Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-21

give him more than ST., and he told her
On Sunday night, after he and the negress
O'Clock, the two went together to the Gun
ness house, letting themselves in by key
which he had, and going quietly so not
TO disturb another hired man. who was in
which he had purchased for Mrs, Guinness
before Helgelein disappeared, and part Of
which he put into another bottle, the two
ing it under her nose until she became
quiet. The little boy was in bed with her.
They then gave some to the two children,
who were in bed in another room. l asked
him to explain how all were together when
found. He said he did not know, that he
was pretty drunk, but that was the way he
remembered it.
They then searched the house for the
large sum Of money which they felt sure
was nldden IN the house, but found only a
small amount. He did not set the house on
the negress did not do 1t, for she was as
drunk as he. He stoutly protested that he
had not arranged a candle so that it would
Durn and later set fire to the place, and
that he had nothing in his mind more than
to get money enough to have big time
with.
Ran as He Saw House Burning.
He and the negress left the house to-
gether and at a certain point in the road
she went home and he went running away,
greatly afraid because he saw the house
burning. I advised him to tell the story 70
the prosecuting attorney and save the coun-
" the cost Of the trial and his sisters the
expense Of defending him. l told him |
would see Attorney Smith and ask him to
be easy on him, and allow him to consult
made.
prayed with him and promised to call
and bring with me Bible, for which he
asked. The next day, Saturday, I called
again, taking with me two sheets of paper,
ON which had written the statement which
he had made the previous afternoon. 1 told
him how. he had been seen alone in the
field, and cautioned him that the negress
ought not to be brought into it If she had
not been with him, and told him that At
torney Smith had secuted the idea that the
negress had gone with him, and she had
accounted for herself the whole night
through.
l also said that no one would believe that
he mad not set the house on fire. and with
some slight variations he repeated the story
as | had written it down, agreeing to sign
it and give it to Smith. I left the Bible
with him with marked passages in It. I
met Smith almost Immediately after leav-
ing the jail and told him Lamphere was
going to confess
advised him to arrest the negress, but
he attached no Importance to it, and L
urged MIN to let Lamphere have a lawyer.
He asked me IT Lamphere had confessed,
and made an eyasive answer. After the
next Sunday services l went to Baltimore
TO attend the general conference of the
Methodist church. 1t was while l was
there that the discoveries that so aroused
Til" country were made. And Of the de-
who visited the scene and collected the
items Of the story.
Reasons for His Silence.
It was several times suggested that /
visit Lamphere after my return, but 1 re-
fused to go. I still feel that the commun1
cation was privileged, that I owed 1t to his
sisters and refuse to make it public until
now, and that the church whose minister
| was at Laporte had right to expect ST.
lenCe from me, and that failure on my part
to keep the confession secret might deter
others needing the encouragement of
Christian preacher from opening his heart
to some man of God.
DR.. Schell prepared the statement of
no confession with view to furnishing
., 10 Prosecuting Attorney Smith at La
porte, who asked for it after Lamphere's
death, December 80. On January l he
was visited by a reporter and asked to
give it to the public. This he refused
to do ant asserted that today is the first
time he communicated the facts of the
Lamphere confession to any one.
No Mention of Jennie Olson.
He does not know what became of the
brief statement Me wrote and gave to
Lampnere in Jail, but thinks it was de-
stroyed. He believes Lamphere would
have made the full confession to Attor-
ney Smith but for the general conference
at Baltimore which took him from the
scene.
DR.. Schell was presiding elder Of the
northwest Indiana conference for six
years just preceding the murder Of Mrs
Guinness. He became president of Iowa
Wesleyan university about two years
ago No mention of Jennie Olson was
made Co Dr. Schel in any of the CONVEX
sations with Lamphere, and nothing was
said to indicate that she had not died
long before the fire which destroyed the
Guinness house.