Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
HIS LIFE AT STAKE.
Thorn Again on Trial for
Murder Of Guldensuppe.
New Evidence Brought 0ut--Judge':
Rulings in Favor Of Thorn.
Mrs. Mack In Court But Defendant Pays Little
Attention to Her.


New York, Nov. 24.-The first three
witnesses called in the Thorn trial this
morning were II. S. Peck, h. Steuben
and Alfred Baeder, who are employed
in the Murray Hill baths. They cor
roborated the testimony given last
evening by other bath employees as
to the identity of the parts of Gulden-
suppe's body.
Coroner Theodore X. Tuthill Of New
York county. described the appear
ance of the portions of the body which
he had examined at the morgue and
said the several fragments fitted each
other and fitted perfectly.
The witness said that in his eXami-
nation of the upper portions of the
body he had found two stab wounds,
one under the right collar bone and
the other between the fifth and sixth
ribs. The tissues around the wound
at the collar bone were filled with
blood, showing that the stab wound
had been inflicted during life. The
wound between the ribs penetrated the
heart and the result of such a wound
would certainly be instant death.
In cross-examination DIR. Tuthill said
to Mr.. Howe: The immediate cause of
death was stab wound in the heart"
How deep was this wound?" asked
Mr.. Howe.
Il could not say. as some of the
| flesh had been cut away from the
breast
Then the wound was made from the
'front.'" suggested the lawyer.
|. Yes, evidently"
1.-THE wound behind the clavicle
would not have caused death?"
NO, not Immediately"
On redirect examination, the wit
ness said that he had never seen the
head. and therefore did not know
what wounds had been inflicted.
After the coroner had left the stand,
the photographs so far introduced,
were handed to the jurymen and they
scanned them carefully. A recess of 10
minutes was taken at 1915.
After recess two of the clerks from
the coroner's office were examined but
their testimony was unimportant. DR..
Philip F. O'Hanlon. deputy coroner
of New York, was then called.
Prior to his examination a court at
tendant carried in a small glass jar
which was placed in front of witness
1t contained portion of Gulden-
suppe's body.
Just as soon as DIR. O'Hanlon had
told who he was and that he had made
an examination Of portions of the re-
mains at the morgue, he stated that
hn ha ont Of ;rrl,
of the dead man and said:
1T is now in that JAR"
DR.. O'Hanlon took the jar in one
hand and with the other he seemed to
be about to take the tin cover off
when Mr.. Howe jumped up and said:
Your honor, I don't think it is
necessary for the witness to open this
jar. and give us such a gruesome ex-
hibition. I am quite willing to accept
the testimony of the Witness
DR.. O'Hanlon then told of his exam
ination of the parts of the body and
described the wounds which were told
of by Coroner Tuthill
A new witness appeared in the per-
son of Marie Haften, who lived next
door to the Woodside cottage and had
charge of it. She swore that on the
21st or 22d of June a man whom she
positively identified as Thorn, the de-
PENDANT, called on her to inquire about
the vacant house next to her. of which
she had the keeping. The next day
the man returned with woman
dressed very snowy" and get the keys
and looked over the house. They said
it suited them and returned the keys.
I,a
woman returned and said they had
paid the rent and wanted the keys,
which were given them. The next
the witness saw of the man and
woman was on the Saturday following
the day they took the house, then she
saw them between and o'clock in
the evening, carrying between them a
bundle from the house to a surrey
standing in front. On the 2Sth of June
the man returned alone and talked to
her about the house.
Mr. Howe demanded the production
of Mrs. Mack in court to be identified
by this witness as the Snowy dressed
woman" Justice Maddox seemed to
be very doubtful as to whether he had
the right to compel the attendance of
an accused person for such a purpose
Finally it was agreed that Mr. Howe
should formally apply for and secure
habeas ad testificandum and that the
witness should be recalled to identify
Mrs. Mack.
Bernard Buala, the owner of the
Woodside cottage, and his wife, were
next examined, and said that a man
giving his name as Braun, and woman
who said she was Mrs. Braun, called at
their residence in New York and paid
SIS for months rent of the Woodsdt
cottage. This was about the 22d of
June last. The witness identified Thorn
as the man who said his name was
Braun.
Mrs. Clara Nuemheimer, whose resi-
dence in the rear of the cottage, both
gardens adjoining, was then examined
She was chopping wood in the rear Of
the house, on Friday, June 25, last.
She saw Mrs. Mack and a man dressed
in a light suit Of clothes come towards
the cottage. She never saw the man
again, but identified a photograph of
Guldensuppe as that of the man in the