The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-09
DRAGGING EAST RIVI err.
Less !. E's Hope Of f: Finding the Missing Head
Than Of Obtaining a Confession.
THORN AND MRS. HACK INDICTED.
The The Witnesses lf and sFhnt 1t is Ex ne cts
cd 10 Prove by Thenn-T Thorn i, q 4 al
q Ssstenont Which Amounts TO n
DeHini Of tho sIurder--z HAD Ere.
Gucnt Meetings With Mrs. Mack. IS Ss
\. " 81 q. n

Gucnt - seetings with Mrs. Mack. $50 ssaGS$
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New York, July 8, 1897. .ss
AraEging East river. in search OF the 9
head OF William Glldens1lpne fI7.,9 7,,I,,.
dered and dismernbered bath house
operator was begun to-day under the II
direction OF the detective bureau. Act u
inS Inspector OI3rien IS less conf1de1its "
OF lhding the missing head than he is OF
eNtoI'tinE u fun confession from MARTINI
Ihorn. the alleged murderer SI6$s
htiirtln Thorn and Mrs. Augusta, Mack Z:
nave been Indicted by the grand jury for is
MURDER ,.. III the first degree, in connec-
ton with the Guldensuppe case. The 81
cases will be tried In New York county.
The witnesses before the grand fury y
upon whose testimony the jury found
the indictments were Mrs. Riger the
TO Mrs. Mack; August Peterson, 11eph-t
eW OF GuluenSuppe. who identified tie I
body us that OF his uncle; FREDERICK
aartiler. q rubber in the Murray H,ll4s
lshthS. who also identified the body:
August Greuning, the undertaken, with u
whom Mrs Mack arranged to get a, 4
surrey: his assistant, George Bockrcth, \,
who delivered the surrey to Mrs. Mack A
and Thorn on the day they are said to
have gone to Woods!de. and Joseph
Gartha. barber, who says that Thorn
confessed the murder ITO him. There
were other witnesses but their testi-S
mony was not needed. The accused
VIII be arragned in General Sessions
Court to plead Tomorrow morning..
There will be no further proceedings in &
the Police Court. s35sE
Chief OF Detectives O'Brien tonight Il
gave, out for publication q. lengthy state &
ment alleged to have been made by Mac
tin Thorn, alias Torzewsk1 shortly after i
his capture in Harlem on Monday night s
The prisoner, who gave his age as 35 s
years, and Posen, Germany, rs his birth
II slopif y, no tS1f cSo
| liam Guldensuppe from the time Of the 4
| assault at Mrs. Nacks room, on Ninth =
avenue. in February last. tg sii a$it;ss tt3sss
Thorn admitted having drawn O. re- y
/ volver on that occasion and during the
scrinE1nagc,, he claims the weapon was 4
accidentally discharged. Guldensuppe.
he says, took the pistol away from him
and beat him 50 badly with 1t about th1leai
| head THAT he had to 20 to bellevue hos
| pltal for treatment. Several days later, 4
Thorn says, he ssT j ohm Gotha to Mrs.
| Mack for his clothes. When tho anes-i
sengcr returned he said that he ad,rnet
Guldcnsuppe at the flat. and THAI the
latter had said that he was sorry he
had not killed Thorn, but that IL The 81
ever met llim again. even If he ardd sa%
dozen men With Him, he would go for. &
him.
About three weeks afterthe ght with
| Guldensuppe, Thorn says he wrote! to- N
/ Mrs. Mack and she answered in person. Il
| From that time uplto the day Of her ar
| rest Thorn says he met the woman reg
| ularly and by appointment in different 81
parts Of the city, but on none OF these q
| occasions did he go with her to Il the ii
| Ninth avenue house. He says that he 4!
sent for her at Bucks restaurant on !.
| Tuesday evening, June Goth. and after Il
| the meeting they went to Central parls,;. q
! where they remained until IL p. !, ln:.
| While in conversation there, Thorn says
| he told the woman about the finding OF Sl
| p1rt of hO6p Of In the East 81
| river on June 26th and the suspicion
| that Guldensuppe had been killed and
his body boiled. Mrs Mack said thar Il
| she did not believe that Guldensuppe# n
was dead, but that she had not seen him $$3
since Friday morning and did not know Il
| where he was. Next day, Thorn says, u
| he read in the newspapers that Mrs
| Mack had Deen arrested. AZ Ii!iS IS S..&Sf
| Going back to the days preceding Gpl~<
! densuppe's disappearance, Thorn said n
"On Thursday, June 24tll, T was stop.
! ping at Maloney's hotel I got up at So
| o'clock that morning and remained
about the bar room for a couple off,
hours. Then went ito n saloon. and
| meeting q barber named Cart, we play
cd pnochle there until Z p. m. I met Mrs.
Mack after that on q street corner and
| we went to Central park. There Mrs.;
| Mack spoke to me about leaving Gul-s&s
densuppe and about buying me a barber
shop in the country. 7 spoke to tfersEs
about u place fer sale at Oyster Bay:
| L. T. Mrs Mack had given me money
! off and on in sums of about SIS and SO 9s
| at q time, and on one occasion aa much
as SEQ. She told me that GuldensuppstS
/ had been using her badly the last SIX
! months, and that he wanted her to OPEN
| a house Of prostitution. and Z then .ad- as
| vised her to leave him and live with sSf
/ me. We left the park about 10 o'clocls3i
that night. parted from her, and go-s
Ing to NIaloney's hotel, went ito bed: 81 Sssssf!
| "On Friday morning, June 25th, ,S& . i;
arose about Q a. m, and went tor the 81
| same saloon where had been the pre-
vious day. There 7 played ptnpchle8s
/ With Cart and others. refuse to say 81
anything further abU1tt that day, eX-. 81 81
/ copt that went to Mnloney's about 1Ga
] O'clock at night and ratired fortY-ttye5S
minutes later. 80; q 8s$fsS IS
81 got up Saturday morning, June ~
| .2Gth and Went out. I know Cord on, 4 the.
| ncWSboy, met NE going overt 9 Tl1irty-Sss
| fourth street ferry with 4. 5Wornaf.i but taS
| I cannot remember what n1Gr1fng & = sAs
was. ssSs$
II met Mrs. N..ck abou. s clock sun S#
! day evening, June. 2Tth. on o. street corr
tncr. We took g horse car to- EenSrafg&
| park, and there sat on q 8 bench s9 q
| spoke about Guldensuppes agstifi sss5s5S She
! told me She had bean%to 5ucle's rastatl-sss
6rant, and how Mrs. MI lter lad asked:
/ Iher If She had rot haafd IiiaSsss
yet, and She Mrs. Naek) sal no: s. he 81
also told me how sil Id s sent II
Buck over ;to the NJ array III dlJ batl ia
find oiit if Willis
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