The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-11
THORN WILL CONFESS TOO.


ca lear Martin" and ''Dear Child, y
wac suggested that they end their lives,
sh a' translated. She acknowledged that
baG wrote the letter but insisted that she
,yas lever loved him at any time and
co. un lpretendlng that she did SO only be-
.iWL she was afraid of him.
| Thom"y, was it syou were AFRAID OF
n q Th asked Mr.. Howe.
he morn had q syringe and said that
uo would put something in it which
Gn uIia destroy my eyesight and that of
Was tia fear of this syringe that
made you buy the oil cloth before the
man was dead and the same fear after
ne was dead which made you burn his
clothinga"
~ did everything could to satisfy
hiI", she added.
- gave him every cent of money 1
Did you take roll of carpet fro n
your house in New York to the Woodside
iio .ls In which to wrap the body?"
Was it this carpet which you carried
ia IN. Gne wagon to High Bridge.s"
| MRS Mack went on to say she knew
whaG was in the bundles; she helped to
carry out one of the bundles. Thorn put
one OF the bundles under his arm and
they walked through the street to the car,
whlcn was boarded and they rode to the
Terry, she did not know what ferry. She
| walked to the front of tho boat while
Thorn remained at the rear end of the
when they arrived in New York Thorn
told her that he had thrown the bundle
| overheard,
| Mr.. Howe-"How many still born in
rants in bottles have you in your house?"
| II have two"
In reply to another question, Mrs
Mack said: II never gave money or
offered money to any one to kill my hus-
band. never said 1t.
Mr.. Howe called Mrs. Nacks attention
to a statement which she is alleged to
nave made in German to Thorn, COM
manding him to keep his mouth shut at
the time of his arrest. She replied that
she had never made such statement
and said that at that time she merely
advised Thorn to get a lawyer.
In rely to another question Mrs. Mack
said that she had never used instruments
In her profession as midwife, and that
| when she had a case where instruments
had to be used she always called in doc
| tor.
She further said that she made her con.
fession voluntarily to her lawyer, Mr..
1
wrote it down. The only other person
present beside her lawyer was the court
| interpreter. She made the confession
on the advice of her lawyer.
| At this point Mr.. Howe asked for the
letter which Mrs Mack wrote to Thorn
in the jail. District Attorney Young
| produced the letter and handed it to Mr.
Howe. The letter read as follows:
Dear Martini send you some pota.
toes. If you don't want to eat them, Emay
be there are others. Dear child, write
me a few lines how you are feeling.
Dear child, l believe there is little hope
for us. feel very badly this afternoon.
Send me letter with your sister or
brother-in-law. l would like that they
get us something to end our lives with.
That would be the best. My lawyer told
me that the proofs are SO strong against
US. You have spoken too much which
| will do us harm. The proof is very
Estrong. Good night"
| The letter was not signed.
| Mr.. Howe-'In that letter you called
| Thorn dear Martin and dear child. What
j did you mean"
II didn't mean nothing" replied
4 Mrs. Mack.
| "You told Thorn you loved him?"
/ "Yes.''
You pretended you loved him2"
"Yes.''
1 Mr.. Howe changed his tactics afte,
this and turning suddenly he shouted at
the top of his voice: Mrs. Mack. was
i it not you who shot Guldensuppe?'
+ The woman was startled, but regained
herself in a moment and half shrieked
"No, did not"
"Was it not you who cut up the body?''
The woman frantically yelled back a
defiant "No.'
did any one tell you to say you did
not shot GuldensuppeT
examination and asked permission of the
court to reserve further cross-examina-
tion of the witness which was granted.
Judge Weller then proceeded with the
re- direct examination which was con-
Quoted with the aid of an interpreter, but
nothing new was elected. 1t was simply
a Strengthening out of her previous eyi-
dence. AS the examination was proceed
i ing, Thorn sat with his head bent slight
ly forward and turned towards the left
while he evidently wished to hear every
word with his right ear.
Recess, which was one hour, was taken
at 100.
/ During the recess District Attorney
Olcott of New York made the following
statement:
II III We're not LOT the legal req ulre-
ments that the confession of an accom-
plice must be corroborated before it can
go to the jury, would now advise MIR.
Young to close his case at once. so
thoroughly am l convinced that the jury
as every one else, realizes that Mrs. Mack
is telling the truth. The confession is
sound and true in every particular, and
amply settles the evidence which we
already have. But all of the witnesses
will be called whom we have expected
to appear before us SO as to make assur-
ance doubly sure and to furnish the
confederation of an accomplice's testi
mony which the law requires
Late this afternoon Lawyer Moss sale
that the defence admitted that Thorn
killed Guldensuppe and that the comics
sion he made to Barber Golpa was true
Mr.. Moss said that the defence would
put Thorn on the stand and that the lat
ter would tell that he killed Guldensuppt
to satisfy Mrs. Mack.
During her examination Mrs. Naoh
never mentioned anything az to saw
being used, neither did Golpa in his re-
port of Thorn's alleged confession to him
In cross-examfnation by Mr.. Howe, the
coroner said that a saw was certainly