The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-02
THE MIDWIFE's STORY
Latest Chapter in the Mysterious Murder
That Is Puzzling New York.
MRS. MACK SAYS GULDEASUPPE is ALIVE
Police sIcpsicnl ms to itic Idc,,ti;,cn.
ttof oa the Corpse I.il,l.s IL, tl,e
Shnin ofEvitlemec-Thc OF Prisoners
Demcanor ia Court-Thc Case Con.
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New York, July /, 1897.
Nlis. Augusta Mack the mid wife. who
80 uilucr arrest In connection with tha
it, C, ~ me man supposed to be WIZ
,i,.i,.,> ~ ensuppe, spent the night n
81 81 -, i1oiiel ~ VI police headquarters. She
Slhi insists THAT Guldensilppc hns ,,nt
@ pEeh murdered and that lie viii t,,r, ~, IN
Live ii before long. Mrs. Mack slept we'll
all night. '''' wen
reporter found Tier In a cheerful
.itool. ny this morning. She Insisted that
ternoon. two hours after thn nr.t 49,, -.
ION Or the body wns found ,,ontini T.,
liio last river at the foot or Elevenih
street. Iherc is considerable slIcpt,cism
ainonE the police as TO tile m,irderel
nc imtr 49,, neiilE ,Ituldensuppc, notwithstand-
tlE r me positive Identification Of the de-
formed finger by ten OF the missn,,
mans friends. iA">'tiiS
Dr. Crosby, four attendants from tho
i1ath mouse and an unknown man c,llnd
- ~ .nn ZIG morSue to-day and positively
identified the legs as those OF Guldcn,
Sunpe ioeii
ENery effort IS being mado to extort
an admission from Mrs. Mack That sho
mas knowlcdgc OF the murder or CIla.
enSuppe. She was subjected to n physi-
~ eHhinillatlon by Police Station Mat
ioilS lll.s afternoon, after which II w,s
asserted that her pcrson showed rnnrks
uldl lnulc;ltcu that Within n fcw dnvs
sile had been engaged in u hard strur-
gle. : ''tos' 80 os'
ourlnE the examination Mrs. Mack ia
49, 80 70 nave nSeh almost hystcrioal and
times seFei''l i''l
Mis- Mack was arlaigned before n,
poIee mas1strate this afternoon. She
va. vas accompanied by Il Gordon OF Central
,nssIS3si.. ,,sly3si... nlsn and her lawyer. She was
vlsspiy nervous; she clutched her hands
and her face was remarkably nala Sho
isteheu with eager attention to all the
proceedings. Her attorney objected TO
ms client being hold. There was no
pr0ot that she had committed n crime.
The magistrate decided 10 contin,Io
tho preliminary hearing from dnv Io
Gay until the matter IS settled. 4 for
NAL complaint will be made when she
is again arra.gRcd tomorrow afternoon
inspector OErien, III charge of the
ostectlvc bureau, said tonight that he
dld not care to speak officially. when
a.sked as to whether the. BODY Is that ~
liuldensllppe but admitted that to he
Inc conclusion he had drawn from the
evidence at hand. lie positively dccliu-
ed 10 answer the question as to whether
e me murder was committed In Mrs
Nsicks apartments. When the woman is
tlfraiEned Tomorrow O'Brlcn says he
VIII have all the witnesses present, in
Guiding Mrs. Riger, the Long Island
CITY shop-keeper, who has made n state
ment to the effect that She sold to a
moii.iMi ts.! "hoin she has substantially
identllied as Mrs. Mack, the piece of oil
cloth. from which We're cut the pieces
which were wrapped around the several
parts OF the body when subsequently
round. VBrien seemed to express some
doubI as to whether Mrs. Riger will
n
strong enough to swear to the identin-
cations In court II she does not 4
material link in the chain OF evidence
against the prisoner will have been lost.
oBrlen said that he has caught the
prisoner in many contradictions In the
course OF his interviews With her while
Oh the other hand lle has been able to
corroborate some OF the assertions she
has made. lie said that he has found
the original Of the telegram which Mrs.
Mack said Gnldensuppc had sent to her
on Saturday afternoon. asking her to 20
to the baths and tell the superinten-
dent to put another man in his place
there temporarily. The acting Inspector
said that this message was written In
German. and was signed by tho words,
william Guldensuppe," but he dcclip-
Ell to disclose Its exact language. If
this telegram IS genuine and was In
reality sent by Guldensuppc. 1t is sufii-
ctent proof that GuldenSuppc was alive
after the first portion OF tho dismcm-
Dcrcd corpse was found on Saturday af-
ternoon In the water Of East river, for It
was sent after that.
IN the search OF tho wonlans rooms
to-day the police found small piece OF
white OIL cloth, similar to some OF the
same material with which the parts OF
the corpse were wrapped. 1t Is oil cloth
Of q common sort and is usued frequent
" in cases requiring the attendance of
IL mid wife Mrs. Nigcr, the Long Is
land City Shop-kecper, said to O'Brcn
that she did not sell any stun Of thnt
kind to the woman who bought the pat
termed article last week
Nothing else OF IL suspicious nature
was found IN Mrs. Nick's room. so far
as the police would admit. It was; said
that no blood spots III any part OF the
premises were found, and no evidence
OF a struggle anywhere about
The only supposed blood spots thus
far revealed. O'I,rien declared were on
the barrel OF the revolver which lay on
the mantle III the wOman'S sitting room
Both Coroner Tuthiil and hi9 physician,
O'Haniou, aVcrred that stains on that
weapon seemed 10 be b!od spots They
were In doubt as 10 whether the saw
and butcher knife were spotted.
Mrs Emma Miller and her vouna
doughtcT, .Hny. TIC latteY being TX.
child who stayed with Mrs. Mack lasI
Saturday night, were III police heac-
quarters to-night and consulted with
OBrien, but the head OF the detective
bureau declined 10 say what he had
learned from them
a woman calling hcrsclf Nre, E-olsn,,