Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-01
Partially Identified as the Purchaser
of Oilcloth at Astoria.
OWNER OF BLOODY saw AND KNIFE
Her Husband Also Arrested, but
Subsequently Released.
VICTIM FULLY IDENTIFIED

NEW YORK, July Mrs. August Mack
the midwife. is under arrest in co.nectioi
with the murder of the man supposed to be
Nlillam Guldensuppe. She spent Inc night
a prisoner at police headquarters She still
lrslsts that Guldensuppe has not been muir
deied, and that he will turn up alive before
long. Mrs. Mack slept well all last night
She was found in cheerful mood this
morning. She Insisted that she SAW Gul-
densuppe on Saturday afternoon, two hours
after the first portion of the body was
found floating in the East river At tn,
foot of llth street. She will PROBABLY i,s
put through another line OF Close question:
ing today. and will be taken to court again
this afternoon and remandel back to police
headquarters to be held TO await any fur
thcr developments that may occur in the
mysterious case. The detectives are stilI
continuing their investigation OF lhe mat
ter, and are making Il vigorous search for
the man who supplanted Guldensuppc in
Mrs. Nack's affections. At the detective
bureau ii was said that some important
and sensational developments would D..
brought to light during the day in tn' cast.
There is considerable ske pticSm among
the police to the murdered man being
Guldens'uppe, Notwithstanding the positive
Identification of the De formed finger by ten
of the missing mans friends.
t>Aeu Leave
When Guldensuppe asked for leave from
his employer on Friday he said
Il have made an engagement to go TO
Long Island City with the Old woman. She
has received on offer for place over there,
and il is cheap. She intends to start a
baby farm. and she wants me to go along
to look at the property.
Where that place is has not Yet been
learned. 1t may be that Guldensuppe was
killed there and his body cut up. or il may
be that the man was killed ia The "th
avenue rooms. The detectives have found
no blood stains in those rooms, because
Mrs. Mack before her arrest had taken up
all the carpets and packed all her goods
preparatory 10 an alleged trip to Europe
to visit her mother, who. she says, Is rich
They will be unpacked and examined for
blood stains and efforts will be made to
learn for what property in Long Island
City Mrs. Mack was negotiating. There
may be evidences of the struggle and blood
stains in II.
in the river yesterday furnished identifi-
cation OF Guldensuppe. They showed the
ca!iosities caused 10y constant contact with
marble floors of the bath rooms.
Tools Found at Mrs. Na.k's.
In Mrs Nacks house was found knife
that might have made the wound al Gu!-
dcns@lpe's heart. and saw OF the same
thickness as the one that was used II sever
the body. There We're stains on ihe saw
The knife and saw will be examined for
human blood.
Mrs. Pauline Rie,rs. who sold the OIL
cloth 10 a woman at Astoria, l.. L., last
week, said: Il have seen Mrs. Mack today
and she looks very much like the woman
no purchased the goods from mc, but L
would not like to swear positively that she
is the same woman. She has the same coli
ored hair, about the same size OF bust, but
not dressed she is now. The woman 1
saw wore light-coored shirt waist and
dark skirt"
Herman Mack Released.
Herman Mack. the husband of the
man, found II 9Th avenue, near 34th
street yesterday afternoon 10y the cen-
tral office detectives. lie expressed an uE-
Willingness TO go to headquarters at first,
as he said he did not care anything for
his wife and had lost all interes; in her
VIXEN he left her two years ago.
AT headquarters lie was closely question:
ed but he shovel, in ihc opinIca of tho
detectives. that he did not haV. sufficient.
Interest in his wifi" to have bOr!ie any
Jealousy toward Guldeusuppe. lie was dis
charged from custody after CaDL. O'Bricn
was satisfied that The man could bot nave