Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-21

Nilllulh 'blh'iAofP DNs
G%uldensuppe murder, for which Mrs.
Augusta Mack and Martin Thorn are
TO stand trial. The first steps in the
trial will begin this week in the
Queens county supreme court at Long
island City. Victim and slnyers be-
longed t. New York, but as the crime
took place on Long island the case
goes there for trial.
On June &c the trunk Of a man was
found floating in the East river. The
next day other parts of the body were
found miles away, but the head Is
still missing. Some masseurs from a
Turkish bath establishment Identified
the remains as those of William Guild
ensuppe who had been a brother
workman with them. On mis- breast
where a woman's picture had been tat
tooed was a CHASTITY hole, showing
how the murderer had destroyed what
he feared would be a tell-taie mark.
The police soon found a motive for the
murder. Guldensuppe, a man OF 80
years and popular with women, had
been the paramour of a Mrs. Augusta
Mack, a midwife, who had been llV-
ing apart from her husband, an easy
going German. It was at first thought
that he was the murderer and he was
placed in custody, but it was soon as
certained that he had had no love FOR
his wife for some years on account OF
her fondness for other men. A few
hours later it was learned that Gulden-
suppe had had a rival for the woman's
affections in the person OF Martin
Thorn, a boarder. He did not nave
the fine person of the bath rubber, be-
ing short and stout, and in a fight in
the Mack woman's house a few days
before had been soundly drubbed. Mrs.
Mack was feal fully excited over the
beating he had received. She no
Logger loved "Guldensupre, and as
Thorn had taken his place she knew
that the rubber might turn on her.
She had received much money from
him and she knew his rage would be
terrible.
Mrs. Mack told Thorn she was tired
irving to please two men at the same
, time. They talked the matter over
until it was decided to put Gulden-
suppe out of the way. For this pur-
pose Mrs. Mack interested Gulden-
suppe i'm a plan to open a house or
, questionable reputation at Woodside
| on Long island. BY this scheme Mrs.
Mack hoped to lure Guldensuppe TO
! His death. The plan succeeded. When
she had rented a lonely house she
n ade an appointment with the bath
rubber 10 TO look 1t over with her.
She then informed Thorn who Sc
GREETED himself in the house armed
with a revolver. Guldensuppe arrived
a little before noon. Mrs. Mack let
him in and told him to lock the house
over. She made an excuse and stayed
ont in the yard. Guldensuppe went
upstairs and into a room off the bath
room. There was a closet in one cor
ner which G~uldensuppe had to pass
end In this Thorn was lying in wait.
As the rubber passed Thorn fired at
| the back OF the head, the shot passing
through the skull. ~Guldensuppe sank
to the floor without a sound ut was
still living when Thorn dragged him
INTO the bathroom, where, lifting his
head over the tub. he severed IL from
the body. Mrs. Mack. used in her
trade Of midwife TO all sorts OF spf-
fering, had still too ,ouch pity left IN
her gross frame and coarse nature TO
witness the killing Of fer former
lover and did not venture up - the
slaughter room until Thorn was well
along In his work OF Remembering.
He and Mrs. Mack had several days
before purchased the necessary
c~heesecloth and oil cloth in which the
sections OF the body were tied up,
All afternoon the two worked saving
mp the remains and tying them in
parcels. When night fell they took
the trunk on board an East river fer
ryboat and threw Il overheard. In
ten minutes II 1oated ashore. SINH
lar disposition was made later on OF
the other parts OF the body. What
was done with the head Is still q
mystery, 1t Is supposed to have been
incased in plaster Of Paris and sunk
in the river.
Though strong clues pointed toward
Mrs. Mack there was nothing against