The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28
THORN WILL TELL HIS TALE.
sIRS. MACK TO DE ACCUSED OF DO
ING THE KILN.

The Barber Claims GuIdensuppe Had
Been Shot before he Entered the
House and That He Went In to
Help Mrs. Mack Dispose of the
BOdy-HeIped Her Garry the Corpse
TO the Tub and Saw Her Dismem-
Der It-AII Done for Love.
New York, Nov. 27.-The following stare
ment, signed by Martin Thorn, is publish
ed in an evening paper to-day:
when I go on the stand Monday morn
ing l will tell true and complete story
of the crime for which I am now being
tried for my life. My lawyer has ad-
vised me to conceal nothing, and, with
the hep of God, 1 will not. Martin Thorn
is just a man with vices and virtues, like
any other, and with a love of life
just as strong within him as within any
of those who say he sinned because he
loved an unworthy woman-loved, trusted
and shielded her until he was within the
shadow of the electric chair; loved her
until she swore away his existence to
save her own. to save herself from the
consequences Of her own act in killing
man who she said she feared because OF
his knowledge of her other crimes.
Augusta Mack planned and accomplish
ed the murder of William GuldensUppe-
When l got to the Woodside cottage that
Saturday morning she met me at the door
and said: 1 have got Guldensuppe mp
stairs; he is dead She had shot him in
the face and stabbed him in the breast,
she said / was not even in the house at
the time, but in the doorway. She was
out of sight Of the people on the street a
the time, half way upstairs. l knew moth
ing of her purpose that day. She had
asked me to come to WOodside. l went
there and when 1 arrived she told me she
had Killed Guldensuppe and that all her
trouble was over.
Il can ask that woman questions she
cannot answer without showing conclu-
sively that she has sworn to lies, and what
is more, l have witnesses to corroborate
me.
For a long time, hardly knew what to
do. Mrs. Mack asked me to help her cut
up the body 1 hestated but could not
make up my mind. You have got to help
me get rid of it, she said, or both of us
will get into trouble All you have got to
do is to help.
Il helped her to carry the body to the
bath tub. 1t was very heavy. Guldensuppe
was dead. He was not breathing when we
put him in the bath tub. Mrs. Mack did
the cutting while l held the body First,
she cut the head off, then she took the
saw, sawed the bulk in two and then the
legs.
r After We threw the head into the river
and disposed of pieces of the body, as
the papers have stated, she took Gulden-
suppe's clothes and burned them in
stove.
1T was nothing but my love for Mrs.
hat i,,t,
helped her get rid of the dead body to
shield her and to save her from being ar
rested
Everybody has lied about me in this
case, principally because 1 have not talked
or explained.
They say I told Gotha that l killed
Guldensuppe It's a lie 1 told him that
TO confess to Capt. O'Brien. That is
another lie. I told Capt. O'Brien some-
thing of a private nature that did not
concern the case intimately. 1 give him
permission 10 speak now. He will clear
me now.
''They say, too that I threatened to muir
der William Guldensuppe. Yes; l said /
would kill Guldensuppe before he killed
me. He almost killed me and threatened
my life every time he mentioned my name
TO Mrs. Mack. Mrs. Mack told me to
look out and have pistol to shoot him
but not to do it in her house. She would
get into trouble, she said. 1 thought she
told me that because she loved me. l
knew she feared Guldensuppe and wanted
to have me kill him so she would not suf-
fer.
Mrs. Mack told the jury that I commit
ted the murder in just the way she act
ually committed it herself. She turned
everything around. She reversed the
whole story, accusing me of just what she
did. She is afraid to go on the stand. Her
lawyers will not let her go on and testify
against me because they know that I can
prove her a liar-that she herself killed
Guldensuppe, because he knew of other
crimes she had committed, and because
sne was afraid that Guldensuppe would
kill her for having anything to do witb
me- Martin Thorn"