The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09
THE THORN TRIAL BEGINS.
Jury Was Empanelled Yesterday and
Court Adjourned.

New York, Nov. s-The trial of Martin
Thorn, who with Augusta Mack, is ac-
oused of the murdersof William Gulden-
suppe, was begun in the Queens county
court in Long Island City today.
Il. The testimony of many persons who
knew Guldensuppe we'll can be relied
upon, portions OF a male, human body,
which were picked up within the week
following the nasseur's unaccounted for
disappearance, have been identified as the
remains of the missing man.
Thorn and Mrs. Mack, it is alleged, hao
motive for the removal of Guldensupps
and to prove this to the satisfaction !, OF
twelve talesmen is the task Whlch WILL
liam j. Youngs began this morning
y Ex-Surrogate August NJ Meller "n w
Assistant District Attorney V Teu,gu IN
Davidson, who assisted Mr. foungs ~
the preparation of the prosecution, VIII
act as assistants throughout the trial.
Judge Wilmot Smith presldes. Al
though the defendants were Jolntly lnulct-
ed by the grand juries OF New 1ork ana
Queens counties, 1t was oeclueu 1uaO oney
should be tried separately and Thorn's
trial after being set down for Oct. IL,
was adjourned until today, on the appli-
cation of his lawyers, Howe and Hummel
who were assigned by the county to de-
fend Thorn.
As reason for such adjournment, the
accused mans lawyers said that they
would thus be enabled to procure a wit
ness named Peterson, who had seen
Gudensuppe in Germany since the time
of his alleged murder )ast June. Peterson
was expected to arrive last Friday on the
steamship Fuerst Bismarck, but up to
the present he has failed to 1naterialize.
The sheriff deputies had hard time
keeping back the surging crowd which
filled the main hall and stairways of the
building, all anxious to gain admittance
to the court room, and although every
inch of space there was taken up, many
insisted that they had right to enter,
but their efforts were fruitless and they
had to be satisfied with listening to the
whispered words, which were passed
along as to what was occurring in the
room on the second floor.
Lawyers William E. Howe and Joseph
Moss, who have tcharge of Thorn's de-
fence were early on hand, and both said
they were confident that their client
would be acquitted. When they were
asked as to the whereabouts of their Ger
man witness, Peterson, they refused to
answer. and they were equally reticent
when asked the names of their expert
witnesses
Judge Smith took his seat on the bench
at 9. 45. and Court Clerk Thomas Seaman
began calling the two hundred names of
those on the special jury panel. This oc-
cupied about twenty minutes, and as
there were several absentees, the clerk
read the names of those who failed to
answer for the second time before any
fines would be inflicted.
At ten minutes past ten, District Attor-
ney Youngs called the sheriff to him and
directed him to bring the prisoner before
the court. The sheriff went out and re-
turned at 1913 with Captain William
Methaven, who was handcuffed to Thorn.
The prisoner walked briskly up to the
table at which his legal advisers were sit
ting and sat down between Messrs. Howe
and Moss
He was hatless but his hair was brushed
up from forehead, and his ia ce was
clearly snayen He looked better than al
any time since his incarceration and his
face showed no sign of prison pallor,
which is so common among men who are
closely confined. In fact, his face had q
slight tinge of color. When the handouts
were taken from him, Thorn shook hands
with both his lawyers, and after a few
whispered words, glanced furtiyely
around the court room, and his blueish
gray eyes, which are the only weak points
in his features, took in the entire situa-
ton almost at a glance. Throughout the
day Thorne was very COOL
Following is a complete list of the
L jurors chosen: Jacob Bumstead, Oyster
Bay, farmer; Michael Mulgannon. Hem
stead, l.. l., farmer; John Kinsey,
Jamaica, L. l., farmer; Frank E. Mar
shall, saloon keeper, Jamaica; Charles
Nichols, oyster man, Freeport; Magus
Larsen, contractor; John E. Conklin,
mechanic, RosIyn, L. l.: David B.
Wheeler of Corona, polisher and printer
John Conrad Schlegof, janitor; Peter
Wa+ar ~
Bellows, real estate broker, Flushing
Joseph L. Townsend, farmer North
Homestead, L. 7. After the jury had been
chosen court adjourned until ten CLOCK
tomorrow morning, when the trial proper
will begin.