Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-30
THORN resIIFIes.
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| y NesA sAiAN q Auli d6O ~ H~A s-o~.'~ - -
Ninth avenue. She occupied -four
rooms on the third floor at that num-
ber.. William Guldensuppe was board.
ing there with her and / understood he
was her cousin
Il rented furnished room from hel
at 50 a week. Later / understood Gul.
densuppe was her husband. She first
made love to me and ! returned hei
love. l was very fond Of her and loved
her up to the moment she took the wiz
ness stand on my first trial.
| The witness then told how he sup
planted the bath rubber in Mrs Nack'f
affections and described the row he
had with Guldensuppe in consequence
During this fight Guldensuppe caught
hold of him. Thorn held a revolver
which went off accidentally, then Gui-
densuppe took the pistol from him and
gave him beating. He left the house
and went to hospital. Mrs. Mack
met him afterwards very often. they
went to theatres and other places If
amusement She said she was sorry
that Guldensuppe had hurt him but
that he must not mind that.
| Thorn, at the suggestion of his coun-
sci. then told in his own way what
Mrs. Mack had said to him after tina:
and the court directed Mr.. Howe not to
lead the witness.
| Mrs. Mack told me-" said Thorn
that she wished to leave Guldensuppe
and wished to live in some quiet place.
We visited the Woodside cottage and
1t seemed a suitable place. We hired
| 1t | paid the SIS and got the key.
| On the oath of June l gave the key to
Mrs. Mack, DIS she said she wanted "a
| do some cleaning at the cottage.
| About IL or IL on Friday morning.
June 25th, Mrs. Mack met me at the
door. she said: T have Guldensuppe
up stairs.
| II asked her what he was doing
there. She replied: He is dead.
have shot him She then requested
me to help her dispose of the body.
went up stairs and helped to undress
the body. Then we carried il to the
bath tub. l went out and bought some
plaster OF paris. When l came back
she begun cutting up the body. She
cut the head of with knife and when
she reached the back Of the neck. she
cut through that portion with a small
| saw Then she cut through the mid
die of the body. and l asked her why
| she cut it so and she said: I know
| enough not to cut through the bowels.
Next she cut off the legs. after
which she went out for while. as Ii
was very warm in there. On her re-
turn we encased the head in the plas-
ter of paris. We brought away the
| dead mans clothes in a bundle. and l
| carried the head in another bundle.
| The saw. knife and revolver We're in
| the bundle with the clothes. We took
the car to the 92d street ferry over
which we crossed to New York.
| threw the head overheard. while the
| boat was crossing the river. Then we
| went to Mrs. Nack's house on 9th ave-
| nue.. where she burned the clothes in
the cooking stove
| The witness then told of the surrey
ride on the following day. June 26.
and the disposition of the other por-
! tons of the remains. which were
wrapped up in oil cloth. cheese cloth
| and paper. which Mrs. Mack had pur-
! chased prior to her visit to the cottage
on June %, the day of the killing.
Thorn told of his meetings with the
woman after this and how Mrs. Mack
had made preparations to go to Europe.
Mrs. Mack met him on Tuesday night,
June 80 and on the following day he
learned from the papers that she had
been arrested. He explained his con-
vercation with Gotha. He said that
| he had told Gotha that Mrs. Mack
killed Guldensuppe and also told the
ur1 hnx. <I.h bod hoI 1ic- poI
of. He told Gotha of his intention to
give himself up to the police, but Gotha
asked him to wait He gave Gotha
some pawn tickets and made an ap-
pointment to meet him the following
| night. Thorn kept the appointment
and was arrested
| During his conversation with Captain
O'Bren, Thorn said he told the detec-
tives some truths also some falsehoods.
During the time he was giving this di-
| rect testimony Thorn looked directly
at the jury. He spoke clearly and dis
tinctly although at times his voice
dropped to a rather low tone. He used
very good English with only a slight
trace of German accent. His direct ex-
| animation lasted three-quarters of an
hour. Surrogate Weller conducting the
crOss-examination.
The cross-examination brought out
nothing of Importance. Thorn retold
| the. story Of. cutting up the body and
its disposition. He identified a letter
written by him to Mrs. Mack in which
he asked her to testify according to
some instructions he had previously
given. After the murder he remained
In New Jersey in the day time. coming
to New York at night. His moustache
was shaved off in New Jersey so that
he might not be easily identified.
Referring to the adjournment of the
| first trial Of the case until Nov. s, Mr..
Weller spoke of the supposed coming Of
witness from Germany who was to
testify that Guldensuppe was alive in
that country. He said: Thorn is it
not fact that you admitted to Mr..
Howe the identity Of Guldensuppe's
body and said that he might as we'll
give in?" Mr.. Howe objected to the
question and the court sustained him.
Mr.. Howe began his redirect exam
ination by showing Thorn a telegram
purporting to have been sent by Gull
densuppe to Mrs. Mack, June 2S. 1t
was written in German and read:
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