The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-13

VIII uleu ICCcully III inc INDIANA pen
itentlary at Michigan City. while sery-
ing life term for completely In the
murders on the farm of Mrs. Bella
Guinness. near LaPorte, Ind, did not
carry the secrets of the Guinness char
mel farm to the tomb with him, ac-
cording to copyrighted story In the
Post-Dispatch today. When he belicv-
cd death was near, he confessed.
The confession was made TO the
Rev. Dr.. E. A. Schell. formerly pastor
of the Laporte Methodist church,
now president OF the Iowa Wesleyan
University at Mount Pleasant. Iowa,
and held by him inviolate as a secret
of the confessional. The Post-Dispatch
says DR.. Schell would verify. If he
would consent 10 break the silence,
the confession 1t publishes. The Post
patch. however, says the confession
was made to a man of unasSailable
character.
Lamphere, according to the confes-
sion, had a guilty knowledge OF the
murder OF three men In the Guinness
home during the time he lived there,
about eight months In 1907. and he
| assisted Mrs, Guinness in disposing OF
the bodies OF three men.
He said he thought he had not re.
ceived as much Of the profits Of the
transaction as he considered himself
entitled to and he went to the farm
house at night with woman. chloro-
formed Mrs. Guinness. her three chill
! dren and Jennie Olsen. He and the
woman searched the house, finding be-
tween $50 and $40.
I The light they used was candle
! and they left the house without know
ing they had left behind spark that
soon burst into flames.
! Mrs Guinness method of numbering
her victims was first to chloroform
! them as they slept. If the drug did not
itself kill, to sever the heads with
I an ak.
Each time a man was to be mur-
! dered, according to Lamphere, she sent
| him to purchase chloroform. Lam
/ phere said he saw one OF the men
Killed and aided in burying all three
( These men were Andrew Helgeleln
and probably Ole Budsberg and Ton
nes Peterson Lier Helgelein, Lam.
phcre thought, was the third husband
OF Mrs Guinness.
At the time of the Lamphere trial
I [
/ killed by Mrs. Guinness Lamphere.
| however, details how Mrs. Guinness
| had secreted her in the house after
she returned from visit and she was
/ chloroformed by Lempherc and his
/ accomplicc.
Mrs. Guinness informed Lnmphere
OF the coming of her victims. The
| first Inan to be killed was from Min
q nesota He never awoke from his
sleep in the Guinness house. In the
darkness Lamphere was ordered by
Mrs. Guinness to drop eunnysack and
! its contents In hole that had been
made 10y another farm hand for rub
bish. Mrs. Guinness never told him
what became OF the man, but Lamp
here received money from Mrs. Gun
| ness.
Within a month another man ar
rived He wanted to know his rights
before paying off the mortgage on the
| Gupness farm and Mrs. Guinness took
him to st. Joseph. Michigan, Lamp
here thought, where theV were mar
ried a few nights after they came
back there was another buryinG.
I.amphere received money once
more from Mrs Guinness. and. he said.
he became the trusted ally OF Mrs.
Guinness.
Then Andrew Helgelein came from
South Dakota with a check for ST.
4 $50. 90. This was cashed and Hell
gelein was given to understand he was
nothing more than farm hand. Lamp
here was sent on an errand TO Mich
iean CITY to remain all night He re"
turned to the Guinness home and.
through a hole in the floor, heard Hell
gelein groaa In distress. He was beg
ging Mrs. Guinness to send for doc
tor. 1t was chloral she had given
! Helgelcin, according to Lamphere.
Presently Helgelein fell to the floor
and Lamphere said no saw Mrs. Gun
ness strike the PROSTATE form and end
the mans life.
Lamphere. the following night, bur
led this body with Mrs. Guinness as
sistance Shortly after Mrs. Guinness
and Lamphere Quarreled over money
and he was ordered or the farm. She
put her money in the bank the after
noon before Lamphere. seeking mon
ey. chloroformed all in the house,
robbed and set fire to the place.
Lamphere said he was drunk the
night he visited the place. He thought
he would find $1,500-
I.amphere said the chloroform he
used vas a part Of tho quantities he
bought for Mrs. Guinness.
I.amphere did not desire the death
! OF the Gunpess children and Jennie
Olsen. His first question when he was
arrested on suspicion OF having set
fire TO the house was whether the chill
dren had escaped. He did not even
intend to kill Mrs. Guinness.
Although he confessed to greater
crimes. he did not admit that he In
tentionally started the fire in which
Mrs. Guinness and the children per
ished.
Once he was willing to enter for
NAL plea OF guilty to that charge In
the hope of lenlency. but when he
learned that In the confession OF ars-
| Co. lon ~