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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1908
Page
2
Historic case details Mrs. Gunness and her farm near LaPorte Indiana. Police probe covers dismembered bodies found in the barnyard, forged wills, and a scheme to fake death. Ray Lamphere questioned as possible accomplice while coroner depositions lay out timeline of January events and bank dealings for Helgelein.
The article discusses crime history from medieval poisoners to modern killers like Holmes and Bender. It examines fascination with murder as a human yet superhuman act, noting how crime stories captivate public curiosity rather than revealing morbid interest.
Police pursue a tip that Belle Gunness left Chicago on a Pennsylvania Railroad train and arrived in Philadelphia Thursday night A witness in Atlantic City reported seeing a tall woman with gold front teeth acting suspiciously on a river steamer The Chicago police say a search by Philadelphia authorities is warranted as multiple sightings in Philadelphia are reported and a suspect in the Laporte case is linked to John August Lofgren who vanished May 11 1907
An unsigned Louisville note claims Mrs. Gunness shares ancestry with Kate Bender of Kansas notoriety. The writer asserts Kate Bender's father was Mrs Gunness's grandfather's brother and suggests Ray Lamphere is kin to Mrs Gunness. The writer provides no verifiable details.
May 9 at Pollenxeersie N Y the annual Vassar College field day featured forty students from four classes. Helen D Clark of Boston set a new running high jump record at 4 feet 2 7 8 inches improving the old 4 feet 2 1 2 inches. Other event winners include Margaret English New Haven 197 5 in the 100 yard dash Amelia H Ware Topeka Kas ae Co in 70 yard dash Barbara Vandegrift Wilmington Del 67 feet 7 inches in the basketball throw Inez Mulholland London England 180 feet 44 inches in the baseball throw Helen Whit ley Lancaster C 157% feet second fence vault Helen D Clark in running unp en T ton 4 feet 2% inches Ruth Presley 4 feet 1 inch standing broad jump Adriana Freich Newark N J 7 feet 6 inches putting 8 pound shot Inez Mulholland 18 Mite de and jump Theodore Wheeler Fal op 27 feet 244 inches field events in progress
Army officers and guests from Fort Leavenworth draped the theater with national colors as Paul Gilmore, star of The Wheel of Love, was entertained by Fort Leavenworth officers who offered pointers for his next season's Boys of Battery B. Gilmore was called on stage at the end of the second act and thanked the audience as the orchestra played a national air.
St Marys Church club elected Frank M. Robinson as president Jacob Hebel as vice president Olmstead as secretary and H R Schroeder as treasurer. The club will meet this week to plan the annual dinner.
Isaac Williams, a New York cotton broker, shot and killed himself at his residence on West Seventy-third Street today. The death was reported from New York on May 9.
Nahigian Bros presents one of the largest Oriental rug exhibitions in Kansas City. Prices are temptingly low and the sale continues at 20 Litht Street between Walnut and Main until June.
The Y W C A Old World Markets event drew at least 1200 dollars at the door and in booths with hopes of surpassing 1500. Italy beat Egypt 1237 to 1186 in a 10 cent per vote contest while Germany trailed at 375. The fair ran with low expenses and ends funded girls education. A concluding hotel dinner showcased a multinational celebration with music and performances.
Loxton May 9 Winston Churchill cabinet minister is returned for Dundee City after a brief loss at Manchester. He wins by nearly 3000 over the Conservative candidate as crowds fill London streets. His mother Mrs Cornwallis West stayed out of active campaigning following her Manchester experience. Churchill faces suffragette Miss Moloney who disrupts his talks with a loud bell.
The New Century club plans its final meeting of the season at 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon at the Hotel Densmore. Harvey Newton Rider, 82, and Mrs. Laura Alexander, 82, both of this city, were married in Independence yesterday by Justice A L Anderson. Divorce suits filed in Independence yesterday include Fannie Hoffmeister vs Charles Hoffmeister and Jessie Trevett vs Walter Trevett. Funeral services for Mrs Edlin Harte, who died Friday, will be at 2 this afternoon at St Aloysius church, burial in Mount St Mary’s cemetery. Minnie Shahane, who died last Sunday in Flagstaff, Ariz, will have services at 1 this afternoon at Rosedale Baptist church, burial in Argentine cemetery. Louis Schmitz, 22, died yesterday at his home, 15 South Fifth Street. funeral services tomorrow at 2 o’clock, burial in Maple. Lewis Schmit, 22, died at his home, 813 South Fifth. funeral services tomorrow at 3 o’clock, interment at Richite. Beardsley law firm seeks new building at Seventh Street and Splitlog Avenue. price listed as $0,500 with fifty feet frontage on Seventh and ground-floor store rooms plus apartments as an investment.
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