Show MRS GUINNESS SENT DECOY LETTER waupaca wis may 7 the letter which carl petersen of waupaca received from mrs bella Gli guinness inness the alleged laporte murderess has been translated tran elated from norwegian into english as fol follows lovs 1 1 carl Peter petersen sed waupaca wis dear sir As I 1 some time ago received from you a letter in anstet to m mead y ad in the scandinavian pleasure ans answer r the same the reason I 1 waited for some time is that there have been other answers to the same ad As aa many as fifty haye have been received and it has bas been impossible to answer all I 1 have picked out the most re respectable band I 1 have decided that yours is fis iuchi first I 1 will tell you that I 1 am a norwegian and have been in this country for twenty years I 1 live in indiana about fifty uffie nine miles from chicago and one mile north ot of laporte I 1 am aan the sole owner of a nice home pretty location there aro are seventY five acres ot of 1 land aad also all kinds of 0 crops improved tand land apples plums and currants I 1 am on a boulevard road and have a twelve room house practically alli new a windmill and all modern improvements situated in a beautiful suburb of chicago worth about all of this is nearly paid for it is in my own name I 1 am alone with rith three small children from 5 to 11 II years old ae the smallest is a little boy the two largest are girls girl aall all foisiy frisky and well I 1 lost my husband by accident civo years yeara ago and have since tried to get along as well as I 1 could with what help I 1 could hire I 1 am getting tired of this and I 1 have bavo found that it is not well to trust others with so much it Is too much for mo to look after things and things are not as I 1 want them any way my idea of them to s to take a part partner to whom I 1 can trust everything and as aa we have no acquaintance ourselves I 1 have decad decided d that every ever y applicant I 1 have considered fayora favorably bly must make a satisfactory deposit of cash or security I 1 think that is the best way parties to keep away grafters drafters gr who are always looking for such opportunities as I 1 have had experience with them as I 1 can prove 11 now if adu you think that you are able to in some way put u up P 1060 cash we can talk matters over personally so it you cannot is it worth while to consider I 1 would not care for you ab as a hired man baft as I 1 van am fired of that and need a little rest in my home borne and near my children I 1 will close for this time inith friendly regards rega fda signed MRS P M GUINNESS laporte 14 ind 40 |