The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
Signed Statement Made by the Ac
cuSed Barber.
MIDWIFE THE MURDERESS
THORN HELPED CUT UP AND
DISPOSE OF REMAINS.
Probability That Case Will Go to
Jury on Observation-Disclosures
Impression Made by Mrs Mack
Thorn Will Repeat His Confession
on the Stand Tomorrow.


probability that the case of Martin
Thorn, on trial for the murder of Will
liam Guldensuppe, will go to the jury
not later than Wednesday next, and
possibly Tuesday night. William F.
Howe, his lawyer, has promised to fin
ish his side of the case Monday. Thorn
Will testify in his own behalf, and ac-
cuse Mrs. Mack of killing Guldensuppe.
Other witnesses for the defense will
probably be Mrs. Zeigler of West
Farms, of whom it is alleged Mrs.
Mack, with Guldensuppe wanted to
hlre a house, the negotiations failing
because the house did not have a sewer,
and Hermann Mack, Mrs. Nack's hus-
band. 1t is a question whether Mack
will be allowed to testify against his
wife when she is put on trial for her
life.
1t is understood that after the de-
tense is closed, Mrs. Mack will be called
by the prosecution on rebuttal, to re-
peat her confession accusing Thorn of
the murder
UNFAVORABLE IMPRESSION.
District Attorney Youngs did not
want to put Mrs. Mack on the stand
because she made an unfavorable i'm
preston on the jury at the first trial.
when she related the details of the hor-
rible crime. If Mrs. Mack be called
again as a witness for the state, it will
be because the district attorney is COM
PEELED to take this course to offset the
statement of Thorn when he charges
her with the killing
Mr.. Youngs says the reason he closed
the case for the state without calling.
Mrs. Mack as a witness was because in
his opinion, the people had presented a
case strong enough to convict Thorn
without the WOman'S confession. Dis
trict Attorney Alcott of New York con-
ours in this opinion.
The usual stories were circulated to-
day that Mrs. Mack and Thorn were
about to break down, but Sheriff D6hl
says the prisoners are unchanged. ex-
cept that they are both anxious to have
the trial over.
When Thorns fate has been decided.
Mrs. Nack's case will come up. 1t is
generally supposed that she will be al
lowed to plead guilty either to murder
in the third degree or rnanslaughter in
the first degree. For murder in the
second degree, she would receive a
sentence of Imprisonment for life. and
for manslaughter in the first degree.
the extreme penalty is 20 years.
The following statement signed by
Martin Thorn. is published in an even
ing paper today:
THORN'S STATEMENT.
when so on the stand Monday
morning 1 will tell the true and com
plete story of the crime for which l
am now being tried for my life My
lawyer has advised me to conceal moth
ing and with the help of God I will
not.
Martin Thorn is just man with
vices and virtues Just like others, and
with the hope Of life just as strong in
him as in another. He loved an I'M
worthy woman; he loved and trusted
and shielded her until ne was in the
very shadow of the electric chair; loved
her until she swore away his existence
to save her own, to save herself from
the consequences of her own act-the
killing of the man whom she said she
feared, because of his knowledge OF
other crimes.
Augusta Mack planned and accom-