Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-10
THE TRIAL OF THORN
PuNcrUALrTY SEEMS TO BE THE
wATcHwoRD.
TWENTY WITNESSES EXAMINED.
Counsel for Defence objects to Ad-
mission m Evidence Of Photographs
Of Dismembered Portions of body
objection OverruIed.


seems to be the watchword Of every enc
concerned In the trial Of Martin Thorn
for the alleged murder of William Gulden-
suppe, which began yesterday morning
in the Queens county courthouse.
Promptly at 10 o'clock this morning Dis
trict-Attorney William J. Youngs, his as
sstants. and the lawyers for the de-
fence, were in their places. and the prose-
cutor began his opening address.
Martin Thorn, handcuffed to Captain
Methuen, and escorted by a constable,
was brought into court few minutes
before the District Attorney began speak
ing. Thorn was dressed. as on yesterday,
with his face clearly shaven, and his hair
parted in the middle and carefully brush
ed back from his forehead.
Twenty witnesses were summoned for
examination to-day, and the District At
torney took them one by one, just as the
finding of the portions of the body opened
up to the public the fact that terrible
crime had been committed.
The four first witnesses were the boys
had found the upper portion of the severed
trunk, and then followed the policemen
who were called to the scene OF the find
ing, and they in turn were followed by
witnesses who testified to the bringing OF
that part of the body to the morgue.
The discovery of the lower part OF the
trunk, from which the legs were severed
halfway between the thighs and knees.
hot tolr nd w
handled it until it was deposited with the
morgue-keeper was examined, and each
one in turn identified the paper, oil-cloth,
and cheese-cloth in which the part was
wrapped.
The rest of the afternoon was taken Up
by the descriptions of those who dis
covered and inspected the bundle found
floating at the Brooklyn navy-yard, and,
as in the other two instances, the carry
ing Of these limbs was followed from the
navy-yard cookbook to the New YORK
morgue at Bellevue Hospital Then the
morgue-keeper was put on the stand, ana
he testified as TO the accuracy OF several
photographs, which he said were true
representations OF the portions of the
body which are now in glass jars pre-
served for identification in the morgue
Lawyer Howe made several objections to
the photographs being admitted as evil
dence, as the parts were still In the
morgue-keeper's possession, and insisted
that they should be produced in court.
Judge Smith overruled Mr.. Howe's OBJ
jections.
At o'clock all the witnesses who had
been summoned TO court for examination
had given their testimony and as there
were no more available, the prosecution
asked for an adjournment until to-mor-
row morning. The Court granted the re-
quest.
1t is said that the greater part Of the
testimony tomorrow will be that OF
anatomical experts, who will be produced
by the people to prove that the parts be-
longed to the same body, and also, II
possible, to prove the cause of death.
The District Attorney believes that he
can prove these things to the satisfac-
ton of the jury. after which he intends
to convince the court and jurors that the
headless body which was so savagely dis
membered is none other than that OF the
missing bath rubber. William Guiden-
SuDpe.