The sun., 1897-07-04
vrRDERED AT wOODSIDE?
.o,IcE VERSION OF THE GIEBDsEN-
sUPPE MYSTERY.

-.,., rr,peetor o'nrien Decides to rake the |
,,s,,o Int His Conndesoe, ana ne ana
"a, pstectives TELL All They Know. ana |
zach or what Thoy Think About the Case |
c,,,,uccd That the Murder was cenait-
a., BY Mrs. Mack and Thorn-say They
,,r,ed n House at woodside. 4. L., ana
,,,.d tho Victim There-Kiiied Hin ana
r., Him Up In n Bathtus-scrssnas at
rrht. and Biood Viewing from the Drain
:, the House In the Nyorninr--Binck Ryo
n, mi, Theory from an Unexpected Source.
,,,,nO Inspector oBrien and his detectives
Ia an interesting story last nieht about tho
s.dine OF the house in which they think tho
.,n whose body has been identified as that of
uu,iam Gieldsensuppe was killed. 1t included
-.rs stories and admissions that they said thoy
"a oh,a,ned from Mrs. Augusta Mack. tho mis-.
,-,., Of Giedsensuppe; 1t included, also, all tho
s,r,,ofore unpublished evidence they have, and
-h,ch they believe is sufficient to convict Mrs.
y..t and her lover, Martin Thorn. of numbering
~, man and OF cutting up and disposing of his
NV. Tho Acting Inspector sent out early in
ma day the following general alarm:
v,xrxp FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM arELp-
sESsUPPE.
Martin Thorn. whose right name II Martin Tor
r,ti born In Poson. Germany; IS to - years OF
-, about feet inches in height, weight about 1856
r,ds eyes, very dark hair. red cheeks very
-. light brown mustache, thick and curled at ends;
,.aly ,toop shouldered, small forehead, and
~ Notcbes around lower part OF neck. He 10 bar
-, nv trade Speaks with q slight German accent
,or when last seen dark blue suit OF clothes dark
nrovn derby hat, and russell shoes. Frequents beer
,.,oons; an inveterate pinochle player. Heis rst
,,,.. workman at his trade. He was last ut A.
n Jupe 90 in this city. He may sail for Europe.
watch outgoing steamers
Tbi, notice was sent to all the seaport cities In
this country and Canada. and through United
. states District Attorney Mitchell the State De-
nartment at Washington was asked to notify
limited States Consuls to watch the steamers
that sailed after Wednesday Of this week. They
were requested particularly to be on the lookout
far the Paris and the Majestic, which sailed
nom New York on Wednesday.
Several hours after sending out this alarm the
Acting Inspector sent for tho reporters. He said
hs had had consultation with Mr.. Mitchell
and that there was no longer any doubt as t6
the Identity Of the body in the Morgue and as to
the IDENTITY of the murderers. He thought that
the publication OF all tho facts the police had
would aid in the capture of Martin Thorn, and
hence he would give them out without reserve.
First he gave out a typewriter statement made
Va " "Se done to induce Mrs Mack to confess that
she had had any thing to do with the murder.
Hedened that any weapons had been exhibited
coercion Of any kind.
He said that he had received word from real
ins the description Of Martin Thorn and Mrs.
Mack and claiming TO be Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Braun. had rented house of him in Woodside.
Long Island. two weeks ago. He sent Detec-
tiyes Barrett, Boyle, Price and O'Donohue to
Woodside to investigate. They were present.
SSa, a fS iSey had discovered Detective Sergeant R
Barrett was the spokesman.
4 he said that the house was 346 Second street,
woodside. 1t is twostory frame house. con-
timing seven rooms, is built on q full-sized city
lt and has yard and picket FENCE in front
near the corner OF Anderson avenue. There ia
svacant lot between 1t and the corner: Only
e % nsnd hs hfs Mfs Il Is ssTpe
! picture Of Mrs. Mack. She said that three
ssspton sss ss' OF seT Thorn % and womaa wSo ho
boxed the counterpart Of Mrs. Nack's picture
d her nd got the Keys Of the
house. and that Mr.. Baula, the agent, bad
directed them TO go to her to get the keys. She
nan did practically all the talking. He was
about 5 feet g or inches tall, had very large,
SOns nn mustaehe and Weighed ; about lSo
s nd though h' he spSpo spoke very good English,
m answered in German. and most of their
was Fred Braun. and that he kept shoe store
Jackson avenue, Long Island City. She said
Sa dag atsr
man and woman drove up in an open canopy
topped wagon drawn by black horse. They
they left, carrying, between them a bundle
which, they tossed into the carriage. Thii
s afternoon and they @ Climbed into tht
carriage and drove away. They came again OF
Tuesday Of the present week and went into tn,
eeen when they came away. She said that OF
a. their other visits they had appeared to b
very friendly. but on this last one they barrel!
Sst!.' 10 he'' she spoke TO her husband "'0a
Next" said Detective Barrett. I'VE saw
Mr. Walby, whose house is at the southeas
eurner of Anderson avenue and Second street
Aeba lamp lighter. He says that his attention
house in Snsston ~ e Tbis dEnin ncn runs under tn
nreet In front OF the house and empties In
ditch on the other side of the street, which skirt
day. but 1t was one day last week that ne saw
btot blood at the outlet Of the drain. He ais
w nom the drain. which was strange, as no on
lived In the house"
How much blood did he say he sawI' aske
He wasn't certain" said the detective
, out he thought there might have been Q
told US that she remembered seeing the ma
nd me woman going to the house, and she sal
tne thought the woman she had seen was I'll
one whose picture wo showed to her.
Mrs. McKenna lives at the northeast corne
second street and Anderson avenue. She tol
Hthat she saw the woman, Mrs. Mack. who's
picture we showed her, last Thursday or Frida.
ne woman got off car on Anderson avenu
sne carried long roll under her arm. Mr.
naekenna said that her daughter said to he
,Hother. that's map she's got i said to he
40, II Is roll of table oilcloth. Mrs. McKenI
AID she was certain that the roll the woma
had was roll of oilcloth. and 81
vent with It into the house at 340 Secor
,.Ieet; Well, that's tho testimony we q
mere, said Barrett. I'VE searched q
/ house from top to bottom and there wasn't
sIgn Of blood in it, and nothing to indicate thu
we murder was committed in the house.
sso searched the outhousc and had man clef
There was nothing in 1t. The on
furniture in the house was a stove. The
eaa been a fire In this. but the ashes We
,sfy Old There was not BDeck OF blood an
Were. Now. the bathtub in the house was
extraordinary One-that Is. II was unusual
~ IT, was about six feet long and fully thr
IA init"
n, What happened" said Detective Sergea
snee, was this: the man was killed dow
I& lars by blow, probably on the head. and
,oay WAS carried upstairs and put In the bal
Io W. The cutting up was done there. The ru
SsSsH Ss water T, carried away the blood and no
4 10 the statement of these detectives tho stai