The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
FACTS OF THE MURDER
THORN ACCOUNTS FOR HIMSELF
AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
BUT MAKES SIGNIFICANT OMISSIONS.
The Police Are Dragging the River For the
Discovered Head of the Muir
dered Man.


New York, July S.-Dragging the East
river in search of the head of VIM.
Guldensuppe, the murdered and dismem-
bered bath house operator, was begun
to-day under the direction of the Detec-
tive Bureau. Acting Inspector O'Brien
is less confident of finding the missing
head than he is of extorting a full con-
fession from Martin Thorn, the alleged
murderer.
Martin Thorn and Mrs. Augusta Mack
have been indicted by the grand jury
for murder in the first degree, in con-
nection with the Guldensuppe case. The
cases will be tried in New York county.
The witnesses before the grand jury
upon whose testimony the jury found the
indictments were Mrs Riger, the wo-
man in Astoria, who sold the oil cloth to
Mrs. Mack; August Peterson, nephew of
Guldensuppe, and who identified the
body as that of his uncle; Frederick
Gartner, rubber in the Murray Hill
Baths, who also identified the body;
August Greuning, the undertaken, with
whom Mrs. Mack arranged to get a
surrey; his assistant, George Bockroth,
who delivered the surrey to Mrs. Mack,
and Thorn, on the day they are said to
have gone to Woodside; and Joseph
Gartha, barber, who says that Thorn
confessed the murder to him. There
were other witnesses, but their testimO-
ny was not needed. The accused will
be arraigned in General Sessions Court
tomorrow morning. There will be no
further proceedings in the Police Court.
Chief of Detective O'Brien tonight
gave cut for publication a lengthy state
ment alleged to have been made by Mar
tin Thorn, alias Terzewski shortly after
his capture in Harlem on Monday night.
The prisoner, who gave his age as 80
years, and Posen, Germany, as his birth
place, said that he had not seen VIM.
Guldensuppe from the time of the as
sault at Mrs. Nack's rooms on Ninth
avenue, in February last. Thorn admit
ted drawing a revolver on that occa-
sion, and during the scrimage, he claims
the weapon was accidently discharged.
Guldensuppe. he says, took the pistol
away from him and beat him so badly
with it about the head that he had to
go to Bellevue Hospital for surgical
treatment. Several days later, Thorn
says. he sent John Gothra to Mrs. Nack's s
for his clothes. When the messenger re-
turned he said that he had met Gulden-
suppe at the fiat and the latter had said
that he was sorry he had not killed
Thorn, but that if he ever met him
again. even if he had a dozen men with
him. he would go for him. About three
weeks after the fight with Guldensuppe
Thorn says he wrote to Mrs. Mack and
she answered in person. From that time
Al. Il L.
he met the woman regularly and by ap-
pointment in different parts of the city,
but on none of these occasions did he
go with her to the Ninth avenue house.
He says that he sent for her at Buck S
restaurant on Tuesday evening, June
Doth, and after meeting they went to
Central Park, where they remained until
IL p. m. While in conversation there
Thorn says he told the woman about the
finding of part of body of a man in
the East river ON June Goth, and the
suspicion that Guldensuppe had been
killed and his body boiled. Mrs. Mack
said that she did not believe Guldensuppe
was dead, but that she had not seen
him since Friday morning. and did not
know where he was. Next day, Thorn
says, he read the newspapers that Mrs.
Mack had been arrested.
Going back to the days preceding
Guldensuppe's disappearance, Thorn
said:
'On Thursday. June Oath, was stop
ping at Maloney's hotel. l got up at 8
o'clock that morning and remained about
the bar-room for a couple Of hours. Then
| went to a saloon and meeting a bar
Der named Carl, we played pinochle there
- T NJ aa1- 80,
that on a street corner. and we went to
Central Park. There Mrs. Mack spoke
to me about leaving Guldensuppe and
about buying me barber shop in the
country. / spoke to her about a place
for sale at Oyster Bay, L. l.. Mrs. Mack
had given me money often i'm sums of
about S. and Sc at time, and on one
occasion as much as 500. She told me
that Guldensuppe had been using her
badly the last six months and that he
wanted her to open a house Of prostitu-
ton, and then advised her to leave him
and live with me. We left the Park
about 10 o'clock that night. / parted
from her and going to Maloney's hotel,
went to bed.
ION Friday morning, June 25th. I
arose about 8 a. m. and went to the same
saloon where / had been the previous
day. There played pinochle with Carl
and others. I refused to say anything
further about that day except that
went to Maloney's about 10 o'clock at
night and retired As minutes later.
II got up Saturday morning, June 26th,
and went out. I know Gordon, the news
boy, met me going over the 34th street
ferry with a woman, but I cannot re-
member what morning it was.
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