Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-12-02


trial before Mr.. Howe began his opening |
address, John Gothu, barber, was
recalled. Mr.. Howe asked him II be
mad ever been an inmate of the inohri-
alto asylum at Fort Hamilton. The |
yitness said: INC. " MIR. Howe rr-
paated the question, pronouncing each |
word with deliheratiou. Gotha thought |
moment aud then uttersu an EN-
nhatic "nU.'' "Tbnt lie all [ want |
from you" said the lawyer, and Gotha
left the room.
Mr.. Howe requested the court t. dis.
miss the charge Of murder in the first
degree, but the court denied the re.
quest.
Mr. Howe then hogan hin address with
a declaration Of Thorn's innocsuce, sup
plymented with terrible arrangement
of Mrs. Mack, who was denounced as
the real murderess Of Guldensuppe. Mrs.
Nack's life was pictureh by the speaker.
lie told OF her having fnrsaIien her legal
husband, and Of her subsequent life
with Guldensuppe and later with
Thorn. "She was mid wife," said
ne, "a name which is only converti-
bile term in many Instances for muir
derous ahortionist. . In abiding to
the testimony of Mrs. Mack, given at
the previous trial, MIR. love said she
had proven herself perjurer, murderess
and uiulteress lie referred to the fact
that the saw which the people had
talked of had never been produced, and
said thar when Martin Thorn would 20
ON the stand and unbos0m himself the
Jury would learn that he was merely
"puppet" in the hands OF vilo woman.
The defence called several witnesses
to testify to the prisoners good char
acter, and, after Il short racess, Thorn
was put unon the stand to testify in
his 0wn behalf.
beginning with the statement that
no came to America II yenrs ago, the
prisoner said that his real name was
Torceswisky, anil briefly related The
facts of his life up to tho time be met
Mrs. Mack, IS months ago Gulden-
suppe was boarding with Mrs. Mack at
that time.
IL rented a furnished room from her
at 50 week. said Thorn. Later
understood Guldensuppe was her hus-
hand. She first made love to me, and
| returned her love- | was very fond
of her. and loved her up to the moment
sha TOOK the witness stand on my first
trial
The prisoner then told how he sup
nlbpted the bath rubber in Mrs. Nacl's
affections and described this row ho had
with Guldensuppe in consequence, last
February. During this row Gulien
auppe caught hold Of him. Thorn held
revolver, which went off accidently.
Thou Guldensuppe took the pistol from
him, and gave him a beating. The
prisoner left the house. aud went to a
hospital. Mrs. Mack met him after
wards very often, and they went to
theatres and other places of amusement.
She said she was sorry that Gulden
suppe had hurt him, but that he must
not heed that.
Thorn, at the suggestion OF his coun-
eel, then told in his own way what Mrs.
Mack had said to him after that. The
court directsd Mr.. Howe not to lead
the witness. "Mrs. Mack told me,
said Thorn, that she wished TO leave
Guldensupre, and wished to live IN
come quiat place. We visited the Wood
sido cottage, and, as it seemed suit
able place. we hired the cottage.
paid the sl5, and got the key. On the
oath of June l gave the kny to Mrs.
Mack, as she said she wanted to do
some cleaning at the cottage. About
IL or IL O'Clock on Friday morning,
Juns 25th, Mrs. Mack met me at the
door. She said 1 have Guldensuppv
upstaIrs' / asked her what he WIS
doing there. 5he replied be is dead;
have shot him. She then requested
me to help her to dispose of tho body.
went UP stairs, and helped TO I'M
dress the body. Then we carried i. 70
the bath tub. went out aud bought
some plaster of paris. When l came
back she began cutting up the body.
Sha cut tho head off with a knife.
When sho reached the back of the neck,
she cut through that portion with a
small saw. Then she cut through tine
middle OF the body. and l naked heI
why she cut it So and sne said know
enough not to cut through the bowels
Next she cut oil this legs, after which
she went out for while, us it was very
warm in there. On her return, we en-
cnsed the bend in the plaster Of paris.
We brought away the dead mans
clothes in a bundle, and l carried the
head 10 another bundle. Tho saw.
knife and revolver were in the bundle
with the clothes. We took the car tc
the Ninety -second street ferry, ovel
which wo crossed to New York.
threw the head overheard, while tht
DOAt was CTUhbIuR bHo IIfois NHun ~
went to Mrs. Make house, on Nintf
avenue, whore sne burned the clothe'
in the cooking stove. "
New York, Nov. 10. Martin Thorr
, walked into the court room at Long
!. Island City, to day, looking none thu
worse for his ordeal on the witness
staud yesterday. He talked with hi
lawvar aarnpailv and Mr., Howe payt
him TO understand that he would maxi
i an effort to have some evidence stricken
, out
= When the district attorney arrived il
i court, Mr.. Howe made motion to hnvl
the question asked Thorn, yesterday
, as to his hearing Of the renhing of MI.
a ilowe's affidavit in reference to tn
cunning of the witness Peterson from
q Germany, stricken from the record, q
Thorn was not present when the al
fidavit was preaented and read hetor
Judge Smith, last October. The judg
g directed the stenographer to strlk
n from ths record all reference to tn
r affidavit, and requested the Jury TO pa.
, no attention TO it.
a Mr., Howe, having gained this point
Il asked that the iUrymeu he permitted Il
!, go TO the Woodside nottage. II wan
N them To see, " said he, chow impossibl
d il would he for one person alone to Gu
: TN tho body, 90 described, in hatl
o tub of tho size OF the one in the Woud
v side cottage without marking tina side
= OF the tub. " Tho commonwealth lawyer
"a demurrsd, and the court refused I
q grant Mr.. Iluwe's request. A few
4 minutes Inter Jualice Maddox recon
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