The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28
TELLS THE
STORY OF
THE CRIME
Martin Thorn Accuses
Mrs. Mack of the
Murder.
GULDENSUPPE SHOT
BY THE WOMAN.
The Midwife Killed Him to
Prevent His Telling of
Her Deeds.
HOW THE BODY WAS CUT
TO PIECES.
Thcrn Found he v ctm Dead
Upon Arrival, but Assisted in
D.sposirg of the Corpse.
The Midwife Killed Him to
Prevent His Telling of
Her Deeds.
HOW THE BODY WAS CUT
TO PIECES.
Thcrn Found he v ct m Dead
Upon Arrival, but Assisted in
.sposirg of the Corpse.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

statement signed by Martin Thorn, now
on trial for the murder of Guldensuppe,
is published in an evening paper to-day :
''When | go on the stand Monday
M orning | will tell the true and com mplete
story OF the crime for which | am now be-
ing tried for my life. My lawyer he's ad-
vised me to conceal nothing and with the
help of God | will not.
Martin Thorn is Just man with vices
and virtues like others, and with the love
OF life just as strong within him as within
any other He lived with an unworthy
woman; be loved and trusted and shield
ed her until he was in the very shadow OF
the elec ric chair; loved her until she
swore away his existence to save her own,
to save herself from the consequences Of
her own act-the killing of the man whom
she said she feared because of his knowl
edge OF ether crimes.
Augusta Mack planned and accom-
D shed the murder of William Gulden-
suppe. When | got 10 the cottage that
morning she met me and said: 1 have got
Guldensuppe upstairs. He is dead
"She had shot him in the face and
stabbed him in the breast. she Said. | was
not even IN the house at the time, but in
the doorway, and she was out of sight of
the people on the street at the time, hall
way upstairs. l knew nothing of her pur
pose that day. She had asked me TO come
to Woods i'd. | went there, and when /
arrived she told me that she had killed
Guldensuppe and that all her trouble was
over.
For long time hardly knew what to
do. Mrs. Mack asked me TO hep her cut
b.. hOI a cd httf a At
make up my mind. You have got to
he Zip me get rid ofit she said, 'or both OF
us will get into trouble. All you have got
to DO is to help At last ! helped her TO
carry the body to the baihtub. 1t was
very heavy. Guldensuppe was dead. He
was not breathing when we put him in the
bathtub.
Mrs. Mack did the cutting, while held
the body. First she cut the head off !;
then she took the saw and sawed the
trunk in two and then the legs. She was
afraid the saw would go through the
wrong place in the body, but she finally
got the right place. She mentioned at
the time that 1t was a good thing she
knew something about surgery, or else il
would be impossible to get rid of the body
properly.
Before she cut the body up the clothes
were taken off. Aterward the BODY was
rolled up in the oilcloth bought at Mrs.
Righ's. Then we takeu over the plans
to get rid of the body. She arranged for
the surrey drive and the throwing away
of the pieces. She gave me the money to
hire the surrey. She gave me the money
to hire the Woods cottage, where she said
she was to start place to treat women
who were in trouble and who wanted it
kept quiet. After we threw the head into
the river and disposed OF pieces of the
body, as the papers have stated, she took
Guldensuppe's underclothlng and burned
them in a stove.
ut was nothing but my lo,e for Mrs.
Mack that got me into all his trouble.
helped her to get rid OF the dead body to
| SHE d her and to save her from being ar
rested. Every body has lied about me in
this case, principally because l have not
talked of it or explained. They have told
Gotha that l killed Guldensuppe. | told
him that Mrs. Mack killed him. They say
I offered 10 confess 10 Captain o Brien so
that | could get free. That is another lie.
told Captain O'Brien something of a
private nature that did not concern the
case intimately. | give him permission
to speak now. He will clear me.
They say, too, that | threatened to
murder William Guldensuppe. Yes, I
said that would kill him before he killed
me- He almost killed me. and threat
| ened my life every time he mentioned my
name to Mrs. Mack. Augusta told me so,
| and told me to look out and have pistol
! to shoot him, but not to do ii in her house.
| She would get into trouble, she said.
thought she told me that because shr
| loved me. / know now she feared Gull
densuppe and wanted to have me kill him
so she would not suffer.
Mrs. Mack told the jury that COM
mittod the murder in just the way she
actually d.d it herself. Sac turned
| every thing around. She reversei the
whole story, accusing me of just what she
did She is afraid to 20 on the stand
II Her lawyers will not let her 90 on and
testify against me. because they know
that can prove her Iiar-can prove that
she herself killed Guidensuppe, because
be knew of other crimes she had commit
ted, and because she was afraid Suiden-
suppe would kill her for having anything
to do with me.
Il can ask that woman questions that
she cannot answer without showing con-
clusveiy that she had sworn to lies, and
have witnesses to corrOborate me.
MARTIN THORN"
There is every probability that The case
of Thorn Will go to the jury not later than
Wednesday next, an possibly on Tues
day night. William T. Howe, his lawyer,
has promised to finish his side of the case
on Monday.
Thorn will testify in his own behalf
and accuse Mrs. Mack of killing Gulden-
suppe. Other witnesses for the defense
will probably be Mrs. Zeigler of West
Farms, of whom it is alleged Mrs. Mack,
with Guidensuppe, wanted TO hire house,
the negotiations failing because the house
did not have a sewer. 1t is a question
whether Mack will be allowed to testify
against his wife when she is put on trial
for yer life
1t is understood that after the defense
is closed Mrs Mack will be called by the
prosecution on rebuttal TO repeat her con-
fesslon accusing Thorn of the murder.
District Attorney Youngs did not want to
put Mr.. Mack on the stand, because she
made an unfavorable impression on the
jury at the first trial, when she related
the details Of the horrible crime. If Mrs.