New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-27
THORN's ACCUSERS REST.
GOTTA. THE BARBER, AND NOT MRS
MACK, THEIR CHIEF WITNESS
THE ALLEGED MURpERER's PARAMoUR MOI
CALLED TO REPEAT HER CONFESSION
- MR.. HOWE pIsAPPoINTED-HIs CASE
FOR THE DEFENCE TO BE-

MR. HOWE DIsAPPoINTED-Hls CASE
FOR THE DEFENCE TO BE-
GIN ON MONDAY
Contrary TO general expectation inc
ton in the case OF Martin Thorn charged WV
the murder Of William Guldensuppe hii'sNeu
presentation OF its evidence yesterday ai'ei 49,
r.,,h,,, calling upon Mrs. Mack to repeat hef
confession made in the first triaH -"
rou,cement was suddenly made when court voc
rsossembled. after a short recess TAKE" "
the room. Mrs. Mack may yet De ca'e" '.
c,ote IN testify in rebuttal, for II 10
that the defence will try in every wa! :. ,hot
her character and that Thorn VIII .es,m' =,
che really committed the murder .,".',ax,,
IJowe counsel for the accused Is pa'"0"'a
disappointed that Mrs. Mack "a extremely
again He said yesterday liia' "'
anxious to cross examine her' ,,osterdav
There was O. great crowd present Ses'eu
- BE, the trial was resumeo-so sie"'
-ou'S chat Justice Maddox ordered 'he eos
-, q. ha cleared and closed to the puo''O'
r. oa,hsr;ns In the west gallery lhciuueu mott
s ,,or,e, some OF whom carrieu op'."
So. ora used them. The principal ac'oi' :"
,.,,udor trial were all present. Inc p.'''
-" his usual calmness, save 'hat ITO "p
~ .s .,o.Adinely pale when John oo'ha' e
- uas giving his testimony Mis' -
go o,so nresent and preserved her usu"' w..
.ur.ss,on Her husband, herman van
.oma into the courtroom wheh coui' -,
-, ho retreated to the gallery ana o'.U nj
-. cot there for the rest OF the gay rs
80 ...o-nev Olcott took prominent par !"
..o,,,r,ne the witnesses for the o'a'e' q"
.o~a,a weller is not we'll. and Dis'ric. ~.
yaunos Is reserving himself apparently i0i WV
summing up. ~, TIVE DAY
coTHA THE WITNESS OF The D'i
= co,ha was the principal witness Oh INC
a., His testimony is regarded as "io'' -
go, and every effort will be maoe ny ."
$50 IN shake 1t. He detailed his aouu"
ter Thorn and described al lehg'h no"
"a told him how he killed Guldehsuppe' "
Az. Mack lured the man 10 the "ou :,
xIrooas,de and helped him In the oispoe'''0N
.hs d,fferent parts Of the body where '''e'
found. .,.o 1,uebn who
The first witness was Constantine ~" ..-
20. recalled He was asked about cohNe''"
vac - "a x..h him about noseless car
.r,aoes hut his testimony was DOT aulhi''eu
1891 sneck a barkeeper at No o4o Eas'
,rh,r,y- fourth-st. said that Thorn ana mrs
ST. had often drunk in his saloon. ne
.o,,, Thorn on Junes % and Thorn showeu
Rim q gold watch and said he made IL Out VI
surrev ride Henry Federer. truckoriNei' '''
tiAed that he met Thorn In SpecKs saiooh any
that iokingly he said: II oeheVe you me-
Guldensuppe." to which Thorn nao iaushi's'
responded That's right
Edward Gordon, boy who sells newspapers
on the Thirty fourth-st. ferry SAID ne Sd" NV"
60 across the ferry about noon on June 20 ana
Carl Merrich. a barber, said Thorn had black
owe one time and said he got 1t In fight at the
house where he boarded
brief recess was then taken pending the
arrival of Police Captain OBrien, formerly
Chief of the Detective Bureau. When Captain
OBrien took the stand Mrs Mack was brought
IN at the request of Mr.. Howe. She never looked
at Thorn, but the prisoner gazed at her con-
stantly Captain OBrien was called upon to
identify Mrs. Mack, and then he was allowed 10
60 Mr. Howe demanded TO know If Mrs. Mack
was be put upon the stand. but he could get
no assurance Of that intention from the prose-
cution Detective Sergeant McCauley corrobo-
rated the testimony Captain OBren had pre-
viously given and Mrs. Margaret Stuart. who
lived over Mrs. Nacks rooms in Nnth-ave..
identified a portrait Of Guldensuppe as the man
she had known as Mr. Mack.
THE BARBER TELLS HIS TALE.
Then the prosecution called John Gotha
Gothas first testimony dealt with Thorn's
famous black eye. The witness said Thorn had
received 1t in a fight with Guldensuppe. Thorn
told the witness several times that he would get
even with Guldensuppe. Once he showed a
pistol and said: "Il use this on Guldensuppe
III get a chance" On Saturday night June 10.
Gotha said he passed Maloney's Hotel. where
Thorn lived, and called to him through the
window, and Thorn responded that he was very
tired having been riding with Mrs. Mack all
day. The witness next saw Thorn on Monday,
July g. in barber shop in Eighth-ave.. between
hundred and-twenty-fif and One-hun-
dred.and-twenty- sixth SITS. He said he told
Thorn that the police were looking for him, and
that afternoon he met him again at a saloon at
Eighth-aye. and One-hundred- and -thirtieth-st.
Then Thorn told him he had killed Guldensuppe.
He told him that he and Mrs. Mack had axed
the plan. and that he himself had gone to the
house In Woodside early In the morning and
waited Finally Mrs. Mack and Gudensuppe
came. Mrs. Mack went into the back yard. and
Guldensuppe went upstairs where Thorn was
hidden The bath rubber looked into closet,
Thorn said. and then he shot MN IRON behind;
Then he went down and told Mrs. Mack and
asked her IL she heard the shot she said she
had not heard II. 49,,
him he had cut the body into pieces with a razor
and a saw, and said that the accused man said
he and Mrs. Mack threw one piece into the East
River ana dnother INTO the "oooo ,eoi AAieh
bridge Thorn had told him, the witness said
that he cut the tattoo mark of Guldensuppe's
breast This finished the direct examination
and recess was ordered.
PAID BY THE DIsTRIcT-ArToRNEY.
After recess Mr.. Howe began the cross-exami-
nation. In response to questions Gotha denied
that he was an inebriate. He could not remem
her at first what he did In the few days follow
ing Thorn's arrest. Afterward he remembered
having gone to Police Headquarters and having
passed Thorn with handouts on, SO to make
him think he was a prisoner. He admitted thai
ne had gone to board with a man named Fleet
at Babylon, Long Island. but he said 1t was moi
a sanitarium His wife paid his board. and M
didn't know where she got the money Finally
he said ne believed that II came from the Dis