The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-02
MARTIN THORN


Mrs. Mack of tho Murder Of VIM. Gulden.
suppe.
New YORK, Nov. 29.-.There is every
probability that the case of Martin
Thorn, on trial for the murder of VIM.
Guldensuppe, will 80 to the jury not
later than Wednesday next, and posi-.
Thorn's lawyer, has promised to finish
his side of the case on Monday. Thorn
will testify in his own behalf and ac-
cuse Mrs. Mack OF killing Guldensuppe.
Other witnesses for the defense may
be Mrs. Zeigler, of Wes. Farms, Of
whom it is alleged, Mrs. Mack, with
Guldensuppe, wanted to hire a house,
the negotiations failing because the
house did not have sewer, and Her.
man Mack, Mrs. Nack's husband. 1t is
a question whether Mack will be allow.
ed to testify against his wife, when she
is put on trial for her life. It's under.
stood that after the defense closes Mrs.
Mack will be called by the prosecution
in rebuttal to repeat her confession and
accuse Thorn of the murder.
The following statement, signed by
Martin Thorn, was published in an
evening paper Saturday:
When go on the stand Monday morning
will tell 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 will not.
Martin Thorn Is Just u man, with vices and
virtues like any other, and with the love Of
life just as strong within him as in any Of
those who say he sinned because he loved On
unworthy woman-loved and trusted and
shielded her until he was in the very shadow
Of the electric chair; loved her until she swore
away his existence to save her own--to save
herself from the consequences of her own act
the killing Of the man whom she said she feared
because of his knowledge Of other crimes.
Augusta Mack planned and accomplished
| the murder of William Guldensuppe. When
got to the Woodside Cottage that Saturday
morning she met me at the door, and said: I
have got Guldensuppe up stairs. He Is dead. :
"She had shot him in the face and stabbed
him In the breast she said. was not even In
| the house at the time but in the doorway, and
she was out of sight of the people on the street
| at the time, half way up stairs. ] knew MOTH
ing Of her purpose that day. She had asked
| me to come to Woodside. / went there and
| when I arrived she told me that she had killed
| Guldensuppe and that all her trouble was over.
For O long time hardly knew what to do
| Mrs. Mack asked me to help her cut the body
| up. hesitated, but could not make up my
| mind
| you have got to help me get rid of it," she
said, 'or both Of us will get into trouble AL
| you have got to do is to help. At last helped
| her to carry the body to the bath tub. 1t was
| very hedvy. Guldensuppe was dead. He was
| not breathing when we put him in the bath
| tub. Mrs Mack did the cutting while 1 held
the body. First she cut the head off, then she
| took the saw and sawed the trunk in
| two and then legs. She was afraid the saw
would go through the wrong place in the body,
| but she finally got the right place She men,
toned at the time that 1t was good thing She
knew something about surgery, or else it would
| be impossible to get rid of the body properly.
Before she cut the body up the clothes we4s
taken on. Afterward the body was rolled up 10
| the oilcloth and cloth that Mrs. Mack bought at
Mrs. Rigers'. Then we talked over the plans
| to get rid of the body. She arranged for the
surrey drive and the throwing away of the
| pieces. She gave the money to hire the surrey
She gave me the money to hire the Wood.
side cottage, where she said she was to start a
place to treat women who were In trouble and
who wanted 1t kept quiet