The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-07
NEW HORRORS
TO TRAGEDY
5 DISMEMBERED BODIES
ARE FOUND BURIED
NEAR THE BURNED
GUINNESS HOME
-OFFICERS
AT SEA.


by>the Guinness fir, the death OF
Mrs. Guinness and three children
in the flames and the arrest OF
Ray Lamphere on the charge OF
setting fire to the house. Yet
these sensations are in measure
mild, compared to that produced
Tuesday when it became known
that several bodies had been
found buried in the Guinness yard
these evidently being victims OF
the woman. One body has been
positively identified as that OF
Andrew Helgelein, the wealthy
Aberdeen bachelor, who came to
LaPorte in January and who dis
appeared about the first of Feb
ruary. The second body is be-
lieved to be that of Miss Jennie
Olson Guinness, who disappeared
in September, 1906, and who was
reported by Mrs. Guinness to have
gone away to school.
The finding that Mrs. Guinness
had private graveyard and was
furnishing her own victims has
shaken the city to its depths. Five
bodies were unearthed Tuesday.
lust how many more are in the
ground surrounding the house re-
mains to be determined. The
identity of four of these bodies
is not positive, and it is possible
that it may never be known who
some of them are. Looming up
before the officers in this connec-
ton, is the belief that Lamphere
knew something of the murder of
Helgelein, for after the latter had
disappeared Lamphere displayed
a gun in local barbershop and is
reported to have said that he was
after somebody. He was also
seen to wear fur-lined overcoat,
which Helgelein had when he
came to LaPortc.
The new developments in the
case are due to the arrival at La
Porte of Ask X. Helgelein of
Mansfield, S. d., in search of his
brother, Andrew, becatse not
since he left his home had any
word been received from him.
The brother knew that Andrew
had gone to LaPorte in January
to see Mrs. Guinness, whom he
had become acquainted with a
year ago through a matrimonial
bureau. The brother knew that
the two had been corresponding,
for he had the letters which had
been received from Mrs. Guinness.
These letters are written in Nor
wegian and nearly all begin, ITO
the dearest friend | have in the
world" These letters are now in
possession OF the officers and may
cast considerable light on the
case. Being unable to understand
why he did not hear from his
brother or why he did not return
to Aberdeen, Mr.. Helegelein
wrote to Mrs. Guinness and re-
ceived the reply that his brother
had gone to Norway from La
Porte. Mr.. Helgelein, learned
through the Aberdeen bank that
his brother had drawn $4,000 and
so, last week, when he found in
the papers of the Guinness fire,
the death of Mrs. Guinness and
three children and the arrest of
Lamphere he started for LaPorte
to personally investigate the mat
ter He arrived Monday and af-
ter obtaining all the information
possible, he held a consultation
with Sheriff Shutter, as result
OF which gang of men was put
TO work to see what could be UNI
earthed around the house. A care
full search of the ground was
made and finally two soft places
were discovered. One was in the
southeast corner and so a number
OF men began digging there. Four
feet under ground the diggers
struck a number of gunny sacks,
which when brought to the sur
face and opened were found to
contain the dismembered body of
man. 1t did not take the Da-
kota man long to identity his
brother. Previous to the search
complete description of the mis-
sing man had been furnished the
officers by Mr.. Helgelein and this
tailed exactly with the body that
was unearthed. The arms, legs
and head had been sawed off and
the work had been done with
such nicely that the officers are
puzzled. This body had not been
buried over three months.
After this body was unearthed,
the second soft spot was uncover
ed. Digging brought to the sur
face the body of what appears to
have been a girl. This leads the
officers to believe that it is the re-
mains of Miss Jennie Guinness,
who disappeared in September,
1906, and who was reported by
Mrs. Guinness to have gone to
Los Angeles, Cal, to attend
school. AS the sister, Mrs. Os-
trander, had not heard from this
sister since she left LaPorte she
came to LaPorte last week under
the impression that possibly her
body too would be found. She is