The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-10

when he met ne he said: I've shot
him; he's dead, He was very excited
and 1 was half dead said the self
confessed murderess breathlessly.
What did you do then" asked udge
Weller.
He asked me to go home and come
back at o'clock When L came back
that evening Thorn had everything
packed in bundles. He handed me a
bundle, which he said. contained Gull
densuppes clothes and he took anoth-
er bundle which was wrapped up in
gray cOlOred paper.H said that 1t was
Guldensuppe's head and that it was
done up in plaster OF paris. We took
the trolley car and went over to New
York on ferry boat.
''On which ferry?'
I don't know; am a stranger to the
city and can't say. When we reached
New York I went home and Thorn
bundle and found clothes"
Whose clothes ?" asked the prOsecu-
ton.
william Guldensuppe's replied the
woman emphaticaIly.
Il saw Thorn that evening again and
he told me to meet him the following
morning Saturday at Thirty Fourth
street ferry"
Where had he put the head?"
I don't know; he only told me that
he had done away with it. 1 met him
the next day at Thirty yfourth street
ferry and then we arranged about hir-
ing carriage.
The woman then told in detail how the
other packa &eS were brought in the
surrey and deposited in the river and
the ogden woods, near High Bridge.
The woman spoke fairly intelligible
English with a very strong accent.
During the recital ThOrn's lawyers left
their accustomed seats near the pris-
Oner and were accommodated with
chairs closer to the witness. Thorn
heard every word with his lips close
ly compressed and his hands clasped
and resting on his knees. Frequently
his lips became dry and parched and
occasionally he would moisten them
with his tongue. His face bore that
same stOlid look of Indifference, which
it has worn all through, but his eyes
were unreStful. When he was not gaz-
ing at his accuser, he was saSting fur
tive glances around the court room and
up into the galleries which We're crowd
ed with men and women.
During her direct examination, Mrs.
Mack broke down and cried, but this
had no effect on the prisoner, and if
anything, he seemed to enjoy her dis
cOmfture, as the old time grin played
around his mouth.
Mr.. Howe began his crOss-eXamina-
tion in a very insinuating way and soon
made her acknowledge that the house
in WOOdside was rented for the sole
purpose of killing GuldenSuppe there;
that she decoyed him there; that when
she bought the Oilcloth and other wrap
pings, it was for the purpose of packing
up the portions of his body after Thorn
task.
AdroitIy and cIeverly the lawyers
made the woman own up to the most
damning and cold blooded preparations
for getting rid of her lover.
And did you cry, then?' asked the
cross examiner.
mo"
did you cry when you hired the
hOuse?"
No
The lawyer continued this line of in
quiry, leading up to the moEsent of the
murder getting the same stolid mo-
for an answer each time.
And now, may I ask, did you cry
when Thorn told you he had shot your
lover, Guldensuppe?" asked Thorn's
Mrs. Nacl1's eyes filed with tears and
she replied: Yes, did cry then. 1
could not help it,
came to this country? What was your
occupation ?"
Midwife was the response.
How many children did you kill, Mrs.
Nack?" was the next question.
I never killed one to my knowledge,
and I can prove it by doctors" answer
ed the woman, with emphasis
Several other questions in this vein
to all of which the witness re-
Piled with positive denials-
Mr.. Howe retired from the court room
for few minutes, during which time
Lawyer Moss and the prisoner held an
earnest consultation.
Thorn seemed deeply interested and
to his counsel with his lips
closer to the latter's ear.
Mrs Mack in reply to Mr.. Howe, ac-
knowledged that while in the county
jail she wrote a letter to Thorn.
Did you not begin that letter with
the words: My Dear BOy?'"
The witness could not say whether
these were the words or not
You said today that you were never
intimate with Thorn; that you only
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?''
The witness nodded an assent.