The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-30
MARTIN THORNS TRIAL.
Case May Be Given to the Jury
This Afternoon.
PRISONERS GOOD REPUTATION

Former Employers Speak well of the
Accused Murderer-The Defendant
Testines That Mrs. Mack Murdered
G%uldensuppe and Cut Up the Body.
New York, Nov. SO.-The trial Of Mar
tin Thorn for the murder of Guldensup-
pc vas closed yesterday so far as the
taking Of evidence was concerned. This
morning the lawyers for the defend
ant and the people began their SUM
ming up, and it is expected hat JUS
tice Maddox will charge the jury this
afternoon. It is not expected that the
charge of Justice Maddox will be very
lengthy, so that by 4 o'clock this after
noon the case may be with the jury.
Opinions, both lay and legal, differ very
materially as to the probable result.
Many look for a conviction, but a great
er number anticipate a disagreement.
A few Of Thorn's former employers
were called by the defense yesterday,
and they all gave the accused barber an
excellent character, dating back some
ten years. Thorn himself was the only
other witness called for the defense.
From the moment he was led to the
witness chair until he left it, some
hours later, the prisoner conducted
himself in a cool and impressive man
ner. His statement in reply to gem
era questions and his answers in the
direct and cross examinations were de-
livered in a moderate tone of voice,
which could be heard distinctly by all
in the court house At times his voice
would drop so that he could not be
heard a few feet away, but Mr.. Howe
reminded the witness at those times
that he should speak louder, and those
admonitions always had the desired
effect.
Thorn, in his story of the murder, de-
liberately accused Mrs. Mack of having
hot GuIdensuppe, and declared that
when hi (Thorn) reached the Woodside
cottage between IL and IL o'clock on
Friday, June rs, the woman met him
at the door and told him that Gulden-
suppe was lying dead up stairs, and
that she had shot and killed him. This,
said Thorn, was the first intimation he
had Of the purpose for which Mrs.
Mack had rented the Woodside cot
tage. UP to that moment he had I'M
derstood she was going to start a baby
farm there, n h a he was to live
with her and share the profits.
Il hG1GA AbGa n CA0AA 1ANk@
Mrs. Mack had begged Of him to help
her get rid Of the body. he accompanied
her to the room on the second floor,
where he found Guldensuppe lying dead
from a bullet wound in the right side
of the head. Mrs. Mack told him that
she had carried the revolver in her
hand, covered by a handkerchief, and
hat as Guldensuppe was looking into
a closet she shot him. Thorn then said
hi went out and bought two pounds
of plaster of paris, at Mrs. Nack's di-
rection, and returned with 1t shortly
afterward.
When he got back to where the body
lay Mrs. Mack was still there, and he
helped her undress the corpse. Be
tween them they carried the body to
the bath tub, and Mrs. Mack cut 1t into
five pieces. She first cut the head from
the trunk with the aid of a knife and
saw. Then she severed the trunk, and
boasted OF her knowledge of anatomy
while so doing. Then she severed the
legs, using the knife and saw. The
knife looked like a butchers knife. 1t
was not a ~stiletto or dirk knife. Mrs,
Mack, according to the witness, re-
manned thee all that day until 4
o'clock in the afternoon, when h went
out to get some fresh air, as 1t was
very warm and sultry in the house.
About 5 o'clock she returned, and then
she carried a bundle containing the
murdered mans clothes and the pis-
toll, saw and knife, and he, with the
head in a parcel under his left arm,
left the house and took a trolley car to
the Ninety-second street ferry to New
York. From the rear of the boat he
dropped the head into the East river,
and when they reached New York she
went to her rooms on Ninth avenue
and burned the clothes in a cooking
stove. The next day the rest of the body
was made up in three parcels n dis
posed of IN the manne which Mrs.
Mack stated at the last trial.
In rebuttal three witnesses swore
that they had seen Mrs. Mack I'm her
4 rooms in New York between half past
2 o'clock and 4 o'clock on the afternoon
of June 25, and Mrs. VALLEY said that
she had seen Mrs, Mack leave the cot
tage about 20 minutes after she and
the man with the light suit had enter
ed. The prosecution did not put Mrs,
Mack on the stand. and the court ruled
against Mr.. Howe's attempt to intro
duce the testimony given by Mrs. Mack
at the mistrial.
sehold Necessity