The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-25
TERRIBLE DAYS FOR THORN.
PROSECUTION WEAVING THE NET
ABOUT HIM.

Guldensuppe's Death Proved to Have
Proved to Have Owned n stiIetto.
Portions of the Murdered Mans
Body Brought Into COurt--Mrs,
Mack Also Forced to Appear For
IdentificRtiOn-Th0r Identified as
Man Seen at the Cottage.
New York. Nov. 2i-The trial Of Martin
Thorn for the murder of William Ghden-
suppe was continued in the Queens county
court to-day. The galleries on each side
of the court room were mostly occupied.
by women, for whom the trial possesses
an extraordinary attraction.
fortnight ago Mrs. Mack created a
sensation by going on the stand and ac-
cusing Thorn of having killed her former
lover, Guldensuppe, Since that time the
defense has changed its base, and as Mr..
Howe said In court to-day, the defend
ants lawyer will now endeavor 10 prove
through Thorn as the principal witness,
that Mrs. Mack herself committed the
crime.
The early part of to-day's proceedings
was entirely taken up with evidence to
prove the corpus delicti. Coroner Tuthill
during his examination, stated that the
cause of death was a stab wound between
the fifth and sixth ribs, which penetrated
the heart.
Later in the day the prosecuting at
torneys, through a fellow barber Of Thorn,
connected him with the possession of a
stiletto, the blade of which was over six
inches in length.
The district attorney tried very hard
to get this witness to testify that Thorn
had spoken of his relations with Mrs.
Mack and Guldensuppe, but Lawyer Howe
was equal to the OCCASION and the court
invariably sustained his objections.
Some of the Witnesses examined to-day
reside in Woodside, and they told of the
visits of a gaily dressed woman, who APP
peared in the vicinity of the cottage with
a man in light colored clothes on the day
of the alleged murder. June 25 They had
also seen a man wearing dark blue clothes
about the house, and on the day i'm ques-
tion he was seen by one witness to go in
and out of the house frequently. Three of
them identified Thorn as the man In dark
clothes and two of them Identified photo
graphs of Guldensuppe, o. being repre-
sentations of the man who had worn the
light suit. None of them, however, had
seen any traces of the latter after he had
entered the cottage on that Friday morn
ing
Lawyer Howe requested the court to
have Mrs. Mack produced, in order that
she might be identified by the witnesses.
This request brought about legal argu-
meut. and finally Mr.. Howe was COM
PEELED to swear out writ compelling the
sheriff to produce her.
Mrs. Mack was brought into court after
the midday recess, looking much paler
than when she appeared two weeks ago
in the same court.
ba NJ ha a ~
the spectators was gratifed in the after
noon session by the production in court
of a piece of the bone of one of Gulden-
suppes thighs, to which was attached
some shreds of flesh. This CHASTITY exhibit
was sealed in a glass jar
DIR. OHanon explained that he cut this
portion off to show how minutely 1t fitted
into the corresponding piece of the bone
which protruded from the stump of the
lower part of the trunk.
Police Captain O'Brlen, formerly In
charge of the New York detec-
tive bureau, was on the stand
for a considerable portion of the
afternoon, and told a great deal of what
Martin Thorn had said to him when the
prisoner was being put through what Is
known among criminals as the third de-
gree" Thorn, at that time, had denied all
knowledge of the killing of Guldensuppe.
Capt O'Brien also said that when he was
questioning Mrs. Mack, when she was ar
rested four days after the murder was al
legged to have been committed, she said:
"Guldensuppe did not treat me right. 1
love Thorn, and would die for him.
1t was at this time that Mr.. Howe said:
Eve say right now we will show that Mrs
Mack committed the murder, and what
she said to the captain will bear us out"
The adjournment of court was until Fri
day