Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-11
MRS. nAcx's STORY.
Continued from page ~

10TH uetWeeu ana ~ CloSh eh"s
morning, and after they had crossed
the ferry they boarded a trolley car
which left them at the Woodside cot
tage.
Il had the key of the house, "she said,
and l opened the front door. ! told
Guldensuppe to enter and examine the
house while went into the yard.
He went up stairs, and l heard
shot. Martin Thorn then came running
down and when he met me he said:
I've shot him; he is dead He was
very excited and was half dead" said
Mrs. Mack
What did you do them" asked
Judge Weller.
He told me to go home and come
back at O'Clock. When l got back
that evening Thorn had everything
packed up in bundles. He handed me
bundle which he said contained Gull
densuppe's clothes and he took another
bundle which was wrapped up in grey
colored paper. He said that was Gull
densuppe's head and that it was done
up in plaster paris. We took the troll
ley car and went over to New York on
ferry boat"
"On which ferry?"
Il don't know, am a stranger to the
city and cannot say"
When we reached New York l went
home and Thorn went to some other
place. l cut open the bundle and found
Clothes"
Whose clothes?" asked the prose-
cutor.
"Wm. Guldensuppe's," replied the
woman. emphatically.
Il saw Thorn that evening again and
he told me to meet him the following
morning Saturday at 34th street
ferry"
Where had he put the head?"
Thorn told me he had dropped ii
from the rear of the 34th street ferry
boat. l met him next day at Gath
street ferry. and then we arranged
about hiring carriage
The woman then told in detail how
the other packages were brought in
the surry and We're deposited in the
river and in the Ogden woods near
High bridge.
During her direct examination Mrs.
Mack broke down and cried, but this
had no effect on the prisoner and il
anything. he seemed to enjoy her dis
comfiture. Mr.. Howe made the woman
own up to the most damning and cold
blooded preparations for getting rid of
her lover. And did you cry them
asked the cross-examiner.
No"
Did you cry when you hired the
house,
No"
Did you cry when you bought the
oil cloth?''
Mo-
Did you cry when you We're bring
ing your lover to be butchered?'
No" stolidly replied the woman.
'Guldensuppe was your lover was h
not?" asked Mr.. Howe.
No, he was not" said Mrs Mack,
doggedly. Il never had any man out
side of my husband"
The answer caused many of the spec
tatoTs and several of the jurors to
laugh, and Thorn's set features relaxed
for moment. and he smiled also.
For how long had you lived with
Guldensuppe. at the time you lure1
him to Woodside?"
About year." she replied
You loved Thorn, too, did you not?"
mo. he made me. He choked me
love him." she said shaking her head
slowly from side to side.
This answer made Thorn smile again
And now. may 1 ask, did you cry
when Thorn told you he had shot your
lover. Guldensuppe? asked Thorn 5
counsel.
Mrs. Thorn's eyes filled up, and she
replied: Yes, 1 did cry then, l could
not help it,"
Mrs. Mack was asked why she con-
fessed. Il don't want to have it on
my mind" she replied. Then she be-
gan to cry and some minutes before
she could speak. Then she said: ~
make this statement of my own free
will; want to get it off my conscience
No promise of mercy has been made
me. l wanted to clear my mind 1
don't care what hangs over me, or
what they do with me-"
What did you do when you first
came to this country? What was your
occupation"
MiuWle, was the reply.
How many children did you KILL
Mrs. Nack?" was the next question.
Il never killed one to my knowledge
and can prove it by DOCTORS" answer
ed the woman with emphasis
Several other questions in this vein
followed, to all Of which the witness
replied with positive denials
Mrs Mack, in reply to Mr. Howe, ac-
knowledged that while in the Queens
county Jail. she wrote a letter to
Thorn
Did you not begin that letter with
the words, My Dear Boy'?"
The witness would not say whether
these We're the words or not.
You said, today. that you never
were intimate with Thorn, that you
loved him because he threatened you.
and because he was a gentleman.
Now this letter was written three
months after the murder and you loved
him still when you used these words in
the letter."