The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-30
He Tells the Jury the "Bnby Farmer'
Fired the Fatal shot and After
wards Cut Up the Body.
HORRIBLE STORY OF CRIME
COVERING ALL DETAILS OF THE
WOoDsIDE COTTAGE TRAGEDY.
All the Testimony In, and the Case 10
BE Given to the Jury PrOba-
bly, This Afternoon.

NEW YORK Nov 29.-The trial of Mar
tin Thorn for the murder of Guldsnsuppe
was closed tonight so far as the taking
of evidence was concerned. Tomorrow
morning the lawyers for the defendant and
the people will sum up and 1t is expected
that Justice Maddox will charge the jury
early in the afternoon. Mr.. Howe will begin
his final appeal in Thorn's behalf at $3.50
and he expects to conclude before noon.
District Attorney Youngs will then have
his say for the prosecution, and he expects
to finish within two hours. 1t is not ex-
pected that the charge of Justice Maddox
will be very lengthy. so that by o'clock
in the afternoon the case may be with the
jury Opinions both lay and legal, differ
very materially as to the probable result.
Many look for a conviction, but a greater
number anticipate a disagreement
A few of Thorn's former employers We're
called by the defense to-day and they all
gave the accused barber an excellent char
acter, dating back some ten years. Thorn
himself was the only other witness called
for the defense From the moment he was
led to the witness chair until he left it
some hours later the prisoner conducted
himself in a cool and impressive manner
Ills SldlGtHSIlS III ACplS " SChSi al 4AN9-
tions and his answers in the direct and
cross-examinations were delivered in a
moderate tone of voice which could be
heard distinctly by all in the courtroom.
At times his voice would drop so that he
could not be heard a few feet away, but
Mr.. Howe reminded the witness at those
times that he should speak louder and those
admonitions always had the desired effect.
Thorn, in his story of the murder. delib-
erately accused Mrs. Mack of having shot
Guldensuppe and declared that when he
(Thorn) reached the Woodside cottage be-
tween II and IL o'clock on Friday, June 25.
the woman met him at the door and told.
him that Guldensuppe was lying dead up
stairs and that she had shot and killed
him. This, said Thorn, was the first intima-
ton he had of the purpose for which Mrs.
Mack had rented the Woodside cottage. Up
to that moment he had understood she was
going to start baby farm there and that
he was to live with her and share the
profits. lie described in detail how, after
Mrs. Mack had begged of him to help her
get rid of the body, he accompanied her tG
the room on the second floor, where he
found Guldensuppe lying on his side, dead,
from bullet wound in the right side of the
head. Mrs. Mack told him that she had car
ried the revolver in her hand, covered by
a Handkerchief, and that as Guldensuppa
was looking into a closet she shot him in
the side Of the head
THE BODY CARVED.
Thorn then said he went out and bought
two pounds of plaster of paris at Mrs.
Nacks direction and returned with it short
ly afterwards. This was about noon. When
In
Mack was still there, and he helped her un-
dress the corpse. Between them they car
ried the body to the bathtub and Mrs Mack
cut 1t into five pieces She first cut the
head from the trunk with the aid of knife
and saw. Then she severed the trunk and
boasted of her knowledge of anatomy while
doing. Then she severed the legs. using
the knife and a saw. The knife looked like
a butchers knife. 1t was not stiletto or
dirk knife Mrs. Mack according to the
witness, remained there all that day until
o'clock in the afternoon, when she went
out to get some fresh air, as 1t was very
warm and sultry in the house. About 8
o'clock she returned, and then she, carry
ing bundle containing the murdered mans
clothes and the pistol, saw and knife. and
he with the head in parcel under his arm,
left the house and took Il trolley car to
the Ninety-second-str ferry to New York.
From the rear of the boat he dropped the
head into the East river and wl0en they
reached New York she went to her rooms.
on Ninth avenue, and burned the clothes in
a cooking stove. The next day the rest or
the body was made up into three parcels
and disposed of in the manner which Mrs.
Mack stated at the last trial.
In rebuttal three witnesses swore that
they had seen Mrs. Mack in her rooms in
New York between 2:30 and o'clock on
the afternoon of June %, and Mrs. Valley
said that she had seen Mrs. Mack leave the
cottage about twenty minutes after she and
the man with the light suit had entered.
The prosecution did not put Mrs. Mack on
the stand and the court ruled against Mr..
Howe's attempt to introduce the testimony
given by Mrs. Mack at the mlstrial.
Martin Thorn began his testimony with
the statement that he came to America
seventeen years ago. The prisoner said his
real name was Torceswisky, and briefly re-
lated the facts of his life up TO the time
he met Mrs. Mack, eighteen months ago.
Guldensuppe was boarding with Mrs. Mack
at the time II rented a furnished room
from her at 81 week" said Thorn Later
| understood that Gudensuppe was her
husband. She first made love to me, and
/ returned her love. was very fond OF
her and loved her up TO the moment she
The prisoner then told how he supplanted
the bath rubber in Mrs. Nack's affections,
AMI described the row he had with Gulden-
suppe last February. During this row
Guldensuppe caught hold of him. Thorn
held revolver. which went off acciden-
tally Then Guldensuppe took the pistol
from him and gave him a beating. The
prisoner left the house and went TO a hos 4
pital Mrs. Mack met him afterward very
often, and they went TO theaters and other
places of amusement. She said she was
sorry that Guldensuppe had hurt him, but
that he must not heed that Thorn, at the
suggestion of his counsel. then told In his
own way what Mrs. Mack had said 10 him
after that. The court directed Mr. Howe
not 10 lead the witness.
AT THE WOODSIDE COTTAGE
Mrs. Mack told me- said Thorn. that
she wished to leave Guldensuppe and
wished TO live in some quiet place we
visited the Woodside cottage. and. as 1t
seemed a suitable place. hired the cot
tage / paid the $l5 and got the key. ON
the Gath of June l gave the key 10 Mrs
Mack as she said she wanted To do some
cleaning at the cottage. About II or IL
O'Clock on Friday morning, June Is, Mrs.
Mack met me at the door. She said: 4
have Guldensuppe upstairs | asked her
what ne was doing there. She replied: Lea
is dead. | have shot him. She then re-