The herald., 1897-12-04
Set for the Third Week in
January
NOT A MUSCLE oulvEREo
As THE MURDERER's DOOM WAS
PRONOUNCED
Prosecuting Officers Decide Definitely
That Mrs. Mack Shall Plead
Guilty Of Manslaughter
Associated Press Special Wire.

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NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-Martin Thorn,
convicted on Monday of the murder Of
William Guldensuppe, was today sem
fenced to be electrocuted in the week
beginning January 10. 1898.
When Thorn was brought into court in
Long Island City, he preserved the same
imperturbable expression of countenancc
that he had worn at every crisis in the
working out Of his fate during the
trial, and when Justice Maddox put the
customary questions to him, he re-
eponded promptly and without outward
evidence of emotion.
my true name," said the murderer
SIS Thorieswisky. I was born in Ger
many and am IS years of age. ] am bar
ber and have never been In prison be-
fore. was brought up in the religious
belief Of the Roman Catholic Church.
can read and write. My father is living
am not married."
The Judge proceeded to pass sentence
solemnly and impressively He said:
Thorn, you are indicted, charged
with having premeditated and caused
ShC uSdth OA w ihidhA NIuiuChSupPcs lou
have had a fair trial. in the course Of
which you were defended by the ablest
and most nstute counsel. They could
not have done more for you. Every ef-
fort was made by them to save you.
After that the jury found you guilty OF
murder in the first degree and the pun
ishment for that is death.
Reflect upon 1t. Reflect upon the
death of him whom you slew. 1t Is the
duty of the court to fix time for your
execution-the law pronounced this
punishment. shall give you reason
able time; the law permits me to do that.
It Is needless for me to state anything
touching the facts in the case more than
to say that the evidence justifies the ver-
dict.
"The Judgment of the court is that
you shall be taken to the State Prison
at Sing Sing within a reasonable time,
and that there you shall be executed in
the form prescribed by law in the week
beginning January 10, 1885,"
Thorn listened without moving q
muscle and when the Judge had fin
ished, he inclined his head slightly for
ward as il bowling to the court.
The prisoners lawyers then handed up
an AFFIDAVIT applying for an appeal.
Justice Maddox took the affidavit and
will pass on it later. Thorn was then
led back to Jail. .f
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-After CONSUL
tation with Judges. Maddox and Smith,
District Attorney Youngs decided. it is
said, to accept plea Of manslaughter in
the first degree for Mrs. Mack, the ac-'
complice Of Martin Thorn, in the murder
Of VIM. Guldensuppe. according to the
Herald. The extreme penalty for this
degree of crime Is twenty years i'm
prisonment, with communication of
seven years and seven months.
Mrs. Nack's lawyers, before Mrs. Mack
confessed, 1t is announced, came to an
understanding with the District Attor-
ney that she would surrender herself to
the State as a witness only on condition
of being allowed to plead to manslaugh-
ter. Mr.. Youngs saw the force Of Mr..
Friends reasoning, that even II con-
victed, the woman would not be executed
and ut the beginning Of the first trial,
in view of Attorney Howe's defense. felt
compelled to accept her confession.
Judges Maddox and Smith now see the
matter in the same light, aided, how
ever. in their conclusion by new points
which Mrs. Mack brought to the atten-
tion of her counsel.
Mrs. Mack, 1t will be remembered, put
all the blame on Thorn and swore that
It wae he who fired the shot which killed
Guild snsuppe, and it was he who cut
him up, she only aiding in carrying away
the parts Of the body. Gotha, 1t will also
be remembered, swore that Thorn told
him he was in the cottage before Mrs.
Mack and Guldensuppe got there on Fri
day morning. and that he exploded his
revolver twice to make sure that it was
all right Mrs. Nack's point Is this: Two
bullets were found in the walls Of the
cottage. corroborating Gotha's story OF
Thorn's confession to him. 1t was proved
beyond a doubt that she and Gulden-
suppe were seen getting Off the trolley
car together and entering the cottage
This being SO, how could she practice
firing with pistol in the presence of
Guldensuppe. Moreover, it was proven
beyond doubt that Thorn bought the