The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-25

Mrs. Mack did not appear until the afternoon
session. She was accompanied by her attorney,
Il. NJ. Friend. She looked i'll. Her face was
pale. and tho dead black of her gown and hat
nccentuated this ipallor. Her sober costume
was in marked contrast to the Raudy green and
black she sported at the last trial.
Immediately after Justice Maddox assumed
the bench. at $3.50 O'Clock. the taking Of tosti-
mony began. Coroner Theodore Tuthill was the
nrst witness. He described the various parts of
the body and the wounds and markings as found
by him in his post-mortem examination. In his
opinion, death was due to q stab wound in the
heart, although the State maintains that Gieid-
sensuppe was first shot from behind by Thorn.
Coroners' Physician p. OTHanlon testified to the
autopsy. Much to tho delight Of tho women in
the gallery. a small jar containing some Of the
splintered bones removed by him from Gieldsen.
suppe's legs was presented for Identification.
All the opera glasses were diligently used at
this time.
Mrs. Mary Hafton. who lived near the Wood
side cottage. and who kept the key. was the first
Of the new witnesses. She testified that on Juno
81 q man got the key Of the house from her.
would you know that man ." she was asked.
yes. There no is" she replied. pointing at
Thorn.
The prisoner did not even blink. Tho next
day, Mrs. Hafton said. the man. who gave his
ActA &c oteuht SuAio SeSAs a. St.N 'ee ~
him whom he introduced as Mrs. Braun. They
got tho keys and examined the house. Braun
offered a deposit on the rent, but the witness
referred him to the owner. She saw the man and
woman again batween 5 and 6 o'clock on juno
%. They came out of the house carrying alarge
bundle between them. They put it in q surrey
and drove away.
"And this woman said Attorney Howe.
"wUuld you know herf
YES" replied the witness.
Then Mr.. Howe asked that Mrs. Mack DO pro-
duced in court. Justice Maddox did not think
no had the right to order her presence. Mr..
Howe appealed to District Attorney Youngs.
Mr.. Youngs did not think he had the right
either, so the Justice told Mr.. Howe to sue out
o writ of habeas corpus. This was dono. and all
tho witnesses had q chance to identify her later.
Mrs. Bernard Bqils. vito Of the owner of tho
cottage, told OF the visit Of MIR, and Mrs. i.
rent the cottage. She identified Thorn as Braun.
Thorn did all the talking and paid the Rl5 down
key, but the witness ssd aid ia not &c see te him. Her eGr h 1ne
band did. He corroborated his wife and told OF
Is Mrs. cI gisa' S On Snas es. who's. boo., obut, III.
roar Of the Woodside cottage. said that on Fri
day. June 20, she was cutting wood in her back
iy dressed woman and a very blond man
dressed in q light suit get of a trolley car to-
not see them enter. The woman was Mrs. Mack.
The man she identified as William Gieldsen-
sSSpSs h ssGm r sSssF same phG aftsrnDos. fsss %sr Z
saw a man come to the middle window on tho
tho ballroom. He opened the widow. ' TSe
shutters bs 1o we r., H;lb, ss m. sT n.ps vide.
and she pointed at Thorn.
dressed on that day in q dark blue suit. Later
IN IN the f ssshroom '6 Of s ISs e s1n open s &C. shutters Ia t Sos
At the close OF Mr.. Howe's cross.examination
s sEsSsss wds fsas1 % IT, lynch ano aaa Wien Moo SSI5s
6% e de- 4 md took th he stand; IS About se li;so o'slooE
he saw blood at tho mouth Of the Drain Pipe
the road, About noon on the same day ho saw
Nrs Mack enter the house. Four hours later
Mrs. Valley positively Identified a photograph
q GteldsensLppo as that Of the man She saw get
ON The the m arSl1sy e 81 J Ti1n y Mrs s Sse am at II ,S S,eiS SSs
O'clock that evening she saw Mrs. Sacf go out.
on that day sho saw Thorn enter The cottage.
Several times during the afternoon she saw him
ing she saw Mrs. Mack enter the cottage and she
cav her leave about twenty minutes later. Mrs.
that the latter swofe that she did not enter the
house with Gieldsensuppe 1t also differs with
tnat OF the Otner witnesses as TO the Time Thorn
entered the cottage on the day Of the murder.
Henry ]. Borges. a Woodside grocer. testified
70 selling two pounds of plaster of Paris about
answering Thorn's description.' He could not
identity fhornlpositivoly. Mary Pierce, is years
old. who was In the store at tho time. did iden-
AiIer August streuming, an undertaken at
George Bockroth, had testified to Thornrs rent,
aSg ise surrey gy., on June me. -; Capt Stephen
nodded at Thorn Az he tOOk hia aaat md thn
Rs,ssEfnsr ea nsia1sa q rfSsiP s sT1s,t o Gs Eso oB shs Z
nrst he said Thorn refused to tell Of his where:
abouts on the day Of the murder. Afterwsrd
breakfast and went to the barber shop of Paul
Pinochis until. s O'clock in tho eveninps. The
Captain sent for Menich, who came to Police
Headquarters with this letter:
FRiExD PAUL; You must not forget the last day
SGs : SO' TSis Of M .s- on sss sSs a, of , June res. ca "a Is.' th s, ,ln,
td.ys ago. Make y work well. for thu police arc try
i Ssns 90 % %a t6 %s Day az with " murder that m n,ass h sxsa hap
The witness said Menich told him TINT Thor
was not there that day at all, but that Thor
related at great length Thorn's admission thai
he went to the Woodside cottage on June 26 e
from there With Mrs. Mack IN a ' surrey = at TX,
S SiSsbsa ioaSd for % rh some : Of Gislds9nsupge'
Captain said Thorn admitted having write III,
name OF Braun on them at the pawnbroker's re
guest. He also r lated Thorn's version 10 hin
nat.
On eross.exnmination Mr.. Howe started In I,
attack Mrs. Mack.
Didn't Mrs. Mack toll you she loved Thorr
and would die for him, " he asked.
Ex-SurroRate Weller objected, and the Cour
sustained him. Mr.. Howe fairly bounced vi
We claim that Mrs; Mack did this killing,
he said. W. claim that Sho told the Captain
What would sustain this Wow. We avoW thi
But the Justice stopped him, holding that. a
Mrs. Mack had not been on tho stand. she wa
not concerned In this case and could not DO al
tackled. Mr.. Howe, who looked disappointed
subsidized; Before Capt, O'Brien left The stan,
no stated, that Thorn had made certain state
ments 10 him conhdentially, and that he did no
think he could In honor reveal them. The Jus
toe sustained him. These are ur
with Mrs. Mack.
Tine last wiIness OF the day WAS CONSTANT