Evening journal., 1897-07-01
THE MYSTERYSOLVED
Headless Body Identified as That
of William Guldensuppe.
A WOMAN is UNDER SUSPICION.
Mrs. Mack. with Whom the Murdered
Man Lived, Believed by Police on
GERS TO BE Connected with
the Startling Crime.

mystery OF the headless body. a portion |
Of which was found in the East river. |
a portion az Kingsbridge and still an
other portion in the water near the |
Brooklyn navy yard. is being solved. |
These facts seem to be settled beyond |
question:
That the murdered man was William
Guldensuppe
That three sections of his mutilated |
body have been found.
One section was tied up in oilcloth. (
cheesecloth and brown paper picked
up in the East river at Eleventh street
on Saturday last.
The second section, picked up at I'M
dercllff avenue and One Hundred and
Seventy-seventh street. near Kings
bridge, on Sunday.
The third section, the legs, picked up
from the water at the Brooklyn navy
yard yesterday afternoon.
That Guldensuppe was the sweet
heart of Mrs. Augusta Mack, whose
husband threatened revenge for his
ruined home.
That Mrs. Mack is under police sur
veilance. though not yet definitely
charged with completely in the murder
Of Guldensuppe.
That she has been identified as being
the woman who purchased the same
kind OF oilcloth in which the sections Of
the body were wrapped. The purchase
was made in Astoria.
That her husband, Herman Mack. was
also arrested and taken to police head
quarters, but later discharged.
That two days before the first section
of the mutilated body was found Gull
densuppe quarreled with Mrs. Mack.
That Mrs. Mack was preparing to
leave the country for Europe.
Identification of the Body.
The body was identified by the super
intendent and employees Of the Murray
Hill baths, where Guldensuppe had
formerly worked as a rubber. q
The men who identified the mutilated
fragments OF humanity were Max Lorn,
Adolf Sinker William McFee, Adam
Steubng, James Hand, Frank Gardner
and Michael H. Seully, al of whom had
worked with Guldensuppe and daily
saw him in a state of nudity; James
Flood, the elevator man, and Frank
Schellenberg. the superintendent of the
Murray Hill baths.
All these men state that there is not
the smallest shadow of a doubt that
the murdered man was their comrade,
Guldensuppe.
They were familiar with every mark
on his body and had noticed an unique
deformity. The moment they saw the
ghastly remains at the morgue, in spite
of the efforts Of the murderers to OBJ
literate all distinctive marks, they unan-
imously and unhesitatingly declared
that the body was that of Guldensuppe.
They will not admit the smallest pos
sibility Of mistake.
oof,,r,feta fba rrroVIr oF fdpntffpa-
ton, DR.. j. s. Cosby Of 215 West Forty
fourth street. who three months ago
operated upon the index finger Of Gull
densuppes left hand and removed a
felon, positively recognized the scar left
by HIS work upon the finger Of the
corpse.
In further corroboration, all the at
tendants and many patrons of the Muir
ray Hill baths were familiar with the
figure of a woman which had been tat
tooed on Guldensuppes breast in the
days when he was a sailor. They found
the patch Of skin cut from the breast
Of the murdered man exactly to corre-
spond with the place where this tat
tooing had been.
Again. Guldensuppe left the baths at
o'clock last Friday morning. He had
never previously missed days work.
There was no known reason for his
disappearance then, but from that mo-
ment no trace of him had been found.
The Woman In the Case.
Guldensuppe lived at 439 Ninth ave-
nue., near Thirty-fourth street, with a
Mrs. Augusta Mack, a midwife, who is
separated from her husband. She has
not seen him since Friday last, when he
parted with her after a Jealous quarrel.
According to Mrs. Nack's first state
ment, she had found Guldensuppe with
another woman's card on Thursday
night and quarreled with him about
this. He then demanded $50. which she
gave him. and he went away.
When the murdered man first board
ed with Mrs Mack, her husband lived
with her There was also another
lodger. who, it is said. held high place
In the woman's affections. But the big
masseur supplanted both.
The husband left, vowing vengeance
against Guldensuppe, and it is said that
the other man also fostered a passion
for revenge This man, in February
last drew a pistol on Guldensuppe and
tried to kill him. but was overpowered
after a hot struggle. The bath attend
ants noticed that Guldensuppe's body
was badly bruised when he went tC
work the next day,
GuIdensuppe's associates at the Turk
ish baths say that the big fellow was
implicated in many feminine intrieue'
and often spoke of women he used e
visit in the northern portion Of the city
near to the spot where a portion Of th'
body was found.
Mrs. Mack Under Suspicion.
Mrs. Mack has been Identified as thu
woman who on Wednesday last pur
chased some oilcloth of the pattern II
which the two parts of the mutilate'
body were wrapped
The purchase was made in Astoria a
the store of Max Riger, at Jackson av
enue and Jane street. Mrs. Riger ant
a customer were in the store at tn
time, and Mrs. Riger says that wo
man entered and asked hurriedly If sh
had any table oilcloth. She says tha
she showed the woman a small roll o
the diamond y pattern and that tn
stranger took AZ yards Of this
1t Is said that she then asked for som
white ticking and that she bought 81
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