The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. IA murder as
shocking In the fendish details of Its
execution as ever took place within the
confines of great city was presumably
committed on Friday, June 20, In lone
ly cottage at Woodside, l.. 1. William
Guldensuppe, Turkish bath attendant
as the victim and Martin Thorn bar
Der, and Augusta Mack, midwife
stand accused Of being his murderers'
To-day their trial will begin in Long
Island City before Judge Maddox. The
story OF the crime brlstles with details
Of the degeneracy of human beings It
is a. tragedy OF degeneracy the last act
OF which has yet TO come.
Initselt itupholds In startling man
ner the general belief in the wisdom OF
the old saying, Murder VIII out NO
murder was ever more carefully planned
nor did murderers ever take more pains
to cover up their tracks by efrectuaily
dlsposlng of the remains of their VIC
tim. Yet within twenty-tour hours II
was known to the world that a murder
had been committed and the pursuit OF
the Dutchef5 nau peSun'
Two or three youths of the lower east
side OF New York who spend their sum
mer days in the East river or on the
stringpiece OF the piers, were the acci+
dental discoveries OF the horrible crime.
The boys were John Mcclure and James
McKenna. They we're preparing for
their afternoon "dIp" June q, at the foot
of East Eleventh street, when the sight
Of rather strange looking bundle float
ing with the tide hastened their move
ments In n moment they were In the
water and towing the bundle In shore.
Once back on the dock the boys lost no
time in cutting the stout cord which was
wound around their prize and undoing
the roll of oilcloth which formed the
outer covering. But they had not yet
reached the contents OF the bundle.
There were still other coverings OF
heavy brown paper and cheese cloth.
The boys worked with their hearts In
their mouths until those had been re-
moved, and then there was a yell OF ter+
ror and both lads stood horror stricken
and speechless. There on the pier lay
the mutllated trunk of man with the
arms folded across the breast. 1t was
the upper portion OF the body from the
hips to the throat The arms, strangely
enough, had been allowed to remain,
but the cutting OF the neck and the
trunk had been carefully done. From
the breast slice OF skin had been re-
moved and over the spot the unfortu-
nate mans arms had been placed as II
to conceal It. The boys were quickly
surrounded by surglng mass of people
who were anxious to view the gruesome
find. and then the police came.
At first IL was considered that some
medical student had played grim joke
at the expense of the senslblllties OF the
general public, but a coroner's physi
clan, after a cursory examination, set
tied the discussion as to the probabill-
ties and possibilities Of the affair by de-
claring that undoubtedly murder had
been committed. Then there as n gen.
uine sensation. Death, according to the
coroner's physician. had resulted from
stab wound inflicted with a long keen
knife which had penetrated the heart
The knife had also been driven through
the left shoulder into the lung. Think
Ing people as we'll az tho detectives
asked themselves. What had become OF
the other portion OF the body?" But no.
body had any idea as to where an an
swer would come from. The tide might
make n general delivery or possibly
drags would find the missing portions
on the bottom Of the river. Before any
thing could be done In the dragging line,
another discovery was made which fur
Their deepened the mystery, but after
wards aided materially in unravelling
It. on Sunday morning June "a. man
and two boys while picking berries In
Ogden woods, near Washington bridge,
in tho far northern part of the city
many miles from East Eleventh street
found bundle which was similar to
that picked up the day before in the
East river The three had read the ac-
counts OF the peculiar bundle picked up
by the swimmers, and Instantly notified
the police, to whom they said that the
newly found package might contain an
other part Of the body. and I'm n minute
the correctness OF their suspicion was
proven. In oil cloth, brown paper and
cheese cloth was wrapped the lower half
of mans trunk. 1t was the half miss.
ing from the East river find.
To whom did the poor carved body be-
long? What was It's owner in life?
Who was the murdered man? Who
we're his murderers? For one person
alone was not concerned in II. These
were questions 20 be answered by the
detective force, but from the chief to
the humblcst member II was simply n
case OF blank amazement and absolute
Incompetence even to make a beginning
OF unravelllng the terrible mystery
The head and legs are still missing. thus
seemingly rendering It impossible to
establish the dead mans identity, The
head In still missing, but the body has
been identified and the mystery unrav.
elled, thanks, not to the police, but 10
the keen and smart work of New York
newspaper reporters Various semi.
identificntlons were made, but hour by
hour the case seemed to grow more
hopeless. Then n reporter got the Idea
that the man In life, Judging by hls
hands was n masgour or something Of
that kind, and he started to work out
an Identification on this basis. He Wis.
tied the Murray I'M Turkish baths on
West Flfty-second street to refresh
himself after n hard days search and
there he learned that one of the attend.
ants, william Guldcnsuppe. had moi
been seen for couple OF days The
missing man had been employed nR n
rubber In the baths and had q promln.
cnt tattoocd mark on his brcnHt Close
Inquiries elected the information that
Guldcnsuppc had disappeared on Thurs.
day night or early on Friday morning
the very day on which the murder was
supposed to have been committed.
Whore did hc live? who were his
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