The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-29

probability mat the a OF Martin
Thorn, on trial for the murder of VIII
, ,,0m Guldensuppe. will en- IN the i,,,,,
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mol 'd'eF nan "enhesuay mex VIII
liam r. Howe, Thorn's lawyer, has pro-
missed TO finish his side OF the clse to-
,,orrov Thorn will then testis,, a. 49,.
!" "s
own peIall anu AUGUST Mrs' MACK OF
killing Guldensuppe. Other witnesses
' tor the defense will probabIv be Mrs
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|e's''' ass "Ho"' " ~
alleged MrS' Naok' with G~uldensuppe,
wanted to hire a horse, the negotia-
films falling because the mouse did mi,
80 a .ou,ar ond r,ar,,on NJ. ~
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Nacks usoand
II is understood that after the defense
c,oses Mrs Naclt will he called bv tho
..,oo,,,to,. a. roh,,t,t .
PlosesuS'o" ~ teou..a', ~ IePeat her
concession ana accuse OF the
Hn'uva o,s"nt IT, iounss ulu
not """N ~ Naoh III the
s'a"a hs Is" 0ase pug maui an uh-
iaVo'aTa1 Hn.pi1sstVh onLthe Jury az Vhe
mrs. ut"s Ou' . = 20 Jake
auts e'u'Ss ene sta'hl vi
Inorh "heh ne charses her "''h the
Kiuins,
Mt, iounss saSs. she JASON ne ei0sed
tne cnse tor the state wlthout cali'ns
MIS- Nach as WINES was u IN
his OPINION tne people hau presehIeo a
case strong enough 10 convict morn
without tne woman concession, DIS
tr'ct attorney oicott'o New rk,con
ours win MT founss IN ms OPINION.
When Ihorn's rate mas oeen decided
Mrs, Nacks Ease WIZ come up, II Is
generally supposed tnat she VIII oe al
lowed TO plead guilty either to murder
In the second degree or 70 mansiaugh-
ter In the nrst degree FOR murder In
the second degree n would receive a
sentence OF Imprisonment Tor IRE ana
for m~ahslauShter IN the nrst uesree tine
extreme penalty IS twenty years
The following statement signed by
Thorn was made public yesterday AFTER
noon,
when l so on n stand Monday
morning l will tell the true and com
telhistory of the crime Tor which /
am now being tried for my life. MY
lawyer has advised me to conceal moth
ing, and with the help OF God L will
not.
II am Just a man with vices and viz
tues like any other. and with the love OF
lie Just as strong within me as in any
OF those who say slnned because /
loved and shielded her until was In
the very shadow OF the electric chair;
loved her until she swore away my ex-
istence 20 save her own; to save herself
from the consequences OF her act
the killing OF the man whom h said
she feared because OF his knowledge OF
other crimes.
Augusta Mack planned and accom-
plIshed the murder OF William Gulden-
suppe, When I got to the Woodside cot
tHge that Saturday morning, she met
me at the door and said: ! have Gull
densuppe upstairs. He Is dead
She had hot him in h lace I'M
stabbed him in the breast, she said. /
was not even In the house at the time,
but In the doorway, and she was out OF
sight OF the people on the street al the
time halfway upstairs.
Il Knew nothing OF her purpose that
day. She a asked me TO come 10
Woodside, went there, n when ar
rived, she told me that she mad Killed
Guldensuppe and that all her u
was over
For a Ions time hordly knew what
to DO. MRS. Nack asked me 10 heip her
cut the BODY up. hesltated' OUT could
not make up my mine.
you nave got TO heip me get Fld OF
f. she said. or both OF US viii get into
trouble. All you nave TO 40 IS o hefp
AT last. / helped her TO carry the
body TO the oath tup' IL was cry
heavy G~uldensuppe was dead. ne was
not breathing when we put him IN the
oath tnb. MIS-. Nac aia the cutuns'
While held the BODY FIRST she cut the
mead on then n look the saw unu
sawed the trunk IN TWO ana then the
ieGs' she was AFRAID the saw wouiu go
thtouRh me wrong pace N y o"uy'
but sne many got the right place she
mentioned at the time tnat II was q
good thing she knew something aoout
surgery or else ~ wouid De Impossible
10 gel ria OF the body properly belore
she cut the body up, the clothes were
taKen on. Afterward the podH was roli-
ed up IN the oil cloth mat MIS-. mack
bought nj Mrs. Riaer,s. Then we TAXED
over plans to get rid or tne booy, she
arranged for the surrey drive. ana the
throwing away OF the pieces. She gave
me the money to hire che surrey
She had also given me the money 20
hire the Woodside cottage, where She
said she was to start a place to treat
women who were In trouble n wanted
u kept quiet.
After we threw the head Into the
river and disposed of pieces or the
body, as the papers have stated she
took Guldensuppe's clothes and burned
them In a stove.
ut was nothing but my love for Mrs.
Mack that got me into all this trouble.
] helped her get rid Of the dead body TO
shield her, and to save her from being