The San Francisco call., 1897-11-10

NEW YORK, Nov 9,-The Herald says:
NN7s. Augusta Mack has made a full con-
tess.on. She had until yesterday rot
tered a word that would incriminate
herself. She had withstood the efforts
made by the police to extort from her an
ad dmission that she had killed Gulden-
suppe or that she had planned his death
and lured him to Woodside, where Mar
tin Thorn actually did the shooting.
The woman had been subjected to
thirty-third degree by the police, 10 every
known method Of torment. She had been
she had been coaxed, wheedled and
threatened. The promise of lie had been
held out to her as 4 reward for a few
words that would surely result in Thorn's
execution. She had remained obdurate
during her imprisonment at police head
qua rters. At I'll hours of the day and
nj ght she had been besieged, but she had
Kept her own counsel. Now she confcsses,
by what direct influence is not known.
The story that Mrs. Mack has told and
that she will be called upon to repeat to
the jury is full OF dramatic interest. She
has described at great length her life with
GuIdensuppe in the little fat on Ninth
avenue. near Thirty fourth street. She
quarreIed with him frequently after Thorn
appeared upon the scene. Guldensuppe
was violent, and to rid themselves of him
she and Thorn determined 10 kill him.
( ind
y Dect a cottage which she had hired. as
81 told him, to conduct her business as
midwife. She sent him upstairs alone.
and when she heard shots she knew that
Thorn mad carried out his promise.
The greatest difficulty was 10 obliterate
the traces OF the murder. The only plan
that appeared safe and sure was to cut the
remains into fragments, small enough to
be carted away without suspicion. When
the proceedings had been prepared, Mrs.
Mack and Thorn hired a surrey in this
city and drove to Woodside. They threw
some of their bundles into the East River.
but were then frightened by the approach
of deckhands on the ferry boat, and drove
on until they found an unfrequented spot
to leave what remained. The discovery of
the body was followed within few DAYS
by her arrest.
Rega rding the alleged confession Of Mrs.
Mack the Herald Will print the following
interview: District Attorney Rosalsky
said:
Il left Mr.. Young's only ten minutes
ago. and he knew nothing of the confess
sion. l do not know how Mrs. Mack could
have made the alleged confession. l have
heard nothing whatever about ii from any
source. We are able to convict both Thorn
and Mrs Mack. We can do so beyond 4
doubt. However, if she has made a con-
fession, it may have been to Emanuel
Friend. We are going on in the
morning to prove our case in the usual
wav."
William F. Howe, senior counsel for
Martin Thorn, said at the Park-avenue
Horel o.night:
This Is a,rocious. 1 had the most per-
f fct defense ever presented IN a court.
" utterly at a loss to understand how
a lawyer, with he entire absence OF
ey&ia2ce against Mr.. Mack. would have
sanctioned her making a So called confess
sion, for, assuming that her story be true,
which deny in so far as it may impllcate
Thorn, if it does in any way, there was no
evidence in the 20 session of the District
Attorney to show that Mrs. Mack was any
thing more than accessory after the fact,
if Guildenouppe was killed il the way at
tributed
Sheriff Doht SAYS he knows nothing of
any confession made by Mrs. Mack. He