Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-10
TELEGRApHIC NEWS
A Horrible Confession.

A Horrible Confession.
New YORK, Nov. 1O.-A thorough
sensation was created to-day by the an.
nouncement that Mrs. Augusta Mack
had turned States evidence and in a
confession had fastened the crime of a
horrible murder and subsequent mutt
lstion OF the body of the victim on her
lover. Martin Thorn. Judge Smith
took mis- seat on the bench when the
hour for opening court arrived. The
twelve iurymen then took their places
in the Jury box and Thorn, handcufed
to Captain Methven, came in minute
later. The main door of the court
house was then opened and Mrs. Mac
accompanied by her lawyer and a
deputy sheriff walked into the court
room and was directed to take the wit.
ness stand.
Judge Weller began the direct ex-
animation of the woman ss soon as she
was seated in the witness chair. She
began by telling her name, age and
where she was born and by degrees she
led up to the time that she had left her
husband and was living with Gulden-
suppe. Gradually the lawyer led the
witness up to the morning of Friday,
June %. the day the crime was COM
mitted. Mrs. Mack said she and Guild
ensuppe left New York between 8 and
10 o'clock that morning and after they
had crossed the ferry they boarded a
trolley car which left them at the
Woodside cottage. II had the key of
the house." she said. "and I opened the
front door. told Guldensuppe to en-.
ter and examine the house while went
into the yard. He went up stairs, and
1 heard a shot. Martin Thorn then
came running down, and when he met
ne he said: I've shot him; heis dead
He was very excited and I was half
dead, nsaid the self confessed murderess.
"He then asked me to 60 home and
GENE back at o'clock. When 1 came
back that evening Thorn had every
thing packed in bundles. He handed
me bundle, which he said contained
Guldensuppe's clothes, and be took an
other bundle which was wrapped up in
gray colored paper. He said that it
was Guldensuppe's head and that it was
done up in plaster of paris. We took the
trolev car to the ferry aud went over to
New York on boat. Thorn stayed on
the rear of the boat until it had nearly
reached New York, when he came to
me and said that he had dropped his
bundle in the water. l went home and
Thorn went some other place. cut
open the bundle and found Guloen-
suppe's clothes, which I burned" The
woman then told in detail how the
other packages were brought in the
surrey and deposited in the river and
The Ogden Woods, near High Bridge.
During her direct examination, Mrs
Mack broke down and cried. The plis-
oner seemed TO enjoy her discontinue
as the old time grin played around his
mouth
Mr.. Howe began his cross examina
ton aud soon made the woman &C
knowledge that the house in Woodside
was rented for the sole purpose of kill
ing Guldensuppe there, that she de-
ooyed him there, that when she bought
the oilcloth and other wrappings it YVES
for the purpose of packing up the por-
tons of his body sfter Thorn would
have finished his murderous task.
Adroitly and cleverly the lawyer made
the woman own up to the most damn
ing and coldhlooded preparations for
get rid of her lover.
Thorn listened to every word with
his lips closely compressed. His face
lore that same slolid look of indifer-
nee which it has worn iall through,
but his eyes were unrestful.