Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-30

New York, November 29.-The trial
Of Martin Thorn, for the murder OF
Guldensuppe, was closed tonight so far
as the taking of evidence is concerned.
Tomorrow morning the lawyers for the
defendant and the people will sum up
and it is expected that Justice MADDOX
will charge the jury early in the after
noon. Mr.. Howe will begin his final
appeal in Torn's behalf at half past
nlDe and he expects to conclude be-
tore neon
District Attorney Youngs will then
have his say for the prosecution, and
he expects TO nnish within two hours.
1t is not expected that the charge OF
Justice MADDOX will be very lengthy, SO
that by three O'Clock in the afternoon
the case may be with the jury.
Opinions both lay and legal, differ
very materially as 10 the probable re-
suit.
Many look for conviction, but a
greater number anticipate a disagree
lnent. A few of Thorn's former en-
pioyers were called by the defense to-
Gay and they all gave the accused
barber an eXce,lant character, dating
back some ten years.
Thorn himself was the only other
wintess called for the defense. From
the moment he was led to the witness
chair until he left it some hours later,
the prisoner conducted himself in a
cool and impressive manner.
His statements in reply to general
questions, and his answers in the direct
and cross examinations, were deliver
ed in a moderate tone of voice, which
could be heard distinctly by all in the
court room. At times his voice would
drop SO that he could not be heard a
few feet away, but Mr.. Howe reminded
the witnesses at those times that he
should speak louder, and those admo-
nitiors had the desired effect
Thorn, in his story Of the murder,
deliberately accused Mrs. Mack Of hav-
ing shot Guldensuppe, and declared
that when he (Thorn) reached the
Woodside cottage between II and -
o'clock Friday, the woman met him
at the door and told him that Gulden-
suppe was lying dead upstairs and that
she had shot and killed him. This,
said Thorn, was the first intimation
he had CT the purpose for which Mrs.
Mack had rented the Woodside cot
Mage. Up to that moment he had I'M
Xierstood that she was going to start
j. baby farm and that he was 20 live
with her and share the profits
4, He described in detail how, after
,lrs. Mack had begged of him to help
Yer get rid Of the body, he accompa-
pied her to the room on the second
Noor, where he found Guldensuppe ly-
ing on his side, dead from a bullet
wound in the right side of the head
: Thorn then said he went out and
bought two pounds of plaster of paris
at Mrs. Nack's direction and returned
with it shortly afterwards This was
about noon. When he got back to
where the body lay Mrs Mack was
still there and he helped her undress
the corpse. Then they carried the
body to the bath tub and Mrs. Mack
cut it into five pieces.
She first cut the head from the
trunk with the aid of a knife and saw.
Then she severed the trunk and boast
ed Of her knowledge of anatomy while
so doing. Then she severed the legs,
using the knife and saw. The knife
looked like butchers knife. 1t was
not a stilletto or dirk knife Mrs.
Mack, according to the witness, re-
manned there all the day until four
O'Clock in the afternoon, when she
went out to get some fresh air, as it
was very warm and sultry in the
house
About o'clock she returned and
then she, carrying bundle containing
the murdered mans clothes and the
pistol, saw and knife; and he. with
the head in parcel under his arm
: left the house and took trolley car
to the Ninety-second street ferry to
New York From the rear of the boat
she dropped the head into the East
river. aud when they reached New
York she\went to her rooms on Ninth
avenue and burned the clothes in a
cooking stove. The next day the rest
of the BODY was made up into three
parcels and disposed of in the manner
which Mrs. Mack stated at the last
trial. II rebuttal. three witnesses
swore that they had seen Mrs. Mack
in her rooms in New York between
half-past two and four O'Clock on the
afternoon OF June %, and Mrs VALLEY
said that she had seen Mrs. Mack
leave the cottage about twenty minutes
after she and the man with the light
suit had entered The prosecution did
not put Mrs. Mack on the stand. and
the court ruled against Mr.. Howe's at
tempt to introduce the testimony given
by Mrs. Mack at the mistrial.
Word was passed among the women
who appeared in the Queens county
court house to-day to seek admission
to the Thorn trial that much of the
evidence which the defense would in
troduce would be unfit for polite ears.
The result was that only three women
we're among the spectators when Judge
Maddox reopened court for the trial Of
he alleged murderer Of Guldensuppe.
Before Mr. Howe began his opening
address, John Gotha, the barber, was
recalled. Mr.. Howe asked him if he
had ever been an intimate of an inebri-
ate asylum at Fort Hamilton. The
witness said NO" Mr. Howe re-
oeated the question, pronouncing each
word with elaboration. Gotha thought
4 moment and then uttered an en-
phatic no.
THAT is all want Of you" said the
big lawyer, and Gotha left the room
Mr.. Howe requested the court to dis
Miss the charge of murder in the first
degree and the court denied the re-
quest
Mr.. Howe then began his address
Aith declaration Of Thorn,c inno-