The San Francisco call., 1897-11-11
MRS. mack
CREATES A
SENSATION
Testifies for the State
Against Martin
Thorn.
HER STORY OF THE
M MURDER.
How Guldensuppe's Body Was
Mutilated and Carried Off
in Parcels.
SHARP QUESTIONS OF THE
LAWYERS.
sickness Of a Juror Causes an Ad-
journm ent-Thorn VIII Testify
To-Day.
How GuIdensuppe's Body Was
Mutilated and Carried Off
in Parcels.
SHARP QUESTIONS OF THE
LAWYERS.
sickness Of Juror Causes an Adj
journm ent-Thorn VIII Testify
To-Day.
Special Dispatch 10 THE CALL

NEW YORK, Nov. 1O.-There was an
extraordinary turn Of affairs to-day in the
Thorn murder trial in Long Island City.
Mrs. Augusta Mack, who was indicted, to-
gether with her erstwhile paramour, Mar
tin Thorn for the murder of her former
lover, William Guldensuppe, for whom
she deserted her legal husband, appeared
in the role OF State witness against
Thorn, to the CONSERVATION of the latter's
lawyers.
AS soon as Martin Thorn arrived in the
courtroom he was informed by his coun-
sci of the action that Mrs. Mack would
take. Just for moment his face flushed
and, with brows contracted and lips COM
pressed, he showed for the first time
since his arrest that he was IN any way
pertul bed. He soon regaIned his com
posure however, and while he leaned for
ward and spoke to his lawyers, Mrs. Mack
entered the courtroom. The woman
passed close to Thorn on her way to the
District Attorneys table but she avoided
looking at him. Thorn's eyes followed
her as she walked around back of the jury
box and look seat in the witness chair
For two hours and forty minutes she re-
malneQ luCIe, WuilS DIG lOIo Iuc l6ITlDlo
story OF how she lured Guldensuppe TO
his death, and in telling the tale she
knew full we'll that she was bringing her
paramour to the electric chair.
Frequently their eyes met, but the
woman was not equal to the occasion and
she always had to turn away from Thorn's
steadfast gaze. When she was asked why
she had confessed she replied that she
wished to clear her conscience and then
she burst into tears. But when Lawyer
Rowe began his cross-examinatlon he
handled her unsparlngly and made her
own up to such acts OF prem ton
that the majority of those who heard her
admiss ions said that she was the greatest
cuiprit, and many of those who had pre-
viously evinced decided anticathy to
Thorn swerved around and pitied him.
Thorn's lawyers have decided to put
him on the stand when the proper time
comes, and they promise that when he
tells all he knows the court and jury, S
well as the spectators and reading public,
will be treated to another sensation.
There is scarcely any doubt as to the
fate which awaits the barDer, but as yet
the prosecution has not stated what i'm
MUMMY SHdll Dt given " 4hlS- 1NdCh lOT
the unlocked for position in which she
placed herself Today.
In relating what had been done with
the various parts OF Guldensuppe's corpse
Mrs Mack said that when she went back
10 the cottage, at 5 o'clock, Thorn had
everything tied up in parcels, some of
them in the olcloth that she had pur-
chased in Long Island City. When they
were ready to leave the cottage she took
l..
tanned Guldensuppe's clothing and in
Thorn's parcel was the dead mans head,
which he had incased In plaster of paris in
the wasEtuD of the cottage. They went
directly TO a ferry-which one she did not
know-and she went to the front of the
boat and Thorn stayed in the rear. Soon
after the boat was in midstream Thorn
Joined her, and said he had thrown the
mead overheard.
On reaching New York she went to her
house, where she burned the parcel con-
tanning the clothing. On June 26 they
went back to the cottage and found the
other bundles still there. When they left
Thorn carried one of the bundles with
him, and they again crossed the ferry,
and Thorn stayed in the rear of the boat
until it had nearly reached the New York
side, when he came to her and said that
he had dropped his bundle in the water.
1t contained a part of the disme m bered
body.
The woman spoke fairly intelIigible
English, with a strong accent.
During the recital Thorn's LAWYERS left
their accustomed seats near the prison er
and were accom- odateu closer to the wit
ness. Thorn listened to every word with
lips closely compressed, his hands clasped
and resting on his knees. Frequently his
lips became dry and parchei l. and occa-
sionally he would moisten them with his
tongue. His face bore that same stolid
look of indifference which it has worn ell
through, but his eyes were restless. When
he was not gazing at his accuser he was
casting furtve glances around the court
room and up into the galleries, which
were crowded wit h men and women.
During her diIect examination Mrs.
Mack broke down and cried. Thorn seemed
to enj Joy her discontinue as the old time
grin played around his mouth.
Attorney Weller showed Mrs. Mack four