The Portland daily press., 1897-07-08
MARTIN .rHoRNE's CONFESSION.
Details of the Horrible Slaughter of Will
lam Guldensuppe.

New York, July 1.-THE man who was
arrested in Spears drug store last night
and who, it is claimed, is Martin Thorn,
and who together with Mrs. Mack, is sus-
pected of having killed William Gulden-
suppe, has heen positively identified as
Martin Thorn
Acting Inspector O'Brien thinks he
knows where Thorn dropped the head of
Guldensuppe into the river
Inspector Stephen O Brien, chief of the
detective bureau, made public a con-
fession, which he says Thorn made to a
man.
Thorn said that on Friday morning
house No. 346 Second street, Woodside, L.
l.. 1t was between ten and eleven a. M
when Mrs. Mack and Guldensuppe drove
up to the house at Woodside, L. T., in the
surrey, which has been mentioned in the
previous stories. Thorn heard Mrs Mack
ask Guldensuppe a few questions and
heard Guidensuppe answer. Then Mrs.
Mack said according to the confession:
willie don't wait for me- Go through
the house and see how you like it.
"Oh, IN just stay here until you come
back" Guldensuppe replied, but Mrs
Mack, according to the confession, was
anxious to see the actual transaction of
the tragedy she had planned.
''No, don't wait, she urged. ego and
see the rooms upstairs, 1 think YOU II like
them
Thorn, concealed behind the door of the
closet, heard Guldensuppe' ssteps on the
stairs as he complied with the woman's
request. Carelessly Guldensuppe opened
door after door until he came to the closet
where Thorne stood. As the door sprung
open Thorne shot Guldensuppe right in
the head. He died almost instantly
y Thorn took hold of the body BY the
shoulders, dragged it down stairs and
showed it into the bath tub. Then Thorn
went to the ground floor where Mrs. Mack
was waiting.
"It's DONE" said Thorn.
3 u know replied Mack, II heard"
"Now go back to the city" Thorn said
o'clock. Everything will be ready
Mrs. Mack obeyed Thorn's injunctio
and the murderer returned to tho bath.
tub. He cut off the head with razor and
saw. Then haapacked the head closely
with plaster of paris until it looked like
block Of white stone. Then he took the
legs off and after that the lower part of
cheese cloth, then In the oil cloth, tied
the bundles neatly, lit u pipe and sat
looking at his handiwork. He sat there
until Mrs. Mack returned in the surrey.
Carrying the bundles with him, they both
took the ferry boat across to New York.
On the way over they threw the bundles
into the river.
How one portion of the body was found
in the woods is not explained.
When Thorn was arraigned he had
perfectly self-possessed appearance. He
was neatly dressed and seemed almost the
least excited of the crowd that gathered
around the magistrates desk eager to see
and hear all the latest and greatest
chapter Of the mystery.
said that he would look after Thorn's in
terest for the present.
Sergeant McCaulley, who arrested
7 thorn last night, asked that the prisoner
be remanded and Magistrate Flammer
granted the request, fixing the hearing
for TO- 80 on Friday morning, when Mrs.
Nack's case would be heard.
Thorn Is said to have taken the watch
and chain and Guldensuppe's clothing
and to have pawned them. He appears to
have made absolutely no effort to leave
the city and beyond shaving of his mus
taohe took but a few steps to prevent his
detection.
In his room there was found valise
which contained copies of all the news
papers giving full accounts of the finding
of the portions of the body and from day
to day he had cut out stories which had
traced the crime home to himself
According to the accepted solution of
the mystery, the case against Mrs. Mack
is greatly strengthened. 1t is said that
she read this mornings account of
Thorn's capture without showing the
least trepedation and refused to make any
comment whatsoever.
LONG Island Citv D11In, her who wa
sent to the Woodside house, discovered a
quantity of plaster Of paris in the drain
pipe from the bath tub. This is con-
sidered to be strongly corr oborative of the
confession which the police say Thorne
made.
How Martin Thorn spent last week,
while the police all over this continent
were looking for him, is told by Mrs.
Hoven, who keeps boarding house.
"a week ago. said Mrs. Hoven, sat
about ten O'Clock in the morning "a
stranger rang my door bell and asked me
when came to the door if had any fur
nished room to rent He carried in his
hand q new dress suit case. 1t was the
only baggage he had. l took him to the
front room on the second floor. He liked
that one very much, he said, Immediately
engaging it.
"Shortly afterward this man. he never
told me what his name was, went out.
He took his valise with him. He seemed
very much afraid lest he might lose sight
of it. Before he went he said that he was
a married man and that when he returned
in few hours his wife would be with
him.
r. NV new boarder came back in about
half an hour. He was alone. My little
daughter answered the bell. The man
went straight to his room. 1 never saw
him personally after his first call, when
he pretended that he was a great friend of