The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-30
MARTIN THORN
TAKES THE STAND
Says Mrs. Mack Fired the Fatal
Shot
WHICH KILLED GULDENSUPPE
HG Assisted in DiSpOSinS Of the Body
After She Cut It Up.
HE HAD LE.= PROVE AN ALIBI
Wrote anfS st a Bogus Telegram Of
GF : Ssuppe's Going Away.
HE VIZ LING TO DIE FOR MRS. MACK
And Had Written to Her Stating He Would See
That She Did Not Suffer Evidence All
In and Argument Will Be-
Wrote anlS S a Bogus Telegram of
Gf ; Ssuppe's Going Away.
HE VIZ >iLLING TO DIE FOR MRS. MACK
And Had Written to Her Stating He Would See
That She Did Not Suffer-Eyidence All
In and Argument viii Be-
gin This Morning.

New York, Nov 29.-The trial of Mar.
tin Thorn for the murder of Gulden-
suppe was closed tonight so far as The
taking of evidence was concerned. To-
morrow morning the lawyers will sum
up, and it is expected that Justice Mad
dox will charge the jury early in the af-
ternoon. Mr.. Howe will begin his final
appeal in Thcrn's bshalf at half past
nine and he expects to conclude before
noon
District Attorney Youngs will then
have his say for the prosecution, and he
expects to finish within two hours. 1t
is not expected that the charge of JUS
tice Maddox will be very lengthy, so
that by 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
case may be with the jury.
Opinions, both lay and leg,l, differ
very materially aus to the, he,probable result.
Many look for conviction, Oh, a great
er number look for acquitta1
A few of Thorn's former co-employes
were called by the defense today, and
they all gave the accused barber an ex-
cellent character dating back some ten
years.
Thorn On the Stand
Thorn himself was the only other witt
ness called for the defense. From the
moment he was led to the witness chair
until he left it some hours later the
prisoner conducted himself in a cool and
impressive manner His statements in
reply to general questions and his ans
wers in the direct and cross examdna-
tions We're delivered in modest tone Of
voice, which could be heard distinctly
by all in the court room. At times his
xyyf1A "a.
be heard few feet away, but Mr.. Howe
reminded the witness at those times that
he Should speak louder and those adj
mordtions always had the desired effect,
Mrs. Mack Fired the Fatal Shot
Thorn, in his story of the murder, de-
hberaSely accused Mrs. Mack of having
shot Guldensuppe, and declared that
when he (Thorn) reached thu Woodslde
GOTTA ge between II and 12 o'clock on
Friday, June %, the woman met him at
THE door amid ,old him that GuldHn.uppe
was lying dead up stairs and that she
had shot and killed him. This, sladd
Thorn wah the first intimatfon he had
of the purpose for which Mrs. Mack had
rented THE Woodside cottage. Until That
moment he had understood thclt she was
going to start baby farm there and
tlidl lie was w 0NC Wftih oiidiS
the profits.
He declared, I'm detail, how, after Mrs.
Mack had begged of him to help her to
git lid of the body, he accompanied her
ITO the room ON the second floor, where he
found Guldsnsuppe lying ON his side dead
from a bullet wound in the right side Of
the head. -.
Helped to Carve the Corpse
Mrs Mack told him that she had car
ried the revolver in her hand covered
by a handkerchief, and as Guldensuppe
was hooking into a. closet she shot him
in the side of the head. Thorn thsn said
he WENT ouI and bought two pounds OF
plaster of Paris at Mrs Nack's direction
and returned with it shortly afterwards.
This was about noon. When he got lack
Ito where the body lay Mrs. Mack was
still theme and he helped her undr.ss the
corpse. Between Them thsy carried the
body to the bath tub and Mrs. Mack cut
it into five pieces. Sine severed THE head
from THE trunk with the aid of "a knife
and saw Then she severed the trunk,
and boasted of her knowledge of anat-
omy while so doing. Then she severed
the legs, using the knife and saw. The
knife looked lilne butchers knife. 1t
was not stilleto nor a dirk knife.
Clothes and Implements Disposed OF
Mrs. Mack according TO the witness,
remained there all THAT day, and in the
afternoon she wenit cut ito get some fresh
adr, as 1t was very warm and sultry in
the room. About O'Clock she returned,
carrying the murdered mans clothes.
She tied the saw and knife and he took
THIN i'm parcel under his arm and
boarded Trinity y-ninth street ferry for
New York. From the rear of the boat
she dropped them into 1.-THE river, and
when she got to her room she burned
the clothing IN a stove
The body was done up into three par
cells and disposed Of. as Mrs. Mack tess-
hifisd at the last tntal.
In rebItta1 thTels Witnesses swore that
they had seen Mrs. Mack at the cottage
between and 4:30 on the afternoon OF