The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
DIDN'T wAITFOR H HEAD
WITHOUT IT GIELDSENsUPPE'S
sLAYERs ARE INDICTED.


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arnnd yury Acts while the Poitco Arc vainiy
DragEinG the FAST River - More AileEed
pannEinG AduiSstonu Made bJ Martin
Taorr Details Of the Aattsr's Arrest.
Martin Thorn. the man who, with Mrs. Au-
gusta Mack. Is accused Of numbering William
0ieldsensuppo, the bath.houso rubber, was kept
on tho rack by the police most OF yesterday. He
did not confess that he was the murderer, but
he made some statements which tho officials do
cline to give out ut present, and they say now
they don't care whether he confesses or not. Tho
evidence they have ia sufficient to convict him.
and to convict Mrs. Mack, at least as an accos-
sorry. Upon 1t the Grand Jury indicted tho pair
yesterday for murder In tho first degree. A
part Of what Thorn has said since he was ar
rested was made public yesterday by Acting
Inspector O'Brien. In this statement the Acting
Inspector says Thorn said:
my name 10 Martin Thorn. ! am 80 years Of
age, and was born In Poson. Germany. am q
barber by trade. 1 at present live In a furnished
room at 235 East Twenty-hfth street. l have
not soon William Gieldsensuppe since 1 was as
saulted by him at the house Of Mrs. Mack at A39
Ninth avenue. while we were fighting on that
occasion / had a loaded revolver in my hand.
We fell on the floor, and while down Gieldsen-
suppe was trying to get tho revolver from mo
when Il was accidentally discharged. Gieldsen-
suppe finally got It away from mo and struck
me over the head q number of times. lie cut my
head In several places, and was bleeding badly.
He then got hold of mo and threw mo down tho
stairs. 1t must have been IL o'clock at night
when this happened.
at had my hat in my hand and could not put
Il on, my head was swelled SO. 1 went out OF
the building and took a 1'hirty-fourth street car
towards First avenue, and thon walked to
nallnyuo uoapit,l I do mt ran,annhnr tho mama
i gave at the hospital, but it was not Martin
Thorn. My head was dressed by the doctor, and
they sent some one with mo to Twentieth street
and Second avenue, where l stayed over night.
The next day / left this place about z o'clock in
the morning, and rode around most OF the day
In the cars. ! was not able to eat anything 1 felt
90 bad. In tho evening l went to Il lodging
house on the south side of Twenty-third street,
between First and Second avenues. l do not re-
member what name / gave. On the next day,
which I think was the second day after I left
Mrs. Nack's house. I hired n room corner Of
Twenty-eighth street and Second avenue, from
Honeck Bros, under the name of Martin Thorn.
i sent John Gotha, a friend of mine. who is n
barber, with q note to Mrs. Mack for my satchel.
Gieldsensuppe was there and said he was
sorry no did not kill me, and II we
met again, even IL l had a dozen men with
mo he, would go for me. Mrs. Mack gave my
satchcl to Gotha and he brought 1t to me at nv
room at this hotel. The following day l sent an
expressman named Drummer. who keeps on
Third avenue. between Twenty.fourth and
Twenty-ffth streets, to Mrs. Mack for my trunk.
/ instructed him to go to Mrs. Mack and tell her
to give him q trunk belonging to Martin Thorn.
Ho did 30 and brought 1t to Honeck Brothers.
About three weeks after my trouble with
Gieldsensuppe 1 wrote to Mrs. Mack to meet ME
nm GAvanth avenuA I think ahe wrote me mn
answer by mail that she would meet me-. lido
not remember what else she said in the letter.
/ met her. as agreed, in the evening, on the cor.
ner of Seventh avenue and Thirty-third street.
We went into a saloon on the northwest corner.
where we had some drinks. We spoke about
the fight I had with Gieldsensuppc, and she said
IL was my fault, that I had come home drunk
and insulted her. We remained at this saloon
about. ono hour, and when we got out on the
street I went home, after making an appoint
ment to meet Mrs. Mack again.
have been meeting her two or three times
~Eaeeksrxf since up to Tuesday night, June 90
last, when I sent for her at Bucks restaurant
between D and 10 o'clock that night. l told the
newsboy to tell Mrs. Mack that a woman wanted
to SEQ her at the corner of Forty-third street and
Sixth avenue, and not to tell her it was u man.
The reason I did this was because Mrs. Miller
did not know that Mrs. Mack and 1 were goins
out together. We took an Eighth avenue cal
at Forty-third street and went to Central Park
We sat down on a bench in the park
until about IL o'clock at night. I told
her thatSI had seen in the newspaper that
part of q human body was found in the river
and that 1t stated it was q part of Gieldsen'
suppo's body. I told her how it was also men
toned In the newspapers that a part of the body
found must have been boiled before being thrown
into the river. She said she did not believe 1t
was Gieldsensuppe's body. because she did moi
believe Gieldsensuppe was dead. She told mt
that he had not been home since Friday morn
ing, and that she did not know where he was
She did not say anything about going to tht
Morgue to identify the body after l had told hel
what had appeared in the newspapers, nor l did
not suggest that she should. We walked out
Of the Park together, as far as Eighth avenu,
and Fifty-ninth street, and took the Eighth ave
nue. car to Thirty-fourth street. Mrs. Mack wen
homo after we had made an appointment II
meet next OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I saw In thu
morning newspapers on Wednesday that tho do
tectives were at Mrs. Nack's house and / did mo-
go there.
o Thursday, June "a. l was stopping a
Maloney's Hotel, southeast corner OF Thirty
fifth street and. Second avenue. / got up ont o.
around the barooin until about 10 or II o'clock
and ! then went to Eleventh avenue and Thirty
IOurtn street. 10 q DarrOOm on the northeast cor
ner, and met a friend named Carl, n barber. w,
sat down at n table In the back room of tn,
saloon and played pinochlc until about 7 o'clocl
in the evening, then met Mrs. Mack Mt Eighth
avenue and Thirty-fourth street. We went I,
Central Park and sat down OH a bench. Mrs.
Mack spoke to me about leaving Gieldsensupp,
and buying me a barber shop In the country.
spoke to her about a place for sale at Oystel
Bay, LII Mrs. Mack had given me money OF ant
on In sums OF about $5 and SO at a time. and OF
other occasions as much rs 200. She told IN,
that Gieltsensuppe had been using her badl.
the last six months and that Gieldsensuppi
wanted her to open a house of prostitution, an,
then advised her to leave him and live witt
live with me. We left the Park about 10 O'clocl
that night. Thursday and walked to Eight
avenue and Fifty-ninth street. where we tool; al
Eighth avenue car 70 Thirty, fourth street, wher,
] left her and went home TO Mlloney's Hotel, an,
arrived there about lo:45 p. NJ, and then wen
TO bed.
o Friday morning. June 25, / got out O
bod about o O'clock and went to Eleventh
saloon where / had been the day bcfor,
June .24l.. 1t must have been about 10 or !,
O'Clock. when j reached this saloon. i playe.
70 say anything further about that day, excep
that l went TO Maloney's about 10 O'clock a