Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-16
MRS. HAck's STATEMENT.
Declares She Feels Better Since Confession
Looking Up Her Record.

New York, Nov. 14.-Mrs. Augusta
Mack issued a statement to the public,
Saturday. 1t was written by her in
German, and was intended to show
that she had really been converted, and
had not appeared as witness against
Martin Thorn in order to save her own
life. She says she hopes for no lenien-
cy and she is ready to die.
This places her case in very serious
position. 1t has been assumend that
her lawyer. f. NJ. Friend, had come to
some understanding with District At
torney Youngs of Queens county, and
that she would be permitted to plead
guilty" to some degree of crime less
than murder in the first degree. When
she was examined, Wednesday, she
positively replied to the question put
by Surrogate Weller, that her con-
fession was purely voluntary, and that
no promises of any kind had been made
by the district attorney. II this be
true she may be tried for murder in the
first degree, as she is legally guilty of
the crime, accepting her own version
as accurate.
If. as she says. she did not kill Gull
Thorn. whom she assisted in all the
preliminary arrangements, bringing not
only the victim. but the material for
getting rid Of his body, knowing that
he was 10 be hacked to pieces
MIR. Friend says he permitted her to
confess. knowing il would be for her BEN
eiit. as the case OF the prosecution was
far stronger than the public imagined.
Mr. founss Will say nothing on the SUBJ
Ject except that he will dispose of th,.
woman's case after Thorn's trial is out
of the way.
Mrs. Nack's statement is filled with evil
dences of religious sentiment. Thorn
has thus far refused the consolation OF
the church and thinks of little except his
own troubles. his hatred for the woman
he once loved. his love for his dog and
playing cards with his cellmate.
William f. Howe Thorn's counsel has
been making u thorough investigation of
Mrs. Nack's record. He processes to be
in position to prove that many portions
of h5r story are untrue. He says she is
a cunning criminal. In reference to her
confession. he remarked: Just consider
what this woman has done. She is
mos: awful spider criminal by her own
words. She. married woman, loved
both Gu,densuppe and Thorn. She cannot
have both. She plans Guldensuppes S
death. takes her own money to hire the
house in which to carry out her murder
Gus plans. ard lures Guldensuppe to that
house: she kills him. yes. kills him. She
says Thorn killed him. We say sne did it,
Thorn was not the assassin, but her tool
At the last moment she swears Thorn's
life away to save her own, We shall show
This desperate criminal in her true
colorS.
Mrs. Mack was taken from the Queens
county jail. today, and for the first time
since she was removed to Long Island
City from the Tombs. left the courthouse
buildings. She went to corroborate part
of her confession. and. tomorrow. the au-
thorities hope to be able to locate the saw
with which it is claimed Thorn dismem-
bered the body of Guldensuppe. The party
drove to a point between Flushing and
College Point, known as College Hill. In
her confession. Mrs. Mack had indicated
that was the locality in which the saw
was buried. " hen this spot was located
as nearly as possible, the three re-entered
the coach and it was driven back to Long
Island City. No effort was made, today,
to recover the saw, but digging will be
commenced, tomorrow. MagnuS Larsen
of the jury, which. last Monday, started
to try the case. is resting easily at the
Garden City hotel.