Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-02
MRS. Mack ARRAIGNED.
She still Insists That GuIdensuppe
IL Not Dead.

NEW YORK, July 1.-Mrs. Augusta
Mack, the midwife, who is under arrest
in connection with the murder Of the man
supposed to be William Guldensuppe,
spent the night a prisoner at police head
quarters. She still insists that Gulden-
suppe has not been murdered and that
he will turn up alive before long.
Mrs. Mack slept well all night. re-
porter found her in a cheerful mood this
morning. She insisted that she saw
Guldensuppe on Saturday afternoon, two
hours after the first portion of the body
was found floating in the East river at
the foot Of Eleventh street. There il
considerable scepticism among the police
as to the murdered man being Gulden-
suppe. Notwithstanding the positive iden-
tidcation of the deformed finger by ten
of the missing mans friends. DR.. Cosby,
four attendants from the bath-house, and
an unknown man called at the morgue
to-day and positively Identified the legs
as those Of Guldensuppe.
Every effort is being made to eXtort an
admission from Mrs. Mack that she has
knowledge of the murder of Guldensuppe.
She was subjected TO a physical examina-
ton by police-station matrons this fore
noon after which it was asserted that
her person showed marks that indicated
that within a few days She had been en-
gagged in a hard struggle.
During the examination Mrs. Mack is
said 10 have been almost hysterical, and
to have nearly broken down several
times.
Mrs. Mack was arraigned before police
magistrate this afternoon. She was ac-
companed by a Gordon OF Central Office
men and her lawyer. She was visibly
nervous: she clutched her hands, and her
face was remarkably pale She listened
with eager attention TO al the proceed
ings. Her attorney objected TO his client
being held. There was no proof. he said.
that she had committed crime. The
magistrate decided TO continue the pre-
liminary hearing from day to day. until
the matter is settled
ANOTHER ARRANGEMENT TO-DAY.
A formal complaint will De made when
she is again arraigned tomorrow after
noon. Inspector OBrien in charge of
the Detective Bureau, said tonight that
he did not care 10 speak officially, when
asked as 10 whether the body is that
of Culdensuppe, but admitted that TO be
the conclusion from the evidence az hand.
He positively declined TO answer the
question as 10 whether the murder was
committed In Mrs. Nack's apartments.
when the woman is arraigned to-mor-
row. Mr.. O'Brien says, he will haye all
the witnesses present including Mrs.
Riger. the Long Island City shop-keeper,
who has made statement TO the effect
that she sold to a woman whom she has
substantially identified as Mrs. Mack,
pieces of oil-cloth similar to those in
which the several parts Of the body were
found.
O'Brien said that he had caught the
prisoner in many contradictions In the
course OF his interviews with her. while.
on the other hand. he had been able 10
corroborate some of the Assertions she
has made. He said that he had found
the original of the telegram which Mrs.
Mack said Guldensuppe had sent TO her
on Saturday afternoon. asking her TO go
TO the baths and tell the superintendent