New-York tribune., 1910-01-14
I,AMPHERES STORY
rxrLEGED CONFESSION
Kued Guuuess Family By Mis-
.ake-Helped Bury Three.

.e Tar. 1z-Confrmation OF 'ae
~ Belle Guinness and some oe-
as.L- her method OF staying the ten pei
iaiis y - bodies we're found buried on
s,-n, near Laporte, lno-' were p-o
nes as,- ~, The St Louis Post-A'is-
iS-ie~ = copyrighted story The DIS
papl,-. -,-+-+aa an alleged confession mace
pe0.. s-,rhere. Mrs. Gannesss hired
q sgeistant who died from tuberca-
I''0-- - aavs ego al Michigan City
.o.' 80 serving a prison sentenced io'
i"1-' -. ezr,rness house. incihsTatilis
buFAll.s l-- .1sr three children and Jen-
ne Olsen. sel1aIl
- ~ Laporta and nov pres!deIle OF
-. WESLEYAN University az A1oD4i' :
-, heard Lampheres cohA@ssioa
- o1+s- he was arrested IA April
s.ll = - ,ze,,ss thst he divulged this
..-7,s 5ost-pixpateh' says that II bT-
-.A.-r .no,,i6 consent 70 talk he "oula
80, the published confession Accord
:. ,be naper. Il vas obtained from a
,-sn sf character and rrurhful1ess. whose
-.s1sfnr fa the community where he lives
: s,eh rhat his word is accepted TitaonI
ezsstien. ..-..s 49,
rarnhers said that he had assisted tbs
--,--,.-,-zs-s~s sr disposing Of the bodies OF
t5-ee men. He saw enc ot the men killed
- s+5ed Il, b,Irv!nr all three These men
-s-s A-s-suv Eelgelzin and probably Ole
pvasnsrg and Tonaess Petersen Lien
Ts-nnhers said he thought he had not re-
,sirss SIS much nonsy for his part in dis
-osizg Of the bodies as he considered HIM
s4'f ezrftlsd 70. and that. with a woman ac-
r.rrr7foe. he vent % the farmhouse at
-;vtr cnlo-ofor1ned Mrs. Guinness, her
,hrAe children and Jennie Olsen. and robned
re bouse Of between $50 and so
7he light they used vas q candle, ana
.bez Ieft the house without knowing that
.bev Rad left spark behind tflat soon
burst inro flames
Mrs Gum ess's method Of killing her VIC
tins. Lanphers said. was first 70 chloro-
foru, them as they slept. and then. if the
drug did not itself KIN, to sever the heads
With zn axe.
I: was in 1907. according 10 the con
fession while Lamphere lived il the Gun
ress home, that he assisted Mrs. Guinness
II dispostng OF the bodies Of the three men
Zach time H-sn was 70 be murdered. ac-
cording 70 Lauphere. 1f-s. Guinness sent
hin 70 purchase chIoroform-
Lien, cne of tne -icrinas. was thought By
Lznphere 70 be the third husband OF MIS-.
szunress AZ the time Of the Lamphers
trial L was thought Jennie Olsen, whom
Lazuphe-s says he chloroforG1ed. had been
Killed By Mrs Guinness. q girls body hav-
lng beer found buried IN the yard This
eupposed murder remains 2 mystery
The confession details how Mrs Guinness
informed Lanplers OF the coming OF her
--.crinns The first man killed was from
Minnesota He never awoke from his sleep
4 rhs Guinness home. IN the darkness
Ianphe-e vas ordered by Mrs Gunness 70
dump gu-zy sack and rs contents in a
hse that had been made b. another farm
hsze fer rubbish.
Ers. Guinness never toId him what be
oarns CT the man. but Lamphere received
money from Mrs. Guinness Within A
rnoaln another man arrived He wanted TO
know his rights before paying Of the mort
szss oa The Guinness farm and Mrs Gun
nsS took him to St. Joseph, Mich. where,
lsupas-e thought. they were married \
fs- nisas after The. tame back there was
sn5--er bursl-1s. Lamphere received money
ente u.a-e from Mrs Guinness.
Then And-ew Eelgelein came from South
Dakota with check for s. .895. This was
esshed, and Lamphere was sent on an er-
rsad % Michigan CRY, TO remain all night
Ee returned 70 the Guinness home, ana
through a hole IN The floor heard Helgelein
Froaa II distress and beg Mrs. GUINNESS 10
send fer doctor.
vas chloraI she had given Helgelein,
secording 70 L.auphere. Presently Helge-
en- tel 70 the floor. and Lauphere said he
ssT Mrs Gunness strike the PROSTATE form
Win en axe and end the mans life.
gH the following night Lamphere buried
t1is body, with Mrs. Gnnness's assistance.
Shorty afterward Mrs. Guinness and Lam
2AeFe duarreled ever money and he was
ordered OF the farm She put her money
II the bank the afternoon before Lamnhere,
seeking money, caloroformed all in the
aouse and robbed and set fire 10 the place
La-nphe-e said he was drunk the night he
Tisitsd rhe place. He thought lie would
fnd E51a
LsPorte Ind, Jan. 1S.-ofieers and attor-
aeEs here place little faith is the alleged
eonfesslon cf Ray Lamphere, printed II st
Louis to-day County Prosecutor Smith and
l. Il TT-crden. counsel for Lamphere, point
clt What they declare are weak points in
the confession
key p1lnL GU mat Jennie Olsen diSap-
Feared long before Lamplaere knew Mrs.
'zZnaess. Her body was found buried in
ne yard and identified. Only four bodies
we're found IL the Ere ruins, apparently
those Of Mrs. Guinness and her three chill
orea.
T22ey also say that Lanpbere could not
aaEs purchased chIoroIorm for Mrs. Gun
ness 70 use in killing Budsberg and Len.
necause LanpIlere was not acquainted with
--Fs. Guinness al the time that Budsberg
s-e Lien were killed He might have been
connected with the death Of Andrew Helge-
len
Aae statement that Lien was Mrs. Cum
1kSs taiTd husband IS declared to be in
eefsectr As there are no records Of her hav~
Y mere than two acknowledgements
no died in Chicago under mysterious cir
e2aastaTces. and Peter Guinness. killed IN
an accident
Il l. Finley. brother-in-lav Of Lamphere
fa1a tonight that he doubted the authen-
elg ot the confession. He agrees with
'''sec4Ior Smith that the only confession
a-sde vas given 70 the Rev a II Sciel
arden Reid of the Indiana state prison
&C Tonight that Larphere made no state
1'eai while In prison.
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