Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-08
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hands, was masseur, or something
OF that kind, and he started to work
out an Identification on this basis
He visited the Murray Hill Turkish
baths on West '42d street to refresh
himself after a hard days search, and
there he harmed that one Of the attend
ants. William Guldensuppe, had not
been seen for a couple of days. The
missing man had been employed as A
rubber in the baths and had a prom
inent tattooed mark on his breast.
Close Inquiries elected the information
that Guidensuppe had disappeared on
Thursday night or early on Friday
morning, the very day upon which the
murder WAS supposed to have been
committed.
Where did ne live? Who were his
friends? Had he a Wife? Or was
there woman mixed up in his affairs
Love and jealousy might account for
the committal of so terrible a deed.
The reporter discovered that there was
a woman named Mrs. Augusta Mack,
who had abandoned her husband for
Guldensuppe. Here was a Glue. Might
not the husband have had a hand in
the bloody work?
Mrs. Mack lived on the second floor
Of No. 439 9th avenue and thither the
reporter went. Yes, she knew Gulden-
suppe, but she had not seen him for a
few days. She was perfectly cool. but
there was something about her which
aroused the suspicious of her interro-
gator. He went back to the baths and
had the attendants there who knew
Guldensuppe well, go with him to the
morgue. These men had no difficulty
in Identifying the trunk and arms as
those of Guldensuppe. They had
known him for years and had daily
seen him stripped to his waist at his
work. Where the skin was cut from
the breast Guldensuppe had carried the
tattoo marks which would have made
Identification easy, but it was evident
they had been removed to prevent
their serving such purpose.
The reporter then hurried back to
Mrs. Nack's house. where he found her
preparing to move to another resi-
dence. The woman was perfectly cool
and answered all questions plausibly
but it was discovered almost immedi-
ateiy, lied unhesitatingly. These lies
have helped to weave a network IF
damning evidence around her Other
reporters kept watch on the house SO
that the midwife might be tracked
wherever she went, and then the story
was given out to the police, who were
still fioundering in the dark.
Mrs. Mack was arrested and her hus
band, from whom she was separated.
was captured while driving a bread
wagon. He, however, established his
innocence sufficiently we'll to procure
his discharge. BY this time it was
learned that Guldensuppe had a rival
for the affections of Mrs. Mack, in one
Martin Thorn. a barber. Both men
had quarreled about the woman and
had threatened each others lives.
Where was Thorn? He had disap
peared as completely as If the earth
had opened and swallowed him. A call
for his arrest was sent out by the po-
lice authorities and for days the public
waited anxiously for his capture. It
was believed that he had ship
ped for Germany and that he
would be taken into custody
on his arrival there. Meanwhile the
missing legs were found close to the
navy yard in Brooklyn. They were tied
up in oil cloth. paper and cheesecloth
similar to the wrappings of the two
bundles previously found.
The bath attendants made the identi-
fication more positive as they easily
recognized the limbs as those Of Gull
densuppe on account of his having
overlapping toes. The limbs fitted ex-
actly to the lower part of the the trunk
found in the woods and as it fitted to
the upper portion of the body first
found nothing was left to perfect the
identification but the head.
At last came the arrest of Thorn. The
man had never left the city. He had
merely shaved off his moustache and
with this simple disguise he rubbed
clothes with the officers who were look
ing for him. Had he held his tongue
he could probably have continued to
live in this city unmolested. Thorn.
however, liked his beer and was fond of
company. His terrible secret was too
much for him, and so one day he I'M
burdened his mind to an old friend and
fellow barber, John Gotha. Gotha he
swore to secrecy. but the secret was to
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least tell his wife all he knew.
Mrs. Gotha. once in possession of the
dread story could not and would not res:
until the police had also heard it, Her
brother was a police officer and to him
she told the story of Thorn's admission.
The detectives at once waited on Gotta
and he confirmed the tale told by his wife,
I he arrest of Thorn followed.
Gotha made an appointment to meet
him at 125th street and Sth avenue, though
Thorn demurred at first and expressed
himself as anxious to meet Gotha in a
more lonely and unfrequented place. Co.
tina and his family believe now that
Thorn had regretted having committed
his secret to the keeping of his friend
and resolved to kill him. Gotha induced
Thorn to meet him at night on the corner
and as soon as Gotha walked
toward him, Thorn was surrounded by
detectives and thus his arrest was eff
fected.
Thorn's story to Gotha was to the effect
that Guldensuppe had been brought by
Mrs. Mack to her cottage in Woodside. l..
l., which she had rented for the purpose
of starting a baby farm. and that he
(Thorn) lay in wait for the bath-rubber
in closet in an upstairs room. When
reached the house. Mrs
Mack told him to go upstairs and examine
the rooms while she went into the ya;,l
flesitated. but finally vent
upstairs and passed from room 70 room
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