Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-10

Made Under Torture of tho Poiice-Says
Thorn Did the Work.

New York, Nov. 9.--The Herald to-
/ morrow will say: Emanuel Friend.
counsel for Mrs. Augusta Mack, was at
| the Harlem opera house last night. 1t
was noticed when he came into the
lobby that he appeared nervous and
excited. His extreme nervousness
caused some comment, ard he re-
marked casually that he had just come
from a long interview with his client,
4 Mrs Mack. He sat half the play
through, and on coming out, said:
Mrs. Mack has confessed. That is all
can say. She has confessed and will
go on the stand tomorrow against
Thorn. cannot talk about the matter
any further. ! have made u solemn
promise Of secrecy. There is no use of
trying to see any one else Even MIR,
who do know are pledged to secrecy as
! am. | shall go home, dIsconnect my
telephone and refuse to see any one or
answer any questions.
:" Mrs Mack has made n full confess
flon-that's all can sny.'"
The Herald viii also say: Mrs. Au-
Eusta Mack has made a full confession.
She had until today uttered no word
a that would incrimlnate herself. She
had wlthstood the efforts made by the
police TO eXtort from her an admission
that she had killed William Gulden-
suppc, or that she had planned his
Death and lured him to Woodside,
Where Martin Thorn actually did the
4 Shooting
"The woman had been subjected to
The thirty-third degree by the police to
every known method OF torment. She
had been confronted by the horrid
masses Of nesh. She had been coaxed,
Nheedcd and threatened. The promise
h Of HE had been held out 10 her as q
4 reward for few words that would
surely result in Thorn's execution. She
had remained during her imprisonment
az police headquarters. At all hours
o. The day and night she had been be-
(. feged, but she had kept her own coun-
eel. Now she confessed, but by what
direct influence is not known.
The story that Mrs. Mack has told
u and that she will be called upon to re-
peat TO the jury Is fun of dramatic in
,,erest. She has described Mt great
length her lie with Guldesuppe In the
niue FIAT on Ninth avenue near Thirty
fourth street. She quarreled with him
frequently after Thorn appeared upon
The scene
=, Guldensuppe was violent and TO ria
themselves of him she and Thorn de-
ermined TO kill him. She induced him
70 80 10 Woodslde to inspect cottage
Il which she had hired as she told him
Y, conduct her business as midwife
enc sent him upstairs alone and when
4 sue heard shots she knew Thorn mad
'arted out his promise.
me greatest difficulty was TO obllt-
4 claie the traces OF the murder. The
n only plan that appeared safe and sure
was TO cut the remains into fragments
tmall enough to be carried away with
yyut suspicion. When the packages had
zen prepared Mrs. Mack and Thorn
.Hls1 surrey In the city and drove
~ Moodslde, They threw some of their
.uundles into the East river but were
men frightened by the approach OF
esck hands on the ferryboat and drove
W. until they found an unfrequented
spp' To leave what remained. The dis
H iSO'ety OF the body was followed with
" Few days by her arrest"
,,heBarding the alleged confession OF
,rtis, Mack the Herald will also print
,s following interview: District At
vTIhey Roalsky said l left Mr.,
lungs only ten minutes ago and he
new nothing OF the confession ] dc
wv NV know how Mrs. Mack could have
bb'9ue the alleged confession. I have
sll nothing whatever about II from
ny source. We are able to convict
sS'h Thorn and Mrs. Mack. We can dc
9eyond doubt. However. II she has
,'ue the confession II may have been
ar Emanuel Friend. We are going
H. IN me morning to prove our case in
"'g usual way.
N"nllam #. Howe. senior counsel for
ho,. Inorn,sald at the Park Avenue
'' tonight: This 10 atrocious.