The information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/). Use the Suggested Search Terms and Dates to explore this topic further in Chronicling America.
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Important Dates:
- April 28, 1908. The house of Belle Gunness in LaPorte, IN, burns down in the middle of the night, killing her three children. A headless body and suspicious graves mystify police.
- May 8, 1908. Federal Authorities order the arrest of Chicago matrimonial agency managers in connection with the suspected murders.
- May 8-29, 1908. Investigators unearth over a dozen bodies, most of men that Belle Gunness lured to their deaths through matrimonial ads.
- November 26, 1908. Ray Lamphere, charged with the murder of Belle Gunness and her children, is found guilty of arson.
Suggested Search Strategies:
- [Try the following terms in combination, proximity, or as
phrases using Search
Pages in Chronicling America.] Belle Gunness, murder farm, LaPorte, Ind.
- It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
Sample Articles from Chronicling America:
- "Police Are Mystified,"
Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, TX),
May 6, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
- "Federal Authorities Order All Matrimonial Agencies in Chicago Arrested Since Gunness Exposure,"
The Paducah Evening Sun (Paducah, KY),
May 8, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2-3.
- "Tale of Horror,"
The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC),
May 8, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.
- "Lured to Death by Love Letters,"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC),
May 10, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
- "Fifteen Victims Die in Big Murder Plot,"
Valentine Democrat (Valentine, NE),
May 14, 1908, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4-6.
- "Murderess,"
The Stark County Democrat (Canton, OH),
May 22, 1908, Weekly Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
- "Mrs. Belle Gunness of LaPorte's Murder Farm,"
Crittenden Record-Press (Marion, KY),
May 29, 1908, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1-3.
- "The La Porte Murder Farm,"
The San Juan Islander (Friday Harbor, WA),
July 11, 1908, Page 6, Image 6, col. 4-6.
- "Ray Lamphere Found Guilty Only of Arson,"
The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL),
November 27, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
- "Lamphere Found Guilty of Arson,"
The Spanish Fork Press (Spanish Fork, UT),
December 3, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
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