New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-03
NOW FORMALLY ACCUSED
CHARGE OF MURDER ENTERED
AGAINST MRS. MACK


INFORMATION AND BELIEF'-rHE POLICE
STILL. WORKING on THE MYSTERY
THE "TH1RrY-THIRp DEGREE"
FAILS TO MOVE MRS MACK.
Formal complaint was entered yesterday before
Magistrate Flammer. in the Jefferson Market 70
lice Court against Mrs Augusta Mack. the woman
who has been held at Police Headquarters on
suspicion OF being implicated In the mysterious
murder of William Guldensuppc, the Turkish oath
attendant Detective O'Donohue, OF the Central
ONCE, swore to the complaint on information
and belief" and Frank Gardner rubber a the
Murray Hill Baths made affidavit that m mad
identified the mutilated body Of Guldensuppe Mrs
Riger Of Long Island City. swore that she sold TO
a person. whom she believed to be the DEFENDANT
the piece of oilcloth in which parts OF the body
were found wrapped The detectives deposition
charges an unknown person. not yet under arrest
with being implicated with Mrs. Mack
When the woman appeared in the Jefferson Mar
ket Court, her counsel Z. NJ. Friend. made
strenuous objection 10 further adjournment de-
claring that his client was innocent, and that she
should have an immediate examination He de-
manded that unless formal complaint could be
made against the woman she should be released
from custody. The Magistrate decided that formal
complaint should be drawn, and so ordered Mr.
Friend declared that the frequent adjournments
were sought by the police so that they could keep
have her at their mercy
BRIEF HEARING.
When the complaint which charges that the
crime was committed June rs. was made out.
the prisoner taken before Magistrate Flammer
in his private room. and a brief examination was
held Detective O'Donohue was the first witness,
and he told of the identification of the mutilated
body by Gardner and others. and said that the prs-
oner had told him Of quarrels between Guldensuppe
and Martin Thorn his rival in the woman's affec-
tons Frank Gardner also testified regarding his
Identification of the body
Magistrate Flammer then adjourned the hearing
until Thursday morning. Mr. Friend picked flaw
in the police complaint. which said. referring TO
the woman and the unknown accomplish that both
or either of them committed the murder, The
lawyer feared that the police would try to over
come the weak complaint by "sprng'ng an indict-
ment"
Mrs Mack objected to going back to Police Head
quarters and was committed to the Jefferson Mar
ket Prison.
Mrs. Mack subjected to the "thirty-third de-
gree" yesterday morning by Acting Inspector
OBrien but it failed TO move her. The wash
boiler the oilcloth, the white ticking, the pistol,
the knife and the were arranged conspicuous
ly about Inspector OBriens room. Mrs. Mack
invited into the room and look a seat In the
midst OF the grewsome array. Then she was ques
toned. long and hard, but she was mperturbable.
The substance beneath her finger nails has been
removed, and will be subjected to a microscopical
investigation. Blood corpuscles are being sought
for
FRIEND HUNTING GULDENSUPPE.
Mrs. Nack's reiterated assertions that Gulden-
suppe is alive has caused Mr. Friend to begin
search for him. No stone will be left unturned.
and IL he is alive anywhere this globe. Mr..
Friend says, he will be found and produced.
Dr. S. G. Kerr, OF No. 2l5 East Fifty-frst-st..
called at the Morgue yesterday afternoon and care
fully examined the legs of the mutilated body. He
said that peculiar feature of the feet the toe
nails, which unusually small. This, he said,
might be due to several causes-walking heated
thing or the potash in the soap used in Turkish
baths.
Acting Inspector O'Brien's men trying to find
the missing head OF the victim. 1t is now believed
by the police that the head was carried away by two
boys from the house OF Mrs. Mack. Their theory
Is that the oys s ne a %a e h wh IN
waiting, for them few blocks away. and that he
J. H. schmitzlein one of the attendants Of the
Murray Hill baths, called at the Morgue Yesterday
suPpe. A man, who said that he was Was a grocer;
ee and IN asked to ses the say wh RE nsd
TO leave his name or address W..
is implicated in the murder and that the body is
that of Gadensuppe said Acting iS Inspector
weighed his words carefully as he spoke. The
acting declined to say wheh sro he
as Fred" the supposed rival Of 0pldensuppe in
the affections Of Mrs. Mack, was implicated In the
planning or execution of the murder He also re-
fused to say whether he had any information as
he Senr MAGE ge' in 10 or
wanted individual 10 earth.
LETTERS IN THE WOMAN's TRUNK.
AS to whether any important results had been OBJ
tanned from an examination Of the large number OF
letters found in Mrs Nacks trunk, Acting In
spector O'Brien would not commit himself, beyond
saying that most of these letters were written in
German and that some Of them from her hus-
band. from whom she is separated and from other
whether hsi Thorn was one of her correspondents.
Captain O'Brien says the prisoner Is woman OF
and would be willing to die at once for, the Acting
Inspector said she told him that she had no one 10
other occasions she is indifferent or defiant as the
Among the articles found in Mrs Nack's rooms
quantity Of paper p portion or one Of the
Which aS wss ound on Sunday AFTERNOON in
the woods In the upper part Of the city II mas
.isal with it fSs similarity il the TWO SAMPLES
The police h believe that they have caught the
the money which she drew from the Franalin SAY
thai amount from the bank on MONDAY and also also
s 70 S an for oS s s pc h s
bank were made in a name other than her own
but her account there was easily traced II was wa;
or this she withdrew $50. which she alleges she
gave to Guldensuppe Monday. The next day
She drew out the remaining 1865. When searched
on THURSDAY the sum of 800 was found in her cor
the bank and indicating that, she could not have
en SO to den Ss as she she m nds n uaen
suppe, and that he had come from Philadelphia ,a.
called at the Bureau of Information, at Police
Headquarters last night. and asked where the sup
posed body of his nephew could be found. he had
come this city for the purpose of Identifying It,
After a short chat with Sergeant McCauley in the
Detective Bureau the man went away IN me direS-
Shortly after his departure carriage drove up to
the entrance OF the building. in Mulberry-st con-
tanning three people. One Of these was woman;
shabbily dressed in wrapper. faded shawl and
man. with gray hair. The third younger
man. The last-named asked the policeman at the
door to direct him and his companions TO the De-
tective Bureau. and all three were taken to Ser