The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-17
Answer to Letter.


 of Helgelein and he wrote again to Mrs. Gunness receiving reply as follows:
 La Porte, Ind, April Il, 1908. MT. A. K. Helgelein.
 Your letter I have received some days ago, but have not been able to answer in regard to your brother. l have tried every which way to find some trace of him. The man who told me he is in South Dakota is named Lamphere, who worked for me for a while. He said he had heard 1t for some one he knew in Mans field, and he had also probably told them about the 5000. I knew right away that is was a lie. But this Lamphere began to find so many wrong things to talk about, until at last they took and arrested him and they had three days to examine him and see if he was right. They found him not quite crazy enough to put in hospital. But perfectly sane he is not He is now out under bonds and Is going to have a trial next week, therefore there is no foundation to the stories told but one thing l am sure of is that he in one way or another has taken the letter from Andrew he had sent to me. The man who is now work ing for me found a piece of the letter in the barn door one evening when Lam
  this paper, but l know his writing and it was written to a woman, and it seems he had thought of coming back in May l and it is very natural that he Oamphere) has also fot hold of other of his letters, 1 but to find out positively in regard to this 1 is almost impossible.
 "Others have told me that Lamphere l was jealous of Andrew and for that l reason troubled me this way, but to me l ha I I mention it to him when Andrew left. This | Lamphere drank so much and l got the l impression that he was not quite right and others say the same. Now, this is what Andrew himself told me, and l be- 1 leye it to be true. Andrew had sent to him d lot of money when he was here. Some of this l got for a mortgage which he had made over to him and a l lot of cash money. but I do not think it 1 was so much, but he had a lot of checks 1 but as far as I know l think they were all payable to himself, and he had other valuable papers.
 q think it would be best for you to i sell the farm and creatures so as you can come here in May. When Andrew comes up there again, which he no doubt will some time, be sure and do not tell him that I told you this or do not tell it to the other either. I must now do the best | I can here and we must hope that all will come out we'll l think it is this half-crazed Lamphere who has started all this, but there is hardly anything tc do about it.
 BELLE GUINNESS" l Third Letter.
 Following third inquiry came this let ter:
 La Porte, Ind, April 24 1908. MT. A. K. Helgelein:
 Your welcome letter I have received for which I thank you. It is a wonder to me as well as for you as to where Andrew keeps himself. It is very strange that the man should go away without his belongings. I cannot remember the accurate date he left LaPorte, but it was either the 10th or 16th of January. My little daughter, IA years old, took hin to the street car then. He went by way of Michigan City Two or three days aft erward l had letter from him in Chi cago, saying that he had hunted for hii >brother but did not find him and that th' next day he would look around the board of trade to get track of his brother. II he could not find him he would go to New York and find out if he had gone tt | Norway. As I said before, he asked me nt to answer his letter until had one xrAm him. This is all that can tell