The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

Thorn. said Nj: Hove. as q. sRoctstcr,
leaned forward and E.sped expectanty' what
II your proper manner
THORN A WITNESS.
MARTIN Torcewsky," was the answer in q low
but pleasant voice, and no spelled the name,
that the SisnoErsPhsr might tS &C., IL 4 p nS|saIy told
that he was born in Germany 80 yoars ago and
that that he S.o had come n f So A% ysIs CIV III Is sSsS ever ,s Sinsc
ne had gone 70 her nat to live Sy II EcSpo S;s,S e an
Nscks cousin, but later he learned that he oc-
"nid Mrs. Mack make love to you or you to
herI. the lawyer asked,
did you love her in roturnr
Very sOndlyr
"Andd did you love her up to the time she took
the witness stand against youi"
End she sent you heiress-love lettersr
Thorn made all these answers with just a
faint tinge OF sadness in his voice. He set, with
his body turned In,G'dd,t toward the Jury and with his
meet the the. eyes q his lawyer sausroly.
Then he told q The light With SiOIdsensgppc,
and BACKED Bic eyes. Mrs. Mack had said she
loved him and he had doubted her. She had said
e Si5 DEGSs ah1s !!svss at chat ans she one won nish ,oi Wien Of i he to
eey,it But she had feared to do 50. Instead she
names. and the fight followed on which so much
motive for the murder is now based by the prose.
But Mrs. Mack, he said. had told him she was
very sorry that the rubber had mistreated him.
and she had said to him that he must DO patient
in hfs love, because she soon would be rid OF this
he SeI sWore that he an never ep tSreatcned to ID do his IL rival
MRS. MACK THE arch PLoTTER.
Before this fight, he said, he had boon as a
husband to Mrs. Mack while Gieidsensuppe was
At the bath house. for Thorn worked by day. while
met r hi@ often Eara a%a y from the nat si.e where eG Gie see
sensuppe might again attack him. and they
Eis oP Sin to s 81 sySy t e. aSnt tsrt 70 they Tsn might fso Ss
In New York, but she would not hear to this.
.%ew ont 70 go to a quiet place outside of the
Soft was arranged that he should look for
cottage, He went to Woodside alone and found
slaughter pom. He got the key from Mrs.
Hafner. looked the cottage through, and the
n tSeI G Sss t 70 tbe M Bnil sss shd g M sse Mack i: tT psis sSe
rent. He took the key.
The night before the murder Mrs. Mack, he
said, came to him for the key. She was going
over to the cottage in the morning to clean the
windows. SO he gave It. to her; He would meet
went to tho little cottage. 1t was perhaps
quarter past IL o'clock when he walked up on
"Asf came up tho stoop.' he said. still with.
out q ripple Of excitement, 1.-The door opened
and there stood Mrs. Mack. She was just inside
live just had Gieldsensuppe upstairs she
"'what doing = 1 asked.
".How's that . I said to her.. -
49, shot him. she said. and I'm glad I'm rid
Of him now. and all my troubles with him
";What are You going to do now 1 asked
"''You must help ne got rid of tho body she
"'.No.' said l. I will not
CUTTING UP HIS RIVAL
- iii .YHu-. Iz-pA -
fall on you because you had q fight with him.
And so l went upstairs.
q" .GS b sha!i s Te get sai 5id a Sf h Me r todk asked sse bodv
n Gnar ass lhs and d. d ,Ss ed it to o, tho B ,, 6ath Tub
dress. l took hold Of the body. Mrs. Mack had
q knife ready and began cutting the head off.
things nG ready a!a !. i i asf HsdPR RssR. s snd s sRe tod a. mt sh sss
,TSrapped in the rags with which she was to clean
And in this strain he went on with his .grue-
S %as p STORY yv. he IL vas tbis matter hntsbs of feet T6 now; There n
sadness in his voice, either real or simulated. |
He told Just how she cut the neck Of the dead
WON n save sawed sr' il tfo OF with IL Tn The 0s saw s sSe h aas
brought with her. how she bumped on the ribs
and then he told OF, tho wrapping OF
n ass parsss hrs. in Mack she sta SildlG shrour 50 +, h an bss
said. At 4 o'clock she went out, having washed
the blood from her hands and arms, to get the
started again for New York. he with the head
and she with the bloody garments Of her former
lover.
Then Just as she had told it, detail for detail, he |
fsconnted the various trips to the cottage and
Having thus disposed Of the murder proper.
Sis' b h9we mad IBIS, his witness turn to John Gotha.
WI Pet Goyss w as0 emp %sns To he t ssid D2 inse on sh lSe
Worning Of July s, knowing full well that Mrs.
mack had been arrested AND that the police were
ln0KInU nj him Itnfhn told him hA .-a rt ~ -
see him and asked him to meet him in Wells
saloon, on Eighth avenue, near 130th street.
h hao' that 1Stn b KseS I'VE sse eFTeant stm f PsieS f bad
been to the barber shop that morning and
esasd G down HAy to Police Police H Moa ,dSE1ars nsa c Ssen
SBrisn, he said, had offered him $500 TO
Thorn swore that he then told Gotha that Mrs.
Mack bad shot Gieldsensuppe. nnd that he held
sns sSay w afts2 r Mss eq Nd it y b, He was as going nai,t to
70 stand BY her. He made another engagement
Eighth avenue and 125th street. When x ar n.
rived there at a quarter to 8 he pissed O'Brien
waited until Gotha spoke to him and passed on
to the saloon, and then he was arrested.
Did you tell Gotha that you shot Gieldsen.
'rNo, SIR"
You heard Capt: to..Brien's statement on the
WHY did you tell him somo things that were
Because was connected with the case; I
wanted to shield Mrs. Mack and myself"
Look at that jury, Thorn!' suddenly said
Mr.. Howe rather fercely.
Thorn swung squarely around with his head
held high and swept the twelve men with a bold,
un1werving gaze.
DID you shoot William Gieldsonsuppe ~ fair
~ Numbered the lawyer.
ct did moi" was the soft but firm response.
0ndthe eyes did not quail a bit.
xa he dead when you got up stairsT
Ibelieve he was"
Have you any doubt of
II witness is yours.' and Mr.. Howe sank
back In his chair exhausted, while Thorn turned
his challenging eyes full on the face OF ex.Sur-
sogate Weller, who arose to cross.examine him.
=h THoRN's FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Thorn, - the lawyer began. with the ao.
cent on the mister" will you write your full
Thorn sprang up with alacrity, but his lawyer
stopped him with an objection.
Mo cannot be compelled to do It," said Justice
Maddox, He may do SO voluntarily"
al advise him not to do so,' put In Mr.. Howe.
DO YOU refuse to write your name r. persisted