New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-30

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stand again. Mr.. Howe wanted his witness to
| have the opportunity Of fatty denying the state
| ments Of Mrs. Mack at the first trial. AS she
was no: to be called again he was not allowed to
! have the opportunity Of getting these denias be-
fore the jury The only way he could do so was
| TO call Mrs Mack himself, and then submit her
TO the mercies Of the State witness upon
cross examination. 1t was hard blow for the
| defence and Mr.. Howe felt 1t so. He protested
! vigorously and strongly. but the Court stood by
| it's ruling
Mr. Howe's address to the jury was given with
all his old tearfuness and meodramatic power.
| He was dressed wholly IN black. and, contrary
to his custom wore little jewelry In the course
| of his address he remarked with great display OF
| feeling: Il have always tried to do my duty
| honestly. / am in the sere and yellow leaf
| My career on this earth cannot be long Gentle
| men. l have never attempted to deceive jury.
| I tell you that Augusta Mack is the slayer Of
| William Guldensuppe." AT this there were few
auditors who Uttered audibly.
MR. HOWES ADDRESS.
| When the court convened Mr. Howe delayed
| his opening address TO the jury on behalf OF
| Thorn for a moment. to recall John Gotha. the
| principal witness for the prosecution. The pris-
/ oners counsel. however. merely wanted to ask
Gotha whether he had ever been an inmate or
| the Inebriates' Home, at Fort Hamilton The
witness replied that he had not and Mr.. Howe
proceeded at once with his ADDRESS. "nhou'
waste Of time or beating around the bush ne
| began by declaring Martin Thorn innocent Of
the murder Of William Guldensuppe
I'VE shall show you he said, that the XIII
| ing of Guldensuppe terminated in the mind or
the adulterous assassin Augusta Mack we
| shall show you beyond contradiction that IL
| was she who hired the place. the Woodside COT
III.
| purpose of converting it into a slaughter house
| in which 10 take the life of her lover who had
| supplanted her love for her husband. ApPai-
| ing as il mag be. will show you that TINS
| creature prepared the coffin for her intended
| victim
| I'm my long course Of conducting such trials
| I always try to conduct them fairly. and not
| with any attempt to deceive the jury. When
, we selected you 1t was done with care. and we
| asked you if you had read the evidence unoer
| GA tn of that woman, Mrs Mack, as we wanted
your verdict 10 be impartial Knowing the
| great responsibility upon you. told you II ths
| evidence warranted it you should convict ahu
/ II, on the contrary there was reasonap,e
| doubt you should give IT to this deieha snn;
| You will find as as day follows the niBn'
| that Augusta Mack and not Martin Thorn COM
mitted this deed
! THORN PICTURED AS DUPE.
| Mr. Howe then dwelt at some length upon
| the separation Of Mrs Mack from her husband
and of her relations with the murdered man
| He was vehement in his condemnation OF he'
| character and contended that she had @Duh-
dant motive for putting Guldensuppe on, OF ,ie
| WAY in that he was continuously Fostering ier
| for money. and she wished TO get ria oi mn" ~
| other reasons. Conspicuous among these Iea
| sons Mr. Howe said. was her desire 10 ia an
| her affections unmoested upon morn M M
| Mr. Howe vert on TO charge Mrs. Mack with
the commttal OF the murder. the sore phSls -.
the defence, as he outlined It, otihg appahe
| TO save Thorn AT the expense or MIS- MACH III
this effort to fasten the quit upon the woman
| Mr. Howe spoke first OF her allurement OF the
| victim to Woodsde. 49, ,,,
| "thaf she was going 10 live In Long Island City
at the Woodside cottage. where they Will w cor, ,h.
| dnct a baby farm Then she told Thorn the
sama story IN throw him off the track. she haV-
ing in mind this deadly work that was 10 De
she said. We will hire pace ,o.iv md nm
observed Then l understand she went 10
West Farms but that did not suit was TO 10
| ,ubIic So they came TO Woodsde' as ~ III
evidence. and hired that cottage she 'oo poor ,U
Thorn they could live there unmolested ana u T
observed. AS we will show. she oou is 'i rbero
com esnan,ng from that She swore 10 it on
~ otand How can she explain II. having au-
mitted that she bought 1t on 'n ne aH Co. 49,
crime to wrap up the parts or the pou'
r,,r COTTAGE KEY MADE MUCH OF.
.rns, she took Guldensuppe. her lover. to
have hin, killed so she says for her confession
.,ns Tho day after she bought the oilcloth
no o.,na over in the morning with Guideh-
o Sbe obtained from Thorn the nlBht pe
,.o .bo kev of the Woodside cottage we
I'm sbow that she went over with "udehsuppe'
49, cara Nunbeimer and Mrs. Valley as wiz
nesses for the State. testified. she TOOK "u'ue"
ounne her lover and victim. to the houne.
ehot Guldensuppe with her PISTOL winch -
haen produced here IN court Iheh she 'u' nm
| ND with knife and saw "hioN va" no, $40
| -een produced In court, but OF "iioH "
| something TO say later on .,,aoa according
| - o'clock she goes 10 tfe GOV .'s "a
| 70 Mrs Nack's own statement WIN WIZ, ,' b,, her
and Culdensuppe Is taken INTO t.e Nv. ,bo house
| 70 he killed. Thorn comes over ~ nv n.,Ino
| 49, time thereafter. Now, Mrs. Mack haViis ,
tho KEY and letting Guldensuppe III, lhoin IUu
not have been in the house selo'e NJ n Mack let
~, IN said she: i have got Guldensuppe up
, n have shot him.. Thorn walked up
stairs and saw the body on the i,o6e said Wby
d,d von do ito She replied Wen cut MN up
a UNA disnose Of the body. I have all the stun
| Necessary This abortionist and anatoirlst couiu
| carve q body as you could carve turkey
A CHALLENGE TO THE STATE.
"sbe made the proposition. This Lady Mac
| both and all other abortionsts rolled INTO one
,hen n,uneed into the bloody work. | would
,u,. a. hear the lawyers. the learned counsel for
the State explain the oilcloth which this muir
dor, a. bought to wrap up the portions Of her VIC
| fms body Martin Thorn will tell you, Martin
| Thorn a piece of pable putty in her hands. VIII
| tell that THIS vie cut tHc Douy UP
and dismembered 1t while he held 1t for her.
, | Then this woman took the clothes OF this dead
| lover and-can you believe t-carried them
| away to her own home. and put them In the
| stove-the cook stove-and she stood calmly by
. | and looked and saw the fire do its work to
, | consume and destroy the evidence that her
| lover had been killed.
"That's the creature who talks Of confessng
( | 10 make her peace with God Having been once
, | on the stand. It is only just to the people and
| the prisoner that she be put again, but she
doesn't dare take the stand to contradict Thorn
| Thorn did go out for the plaster of paris. II be-
, | be incased in plaster. and Thorn bought the
hich To fha hood IA ini,h Id