The Portland daily press., 1897-11-30
MRS. mack THE GUILTY ONE
ThOrRe Accuses Her Of GuIden.
suppe'S Murder.
TELLS HIS STORY OF CRIME ON
WITNESS STAND.

Admits That He Assisted in Cutting Up
the Body But Declares He Knew
Nothing of Murder Until Mrs. Mack
Told Him.
New York, November 29.-The trial of
Martin Thorn for the murder of Gulden-
suppe WAS closed tonight SO far as the
taking of evidence was concerned. To-
morrow morning the lawyers for the de-
fendant and the people will sum up and
it is expected that Justice Maddox will
charge the jury early in the afternoon.
Mr.. Howe will begin his final appeal in
Thorn's behalf at $50 and he expects to
conclude before noon. District Attorney
Youngs will then have his say for the
prosecution and he expects to finish with
in two hours. 1t is not expected that
the charge Of Justice Maddox will be very
lengthy 80 that by three o'clock in the
afternoon the case may be with the jury.
Opinions differ very materially as TO
the proable result. Many look for con-
viction but greater number anticipate
disagreement.
were called by the defense today and they
all gave the accused barber an excellent
character, dating back some ton years.
Thorn himself Ewas the only other wit
ness called for the defense. From the
moment he was conducted to the witness
chair until he left it some hours later, he
conducted himself in a cool and impress
sive manner. His statements in reply to
general questions and his answers in the
direct and cross examinations were de-
livered in moderate tone of voice which
could be heard distinctly by all in the
court house.
Thorn in his story of the murder de-
liberately accused Mrs. Mack OF having
shot Guldensuppe and when he (Thorn)
reached the Woodside cottage between
eleven and twelve o'clock on Friday,
June 25 the woman met him at the door
and told him that Guldensuppe was lying
dead, upstairs and that she had shot and
killed him.
This was the first intimation Thorn
said, that he had of the purpose for which
Mrs Mack had rented the Woodside cot
tage, Up to that moment ne had under.
stood she was going to start baby farm
there and that he was to live with heI
and share the profits.
He described in detail how, after Mrs
Mack had begged of him to help her gel
rid of the body he accompanied her to ths
room on the second floor where he found
Guidensuppe lying on the side, dead from
a bullet wound in the right side of the
head.
Mrs. Mack told him that she had carried
the revolver in her hand covered by
handkerchief and that as Guldensuppt
was looking into closet she shot him in
the side of the head.
Thorn said he then went out and bought
two pounds of plaster paris at Mrs
Mack direction and returned shortly
afterwards.
This was about noon When he goi
back to where the body lay, Mrs. Mach
was still there and he helped her undres!
the corpse Between them they carried
the body to the bath room and Mrs. Mack
cut it into five pieces.
She first cut the head from the tlunA
and boasted of her knowledge of anatomy
while doing so. Then she severed the
legs. using the knife and saw. The knife
stilletto or dirk knife.
Mrs. Mack, according to the witness
remained there all that day un til p. m.
when she went out to get some fresh air.
| About O'Clock she returned and then
she, carrying @ bundle containing the
saw and knife, he with the head in q
parcel under his left arm, they left the
house and took a trolley car to the 92nd
street ferry to New York.
From the ferry boat he dropped the
| head into the East river and when they
reached New York she went to her roomi
on Ninth avenue and burned the clothes
in cooking stove.
The next day the rest of the body wal
made up into three parcels and disposed
of in the manner in which Mrs Mack
stated at the last trial.
Thorn's story was listened to very in,
tentively by all in the court room, and
when he had finished several believed he
was telling the truth.
In rebuttal three witnesses swore thai
they had seen Mrs. Mack in her room in
New York trimming a hat between 2.3t
and O'Clock on the afternoon of June
25 and Mrs Valley said that she had
seen Mrs. Mack leave the cottage about
twenty minutes after she and the man
with the light suit had entered. The