The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-30

taking OF evidence was concerned. To-
morrow morning the lawyers for the de-
fendaBt and the people will sum up and
1t is expected that Justice Maddox will
charge the Jury early in the afternoon.
Mr.. Howe will begin his nnal appeal in
Thorn's behalf at half past nine and he
expects to conclude before noon.
District Attorney Youngs will then
have his say for the prosecution, and
he expects to finish within two hours.
II is not expected that the charge OF
Justice Maddox will be very lengthy,
so that by o'clock in the afternoon
the case may be with the jury.
Opinions both lay and legal differ very
materially as to the probable result.
Many look for conviction, but a
greater number anticipate a Disagree
meRt A few OF ThorB's former em-
ployers were called by the defense to-
day and they all gave the accused bar
Der an excellent character dating back
some ten years. Thorn himself was the
only other witness called for the de-
fense. From the moment he was led to
the witness chair until he left 1t some
hours later, the prisoner conducted
| himself In cool and impressive man
ner. His statements In reply TO gen.
eral questions and his answers in the
| direct and cross-examinatlonS were de-
livered in moderate tone Of voice
which could be heard distinctly by ali
in the court house, At times his voice
| would drop SO that he could not be
heard few feet away, but Mr.. Howe
reminded the witness at those times
that he should speak louder. and those
admonltions had the desired effect.
Thorn in his story OF the murder delib-
erately accused Mrs. Mack OF having
shot Guldensuppe, and declared that
when he (Thorn) reached the Woodslde
cottage between II and II o'clock Fri
day. the woman met him at the door
and told him that Guldensuppe was ly-
| Ing dead upstairs and that she had shot
and killed him. This, sutd Thorn, was
the first intimation he had OF the pur-
pose for which Mrs. Mack had rented
the Woodslde cottage, Up to that mo-
ment he had understood she was going
to start q baby farm there and that he
was to hive with her and share the
PROFITS.
He described in detail how, after Mrs.
Mack had begged OF him TO help her get
rid II the body he accompanied her 10
the room on the second floor, where he
| found Guldensuppe lying on his side,
dead from a bullet wound in the right
side OF the head. Mrs. Mack told him
that she had carried the revolver In her
hand covered by handkerchief, and
that as Guldensuppe was looking into a
closet she shot him in the side OF the
head. Thorn then said he went out
and bought two pounds OF plaster of
paris at Mrs Nack's direction and re-
turned with It shortly afterwards.
| This was about noon. When he got
back to where the body lay, Mrs. Mack
was Btlll there and he helped her pn-
dress the corpse. Then they carried the
body to the bathtub and Mrs. Mack GU;
II into Ave pieces. She first cut the
head from the trunk with the aid OF a
knife and saw Then she severed the
trunk and boaSted OF her knowledge OF
anatomy while so doing. Then she sew
cred the legs, using the knife and saw.
| The knife looked like q butchers lAite,
II was not a stillctto or dirk knife. Mrs.
Mack, according TO the witness. re-
mained there all that day until o'clock
in the afternoon, when she went out to
get some fresh air. az it was very warm
and sultry in the house. About s
o'clock she returned, and then she. car
rylng bundle containing the murdered
mans clothes and the pistol, saw and
knife: and he. with the head In a parcel
under his arm, left the house and took
trolley car to the Ninety-second street
ferry to New York. From the rear OF
the boat he dropped the head Into the
East river, and when they reached
New York she went 10 her rooms on
| Ninth avenue and burned the clothes
In n cooking stove. The next day The
| rest Of the body was made up into three
parcels and disposed Of In the manner
which Mrs. Mack stated at the last
! trial. In rebuttal three witnesses swore
| that they had seen Mrs, Mack In her
rooms in New York between hah past
o'clock and 4 o'clock in the afternoon
of June 95, and Mrs Valley said that
she had seen Mrs. Mack leave the cot
| taae about twenty minutes after she
and the man with the light suit had
entered. The prosecution did not put
Mrs. Mack on the stand and the court
ruled against Mr.. How0's attempt TO
Introduce the testimony given by Mrs.
Mack at the mls-trlal
Mr.. Weller In several wayB tried 10
| get the prisoner-wltncss 10 write his
| name on sheet ot paper. Mr. Howe
objected, and was sustained by Justice
Maddox.
Thorn continued his story Of the do
| ingB at the cottage on the day OF the
murder. not differing materially from
| tho accounts hitherto printed. except
that he admitted having He'd to Captain
| O'Brlcn aa 10 his whereabouts on the
day OF the killing, with 4 view TO estab-
! fishing an nllbl. He said he helped Mrs
Mack 10 undreas Guldcnsuppo but heard
no gronn or anything that would lend
him TO believe nc WAS alive while being
cut up
AZ to the hiring Of and getting the
keys Of tho cottage. Thorn was closely
questioned. lfe said there were nye or
six keys altogether, but II was not
! shown whether there was more than one
for the street door Thorn gave false
name and business 10 the proprietor OF
the cottage, he said, because Mrs. Mack
ala not want any one TO Know that he
was llvlng With her Later on ho Nnld
Mrs. Mack accompanied him 10 the cot
tngc the day he paid the rent Thorn
said thnt Mrs, NhcR gave him tho gold
watch and chain tho day after tho KILL
Ing II had belonged 10 uuldcnHuppc
Thorn could not say how Mrs Mack got
the oil cloth nnd other Hturf to the cot.
taRc when Hhe only rot the keys from
him ON tho night VI June a. she mist
have brought them with her when thc
brought Guldonfuppc 10 the cottage
that merplHg, June 2s. He never
bought any cheeHc cloth and ala not
toll uothn that hc did Mrs. Mack loft
the cottage about 4 o'clock and cnmo
bnoh an hour later Then they took
two NJ tho parcels with them.
Thorn again acknowledged that ho