The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-24

morn mad also made a secret con-
fession to friend named Gotha, in
which he told the whole dreadful story
of the murder. We quote from one of
the daily papers, as follows:
The trial will be of greatest interest.
District Attorney Youngs, who will con-
duct the prosecution, will call more than
forty witnesses. Vigorous protests will be
offered by Mr.. Howe to portions of the
testimony, and the case will bristle with
exceptions. Mr.. Howe will contend for in
stance, that unless conspiracy between
Thorn and Mrs. Mack to murder Gulden-
suppe has been established, his client can
not be held responsible for the woman's
acts, and that her purchase of the OIL
cloth would be incompetent evidence.
Many a man has f1inched under the fire
of Mr.. HoWe's cross-examination and his
batteries are being specially directed to-
ward Gotha. If there be any loop-hole IN
the informer's story. 1t will be discovered,
and he will certainly spend many unhappy
hours on the witness stand.
The main reliance of the defense will be
that the remains have not been perfectly
identlhed; that there must remain a doubt
In the minds OF the jurors that Gulden-
suppe was killed. The corpus deicti-the
body of the crime-is an essential featufe:
limbs have been viewed by many but
the head is still missing Before Mrs.
Nack's arrest, there had been other iden-
tlhcations. One Of the persons who called
at the morgue, identified the remains as
those of man, who has not vet been
found.
The thunders Of Mr.. Howe's elouuenca
Will reverberate through the little court
house IN Lond Island City when he dis
cusses this subject Not only must the
no
doubt that Thorn killed Guldensurpe. but
they must find that the evidence they have
TO consider precludes any probability of lu-
nocence. The fact that Guldensuppe Eas
disappeared should not be taken of itself
as an assumption that he is dead, Mr..
howe hopes to produce witness who will
swear that he has seen Guldensuppe in
Germany since the dates Of the altered
murder. He will certainly dilate upon the
impossibility of identifying a muti1ated
BODY in an absolutely conclusive manner.
If Mrs. Mack had not been frightened
into confession, we would have had a
repetition in New York Of the perform
ances in the Leutgert case. Men would
have been hired to come up and swear
that they saw Guldensuppe alive, a week
or 10 days after the alleged murder: he
would have been seen in Washington.
boston, Chicago. and possibly. at Klon-
dixie. The technicality about the cor
pus deficit would have been worked I'D.
to the utmost, and they would have in
sisted that unless every part Of the body
could be found, that he was not dead.
although Guldensuppe was dead enough
to satisfy himself, or any other man.
Friends would have rallied around
Thorn and out Of race sympathy have
raised money to defend him, and to cor
rupt justice; and the whole country.
from one end to the other, would have
been wrought up into hostile factions.
and the hero of the whole business
would have been the eminent Mr.. Howe
who ought to be hung up by the heels
until he was half dead, at least. We
believe, OF course, that every man.
charged with crime, has a right of a full
and fair defense: he has a right to
have everything that can be said for
him, presented to the jury. But we
don't believe that cunning and intel.
lectual scalawags should be allowed to
resort to all kinds OF tricks to defeat
justice. There ought to be a limit to
this thing, and wise public opinion
ought to teach the lawyers that, while
doing justice to their client, they should
not lie. and perjure, and manufacture
evidence, and commit crimes. to defend
the criminal-I. D.