The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-11
CONFESSION OF MRS. MACK.
The Woman Was Placed on the Wit
ness Stand.
SwORE THORN KILLED GULDENsUPPE.
Lawyer Howe's tion
However. Made II Appear That
She IL More Guilty Than He.

New York. November 10.--There was an
extraordinary turn Of affairs today In the
Thorn murder trial in Long Island City
Mrs. Augusta Mack, who was indicted to.
gether with her erstwhile paramour, Mar
tin Thorn, for the murder of her former
lover. William Guldensuppe. for whom she
deserted her legal husband. appeared LII
the role of a States witness against
Thorn. to the CONSERVATION of the latter
lawyers. The report was current last
night that Mrs. Mack had decided upon
this course. and when Emanuel Friend,
her counsel. arrived at the court room this
morning aie confirmed it and added that
! she would be put on the stand as soon as
court opened. During all this time Mar
| tin Thorn was below in cell at the back
of the court house, without the slightest
warning of his Impending danger. AS
soon as he arrived IN the court room he
was informed by his counsel of the action
Mrs. Mack had taken, and Just for a mo-
ment his face flushed, and, with brows
contracted and lips compressed, ne showed
for the first time since his arrest that he
was in any way perturbed. He soon re-
gained his composure however, and while
he leaned forward and spoke to his law
yers Mrs. Mack entered the court room.
The woman passed close to Thorn on her
way to the district attorneys table. but
while he carefully kept track of her every
movement. she avoided hooking at him.
The jurors at this time did not know
VINO the woman was, and were ignorant
of the fact that Mrs. Mack had made a
confession and was so close TO them. A
minute later the court clerk called her
name, saying, Mrs. Augusta Mack. take
the stand"
Every man of the twelve in the jury box
heard the name called and each one OF
them was startled when he saw the wo-
man turn away her head from the prison.
en- whose eyes followed her as she walked
around the back Of the jury box and took
seat in the witness chair. For two |
hours and forty-ftve minutes she remained |
there whtee she tod the terrible story OF |
how she .ured Gu.densuppe to mis- death. |
AID in telling the tale she knew full we'll |
she was bringing her paramour to the |
electric chair. Frequently their eyes met, |
but the woman was not equal to the oc-
casion. and she always had to turn away
IRON I'horn's steadfast gaze. When she
was asked why She had confessed, she re-
piled that she wished to clear her con-
science. and then burst into tears. But
when Lawyer Howe began his cross-ex-
ANIMATION he handled her unspa ring.y and
made her own up 70 such acts of premedi-
tatuon that the majority of Those who
heard her admissions say she was the
greatest cucprit, and many of those who
had previously evidenced a decided an
tpathy TO Thorn swerved around ana
pitied him.
Thorn's lawyers have decided to put
MIN ON the stand when the proper time
comes and they promise that when he
tells all he knows the court and jury as
well as the spectators and reading public.
Will be treated to another sensation
Ihere is scarcely any doubt as to the
rate which awaits the barber but as yet
the prosecution has not stated what i'm
munity shall be given Mrs. Mack for the 1
unlooked-fcr position in which she placed
herself today.
HOWE SAYS MRS. Mack DID IT.
New York. November 1O.-Mr. Howe. in
the course of am interview tonight de-
cared that Mrs. Mack killed and cut up
iuldensuppe. Tomorrow, said Mr..
Howe. II will put Thorn ON the witness
stand and he will tell the jury the truth
that 1t was Mrs. Mack who killed Gull
iensuppe and who cut him up in the bath
ub." '' {
During the recess District Attorney OIL
oft of New York made the following
statement: IF it We're not for the legal o
equlrements that confession of an ac-
'omplce must be corroborated before IT
am 50 to the jury, | would now advise 6
thoroughly convinced am / that the Jury '
convinced that Mrs. Mack is teMng the
ruth. The confession is sound and true S
n every Particular and corroborated the |
violence which we already have Few Of |
he witnesses will be called that we ex-
'ected to use. so as to furnish the corrob- L
ration OF an accomplices testimony,