Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-11
MRS. MACK TELLS ALL
she Turns States EVidsnc' Ia Case
Against Thorn.
now THE MURDER WAS C0MkITTBD.
How The Body Was Chopped Up and
the Pieces Mere Disposed OF.
HER RELATIONS WITH GULDENSUpPE.
Hsr Deliberate Preparations to Have
Bim Horribly DOns 10 Death.
THORN LISTENS TO HER lSTENTLY.
He Is 0utEardly UnmOVed, However,
THORN LISTENS TO HER ISTENTLY.
he Is OutEardly UamOyed, However,
and at lines He Laughs al Her.
ANOTHER SENSATION PROMISED.
Thorn's Counsel Say IL VIII Come
when Their Client Takes the
stand, as He VIII Do, ana feis
Ms story-A Juror Taken Sick.

NEW YORK. November 10-There
was an extraordinary turn of analrs TO-
aay IN the Thorn murder trial in Long
island city. Mrs. Augusta Mack, who was
,,5icted. together with Martin Thorn, Tor
,be murder OF her former lover, Wliham
cyldensuppe. for whom she deserted her
,oesl husband appeared in the role of
etate.s witness against Thorn, to the con-
srernation Of the latter's lawyers.
For several weeks rumors have been
current that both Thorn and Mrs. Mack
,rsre striving TO gain a remission OF
,,ossible capital sentence BY giving sufii-
cisnt Information to the representatives
~ the people for the conviction OF the
other Despite the rumors, the legal rep
r.ssnratives of the man and the woman
h,ve strenuously denied that either OF
,,s prisoners was inclined to turn in
former.
rote last night William F. Howe,
Vborn's counsel. was awakened by a mes
,epger boy, who brought to him the mes
,aee that Mrs. Augusta Mack had maze
fuIl confession. duplicating Martin
-born as the murderer of Guldensuppe,
nd that through her legal adviser she
nd offered TO turn states eViuehce
gainst her former lover
Thorn was not told of the confession un-
,il brought into court this morning. When
he heard Of It he showed evidences OF
nervousness for the first time since his
arrest He soon regained his composure,
however. and while he leaned forward
and spoke to his lawyers Mrs. Mack en-
tered the courtroom, accompanied by her
lawyer and a deputy sheriff.
The woman passed close to Thorn on
her way to the District Attorneys table
hut while he carefully kept track OF her
every movement she avoided looking at
him.
MRS. NACK'S STORY.
For two hours and forty minutes Mrs
Mack remained on the witness-stand, the
cynosure Of all eyes, while she told the
terrible story of how 7he lured Guiden-
sunpe to his death. and in telling the tale.
she knew full well that she was bringing
her lover, Thorn, TO the electrlc-chair.
Frequently their eyes met but the woihah
was not equal TO the occasion, ana she
always had 10 turn away H"h Inv"
steadfast gaze.
when asked why she had confessed, she
ranlied that she wished 10 clear her con-
science. and then she burst into tears
But when Lawyer Howe began his cross
examination ne handled her unsparlnsy'
and made her own up to such acts OF pre-
meditation that the majority OF those VINO
heard her admissions SAID that she was
The greatest culprit. and many of those
gVlnEgU a
antlnathy to Thorn swerved around ana
pitied him.
Mrs. Mack told of her relations with
Guldensuppe. She and he lived together
al 43g Ninth avenue. and here the Hlul-
dered man was known as her huspdhu.
She described Thorn's coming there 10
board and his fight with HuidensupPe.
The witness told of Thorns threats 10 XIII
Guldensuppe. and detailed the rehtihg Vi
the Woodside house.
Gradually the lawyer led the witness up
to the morning OF Friday, June 18th, the
day that the crime was committed. she
said she and Guldensuppe left New YORK
between Q and 10 O'Clock that morning.
and after they had crossed the Ierry'
boarded a troley-car, which left them at
the WoOdside cottage.
THE MURDER.
al had the key TO the house she sald'
'"apd | opened the front door. tod Gul-
densuppe to enter and examine the mousse
while / went into the yard. lie went up
stairs. and | heard a shot. Martin Ihorn
Yben came running down, and when he
met me he said: i have shot him. he Is
dead He was very excited, and / was
half dead" said the self-cOnfessed muir
Geress. breathlessly. ,-
what did you do then?' asked Judge
Weller.
"He asked me to so home and come
back al o'clock. When | came back
that evening Thorn had everything pack
ed i'm bundles. He handed me bundle
which. he said. contained Guldensuppe
clothes and he took another bundle whicn
was wrapped up in gray-colored paoer'
He said that IL was Guldensuppes head,
and mat II was done up in plaster of
Paris We took the troliey-car ana went
over TO New York on ferry-ooat'
"On which ferry-boat?'
~ don't know; ! am stranger TO the
city. and can't say. When we reached
New York / went home. and Thorn went
TO some other place. i cut open the
bundle. and found clothes"
Whose clothes?" asked the prosecn-
tion.
"WinIam Guldensuppe's." replied the
woman.
Il saw Thorn that evening again. and
ne told me TO meet him the following
morning Saturday at the Thirty-fourth-
street ferry"
DISPOSITION OF REMAINS.
In relating what had been done with the
various parts Of Guldensuppe's corpse
Mrs. Mack said that when she went back
10 the cottage at 5 O'Clock Thorn had
everything tied up i'm parcels. some OF
them In oil-cloth that she had purchased
IN Long Island City. When they were
ready 10 leave the cottage she took one
parcel and Thorn another. Hers con-
tanned Guldensuppe's clothing. and In
Thorn's parcel was the dead mans head,
which he had incased In plaster Of Paris.
IN the wash-tub OF the cottage. They
went directly to a ferry (Which one she
did not know) and she went TO the front
OF the boat and Thorn stayed in the rear.
Soon after the boat was In midstredm
Thorn Joined her. and said that he had
thrown the head overheard. On reaching
New York she went 20 her house. where
she burned the parcel containing the
clothing.
on June 18th she went back 10 the cot
tage, and found the other bundles still
there on leaving. Thorn carried one
OF the bundles with him. and they again
crossed the ferry and Thorn stayed on