Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Belle Gunness Murder Farm" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Belle Gunness, LaPorte, Ind., murder farm.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between April and November, 1908.

Selected 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.
"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.
"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 28, 1908, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"The La Porte Murder Farm"
The San Juan Islander (Friday Harbor, WA), July 11, 1908, Page 6, Image 6, col. 4.
"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.

Belle Gunness Murder Farm: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America