The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-08

Gartha went to the police. Here IL MS sbhVo-
ment. He made II on Monday. He repeated IL
three times yesterday, and Mt the District Attor-
ney's Office he made affidavit AZ TO Its truth:
have known Martin Thorn for a number Of
years" he said. "I also knew the man referred
to as Gieldsensuppe. / know that Thorn and
Gieldsensuppo both had been admirers OF Mrs.
Mack. On Saturday night, June 20, / was Mt
work in Mnrtinelli's shop on Eighth avenue.
when Thorn entered the shop When l had a
chance to talk with him he said that he was
very tired. He had Just done a hard days work
and taken n long walk. Then he and ! talked
on commonplace subjects, and half an hour
| later he left, saying he would see me again In n
few days, On the afternoon Of July D Monday
know him, as his mnstacho had been shaved off.
While ! wns cutting his hair he slipped mt a
note. Then I noticed that, II was Thorn whose
hair I was cutting. As he did not say anything.
! did not recognize him, as the newspapers were
full OF stories about him in connection, with
piciously that l was satisfied that he was
finally put on his coat, and walked out, When
got n chance to read the note l learned that In
It. .., ThOrn nn asked tSS me %s, to IA, meet t. HIN EIsb thSt aT plsht IL ps a
night, in the saloon, shook hands with him.
am u me ssnsa I m said 10 to, n2 him: q '@ St 3 You
made a damn bum job Of that case
II had done 1t alone l would probably. have
made Q better iob OF it, In the first place, !
that sewer in the woodsidc house. Immediately
after doing the job happened to look out OF the
bloody water running down. that drain across
tho road. ! soon found what a fool l was:
'eaF. Af ie si saying &ls hi his p he ss 81 ate H0aS We had nm.
faas. h sri snia: any" !&ol 10S sfa shs me on figuih risnd II I e shS
trust, You are the only one whom ! would tell
anything to IN connection with this matter.
my mind. and / feel / / can talk to you as 1 want
II said to him: How did you come to do it
He said there were two reasons for doing it;
one time, and he intended to get square; In the
second place, he and Mrs. Mack wanted to live
s seSstaSs a oSt 1t Of T tSe xa Ss nfMif fs. Ess tx FS had S't got
tired OF him and Thorn said ho had a grudg9
was finally decided to kill Gieldsensuppe. At
first they had thought Of hiring a place
Ing away. but Mrs. 'Nactk, believed that
Gieldsensuppe would follow them up. Then.
to xiii him, i asked Thorn who got up the plans
to murder Gieldscnsgppe over on Long Island.
gether.' Thorn said further that he, and Mrs.
Mack made several trips to Long Island TO,
Second street. Wooodside. Because It was in a
good, out,of-the-way place. He said that they
1 sSr1s x that k ths owner . FsGn OF the miD so saiso WAS at M lg5
West TWenty:siHth street, Then, Thorn said.
with Mrs. Buals. sitting at a table, and that Mrs.
Mack did not do much talking. utthat he. Thorn.
house, and that Mrs. Buala. said she would
gladly have them as tenants. because they had
the house for sl5 q month rent, although the
tenants who had lived there before 2h had ssia
ho went I'M TO Buala'S winerOOm on W est
Twenty-sixth street, and hired the house alono
to saa Woo a d ass1 anS got na the keys naso of thei house Se"' from
a woman a few doors away. They looked the
tSS, M Gver' 1 Them .S so,d; ap Sst it e ESs asSi6sd
over. to the house on Friday, which was
GieldRensuppe's day of, pretending that she a
Then Thorn said that he decided how he would
Killed Gieldsensuppe. FF6orn told me that Mrs.
Mack went to Enrich Bros dry goods store on
was to be used to wrap up the parts Of the body
and that she bought the oilcloth from Mrs.
E! sThe of 3 TSo4n ss sEIn he k Wong d ds'sna SiIy, and
bought q saw to cut up the body. and he had q
o of tSs Of 1ob bis gs sa sRd that a f cn the F1 II dS m ahs lsss
on which he committed the crime Mrs. Mack got
Gieldsepsuppe over to the house In Woodside
before them. and was hiding with his pistol and
razor in e closet in the upper part Of the house oUs
plaster Of paris, which he intended to use fol
t tho purpose OF sinking. the parts of Gieldsen
Z up. / said to Thorn: You might have known
> that the parts of the body would float if yor
/ said this to learn the rest of the story, out OF
curiosity. Then Thorn said that he had made
, %s oshfs Snnd IN 10 the II Il East as oP Rir pSF' of { the nc loot So" q
Eleventh street, fifteen minutes after he hac
thrown the bundle into the water from a Green
point ferryboat. Then we talked some more
about the case, and Thorn told me that while he
r was hiding in the closet he heard Mrs. Mack anc
l III GInnn nnfar he hnlvl hP hear
. them talking. He said that Gieldscnsuppe anc
Mrs. Mack had walked around the yard first. anc
arrived at the house. Thorn said that as soor
took off his trousers and coat and vest. anc
, hat. and also his collar, tie. and shirt, SO that
t undershirt and a pair Of socks, and armed with
his razor and revolver. He said his reason fol
WnqfesSi to get a' resdy To To e cmtS up M"S Gie eds rs@i ~
Q and that he did not want any Of Gieldsensnppe
a blood to be spattered over his clothing. He sale
that he wanted to do as clean a Job as was pos
sihle; ...,- ,,. 49,. ,,.n
! suppe how he liked the house. and he heare
o Gieldsensgppe say that he liked it. very well
going out to look at the Clubhouse in the yard
and that she told GieldsensuPpe to &c up through
. rooms. Gieidsensuppe. walked along The foo
opposite the closet, Thorn said, and then he
n i viii stay here Until YOU come : back, Thor
said that these were about the las
words that Gicldsensuppe spoke. He sai'
). that when he heard Gleldsensuppe walking nea,
the closet he opened the closet door partly
. leaned out with his revolver In his hand. ant
y shot Gieldscnsuppe from behind. Gieldscn
y suppe. Thorn said. fell on the floor. but he wa
t breathing heavily. Still he appeared to be con
. scious and helpless. Thorn said. Thorn said h
believed recognized him Just n
o he pulled the trigger Of the revolver. While h
was still breathing, Thorn said he intended Il
v fire another shot, but he was afraid the pisto
, would mako TOO much noise, so he dragged
y Gieldsensuppe to the bathtub. bundled him int
I the bathtub. and cut his throat with the razor
o Then, Thorn said, he hurried downstairs an
motioned TO Mrs. Mack, saying, It's done Ill
x said that Mrs. Mack answered, i heard 1t.
know
"He said that it took him nearly all day II
, cut up the body, that Gieldsensuppe was aliy
u when he cut Gieldsensuppe's throat. He sat
d that no stripped OFF Gieldsensuppe's clothing
d and that even while he was taking the clothing
y on GIeldsonsuppe he heard a snore come from
t Gieldsensuppe's head off he mixed up some Q
scnsuppe's head. Then he put the head on tn
" end of the bathtub SO that the plaster OF pari
u "a g. ynt,lI hnrla IN tttt,lyan imam tIa "a