The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-01

who should answer. % Finally Foreman
| Morse spoke up in nervous way and
said:
"We find the prisoner guilty of the
charge as preferred
| Then the clerk read the verdict from
the paper handed him by the foreman.
| Lawyer Howe asked that the jury be
| polled, and as the name of each man was
called out, he was asked lis that your
verdict" and he answered, Eyes, sir.
Thorn all The time was looking stead
lily at the front row of the jurors
| He dropped into his seat the moment
the roll call was completed.
| District Attorney Youngs then moved
that a day be set for sentence.
| Mr.. Howe moved for a new trial ON the
grounds that the verdict was against the
evidence and weight of evidence adj
duced.
Judge Maddox denied the motion for
a new trial.
Mr.. Howe asked the court to postpone
| the passing of sentence until next Fri
day, and Judge Maddox set it down for
Friday next at 10 O'Clock. The court
then thanked the jury and discharged
them, saying that they deserved the COM
mendation of all good citizens as their
verdict was dictated by their conscience.
Just then Thorn leaned over and spoke
to his lawyers. The judge directed that
Thorn be removed from the court room.
Mr.. Howe addressing the judge, said:
"If it please your honor, would like
few minutes conversation with my
client right here.'
The request was granted and after
three minutes Mr.. Howe said: THANK
you, that is all, and Thorn was taken
away, still bearing himself as coolly as
ever.
When seen afterwards, Mr.. Howe said:
81 thought the delay looked promising,
but l cannot help the verdict. 1t is the
fortune of war. | feel worse than Thorn
does.''
District Attorney Youngs was very
much pleased at the result ana said the
jurors could have returned no other
verdict conscientiously.
None of the jurors would say anything
about their deliberations, but it was
learned from reliable persons that the
first six ballots tailed II to l for con-
viction. On the seventh ballot they all
agreed.
When Thorn had been led back to the
cell after the conviction he admitted
that the verdict was just and that he and
not Mrs. Mack killed Guldensuppe.
Talking with Capt. Metthven, Thorn
said: I'm glad it's over and the YER
dict given l am convicted and / am
contented. 1t was | who killed Gulden-
| suppe and cut up his body. Every word
| that Mrs. Nacks said upon the stand was
the stand lied when telling the story
as did, but lied to clear myself. 1t
is no use carrying it any further. l am
guilty and am convicted. 1t is what /
expected and what 1 suppose people think
/ deserve and perhaps do.
THORN SNEERING AND DEFIANT.
New York November 30.-.The Herald
tomorrow will publish the following:
anti h0 of In, h c a la 81
evening, sneering and defiant, talked Of
the time when he WAS to be sentenced
away as though his execution was merely
a BARRIERS Sunday at ernoon off i am
glad, - he said, 'that the jury did not
disagree. / would rather have them to
give verdict OF murder in the first. de-
gree than to have them disagree or to
give verdict on any other degree. |
wanted either acquttal or verdict in
the first de Tree
81 wish to deny that I confessed to any
| body after the giving of the verdict that
| Mrs. Nack's version was the correct one.
Everything happened just as l told 1t on
| the stand
| He showed trace of feeling when Mrs.
Mack was referred to.
"It doesn't make any difference to me"
he said, what they do with her. They
can do what they please. You need not
trouble yourself about me trying to COM
nit suicide. / am not going to do any
thing to save the county or the state the
expense of killing me. I'll make the
state pay for its trouble.