The Portland daily press., 1897-11-25


pus Deiecti-Mrs. Mack Comes Int
Court To Be Identified by Witnesses.
New York, November S4.-The third
day of the second trial of Martin Thorn,
was an interesting one. Thorn was calm
to degree of unconcern throughout the
morning session, but in the AFTERNOON
when several tilts arose between his and
the peoples lawyers he became very much
interested and frequently conferred in
whispers with his counsellors, Messrs.
Howe and Moss. The court room was
packed and the galleries OH each side of
he court room were mostly occupied by
women.
The early part of today'se proceedings
vas entirely taken up with the taking of
syidence In order to prove the corpus
Ielicti. Coroner Tuthill during his ex-
animation stated that the cause of death
Vas stab wound between tie fifth and
a1xth ribs which penetrated the heart.
Later in the day the prosecuting attor-
neys through fellow barber, connected
thorn with the possession of a stilletto,
he blade of which was over six inches
long.
District Attorney Youngs tried hard
% get this witness to testify that Thorn
lad spoken of his relations with Mrs.
Sack and Guldensuppe, but although Mr..
Youngs was assisted by Mr.. Olcott and
dvised by Surrogate Weller.in the forma
ion Of his questions, the court invariably
ustained MIR. Howe's objections.
At one time nearly dozen questions
Dy the district attorney were bowl,d over
9y Lawyer Howe's appeal to Judge Mad.
lox.
MIR. Weller tried to explain what the
peopla wished to prove, but MIR. Howe
objected to the explanation being made
in the presence OF the jury. Judge Mad
dox therefore left the bench and requested
the legal opponents to meet him in the
ante-room where they conferred for nearly
| ten minute. When they returned to court
again it was evident that MI. Howe had
| gained his point, because the prosecution
changed it's tactics.
| Some of the witnesses examined today
eside in Woodslde and they told of the
visit OF gaily dressed woman who ap.
peared in the vioiniry of tho cottage with
IA man in light color clothes on the day
of the alleged murder, June 20.
They had also seen man wearing dark
blue clothes about the house and OF the
day il question he was seen by one wit
ness to go In and out of the house fire.
quently.
Three of them identified Thorn as the
man in dark clothes and two of them
identified photographs of Guldensuppe as
being representations of the man who
had worn the light suit. None of them
however, had seen any track of the latter
after he had entered the cottage on that
| Friday morning. Lawyer Howe requested
the court to have Mrs. Mack produced In
order that she might be identified by the
| witnesses. This request brought about a
| legal arg lment and finally Mr.. Howe
Vas compelled to swear out a writ COM
pelling the sheriff to produce her.
Mrs. Mack was brought into court after
The midday recess, looking much pa ler
than when she appeared there two weeks
ago. The prisoner did not pay much at
tention to her, as he was deeply interested
iE the evidence which was being adduced.
Morbid curiosity of the majority of the
spectators was gratifed by the production
of piece of the bone of one of Gulden-
suppe's thighs to which was ATTACHED
shreds OF flesh. This exhibit was in q
glass jar.
DR.. O'Hanlon, the coroner's physician,
who had examined the different parts of
the party did not open the jar.
The witness explained that he cut this
portion off to show how minutely it fitted
into the corresponding piece of the bone
(which protruded from the stump OF the
lower part of the trunk.
Police Captain O'Brien told great
deal of what Martin Thorn had said to
him, when the prisoner was being put
through the third degree.
Thorn at that time had denied all
knowledge of the killing Of Guldensuppe,
but said he had driven Mrs. Mack to the
Woodside cottage, on Saturday, June 6
IN TWO seated wagon for the purpose OF
bringing bundle of carpets to the new
house. Captain O'Brien also said that
when he was questioning Mrs. Mack,
when she was arrested four days after the
1nuroer was all ged to have been COM
mltted, she said:
'Guldensuppe did not treat me right. l
love Thorn and would die for him."
At this point Mr.. Howe said: ''We say
right now We shall show that Mrs. Mack
committed the murder and what she said
10 the Captain will bear US out"
Inc trial will be resumed Friday morn
ing.
Ine hrst three witnesses called in the
trial We're ID. S. Peck, A. Steuben and
Allred Baeder, who are employed In the
Murray Hill baths. They corroborated the
,testlnony given last evening by other
Daun employees, as to the identity OF the
paris OF Guldensuppe's S body.
coroner theodore K. Tuthill OF New
10 iorA county, described the appearance of
the portion of the body which he had ex-
amined at the morgue and said the several
fragments fitted each other and fttted
perfectly.
,, III cross examination DR.. Tuthill said to
Inr4,, Mr. EoWe: 'Ths immediate cause OF
o7',ta NV was stab wound in the heart. +"
si Alter the coroner had left the stand the
t ptlloGoRraphs introduced were handed to
Eli snT jury men and they scanned them care
at l0.45. A-iA >-'0'
A.eer recess DR.. Phillip F. O'Hanlon,