The herald., 1897-11-14

murder of William Guldensuppe byMar-
tin Thorn and Mrs. Mack. Both are now
on trial in Queens county, one of the
boroughs of Greater New York.
Ninth avenue in New York city runs
parallel with Broadway and Fifth ave-
nue.. And from it's beginning down in
the busy manufacturing parts of the
city to its terminal in Harlem Heights,
where it is known as Columbus avenue,
1t runs the whole gamut of the social
scale. In its middle it sinks low, and
while not having a rough element, it is
populated with foreigners and working
people, who huddle together in small
fiats, each minding his own business ana
helping to make up a working commu-
nifty.
It was in one of these at 439 Nintl,
avenue, that Mrs. Mack, midwife, had
q fiat. Her hours were irregular, owing
to the duties of her profession, and no
one knew when she came and went.
Her husband Herman Mack, had long
since separated from her, and when he
visited the little fiat the neighbors
heard loud, angry words, which told
them that no love was lost between the
pair.
Mrs. Mack was big, strong, good-na-
tured woman. who possessed the conf
dence of the whole community. She
was skillful at her business, and had
large practice in the thickly populated
neighborhood. The men all knew her
and spoke to her, and the women swore
by her. They often called her in for
complicated medical duties when they
should have gone to hospital or an ex-
perienced physician. SO Mrs. Mack
made plenty of money.
AS Mrs. Mack lived alone and was
compelled to keep her house open all
night, it was no wonder that she felt
timid and took in boarders So when
two dodgers. William Guldensuppe and
Martin Thorn, came and went daily
from the Mack fiat there was nothing
thought of it. THE poor thing needs
protection" the women in the adjoining
fiat said
TWO LODGERS
Guldensuppe, the one who had been
there longest, was a big. we'll favored
fellow of powerful physique. He had
pleasant face and good manners. and his
duties were evidently night ones, for he
left the Mack fiat in the afternoon and
did not return until toward morning.
Martin Thorn, the smaller. younger
man, on the other hand, seemed to have
no steady occupation. He would work
for while and then lie idle, going and
coming often. His trade was that of a
barber, but he had never worked long at
1t, because, as he explained to neigh
Dor, II can't seem to get along with
people," Thorn was surly and possessed
q deal of bulldog tenacity.
That there was no love lost between
the two dodgers the neighbors soon
gathered, for when Thorn and Gulden-
suppe met on the front steps they did |
not speak, and as they brushed past |
each other in the halls they exchanged |
surly growls. Once the door of the Neck |
fat was thrown violently open, and out
into the hall came Martin Thorn, reel
ing, with his hands to his head Be
hind him in the doorway stood Gulden-
suppe, shaking his fist.
"I'll get even with that - - -
some day." said Thorn, rubbing his |
head, "and when I do he'll remember !
it,"
with whom do you mean?' asked |
woman in the hall.
with that fellow Guldensuppe. have |
stolen away his best girl so that she |
gives me the money now, instead of CIV
ing it to him, and I'll do more yet
From this it may be inferred that the |
landlady was generous with her dodgers, i,
and, from her own abundant purse, |
made them loans which she had no great |
likelihood of getting back. She truly |
kept bOarders for company
On Saturday, June 26th, the whole of |
New York was electrified by a horrible
discovery. Some boys playing in the
East river found bundle which, on
being opened proved to be the mutilated
upper half of mans headless body |
There We're no marks of identification
upon the body, but upon the chest was
big tattoo mark might have been re-
moved by murderers in this way.
A few hours later word was tele- |
phoned down from the Harlem woods |
that party Of picnckers had found the
legless lower half of male person.
NO MURDER CLUE.
There was positively no. identification, !
and for the first time in the history OF
the city the news ran through three
editions of an afternoon paper without
any solution of the mystery.
Medical experts declared the body to
be that of a Hebrew. But even on this |
point there was doubt. AS the head !
was gone there could be no picture of J
the murdered mar placed before the |
public,
The reporters of the New York pa |
pers formed themselves into a detective |
squad and went through every portion Of |
the city. IF a man is murdered - they |
reasoned, "a man must now be missing. |
And if he is missing, that fact is known |
to his circle of friends. We must there |
fore search the town to find who is miss |
ing"
Toward night of the third day, one of |
the newspaper reporters dropped into
the Murray Hill Turkish bath establish
ment, and asked for his accustomed rub
Der. william is not here" said the at
tendant, "and he has not been here to-
day."
Where is he?" asked the reporter
Eve don't know" said the attendant.
Last Friday was his day off. H. said
he was going down on Long Island with
his landlady to hire q house. She is a
midwife and wants to start babyfarm.
At night, when it came time for him
70 go on duty again he did NOT 1,et,trD