Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-30
Testimony is All Submitted in Guldensuppe
Murder oase.
WILL BE TURNED OVER TO The JURY TODAY
Defendant Takes the stand and Ac-
cuses Mrs. Nnck of the Murder,
Admitting He Helped Dis
pose of Remains.

dox will charge the jury carly in the after
noon. Mr.. Howe will begin his final appeal
in Thorns behalf at $3.50 and he expects to
conclude before noon. District Attorney
YOungs will then have his say for the prose
cution and he expects TO finish within two
hours. 1t is not expected that the charge
OF Justice Maddox will be very lengthy, so
that by O'Clock in the afternoon the case
may be with the jury.
| Opinions, both lay and legal. differ very
materially as to the probable result. Many
look for a conviction, but greater number
anticipate a disagreement few of Thorn's
former employers were called by the defense
! today and they all gave the accused barber
an excellent character dating back some ten
years. Thorn himself was the only other
witness called for the defense. From the
moment ne was led to the witness chair until
he left it, some hours later the prisoner con-
Quoted himself in a cool and impressive man
ner His statements in reply TO general
questions, and his answers in the direct and
cross examinations were delivered in mod
crate tone of voice, which could be heard
distinctly by ell in the court room At times
his voice would dr,p so that he could not
be heard a few feet away, but Mr. Howe
reminded the witness at these times that he
should speak louder, and those admonltions
always had the desired effect.
ACCUSES MRS. MACK
Thorn, in his story of the murder, deliber-
ately accused Mrs Mack of having shot Gul-
densuppe, and declared that when he (Thorn)
reached the Woodside cottage between u and
u o'clock on Friday, June %, the woman
met him at the door aod told him that Gull
densuppe was lying dead upstairs and that
she had shot and killed him. This, Thorn
said, was the first intmati0n he had Of the
purpose for which Mrs Mack had rented
the Woodside cottage. Up to that moment
ne had understood she was going to start
baby farm there and that he was to live with
her and share the profits.
He described in detail how, after Mrs.
Mack had begged of him to help her get rid
OF the body he accompanied her to the
room on the second floor, where he found
| Guldensuppe lying on his side. dead. from a
bullet wounq in the right side Of the head
! Mrs. Mack told him that she had carried
the revolver in her hands, covered by q
handkerchief, and that as Guldensuppe was
looking into q closet she shot him in the
side of the head Thorn then said he went
out and bought two pounds Of plaster Of
paris, at Mrs. Nacks 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. Between that 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
knife and s1w. Then she severed the trunk
and boasted Of her knowledge Of anatomy
while SO doing Then she severed the legs
using the knife and 4 saw. The knife looked
like a butchers knife. II was not a stilletto
or dirk knife.
COVERING Up THE TRACKS.
Mrs. Mack, according to the witness re
mained there all the day until 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, when she went out to get some
fresh air IS 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 psto,
saw and knife. and he with the head in
parcel under his arm left the house and
took a trolley car to the Ninety-secoHd
street. ferry to New York. From the ferry
boat he dropped the head into the East
river, and when they reached New York
she went TO her rooms on Ninth avenue
and burned the clothes In q 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.
In rebuttal three witnesses swore that they
had seen Mrs. Mack in her roome in New
York between 2:3O and o'clock on the aft
ernoon of June 20, and Mrs VALLEY said
that she had seen Mrs. Mack leave the cot
tage 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 Mir.
Howe's attempt to introduce the testimony
given by Mrs. Mack at the mis-trial.
Beginning with the sta .ement that he came
to America seventeen years ago, the pris-
oner said his real name was Forceswiky He
briefly related the facts of his life up TO the
time he met Mrs Mack, eighteen months
ago. Guldensuppe was boarding with Mrs.
Mack at the time.
Il rented a furnished room from her at
50 a week" said Thorn. Later ! under
stood Guldensuppe WIS her husband. She
first made love TO me and ! returned her
love. was very fond OF her, and loved her
up TO the moment she took the witness stand
on my first trial"
START OF THE TROUBLE.
The prisoner then told how he supplRnted
the bath rubber in Mrs. Nacks affections and
described the row he had with Guldensuppe
in consequence last February. During this
row Guldensuppe caught hold Of him Thorn
held a revolver, which went of accidentally,
Then Guldensuppe took the pistol from him
and gave him a beating. The prisoner left
the house and went 10 hospital. Mrs. Mack
met him afterward very often, and they went
to places Of amusement She said she was
sorry that Guldensuppe had hurt him but
that he must not heed that Thorn, al the
suggestion Of his counsel, then told in his
own way what Mrs. Mack had said TO him
afterwards. The court directed Mr. Howe
not 10 lead the witness,
Mrs. Mack told me-" said Thorn that
she wished 10 leave Guldensuppe and wished
10 live in some quiet place. We visited the
Woodside cottage and as it seemed q suitable
place We hired the cottage ! paid the SIS
and got the key On the 24th Of June ]
gave the key 10 Mrs Mack, as she said she
wanted TO do some cleaning RI the cottage.
About II or u O'Clock on Friday morning,
June 25, Mrs. Mack met me at the door She