The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28
Trusted and Shielded Mrs. Mack Until
Almost Too Late.
HER STORY OF THE MURDER
Was Correct, Except That She Used Thorn's
Name Where Her Own Should Have
Appeared-People Had Lied
About Him.

New York, Nov. 27.-The following
statement signed by Martin Thorn is
published in an afternoon paper Ito
day:
when I go on the stand Monday
morning VIII till the true and complete
story of the crime for which I am now
being tried for my life. My lawyer has
advised me to conceal nothing and with
the help of God I will not.
Martin Thorn IS just man, with vices
and virtues like others, and with tha
love of life dominant within him and
who loved an unworthy woman-loved,
trusted and shielded her until he was
within the shades of the electric chair,
loved him until she swere away his ex-
istenee to save herself rom the conse-
quences of her own act-the killing of the
man whom she said she feared because of
his knowledge of other crimes.
Augusta planned and accomplished the
murder of William Guldensuppe.
Told Me She Had Killed Him
"When I got to the Woodside cottage
that Saturday morning she met ms at
the door and said: I have got Guldem-
suppe upstairss He is dead She had
the brsast, she said. was not even in
the house at the time but in the door
way and she was out of sight of the
people on the street at the time, half way
upstairs. 1 knew nothing of her purpose
that day. She had appointed a meeting
with me at the Woodside cottage and
when I wsnt there she told me she had
killed Guldensuppe and all her trouble
was over. For a long time 1 hardly
knew what to do. Mrs. Mack asked me
to help her curt up the body. I hesitatsd
but could not make up my mind.
Said Had to Help Her
you have got to help me get rid Of
it, she said" "or both of us will get
into trouble All you have got to do is
to help.
81 helpsd her to carry the body to the
bath tub. 1t was very heavy. Gulden-
suppe was dead. He was not breathing
when we put him in the bath tub. Mrs.
Mack did the cutting while I held the
body. First shs cut the head off, then
she took the saw sawed the trunk in
two and them the legs. We threw The
parts in the river and disposed of por-
tfons of the body as the pap RS have
said we did. She took Guldensuppe's
clothes and burned them in a stove. 1t
was my love for Mrs. Mack that got me
into all this trouble. I helped h=r get
rid of the dead body to shield her and
to save her from being arrested.
Everybody has lied about me in this
case principally because 1 have not
talked and explained.
People Lied About Him
'TIhey say 1 told Coda that I killed
Guldensuppe. It's lie. / told him that
Mrs. Mack killed him. They say l offer
ed to confess to Capt. O'Brien so that 1
could go free. That is anosher lie.
1 told Capt. O'Brfen something of a pri-
vate nature that did not concern the
case Intimately. I give him permission
to speak now. They say, too, that
threatened to murder William Gulden-
suppe. Yes, / said / would kill Gulden-
suppie before he killed me. He attempt
ed to kill me and threatened my life
every time he mentioned my name to
Mrs. Mack. Mrs. Mack told me to look
out and ito have a pistol to shoot him,
but not to do 1t in her house. Sh,a, would
get into trouble, she said. I thought she
told me that because she loved me- I
knew she feared Gurdsnsuppe. and want
ed to have me kill him so that she would
not suffer.
Mrs. Mack told the jury that / COM
mitted the murder in just the way she
actually did it herself. She turned hight
around. She reversed the whole story,
accusing me of just what SHE did. She
is afraid to go on the stand. Her law
ye,rs will not let her go on and testify
against me, because they know that
can prove her a liar, that She herself
killed Gu1densuppe, because ne knew of
other crimes she had committed and be-
cause she was afraid that 1densuppe
would kill her for having anything to
do with me. 1 can ask that woman
questions she cannot answer without
showing conclusively that she has sworn
to lies and have witnesse to co.'robor-
ate me.
(Signed.) MARTIN THORN"