7 Hartzell, p. 53.
1 de la Torre, p. 19.
2 Shepherd, p. 30.
3 de la Torre, p. 104.
4 Shepherd, p. 28; Altoona Morning Tribune, November 18, 1908, p. 1; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
5 La Porte Weekly Herald, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
1 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, November 17, 1908, p. 1.
2 Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1908, p. 1. Some accounts spell her last name «Cone».
3 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, November 17, 1908, p. 1.
4 Compare, for example, La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 9, 1908, p. 1, and La Porte Weekly Herald, November 26, 1908, p. 1.
5 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 29, 1908, p. 1, May 9, 1908, p. 1, and November 19, 1908, p. 1.
6 Transcripts of this and other letters between Asle Helgelien and Belle Gunness were provided to me by Dr. Katherine Ramsland.
7 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 9, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, p. 107. Belle’s original «Statement Alleging Insanity» is on file at the La Porte County Historical Society.
8 Josh Chaney, «Story About Belle Gunness», unpublished manuscript on file at the La Porte County Historical Society Museum; Hinton, p. 89; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 9, 1908, p. 1.
9 de la Torre, p. 21; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 9, 1908, p. 1.
10 de la Torre, p. 107.
11 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 13, 1908, p. 8.
1 La Porte Weekly Herald, May 14, 1908, p. 16. The La Porte Argus-Bulletin of May 8, 1908, reports the teacher’s name as Jennie Garwood.
2 Chicago Inter Ocean, April 30, 1908, p. 12; de la Torre, p. 21. A transcript of Belle’s will is in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum.
3 Chaney, p. 27.
4 La Porte Weekly Herald, May 14, 1908, p. 15.
5 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, November 18, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, p. 109.
6 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, November 18, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, p. 111.
1 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 4, 1908, p. 1, and November 18, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, pp. 7 and 112; «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Joseph O. Maxson, April 29, 1908», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum.
2 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness William Clifford, April 29, 1908», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum.
3 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness William Humphrey, April 29, 1908», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum.
4 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Daniel Marion Hutson, April 29, 1908», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum.
5 de la Torre, p. 10.
6 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Joseph O. Maxson, April 29, 1908»; de la Torre, pp. 3 and 10.
7 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 28, 1908, p. 1.
8 de la Torre, p. 10; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 28, 1908, p. 1.
9 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 28, 1908, p. 1.
1 Thomas Dreier, «The School That Teaches Boys How to Live», The Business Philosopher, Vol. VI, No. 2 (February 1910), p. 75.
2 Carter H. Manny, «Gone Are the Days», unpublished memoir on file at La Porte Historical Society Museum; La Porte Weekly Herald, April 30, 1908, p. 1.
3 La Porte Weekly Herald, April 30, 1908, p. 1.
4 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness William Humphrey, April 29, 1908».
5 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 28, 1908, p. 1.
6 La Porte Weekly Herald, April 30, 1908, p. 1.
7 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 29, 1908, p. 1; Indianapolis Star, April 30, 1908, p. 4.
1 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, November 20, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, pp. 125‑26.
2 Chicago Daily Tribune, April 30, 1908, p. 5; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, November 20, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, p. 126.
3 Leonard J. Moore, Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921–1928 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991), p. 56.
4 Indianapolis Star, March 19, 1916, p. 4.
5 de la Torre, p. 23; Langlois, pp. 41–42.
6 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 30, 1908, p. 1.
7 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 30, 1908, p. 1; Fort Wayne News, April 29, 1908, p. 1; Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 29, 1908, p. 1.
8 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 30, 1908, p. 1.
9 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Daniel Marion Hutson, April 29, 1908».
10 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, April 30, 1908, p. 1; La Porte Weekly Herald, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
11 Chicago Daily Tribune, May 1, 1908, p. 5; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 1, 1908, p. 1.
1 La Porte Weekly Herald, May 7, 1908, p. 14.
2 Ibid.
3 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Dr. J. Lucius Gray, May 12, 1908», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum.
4 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 1, 1908, p. 1.
5 Chicago Inter Ocean, May 2, 1908, p. 3.
6 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 1, 1908, p. 1.
7 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 1, 1908, p. 1; Chicago Inter Ocean, May 2, 1908, p. 3.
8 Shepherd, pp. 9 and 10; Hinton, p. 28.
1 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Asle K. Helgelein, May 5, 1908», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum; Hinton, p. 29; Shepherd, pp. 11–12.
2 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Exhibit ‘A,’ May 5, 1908».
3 de la Torre, p. 32.
4 Ibid.
5 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Deposition of Witness Asle K. Helgelein, May 5, 1908».
6 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Exhibit ‘B,’ May 18, 1908».
7 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 6, 1908, p. 1; de la Torre, p. 31.
1 See Charles K. Mavity, The Bellville [sic] Tragedy: Story of the Trial and Conviction of Rev. W. E. Hinshaw for the Murder of His Wife (Indianapolis: Sentil Print Co., 1895).
2 Historian Paula Hinton notes that «newspapers as far away as Cuba and Germany carried the story. In fact, the Daily Herald had a Cuban newspaper with the story on display in its window». See Hinton, p. 58.
3 de la Torre, pp. 35–36.
4 Chicago Inter Ocean, May 5, 1908, pp. 1 and 3.
5 Chicago Tribune, May 6, 1908, p. 3; Chicago American, May 6, 1908, p. 30; de la Torre, pp. 32–33.
6 New York Times, May 8, 1908, p. 2; La Porte Weekly Herald, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
1 Chicago Inter Ocean, May 7, 1908, p. 3.
2 «Coroner’s Inquisition, Unidentified Adult, Gunness Farm, May 6, 1908, ‘Exhibit A’», on file in the archives of the La Porte Historical Society Museum; Chicago Daily News, May 6, 1908, p. 1.
3 Chicago Inter Ocean, May 7, 1908, p. 3.
4 Chicago Tribune, May 7, 1908, p. 2.
5 Chicago Daily American, May 7, 1908, p. 1; Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 8, 1908, p. 1; San Francisco Call, May 12, 1908, p. 1; Pittsburgh Press, May 7, 1908, p. 1; Chicago Evening American, May 8, 1908, p. 3.
6 Chicago Examiner, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
7 Chicago Daily Journal, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
8 Chicago Inter Ocean, May 7, 1908, p. 1; Chicago Daily American, May 7, 1908, p. 2.
9 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 9, 1908, p. 1.
10 Chicago Daily News, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
11 New York Times, May 6, 1908, p. 1.
12 Chicago Examiner, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
13 Chicago Daily Journal, May 6, 1908, p. 3; Chicago Examiner, May 7, 1908, p. 2.
14 Chicago Daily News, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
15 Arthur Alden Guild, Baby Farms in Chicago: An Investigation Made for the Juvenile Protection Agency (Chicago: The Juvenile Protection Agency, 1917).
16 Alison Rattle and Allison Vale, The Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money: The Story of Amelia Dyer (London: André Deutsch, 2011).
17 Chicago Inter Ocean, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
18 Chicago Examiner, May 7, 1908, p. 2.
1 Chicago American, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
2 Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1908, p. 2; Los Angeles Herald, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
3 Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1908, p. 2.
4 Shepherd, p. 39.
5 Ibid., p. 40; La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 6, 1908, p. 1; Chicago Tribune, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
6 Chicago Tribune, May 7, 1908, p. 1. A friend of the Budsberg family, a hardware dealer named Edwin Chapin, accompanied Mathias and Oscar on the trip.
7 de la Torre, p. 32.
8 La Porte Argus-Bulletin, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
9 New York Times, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
10 Ibid.; La Porte Weekly Herald, May 14, 1908, p. 1.
11 Chicago Evening American, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
12 Chicago Daily Journal, May 7, 1908, p. 1; Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1908, p. 5.
13 Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1908, p. 5.
14 Los Angeles Herald, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
15 Pittsburgh Press, May 7, 1908, p. 1.
16 Los Angeles Herald, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
1 Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1908, p. 1.
2 See The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of Appeals and Circuit and District Courts of the United States,