The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-15
GOTHA'S TALE CONFIRMED.
SIX WooDsIDE RESIDENTS IDENTIFY
MRS MACK.
eay They Saw Hsr. Thorn. and Gieidscnsuppo
Eater tho House the Nay or tho Murder
Mrs. Mack Arerward Carried Out Heavy
nundies-story OF q Head In Newtown Creek.

eay they Saw her, Thorn, and Gieidsenanppo
Enter tho House the Nay OF tho Murder
Mrs. Mack Arerward Carried Out Heavy
BuudIes-story ora Head In Newtown Creek.
District Attorney olcott received evidence
yesterday that he declared was unimpeachablc
corroborntion Of Barber John Gotha's story OF
tho murder OF William Gieldscnsuppe rs he as
serted Martin Thorn had told 1t to him in his
confession. The evidence WINS given by six
residents OF woodside, who 1.-Two in the neigh
borhood of Mrs. Buala's cottage, where the
murder Is alleged to have been committed.
Acting Inspector o'Bricn got the six witnesses
and sent them to District Attorney Olcott In
charge OF Detectives Price and Krnuch. The
six visited the Tombs and were admitted to a
room in which Mrs. Mack was seated with
about twenty-five other female prisoners. All
six of them Identified the woman. Mrs. Mack
wept after they had left tho prison. Tho wit
nesses were closeted for a long timo in the Dis.
trict Attorneys Office. District Attorney Oh
colt would not reveal their names.
It was learned from another source, how
ever, that tho chief witnesses were Edward
Valley, q lamplighter employed by the Wood
side Gas Company; his wife, and Mrs. Nun.
heimor. VALLEY and his wife live In q cottage
nearly opposite tho Buala cottage, and COM
manding n full view Of It. Mrs. Nunheimer
lives in o cottage on the other side of the corner
lot adjoining tho Buala cottage.
All thcee witnesses had seen Thorn and Mrs.
Mack and Gieldsensuppc in the Buala cottage on
Friday, Juno 20, the day OF the murder. and on
tho day following. Their suspicious had been
aroused carly and they had kept an almost
constant watch on tho inmates. Some of tho
witnesses identified a photograph Of Gieldsen-
suppe as that Of tho man whom they saw enter
the cottage on the morning of tho murder. lie
was dressed in light clothes. Four of the wit
nesses saw him got Off a trolley car at the cor
ner with Mrs. Mack. Half an hour before this
they had seen Thorn enter the cottage. They
were sstrucK by Gieldsensuppe's profuse polite
ness to Mrs. Mack. He carried into the cottage
q very largo satchel that she had when she got
of tho car.
Mrs. Valley and another noighbor saw tho
Stats Of the closed blinds opened at intervals,
and saw:a figure at tho window, evidently keep
ing a watch TO see that nobody entered the
intervals during n period of two hours and
stand on the stoop, and look up and down the
street, as II guarding the door. Thorn was in
his shirtsleeves. The Identification OF Thorn,
u was reported Yesterday. Was positively made
still. moro closely. On the following day Mrs.
came out after a while, carrying a long, bundle
done up In brown paper and bound with heayy
Mack held her right hind under II and bal.
anced 1t against her chest with her left arm. 1t
tained the severed legs Of Gieldsonsnppo Mrs.
Mack got on a trolley car and rode oil with 1t.
the the house Pesaent twice ia AFTER alter that al alone nc", each eti'1 time
carrying q smaller bundle done up in paper and
f sSHRSh , Ta,s the { f Surrey W shss M ihs S SS,SE" Erred q
from an undertaken drove up. In a little
while, the witness t t said; a., Thorn and Mrs {n, . S h,,n
die that was SO heavy that they had great
trouble in littips it into the surrey: This Is the
trunk of the murdered bath rubber.
0,,rHav and Thnrr rttahnf thu hn n IA nm tho fnnr
Of the surrey between the front and back seats.
MT; Mack and Thorn g9, into the front IT, seat
t%ention of the neighbors particularly 10 all
these doings was the fact that while they knew
moving things out. They were mystitiel in
the. cottage. None OF the Witnesses who saw
Gieidsensapps enter the cottage cav him Leave
day. afternoon. This is the story he told:.
.! was fixing "a a street street lamp n;p, ir dr% n Of tho
under full head Into the ditch in front OF the
taee was supposed to be vacant at that time.
That water was still running at full force on
T Haaaiaey ali p' Dish'. When NIT It had stopped i no,
ticed large clots OF blood in the ditch at the
%Spt / % %t the to Ds Mrs. Pipe Npsnhe Th"a a and ASKED % Rsr
II abe had been Strengthening any OF her chick
s sRs I in; H. 70 e .ss L an shs Of i ihs ch No: ens w wsr' m in5o
tried to discover where the blood clots came
This evidence. corroborated as it is by Wal
ley's wife and other neighbors, is considered of
tho worry highest importance by the District
r Attorney. He and the police regard it as proof
, %that5Thorn had turned on the water in the
, his victim and left it running AL night and tho
next morning to wash away the blood in tho
Il was stated yesterday, that Inspector
0Brien has another clue which Is expected to
n~ection with the murder that will still further
I riys vet th %,s chain chain e Of G TE"1n evidence
spell Of weeping that followed the visit Of the
{ With s:ss: d nsAi most s esF Thorn SS the ~bRS 5'; %as in nh shs
mems prison; He was apparently in excellent
constantly. He was anxious to talk with every,
body: but refused ely ed to disonss the muEder,
Station, williamsburg. caused an ail-day
search to be made Yesterday for a mons head
head Of Scott avenue. Cetar is about % years
s old'ant lives with his wife in Purdy place, 9
. meadows until some time ago. when the Health
Department gave permission to hayc the place
everything excepting garbage, and Italians
hA Ssts : TiS sFs RI S 81 the z Sl9dk a%iEsn, Yesterday :,
= and told his wife he had just t seen N a h%nisf
' & Sfsa' G %ftsPp qae IT pnpdfF him G Sna t cefar rn so SIG hex
II that while he was on the dump u man. who he
{ beloved was German and about so years old
y called to him..
t The German. cetnr said. pointed to the ground
: and Cetar went over to where the man wnt
, standing. According TO Cetar. the man picked
4 and showed it to him. fhe face had a small
\ black mustache tingcd with grny, and there
y was a cut on the left cheek. Cetar sHid he
Q was so d~isgusted at the sight that he turned his
. head, and a moment later he saw the man tost
Q the head into the creek. When Cotar told Capt
9 Ices he sent for graphing irons md n boat
a He engaged Michael Smith and John Yuter IL
= drag the creek at the spot where Cetar said tho
head sank In the water. The search, which
Tas continued till twilight. was %fruitless. Mrs
Cetar told tho police that during the ten month";
she has boon married she never know her hus
band to tell a lilo or to act as If his mind wal
unbalanced.
. The New York police dragged tho East Rivel
all day Yesterday In search OF Gieldsensnppe
o three launches. They followed tho lines OF III,
d Tanth otraef md Txyontythird utroot farrio.