The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-07
Murderer of Guldensuppe
Confides Details of the
ButcherY to a Friend.
MRS. MACK. THE DEcOY
Victim Was Shot First Head Done
Up in Plaster Of Paris and
Dropped Into the River.

| in the house at Woodside, which had
| been rented by Mrs. Mack.
| A week ago last Saturday according to
| the confession. Thorn went early to the
| Woodside house and hid in a closet in the
| upper floor. In his pocket he had a
| loaded revolver and beside him was a
| two-pound package of plaster of paris.
| Then he waited for the arrival of Mrs.
| Mack and Guldensuppe. He took off his
| shoes so that no accidental noise could
| spoil his careful laid plans.
/ 1t was between ten and eleven o'clock
| in the morning when Mrs. Mack and her
| victim, Gudensuppe, drove up in the sur
/ rey which has been mentioned in the
| previous stories of the mystery. Thorn
| heard Mrs. Mack ask Guldensuppe few
| questions about the house and heard
| Guldensuppe answer. Then Mrs. Mack
said, according to the confession, will
| lie don't wait for me. Go through the
house and see how you like it,
"Oh, I'll just stay here until you come
! back" Guldensuppe replied. But Mrs.
| Mack, according to the confession, was
| anxious not TO see the actual transaction
| of the tragedy she had planned.
mo, don't wait she urged; "go and
see the rooms upstairs; think you'll
| like them
Thorn concealed behind the door of the
closet heard Guldensuppe's steps on the
| stairs as he complied with the woman's
request Carelessly Guldensuppe opened
| door after door until he came to the
| closet where Thorn stood. AS the door
sprung open Thorn shot Guldensuppe
right in the head. He died almost in
| stantly.
Thorn took hold of the body by the
| shoulders, dragged it downstairs and
| showed it into the bath tub. Then Thorn
went to the ground floor where Mrs.
Mack was waiting. ITS done,'' said
Thorn st know" replied Mrs. Mack, II
| heard"
1 Now go back to the city, Thorn said
| to Mrs. Mack, and come back here at
| five o'clock; everything will be ready
| All this conversation and much more Is
| embodied in this alleged confession. Mrs.
| Mack obeyed Thorn's injunction and the
! murderer returned to the bath tub. He
cut off the head with a razor and saw.
| Then he packed the head closely with
| plaster of paris until it looked like a block
of white stone. Then he took the legs
| off, and after that the lower part of the
| trunk. He wrapped it up in the cheese
| cloth, then in the oil cloth, tied the bun
| dies neatly, lit pipe and sat looking at
| his handiwork He sat there until Mrs.
Mack returned in the surrey. Carrying
! the bundles with him they both took the
| ferryboat across to New York. On the
way over they threw the bundles into the
| river.
How one portion of the body was found
! in the woods is not explained in the con-
/ fession.
| When Thorn was arraigned in the JEFF
ferson Market Police Court despite the
| apparently damming evidence of this con-
| fession he had perfectly self possessed
! appearance He was neatly dressed and
seemed almost the least excited of the
crowd that gathered around the Magis-
| trate's desk eager to see and hear all the
details in this latest chapter of the great
mystery. Lawyer Friend, counsel for
| Mrs. Mack said that he would look after
Thorn's interest for the present
| Sergeant McCauley, who arrested Thorn
last night, asked that the prisoner be re-
nanded and Magistrate Flammer granted
| the request fixing the hearing 10:30 on
Friday morning when Mrs. Nack's case
| would be heard Thorn said that this
would be perfectly satisfactory to him and
he was then taken away by the detectives
| Among the facts which have come to
| light since Thorn's arrest there are
| several which indicate a great lack Of
| caution in the methods employed by the
| alleged murderer. Thorn is said to have
! taken the watch and chain from Gulden-
| suppe's clothing and to have pawned
| them. Despite rumors to the contrary he
| appears TO have made absolutely no ef-
| fort to leave the city and beyond shaw
| ing off his moustache to have taken but
| few steps to prevent detection. In his
room there was found a yalise which con-
tanned copies of all the newspapers Civ
ing full accounts of the finding of the
| portions of the body, and from day tc
| day he had cut out the stories which
| traced the crime home to himself.
| According to the accepted solution OF
| the mystery no one is more affected by the
i capture and alleged confession of Thorn
/ than Mrs. Mack, who is now in Jefferson
Market Jail 1t is said that she read this
| morning the account of Thorns capture
| without showing the least trepidation and
| refused to make any comment Whatso-
| ever
The question of where the case will be
l tried is as yet unsettled and until this
point is decided the Grand Jury will not
| be asked to deal with it. Assistant Dis
| trict Attorney Mitchell, who has the case
| in charge returned today from New
j Hampshire, and is now actively working
to settle the matter 1t is the general
belief at the District Attorneys Office
| that the case will be tried in this county,
| as the county of Queens in which the
| murder was committed has not any too
much money to spend on prosecution
of this kind.
| An expert chemist today commenced to
/ make an analysis of all the foreign mat
i ter found on the pistol, knife and saw
which were taken from Mrs. Mack $
apartments.
/ Acting Inspector O'Brien is quoted as
saying that Thorn has made a state
/ ment in which he positively denies that
he murdered Guldensuppe or knows who
| did it.
| An examination has been made of the
| bath tub Of the house at Woodside and in
| a trap underneath the tub about a pound
/ of plaster of paris has been discovered
| This find is regarded as strengthening
the circumstantlal detail Of the alleged
i confession.