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Ifcrlflient*,lam ;Ted to beliaww 4M In . UPorte, uoordlni to the I aunt perfectly, and that she had wrlt-1ft M.D. A. Sorensen, first hoaband cemetery record*. |ten to Jennie 01 eon several times at-ffXrs. Belle Gunness, was poisoned.** It Is the knowledge of this girl, Jen-1 ter the family removed to LaPorte. j Thin opinion, expressed by Or. J. nle Gunness, which seems to be lack-1 Mrs. Howard said that it seemed im-t. Miller, 533 North Fifty-second ave- ing. Chicago acquaintances who vis-1 possible to her to think that her aunt ne, Austin, set the police working ited Mrs. Gunness In LaPorte 'say I could have anything to do with the ist evening with unusual, energy to they never heard of this child’s death, I murders which are believed to have ather the Chicago history of tbe or even that such a child ever was I taken place at her home, roman, and the deeper they got into boro In the Gunness family. I “There was something strangebe affair the more puzzled they be- It is a peculiar fact, possibly of no I about my aunt,” Mrs. Howard said, ame. significance, that none of the children I “and people didn’t understand her. IfAssistant Chief Schnettler instltut- named above lived to be a year old, I she did these things she must have d the investigation more In a spirit and that all of them, as well as Mads I beep crazy.”f clearing the records than anything Sorenson, died In either April or Au-1 When asked about tbe death of Sor-Jse, but he had not proceeded far un- gust. I enson, Mrs. Howard said that he hadU he found the case was of the ut- Cloud Ovsr Babies' Identity. I died of heart failure and she supposed aost importance and directed Lieut Mystery attaches to the real iden-1 the talk that was aroused at the time fathew Zimmer of the Austin police tlty of tbe little boy and girl babies I grew from the suddenness of his tatlon to take special charge. claimed as her own by Mrs. Gunness. I death and the fact that he left 98,000Jkidence dug up today convinced! It is declared by her former neigh-1 insurance. Mrs. Howard said that he police that Mads- Sorensen, the I bors that not one really belonged to I her sisters and brothers would prob-krst husband of Mrs. Belle Gunness, I her and that only one, Jennie OlBon.lably contest the will that Mrs. Gun-rho died at his home In AuBtin nine j was legally adopted, the others being I ness * had made, leaving her entire rears ago, was the victim of foul play. I the subject of constant comment In I property to the Norwegian Lutheran Uection of insurance, actions of Austin, people wondering as to their I Children’s home.renson at the time, and pecul* I parentage, after suspicion had been I “I never saw the body supposed to instances surrounding the I aroused against the woman. I be that of my aunt when I was in La-lnt to Mrs. Gunness’ guilt. I There are vaguely remembered vis- j Porte last Friday, because I couldn’t tenant Zimmer of the Austin I Its to the woman’s house by strange I bear to look at it. My brother had worked on the case all day j men and women in the dead of night, I never seen her very much, so he rday, and laBt night made the and shortly afterward Mrs. Gunness I couldn’t identify her. So far as her wing report to Assistant Chief! would say to her friends: I immediate relatives are concerned,nettler: J “I have Just adopted the sweetest!Mrs. Gunness has been identified bySorenson died a few minutes after I child, although I can hardly afford to none of them.” idnlght July 30, 1900. The family I feed another mouth, but the poor 8trange Gfave In Lot.was living at 620 Alma street. No 1 thing had to have a home.” I Both Mrs. Larson and Mrs. Howardphysicians were called until after his I Two of these “adoptions” were fol-|were questioned regarding the mys-death. Then were summoned Dr. J. I lowed very shortly by two funerals, I terious fourth grave that has been B. Miller, 2690 West Chicago avenue*! those of little Caroline and Alexander I discovered on the family lot as For-and Dr: C. E. Jones, 118 South Pine 1 Sorenson, and gossip was at fever 1 est Home cemetery. Mrs. Larson said street. The physicians examined the heat, though no one dared proclaim | that the Inmate of the grave might be body and pronounced death to have his suspicions, as there was nothing a little child her sister adopted a long been caused suddenly by hemorrhage I tangible on which they could be I time ago, as she had a mania for of the stomach. Sorenson’s body was I based. I adopting children, and she knew thatinterred. I Sorenson a Night Watchman. 1 she once had possession of a child.
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La Porte Weekly Herald
La Porte, Indiana, US
Thu, May 14, 1908
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