Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-30
WHEELING W. VA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER so 1897
raignment of Mrs. Mack, who was de-
nounced as the real murderer OF Gull

fragment OF MIS-. Mack, VINO Was ue-
| nounced as the real murderer OF Gull
densuppe.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Howe's adj
dress he asked that before the case
was closed the jurymen should be per-
mitted to view the premises at Wood
I, side. The district attorney said he
would like to think over the PROPOSE
ton before informing the court OF his
views.
The defense called several witnesses
to testify to the prisoners good cnar-
acter, and after a short recess morn
was put upon the stand to testify III
his own behalf.
Beginning with the statement that
he came to America seventeen years
| ago, the prisoner said his real name
was Forceswisky, and briefly relateu
the facts of his life up to the Tune ne
met Mrs. Mack eighteen months ago.
Guldensuppe was boarding with Mrs.
Mack at the time. Il rented fur.
nished room from her at 81 week,
said Thorn. Later l understood Gui-
/ densuppe was her husband. she nrst
made love to me and | returned bet
love. | was very fond CT her and loved
her up to the moment she took the
witness stand on my first trial.
The prisoner then told now ne sup
planted the bath rubber in Mrs Mack
affections, and described the TO" Ne
had with Guldensuppe in consequence
| last February. During this row Gui-
densuppe took hold CT him. Ihorn neio
a revolver, which went OF accldentai-
ly. Then Guldensuppe took the reVoi-
yer from him and gave him peallns.
The prisoner left the house and went 10
a hospital. Mrs. Mack met him AFTER
ward very often, and they went TO thea-
! tiers and other places of amusement.
! She said she was sorry that Gulden
supps had hurt him, but that he must
not heed that. Thorn, at the sugges
ton of his CONSUL, then told in his
! own way what Mrs Mack had said to
! him after that. The court directed MI.
Howe not to lead the witness.
Mrs. Mack told me-" said Thorn,
chat she wished to leave Gulden-
suppe and wished to live in some quiet
place. We visited the Woodslde cot
tage and as it seemed suitable place
we hired the cottage. | paid SIS and
i got the key. On the oath OF June |
gave the key to Mrs. Mack, as she said
she wanted to do some cleaning at the
/ cottage. About II or II o'clock on Fri
day morning, June %, Mrs. Mack met
me at the door. She said, L have Gull
densuppe up stairs | asked her what
he was doing there. She replied, He
is dead; | have shot him She then
| requested me to help her dispose of the
body. l went upstairs and helped her
to undress the body. Then we carried
it to the bath tub. l went out and
| bought some plaster of paris. When |
came back she began cutting up the
body. She cut the head off with a
! knife When she reached the back Of
! the neck she cut through that portion
with small saw. Then she cut
! through the middle of the body. Next
she. cut off the legs after which she
went out for awhile, as it was very
warm in there. On her return she in
| cased the head in the plaster of paris.
We brought away the dead mans
clothes in a bundle and l carried the
head in another bundle. The saw,
knife and revolver were in the bundle
with the clothes. We took the car to
the Ninety-second street ferry, over
which We crossed to New York. l threw
the head overheard while the boat was
crossing the river. Then we went to
Mrs. Nack's house on Ninth avenue,
| cooking stove
The witness then told of the surrey
ride on the following day, Saturday.
June 26, and the disposition of the
| other portions of the remains which
were wrapped up in oil cloth, cheese
cloth and paper which Mrs Mack had
purchased prior to her visit to The
cottage on June %, the day Of. The
iyocr to1l
with the woman after this and how
Mrs. Mack had made preparations to
go to Europe. Mrs. Mack met aim on
Tuesday night, June 80 and the fol-
lowing day he learned from the Papers
that she had been arrested.
He explained his conversation with
Gotha. He said that he had told
Gotha that Mrs. Mack killed GuIden-
suppe and also told the barber how the
body was disposed of. He told Gotha
of his intention TO give himself I'D TO
the police, but Gotha asked him to
wait. He gave Gotha some pawn tick
cts and made an appointment to meet
him the following night. Thorn kept
the appointment and was arrested.
During the conversation with Capt.
C'Brien, Thorn said he told the detsc-
tives some truths and some false
/ hoods.
During the time he was giving this
| direct testimony Thorn looked direct
| ly at the jury. He spoke clearly and
| distinctly, although his voice at times
! dropped to rather low tone. He
used very good English with only a
slight trace of a German accent. His
! direct examination lasted three-Gu2r-
| tiers OF an hour. Serrogate Weller
| conducted the discrimination.
Thorn continued his story Of the
! doines at the cottage On the day of the
/ murder, not differing materially from
the accounts hitherto printed, except
/ that he admitted having lied to Captain
/ O'Brien as to his Whereabouts on the
| Gay of the killing with view to estab-
| fishing an alibi. He said he helped
| Mrs Mack to undress Guldensuppe but
! heard no groan or anything that would
| lead him to believe he was alive while
| being cut up.
| Mr.. Weller, in several ways, tried TO
| get the prisoner-witness to write his
name on a sheet of paper Mr.. Howe
/ objected and was sustained by Justice
Madox
AS to the hiring and getting the
keys of the cottage, Thorn was closely
| questioned. He said there were five
or six keys altogether, but it was not