The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-28
HIS WRITTEN STATEMEN |
SAYS MRS. MACK is GUILTY OF
THE MURDER.
he SHIELDED HER TO THE LAST
Then She Tried to Swear Away Ills Lite
to Save Her 0wn--his Love Tor
Mrs. Mack Got Him Into
All This Trouble.

All This trouble,
New York, Nov. 27.-The following
statement, signed by Martin Thorn Is
oublished in an evening paper to-day:
"When l go on the stand Monday
morning will tell the true and compete
story of the crime for which l am no"
being tried for my life. My lawyer mas
advised me to conceal nothing and, Win
the help of God, l will not.
"Martin Thorn is just a man Win
s;ces and virtues like any other, ana
with the love of life just as strong with
IN him as in any of those who sd! Ne
sinn.l because ne loved an uhWoIlAs
vo,nan-loyed and trusted ana shleldeu
har untiI he was in the yer! shaa""
of the electric chair: loved her uhth sue
swore away his existence TO save aet
own. TO save herself from tne cohs
nrenees of her own act-the killing oI
~ nan whom she said she feared. be-
900 of his knowledge Of other crimes.
.Aurusta Mack planned and accom-
n,;sbad the murder of Wm. Guidensppe. |
aWhen | got to the Woodside cottage
that Saturday morning she met me at
tha door and said: i have got Guiden-
sunpe nm stairs. He is dead.
s.She had shot him IN the face anu
.tahbpd him in the breast, she said.
was not even in the house at the tlme,
hut IN the doorway and she was out OF
sigbt If the people on the street at the
time half way up stairs. l knew moth
Inp If her purpose that day. She had
asked me to come to Woodside. Went
there and when | arrived she told me
that she had killed Guldensuppe anu
that all her trouble was over.
For a long time | hardly knew what
tn do. Mrs. Mack asked me 10 help her
cut the body up. l hesltated out couid
not maze up my mind.
"sYou have got TO help me get rid Of
II. she said. .or both Of us win get into
trouble. All you have got 10 do is TO
help At last | helped he'd to carry the
body to the bath tub 1t was very
heavy. Guldeusuppe was dead. He
was not breathing when we put him in
the bath tub. Mrs. Mack did the cutting
while / held the body. First she cut the
head off. then she took the saw and
sawed the trunk in two and then the
legs. She was afraid the saw would 20
through the wrong place in the body
but she finally got the right place.
"She mentioned at the time that 1t
was a good thing she knew something
about surgery. or else it would be inn
possible to get rid Of the body proper
ly. Before she cut the body up the
clothes were taken off. Afterward The
body was rolled up in the oil cloth
and cloth that Mrs. Mack bought at
Mrs. Rigers. Then we talked over the
plans to get rid Of the body. She ar
ranged for the surrey drive and the
af y.fa ha
me the money to hire the surrey.
"She gave me the money to hire the
W0odside cottage, where she said she
was to start place to treat women
who were in troubles who wanted it
kept quiet.
AFTER we threw the head into the
river and disposed OF pieces Of body, as
the papers have stated, she took Gulden-
suppe's clothes and burned them in a
stove.
cit was nothing but my love for Mrs.
Mack that got me into all this trouble.
helped her get rid Of the dead body 10
shield her and to save her from being
arrested.
Everybody has lied about me In this
case principally because have not talk
cd OF explained.
''They say / told Gotha that 1 killed
Guildensuppe. 1t is lie. / told him
that Mrs. Mack killed him. They say /
offered to confess to Captain O'Brien
90 / could get free. That is another lie.
| told Captain O'Brien something of
private nature that did not concern the
case intimately. l give him permission
to speak now. He will clear me.
"They say, too, that l threatened to
murder VIM. Guldensuppe. Yes; | said
| would kill him before he killed me.
He almost killed me and threatened my
life every time he mentioned my name
to Mrs. Mack. Augusta told me so
and told me to lookout and have pis-
tol to shoot him, but not to do it in
her house. She would get into trouble.
she said. i thought she told me that
because she loved me. / now know she
feared Guldensuppe and wanted to have
me kill him, so she would not suffer.
Mrs. Mack told the jury that ] com
nitted the murder in iust the way she
actually did it herself. She turned every
thing around. She reversed the whole |
story accusing me OF just what she did |
"She is afraid TO 90 on the stand. Her |
lawyers will not let her 90 on and testifg |
against me because they know that J |
can prove her a liar-can prove that she |
herself killed Guldensuppe because W.
knew 1T other crimes she had committed
Guldensnppe would kill her for having
anything 10 do with me.
81 can ask the woman questions that
she cannot answer without showing