Fiendish Gunness murders haunt Indiana town
Police resume search after five corpses unearthed at the Gunness farm as investigators probe a web of disappearances. Neighbors recall Belle Gunness, a Norwegian widow, and her two husbands dying under suspicious circumstances amid plans to ship bodies from Chicago. The case centers on trunks found arriving from Chicago and a note of money tied to the bank, while Lamphere faces questions as officers seek a confession.
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Chicago
Gunness
Laporte
Max Sorensen
Philip Gunness
Smutzer
Smith
Lamphere
Guinness farm murders deepen as rain halts digging
In Laporte Indiana May 1 heavy rain stops digging at the Guinness farm after the last body is recovered, bringing total known victims to nine not counting the woman and three children who died in the house fire earlier. The coroner will likely rule the three children as murdered and struck down during the incident.
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Laporte
Ind
Guinness
Oroner Mack
Ldren
Uing
Indiana Woman Suspected in Blended Murders at Gunness Farm
At Laporte Indiana investigators pursue links between Belle Gunness and a string of deaths connected to her farm one mile north of town. Evidence centers on Norwegian admirer A K Helgelein and Ray Lamphere with new witnesses and alleged letters, while fresh exhumations resume despite rain.
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Lapote
Ind
Belle Guinness
A. K. Helgelein
Andrew M Helgelein
Mansfield
S. D
Helgelein
Andrew
Ralph N. Smith
C. S. Smith
South Dakota
Northwest
Guinness
Ole B. Budsberg
Iola
Wis
Bessie Conklin
Michigan City
Laporte
Smuttzer
Ray Lamphere
Lamphere
Missa Conklin
Roy Marr
Peter Colson
Smith
Colson
Emil Greening
Reno Street
Oklahoma City
Okla
Marr
Greening
Jennie Olsen
Gunness
Jennie
Belle Gunness
Robert C. Kincaid
H. W. Worden
Justice Kincaid
Body not Gunness, doctor says autopsy findings challenge death claim
May 9 Laporte Indiana Dr H H Long, who led the Gunness home autopsy, states the body is not Mrs Gunness citing facial proportions weight between 150 and 160 pounds and other details, while noting the skulls of her children show unusual burns. The report follows sightings and a trunk found on John Wheatbrook’s farm as digging resumes and investigators search for Canary and other leads.
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Laporte
Ind
H. H. Long
Gunness
Springville
Lamphere
Justice’ of the Peace
Bershne
Hengelein
Andrew Hengelein
Ray Lamphere
Jennie Olsen
Gunness Farm
William Schultz
Smutzer
Brogiski
Gunness Place
Discovery of bloodied ax and trunk linked to Gunness murders
Exhumation of the tenth body at the Gunness farm escalates the probe as a blood covered ax and a trunk with letters are found at the Wheatbrook farm near Springville. Lamphere seeks the trunk’s removal while investigators parse mail between Mrs Gunness and Lamphere.
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Mrs. Gunness
John Wheatbrook
Laporte
Lamphere
Fragt
Perplexed by many clews in Gunness case in Laporte
In Laporte Indiana May 11 authorities scramble to link Ray Lamphere to the Gunness deaths and perhaps Andrew Helgelein. Officials anticipate fewer visitors today as crowds at the Gunness farm ease. Coroner's jury delayed a week while Lamphere's trunk with letters is examined and post mortem findings are reviewed.
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Lamphere
Smutzer
Ralph N. Smith
Maade
Helgelein
Irs
Gunness
City Serves Formal Notice Over Street Repairs
W. M. Reinhart, agent for the bonding company backing Alcatraz Paving, is formally notified the city will proceed against his firm for failure to secure repairs on Calhoun street. Notice accepted. Attorney Creighton H. Williams handling the case as Reinhart reviews the Alcatraz Barber agreement for potential liability.
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W. M. Reinhart
Alcatraz Paving Company
Calhoun Street
Creighton H. Williams
Reinhart
Alcatraz
Gaffey Relative Reports Safety After Aveline Fire
W F Gaffey of St Marys Pa, brother of F L Gaffey, says his brother has not been here since early December and sent word since the fire at Aveline. F L Gaffey is in Buffalo and it is believed he left the suitcase found in the ruins on his December trip.
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W. F. Gaffey
St. Marys
F. L. Gaffey
Aveline
Buffalo
Baron Long Arrested in Los Angeles on Mail Fraud Charge
A Los Angeles dispatch reports Baron H. Long, recently in Chicago, arrested and charged with using the U S mails to commit fraud. He was described as secretary of Jim Jeffries' new athletic club. Long had worked in New York publishing songs and supplying music for lyrics, but the business was abandoned months ago. He has been living with his mother Mrs. Kitty Long and sister Miss Zoe Long on the coast.
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Lamphere
Ray Lamphere
Darrow
Chicago
Gunness
Gunness Place
Gunness Farm
Chicago Tribune of
Los Angeles
Cal
Baron H. Long
United States
Jim Jeffries
New Athletic Club
New York City
Kitty’ Long
Zoe Long
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