The record-union., 1897-11-25
MURDER OF GULDENSUPPE.
DEATH DUE TO A STAB WHICH
PENETRATED THE HEART.
Testimony Adduced at the Trial OF
Martin Thorn, Charged with
Committing the Crime.

NEW YORK, Nov. Z4.-1ne TRIAL vi
Martin Thorn for the murder OF VIII
liam Guldensuppe was continued IN the
Queens County Court to-day. Inc
galleries on each side of the courtroom
were mostly occupied by women, for
whom the trial possesses an extraor-
dinary attraction.
A fortnight ago Mrs. Mack created
sensation by going on the stand and
accusing Thorn of having killed her
former lover, Guldensuppe. Since that
time the defense has changed its base,
and, as Mr.. Howe said in court to-day,
the defendants lawyers will now en-
deavor to prove, through Thorn as the
principal witness. that Mrs. Mack her
self committed the crime.
The early part of to-day's proceed
ings was entirely taken up with evil
dence to prove the corpus dilecu. Cor
oner Tuthill, during his examination,
stated that the cause of death was a
stab wound between the fifth and sixth
ribs, which penetrated the heart Later
in the day the prosecuting attorneys,
through a fellow barber of Thorn, con-
nected him with the possession of sti-
letto the blade of which was over six
inches in length.
Some of the witnesses examined to-
day reside in Woodside, and they told
of the visit of a gaiy dressed woman,
who appeared in the vicinity of the
cottage with a man in light-colored
clothes on the day of the alleged muir
der. June 25th They had also seen a
man wearing dark blue clothes about
the house on the day in question He
was seen by one witness to go in and
out of the house frequently. Three
of them identified Thorn ais the man
in dark clothes, and two of them iden-
titled photographs of Guldensuppe as
being representations of the man who
had worn the light suit None of them,
however, had seen any traces of the
latter after he had entered the cot
tage on that Friday morning.
LAWYER Howe requested the court to
have Mrs Mack produced in order that
she might be identified by the wit
nesses. This request brought about a
legal argument, and finally Mr.. Howe
was compelled to swear out a writ
compelling the Sheriff to produce her.
Mrs. Mack was brought into court
after the midday recess, looking much
paler than when she appeared two
weeks ago in the same court. The NOR
bid curiosity of the majority of the
spectators was gratified in the after
noon session by the production in
court of a piece Of the bone of one of
Guldensuppe's thighs, to which was at
tacned some shreds of flesh. This
ghastly exhibit was sealed in a glass
jar.
DR.. O'Hanlon explained that he cut
this portion off to show how minute
~ 1t fitted into the corresponding
piece Of bone which protruded from the
stump of the lower part of the trunk.
Police Captain O'Brien, formerly in
charge of the New York Detective Bu-
reau, was on the stand for a consider
able portion of the afternoon, and told
a great deal of what Martin Thorn had
said to him when the prisoner wassbe-
ing put through what is known among
criminals as the third degree" Thorn
at that time had denied all knowledge
OF the killing of Guldensuppe
Captain O'Brien also said that when
he was questioning Mrs. Mack when
she was arrested. four days after the
murder was alleged to have been COM
mitted, she said: "Gudensuppe did
not treat me right. love Thorn, and
would die for him.
1t was at that time that Mr.. Howe
said: we say right now that we will
show Mrs. Mack committed the muir
der. and what she said to the Captain
will bear us out"
The adjournment of court was until
Friday.