The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-30
THoRN'S AWFUL STORY TOLD.
THE CASE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE
JURY TONIGHT.

COncise-ThOFn's Testimony TO the
Effect That Mrs. Mack Had Commit
ted the Murder Before He Entered
the House.
New York, Nov 29.-The trial of Martin
Thorn for the murder of Guldensuppe was
closed tonight, so far as the taking of evi-
deuce was concerned. Tomorrow the
lawyers for the defendant and the peo-
pie will sum up, and it is expected that
Justice Maddox will charge the jury early
in the afternoon. MIR. Howe will begin
mis- final appeal in Thorn's behalf at $50
O'Clock, and he expects to conclude before
noon.
District Attorney Youngs then will have
his say for the prosecution and 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 num-
Der anticipate disagreement. A few of
Thorn's former employers were called by
the defense to-day. and they all gave the
accused barber an excellent character,
dating back some ten years.
Thorn himself was the only other wit
ness called for the defense. From the mo-
ment he was led to the witness chair until
he left it some hours later, the prisoner
conducted himself in cool and Impress
i've manner His answers in the direct and
cross-examinations were delivered in a
modest tone of voice which could be heard
distinctly by all in the court room. 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 between IL
and y o'clock on Friday, June %, the wo-
man 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 iutimation
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.
He described in detail how after Mrs
Mack had begged of him to help her get
rid of the body, he accompanied her to
the room on the second floor, where he
found Guidensuppe lying on his side dead,
from bullet wound in the right side of
the head. Mrs. Mack told him that She
had carried the revolver in her hand COW
cred by Handkerchief, and that as Gulden-
suppe was loking into a closet she shot
him in the side OF the head. Thorn then
said he went out ana bought two pounds
of plaster of paris at Mrs Nack's direc-
tion and returned with it shortly after
ward, This was about noon When he
get back to where the body lay Mrs
Mack was still there and he helped her
undress the corpse. Between them they
carried the body to the bath tub, and
Mrs. Mack cut it into five pieces. She
first cut the head from the trunk with
the aid of a knife and saw Then she
severed ne trunk and boasted of her
knowledge of anatomy while so doing.
Then she severed the legs, using the knife
and saw. The knife looked like a butch
er's knife. 1t was not a stilletto or dirk
knife
Mrs. Mack, according to the witness, re-
mained there all that day until o'clock
in the afternoon, when she went out to get
some fresh air, as it was very warm and
sultry in the house. About O'Clock she
returned and then She carrying a bundle
containing the murdered mans clothes and
the pistol, saw and knife, and he,swith
the head in a parcel under his arm left
the house and took q trolley car to the
Ninety second street ferry to New York
From the rear of the boat he dropped the
head into East River, and when 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
of the body was made up into three par
GELS, and disposed of in the manner which
Mrs. Mack stated at the last trial.
In rebuttal three Witnesses testified that
they had.seen Mrs. Mack in her rooms in
New York between 2:SO and O'Clock on
the afternoon of June %, and Mrs Wal
ley 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 tes-
timony given by Mrs. Mack at the mis-
trial.
Word was passed around among the wo-
men who appeared at the Queens county
court house to-day to seek admission to
the Thorn trial that much of the evidence
the defense would introduce would be un-
only three women were among the specta-
tors when Judge Maddox reopened court
for the trial of the alleged murderer of
Guldensuppe.
Mr. Howe requested the court to dis
miss the charge of murder in the first de-
gree and the court denied the request
Then Mr. Howe began his address with
a declaration Of Thorn's innocence, sup
plemented with a terrible arraignment Of
Mrs. Mack, who was denounced as the real
murderer of Guldensuppe.
The defense called several witnesses to
testify as to the prisoners character. and
after short recess Thorn was put on the
stand to testify in his own behalf.
Thorn said he came to America seven
teen years ago, that his real name was
Torceswislxy. and briefly related the facts
of his life UP to the time he met Mrs
Mack eighteen months ago.
Guldensuppe was boarding with Mrs
Mack at that time. The prisoner then
told how he supplanted the bath rubber
in Mrs. Nack's affections. and described
the row he had with Guldensuppe in con.
sequence.
Thorn continued his story of the doings
at the cottage on the day of the murder.
differing materially from the accounts