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

rhe walled TO the platform ,vherc stood the Wit
mess chair. She stepped w heavily. az thouah
fatigued. The Bible ives p,N cd In herhsud: the
Then she sat down and faced them all.
Ex.Surrognte Weller, tall and straight, with 2
Der. she Kept bereyes on him. never once cast
Ing them at the man she wns about to botray;
t aor nv Wb %in SvSry one wsited in silence. study:
ing the face and figure OF the woman. she WAS
S clad ar. en- biz Slsefdi ou i%sS With ri lace F Which af isS
upon her ample bosom. The neck oil the dress
ESf sg y, lp n.cs "n 3. t MSIsh G sss Is 20 opt pfo 1ns SON. o.;
her shoulders ,N Vas : black Tish ' bnH! es y GrS on her her
s ssS m : ssGf IN i nisSf ana nsf o w,aa DEGi By long black
ostrich plumcs. The face was tragic despite lte
calmness. The cycs were heavy and drawn
corners OF the mouth. Still there were the
bright red spots on her checks. and the ensemble
was not unpieasine.
AIRS. NAoK's ORDEAL
Finally the tall lawyer was ready 70 begin, and
the ordeal for her was on. She told her name
and age and addres. with as much c9mposnrs Sss
man would be with a crowd Of gaping spectators
over, and she plSnscd right ,i into the the
The questions Of the lawyer made her beEin,
Sar ii hsF w fsSD Siin. OF her M' mes sieip! With PPScr n.
through an advegtisement for = lodgsr. and
rubber when the latter found him alone with
Mrs. Mack and beat him in a Jealous rage. She
70 sSla H o. fh SaTs 8 f issf liz. a the head d. Of his bis a as liant:
Of the knife he sharpened. for him; Of the re-
solssr h he f %sds to f Sss L: of how e~u she Ss had GIVEN
him money time and again. and how he bogged
s sc., MSsh II, In and N c wSss , SS1 l iS sa with Si%, ai'ld''
He told me that ho loved me" she went on;
ssInPsTiRS Nm s nhS ems. SPs s TO y9Hi IN a rG esSns and snd will Will
ny ! ssi |: I'm sIam me- :, On Fl, PIIiS S,.,S r. saSssS me
feared him, and ! finally agreed TO rent the
e was ali very Commonplace tho way she said
t. Her voice was low and we'll modulated, her
gestures narrow in their sweep. not unimpres-
drsmstic Character Of of, the s 1t Thorn still il
cat coldly gazing at her. but her other hearers
story which was falling from her lips.
Az abe went on she soon reached the details OF
eos sssa Of ,f' the amount sss 9e' they St rSf n for sen at s sRs
putting up the money. She told OF the Turing OF
Gieldsensuppe to that house. where Thorn lay in
pings ready for his victims corpse, and with
plaster of paris at hand in which to hide the
hoad-the head that he was at last to have.
THE %BUTcHERy OF GIELDsENsUPPE.
turned the key" she said, land let him in.
Sssiaass shs sRoe. T Then T Thorn Came In down @ mG and out
him. Then went into the house. but l did not
%. fcams back at S o'clock. Then, 1 saw that
Thorn had everything wrapped up in bundles
and sat back in her chair. Ihe lawyer called for
the oileloth she had bought: tbs red oilcloth
30 great a part in the unearthing OF the crime.
They brought 1t out with the bloodstains still on
blood, The court officer held it far I ON him
with gloves upon his hands. The woman looked
.Ycs, that is it, she said simply.
You have no Doubt"
Then came the Gruesome, tale of the disposi-
tion of the corpse. All the pieces had been
wrapped NJ, save one; On this, the trunk and
with him the he d and threw it in the river.
The clothes she took lone and burned. She
pieces. Ono they carried as they rode in a street
the car full of people, the woman by his side.
They threw u overheard. They returned agsin
detailed the ride in the, surrey over the feiTy
and up to High Bridge, whore they came to the
..:TLis Is the place she said Thorn told her,
h ,Ther r we w, S Want ! to fire II down. and helped
Smes; Then they showed her The ]pietqres Of
the name Of William Guidensupp~for it was in
with this the prosecution was done with her
in 30 far as they needed what she knew. But
s Sssose T sss q Sas %SF ss ssi pst t5h Judge sa % e sstas 1 H1a
Q step closer ran his hand through his hair and
Now. Mrs. Mack. he asked in his most i'm
pressiye manner, why do you make this state
The woman straiehtcned up and the red spots
on her cheeks, which had died away during the
examination. came back again as bright as ever.
THE BETRArER 8 FIRST EAR
know ] am here for the world. for the peo-
pie, and my God, she said. and the tears welled
up N ner eyes.
on. her lips trembling and the tears now ROLLING
down her face. II thank God that this day has
For the first time the woman in her came to
the surface. She put her Rloved hand to her
HAS this confession been Solicited - asked
the loTyer.
Neither by Mr.. Youngs nor myseltf'
mo. I do this Of my own free will. could
stand 1t no longer. 1t has been with me day and
night, did 1t to clear my conscience"
Again the tears came. but she soon recovered
herself, and after Identifying. some letters
name. telling her to say at the bath6ouse that
days the State closed Its examination.
Mr.. Howe had been taking notes at a furious
ened earlier in the day to tear her to pieces and
when ne arose from his seat it was expected
get OF lightly, but considering the circum.
stances she bore up under the fire with remark
MR.. Mack, he began in the most insinuat.
ing tone. . did you cry when you burned Geld
0eDsuppe'sc lothesf'
No" snapped the woman.
DIG you cry when you bought the oilcloth to
wrap his body in = he asked more fiercely.
No" snapped the woman again in louder
You cried to-day"
cried often"
y you cry when Thorn told you he had
shot Gieldsensuppe 2"
Yes cried then"
And still you say your object in taking him
there was to kill him-your loverf
The woman did not answer.
Did you love him very much-this Gieldsen.
$40. I didn't love any one but my husband"
Tho spectators laughed.
But. you stopped loving your husband and
loyed Gieldsensuppe. didn't your
And yet you formed a plan to murder him r.
90 did mol"
MRS. NACK's LOVE FOR THORN.
MT. Howe only smiled. Then he began repeat.
ing her story OF the crime. He made her 20 ali
over II again. she answering yes to all his que
ries. He pinned her down and made her do this,
refusing all her proffered explanations. By
when did you begin to love Thorn Z"
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