Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1908 — WOMAN WAS A FIEND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN WAS A FIEND

Another Startling Development in the Crime Story of the Gunns** Farm.

THREE MURDERS DT ORE MIGHT

Two of Them a Prof«**ar and Wife, Third, Jennie Olsen.

Supplement of Greening** Story Moe’s Watch to Also Identified —Somebody Threatening Prosecutor Smith.

The autopsy at La Porte, lad., held on the remains of the seven unidentified dead exhumed from Mr*. Gunness’ private burial ground has been completed and revealed the astounding fact, according to the reports of Dr*. F. T. Wilcox and George R.

Osborne, who conducted the autopsies under the direction of Coroner Mack, that one of the seven was a female. This has aroused new interest in the story of Emil Greening, of Oklahoma City, Okla., who was employed by Mrs. Gunness In the fall of 1904.

Story That Greening Told.

Greening worked for Mrs. Gunness at the time that Jennie Olsen disappeared, and his story was to the effect that on a certain day in September a man and woman came to the house, and that night Mrs. Gunness asked Greening to sleep in the barn, for the two, whom she said were the professor and his wife from the Los Angeles college which Jennie was to attend, would, spend the night at the house, and would require Greening’s bedroom. In the morning Greening saw nothing of Jennie nor the man and woman, and was informed by Mrs. Gunness that they had left on an early train, taking Jennie along.

Budsberg in the Same Grave.

This body which is now declared to be that of a woman was taken from the same hole as was that of Jennie Olsen, and In that hole also were the bodies of Ole Budsberg, of lola. Wis., and the remains of a male person. All the bodies were dismembered, but the trunks of the four were in such condition that it was possible to identify the bodies of Jenuie Olsen and Budsberg. and also possible by the autopsies to determine that one of the other two was that of a female. Three Murder* tn One Night. The theory now advanced is that Mrs. Gunness may have on the same night—the night that Greening slept ia the barn murdered not only Jennie Olsen but also the man and woman. To Coroner Mack, Sheriff Smntzer and Prosecutor Smith this seems almost inconceivable; but they consider, in the light of recent developments, that nothing appeared impossible for this archmurderess. The stomachs of the four victims In this hole have beenremoved, and the contents will be analyzed for pc 1 son. The disappearance of Jennie Olsen, as well as the couple, occurred in September, 1906, while Budsberg was disposed of In May, 1907.

Moe’s Watch Identified.

The mystery surrounding the watch found on the person of Ray Lamphere when he was arrested has been cleared up. J. G. Ramden, of Manfred, N. D.. who came here to investigate the disappearance of bls halfbrother, John Moe, of Elbow Lake, Minn., identified the timepiece as the one owned by bls brother when he left home. The numbers of the watch corresponded with the numbers in Ramden’s possession. Lamphere said that Mrs. Gunness gave him a watch. Ramden is positive that his brother was murdered by Mrs. Gunness, but he was not able to identify any of the remaining skeletons, and so will not be able to provide proper burial for his brother. ~ Threats against the life of Prosecutor Smith continue to be made. He has received another letter similar to the one received last week. Both were postmarked Brooklyn, N. Y. He Is advised to resign his office under penalty of death. Find Mrs. Gunness’ Teeth. Plates containing gold crowns and teeth of the upper and the lower jaw which I. P. Norton, dentist, declares to be those which be made for Mrs. Bella Gunness, have been found inthe ashes of her burned house of mystery by the sluicing process. The discovery puts an end to al) theories that the woman is alive and establishes positively that she was burned to death. The Bnd wilt also prove of value to the state in the prosecution ot Ray Lamphere on the charge of murdering the woman and her children.

MRS. BELLE GUNNESS.