The times., 1897-07-12
MRs.NACK' TEARS FLOWED
She Sebbed on Hearing Nearer
My God to Thee"
HYMNS IN TOMBS PRISON
I,emeanor of the Woman Cha rged
with Taking Part in the Murder
of Her Former Love-Prayer Fail
ed to Move, but Sacred Melody
Suftened Her Heart.

New York, July lin u corridor of
the women's prison in the Toinbs band
OF missionaries prayed. Ia cell, stolid,
silent, staring, a woman sat, unmoved by
the pleading intoned to the Creauor for
tie souls OF the wTetclied criminals around
her. They had asked her 20 be oae OF
their band OF prayer and she had shaken
her head and gone to d far, dim corner
of heI cell and turned her back on theIi
They Prayed for the miserable dad the
sinful; they prayed Tor her, but she gave
no sign that She heard Then they sang,
and the jarring chords of misspent lives
cf uuged into sweetest melody as they
flow ed into the sacred notes of the mis-
si6narics Still the woman III the cell
sat, her back turned TO the singers, but
one VINO watched her saw her raise iier
hand to her brow and heard sigh and
then a sob.
Nearer my God, to Thee sang the
missionaries and the wretches whose souls
they were uplifting The music ceased,
locks clic ked on the barred doors of the
corridor, and then the echoes OF the de-
parting missionaries sounded soft and
softer and died away.
Th. matron began her rounds, peering
into every grated chamber to see that all
was well A sob disturbed the stiffness,
and then a wall The matron looked in
cell. With her back stin turned TO the
bars, Mrs Augusta Mack, her hands cover
ing her face, sat weeping Tears trtekled
through bel fingers; she treInbled, sobbed
and rocked to and fro
one of the missionaries went back to
her ana pleaded that she turn i'er thoughts
to God and pray for consolation. sh" said
not word and 0liey left her alone with
her grief The matron returned later.
The prisoner was still weeping.
Two Siste,s OF ChauJy visited NJ Is Mack
zeStettlay 8fter1ooa ard asked whether
| they coald help Eer in any way.
| Il want 1or nothing she said 81
| do not complain l am glad leave no
| children 20 suffer l thank you for
| .aur kinduess, 'rlt there i nothing YOU
can 10 for me-
! Martin Thorn IS -tfu he Teticent pris-
oncr he became as soon as he had made
| a confession Tie Keepers told him yes
terday that he coulc walk in a corridor
of tht. Tombs He said BOT a VOID, but,
! arising fIOm his cot, took few turns
around las cell,
Thorn and Mrs Mack viii lie called upoG
| 10 plead in general sessions tor aTfow 10
| the indictments that cha rye them with
| having killed Gieidsensuppe. Thoin's first
t.sttle fer life VIII be made against the
Indictment 1t is lad, his counsel, William
F Howe. says,
1T charges two distinct offenses, >
! he said vest er,lay. It is a violation OF
| the Constitution. which divides States into
| coun.ies Each county has its own juris-
| d:ction. and. notwithstanding section l34
! of the code OF criminal procedure, this in
/ dictment, charging conspiracy in New
| York aad the killing in Queens county, is
clearly bad The grand jGry of the county
| Of New York had no jurisdiction to indict
for the killing in Queens county.
Mr.. Howe has filed notice IN the court
OF general sessions that he VIII ask tonlor-
row for an order 70 inspect the minutes
! of The grand jury upon which tie indict-
ment was found.
| Frederick D. House. who will defend Mrs.
| Mack. said ,hat he could not see how there
| could he any clash between the case of his
| client and that of Thorn
| The search in the East River by the po-
lice for the missing head of GieldSensuppe
| was continued yesterday, but with0nI re-
| suit Police Captain Schultz, who is in
| charge of the work, is not very hopeful
| that tie head viii be recovered The eX-
| pt.nse of DIRE dying for the head up to the
PRES ent time has been more than $500.
| Acting Inspector O'Brien expressed his
| wish that the work should be continued
| tpday hut when the citizens engaged in
| the work heard of his desire they refused
| to work on Sunday unless they received
| double pay. Capt. Schultz informed Act
| inc Inspector O'Brien Of the determination
| oe tie men, and it was arranged that their
demand should be granted.
Coroner Tuthin viii hold the inquest on
| Gieldseusuppe's body one week from Tues
DAY.
TWO court attendants went to the Tombs
| Prison yesterday morning armed with an
| order signed b Magistrate Flammer direct
| Ing that Thoru and Mrs. Mack be returned
70 the Jefferson Market Prison. The men
were referred to the district attorneys
Office They Were told by Deputy ! SsiSt-
| ant District Attoeney Rosalsky that the
grand jury having indicted the prisoners,
and they being in the Tomhs Prison under
| commitment by higher court, they could
not be removed on the order Of a magis
trate.
Should Magistrate Flammer insist upon
going on with the examination Of the pris
ouers tomorrow, Assistant District Attor
ney Mitchell win offer no evidence ant
the case in the police court VIII have tc
be dropped.