The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-01
MIDWIFE MACK ARRESTED.
tHE LIVED WITT THE MISSING WIZ
LIAM GIELDsENsUPPE.

BeadIees sedy at the ,sIorGue ss Iuis-A Saw
and . tknire Found ~ MRS. Nach-s Roer,s-
Nrs. Reirer or Astoria says she sold 70 Mrs.
mack OIicisth Esactiy Like That IN which
the Pieces or tho Dedy Were wrnppcd-Tho
LeEs Founa Yesterday Floating Near the
Cob Deck ut the Rroskiyn Navy Ward.
There sooms to be no longer any mystery A. to
the identity OF the man portions OF whose body
have been found In the East River, In tho woods
near High Bridge, and in the water near the cob
dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Eight per-
sons have identified 90 much Of the body rs is In
the Morguo AS that OF William Gieldsensuppe. a
massour in tho Murray Hill Turkish Baths in
West Forty-second street. Gieldsonsuppe left
tho baths at 3 o'clock last Friday morning. He
has not returned. The superintendent of the
baths, Frederick Srhellenberger Ave employees,
Dr.. J. s. Crosby of 215 West Forty.fourth street,
and August LOWS. q private in Company L, Sec
ond Artillery. stationed at Fort Schuyler. an In.
innate friond Of Gicldsensuppc. all identified the
body yesterday &C that OF the masseur.
Following this Identification. and az q result
gift Mrs. Augusta Mack. q midwife living at
$50 Ninth avenue. was arrested early yesterday
morning. on suspicion of knowing something
about the murder. Gieldsensuppe lived with
Mrs Mack. When arrested by Central Office De-
t~ectivcs Price. Donohue. and Crouch, Mrs. Mack
was taken to Police Headquarters. Yesterday
afternoon she was arraigned before Magistrate
Meade in Jefferson Market Court. Tho detec-
lives told the Magistrate that they did not
charge tho woman with murder, but as they had
discovered evidence to connect her with tho
crime, they asked that she be remanded to Polioo
Headquarters. The woman was accordingly re-
handed.
About noon yesterday Herman Mack, tho hus-
band Of Mrs. Mack, who is the driver of q
wagon Of an Astorin bakery and who lives at
ISL East Eighty-second street, was also ar
rested. From tho fact that Mack did not live
with his wife, and had at one time been jealous
Of her because of her fondness for Gieldsen-
suppe, it was thought that he might know
something about the cutting up of tho body.
Mack was discharged from custody later in tho
day.
The police learned about z o'clock on Monday
evening that Gielisensuppe had been missing
since Friday. He had never been away from his
work 30 long before. They learned that he lived
with Mrs Mack at 4S9 Ninth avenue. They also
found out that the mans hours for work wero
from Z p. NJ. to z A. NJ, and that ct 8 o'clock on
Friday morning he applied to Superintendent
Schellenberger for q leave Of absence from then
until Saturday evening. The leave was granted.
The police went around to Mrs. Sack's house
and inquired for Gieldsensuppe. The woman
aid that he was not there and had been away
since Friday noon, The woman told such con-
Trajectory stories that tho suspicious OF the de-
tectiyes were aroused.
Shortly after z o'clock yesterday morning ave
Of the employees of the baths and Superintend-
ent schellenberger visited the Morsue. All Of
the men had seen Gieldsensuppe stripped for his
work in tho baths day after day for nearly two
years They knew nearly every mark ON his
body. They know that he had q scar and q
broken nail on the index finger Of his left hand.
They knew certain other marks on his body that
not one man in a thousand would have.
The men Vowed the remains separately. Each
was positive in his Identification. Each said he
could not possibly be mistaken. Each pointed
to the place where the shieli-shapeh piece of
flesh had been cut away from tho chest and said
that the cutting had been cone 20 remove the
head and bust Of q woman that had been tat
toood on Gieldsensuppe's chest when he was q
sailor. One Of them pointed to the scar on the
finger and said that the scar was left after Or.
Crosby had lanced q felon on the finger usyunL
months ago.
The men left the Morgue and DR.. Crosby was
brought down. He looked at the finger and said
he was positive that 1t was the finger that he
had lanced. DR.. Crosby was a patron of tho
baths, and was always attended by Gieldson-
suppe- He knew the peculiar marks on the
mans body. recognized them on the body at the
Aorgue, and said he was positive the body was
hatof the masseur. Alttle later Alfred Sinker,
Andrew McFee, and James Hand, three moro of
the attendants employed in the Murray Hill
baths called at the Morgue and verified the
Identification.
THE IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED.
In the afternoon another man Identified the
ufso, mainly from the ~cicatrix on the left index
nnger. This maj was August Lows of L Bat
try, Second Artillery. U. s. A., stationed at
loft schuyler. LOWS said he was An intimate
Friend OF the dead man. He had known him
if TWO years and during the past six months
n mad seen him frequently. LOWS has been
ioarfeen years in tho artillery service
sa has been detailed to hospital duty
= various timea. His familiarity with
lufts made him feel positive that he could not
@mistaken in regard to tho Identification of
NE SCARED index finger. For several months
Gialdsensuppe had talked with him frequently
anout the finger. The dead man was q member
NE Homberg Krankenuntstuetzung verein,
~ Wtlhelmsh0he Verein and tho Hessische
'oksfest Verein, LOWS said. These are Ger
nan benefit societies, and Gieldsensuppe was
Nay much interested In them, attending the
meetings. which are held In Charles Bells
hloon at SO Fourth avenue, regularly.
Lows saw Gieldsensuppe q week ago last Tues
eagat $50 o'clock at West Farms on o Mount
vernon trolley car, bound for this city. LOWS
was transferring TO q Westchester village car,
whsn he caught sight of Gieldsensuppe in the
Aount Vernon car. He ran over and shook
aALds with him. He noticed that Gieldsensuppe
aAaa stranger with him. Beyond the fact that
le stranger was a man Of medium size and
sofea light suit and light soft hat with q black
ma, Lows could not describe him.
BEARD G-IELDsENsUPPE ~THREArENKD.
me stranger was parting with Gioldsensuppe
Slows cam up, and Lows says tho stranger
nook his fist at his friend and said:
III get square with you in a short time. You
nave ruined me-"
me stranger then left and Gieldsensuppe
laughed. The car was starting and LOWS
mot have time to ask his friend about tho
aoeoie. He did ask him where he was going.
u'eiaSensuppe said he was going downtown to
.oK, and LOWS ran for his car. That was the
t1t he gau. nr hnnal - .-AI