supplied with money iilie'
her and the children ont Of reveng
and then fired the house to GOV
the crime
II developed tonight tSat amrher
had been wearing fur overcoa'
answering the description of the on
/ belonging to Andrew Helgelein sev
oraI times during February. Mrs
Guinness also wore the coat On set
| eral occasions aud when asked cor
cerning it stated that e had bee
given her by an admirer.
Needed the Pistol.
I.amphere is also said to have On
tered a barber in Ia Porte durini
the South Dakota mans visit with