The Portland daily press., 1897-11-25
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Coroner Tuthill. WIN "a W
A new witness appeared in Mari.
maiten, VINO lives next door to the
Woods1de cottage and had oharga NJ II
She sWore that on the 2lst or 22nd o1
June, n man whom she positively identi
neu Us morn, the Gle endant, called or
her to inquire about the vacant bouee
next to her of which she had the keenin%
Ihe next day the man returned With
woman dressed VERY showy." and co,
the keys and looked over the house T,bev
said 1T suited them and returned the kevs
The next day after the man and woman
returned and said they had paid the rent
and wanted the keys, which We're given
them. The next the witness saw of the
man and woman was on the Saturday
following the day they took the house.
Then she saw them between five and six
O'Clock in the evening carrying between
them bundle out to surrey standing
In front. On the 28th of June, the man
returned anu talked to her about the
house. Mr.. Howe demanded the produc-
ton of Mrs. Mack in court to be identified
by this witness as ''the snowy dressed
| woman
| Justice Maddox seemed to be very
doubtful as to whether he had the right
TO compel the attendance of an accused
person for such purpose. hinalIy 1t
was agreed that Mr.. Howe should formal
-. ~PPty AOJ anu S6CuIO NIlu VI hesbOesS
al testlHcandum and that the witness
should be recalled to identify Mrs. Mao k.
branard Buals, the owner of the Wood
slde cottage, and his wife were examined
ana said that man giving his name as
braun, and woman who said she was
Mrs. Braun, called at their residence IN
New York and paid SIS for d months
| about the 22d of June last. The witness
identified Thorn as the man who said his
| name was Sraun
Mrs Clara Nuemheimer, whose resi-
dence Is in Woodside, and in the rear OF
the cottage, both gardens adjoining, was
| then examined. She was chopping wood
in the rear of the house on Friday, June
| 25th last. She saw Mrs. Mack and man
dressed in light suit of clothes come to-
| wards the cottage. She never saw that
man again but identified photograph of
Guldensuppe as that Of the man in the
light suit. She did not see til woman
again that day, but recognized ner since
as Mrs Mack. About one o'clock that
afternoon the witness saw man open
window on the second floor of the cot
tage next to the bath room.
do you see that man now, or can you
identify him?" asked Surrogate Wellen
who is one of the prosecuting attorneys.
The witness stood up and after carefully
locking around, she said: Eyes, there he
Is sitting between the officers" indicting
| Thorn.
| The prisoner looked straight at the wit
ness but never f1inched in the slightest
The examination of the witness was in
| terrupted for a moment while Judge
Maddox signed two writs compelling the
sheriff to produce Mrs. Mack in court for
the purpose of the Identification on the
application Of Lawyer Moss.
| Mr.. Howe cross-examined Mrs. Num-
heimer and she said that she only noticed
| Goldensuppe's nose and blonde hair as he
was passing from the trolley car to the
| house.
Recess for luncheon.
| After recess Mrs. Mack was brought in
to the court room by Sheriff Doht. in
Difference to writs issued earlier in
the day. She was dressed in black and
wore a large black hat with black
feathers. Around her neck she wore
chain to which locket was attached.
She looked pale and careworn, but seemed
to be in good health. Thorn watched
her as she sat down, but only for q
moment, as he Immediately fixed his gaze
on the man in the witness chair.
| Mrs. Mack seemed to be unconscious OF
the hundreds of eyes which were directed
on her and kept watching Mr.. howe
and the witness alternately, as the former
proceeded with his cross-examination.
Mrs. Valley, wife of the last witness, said
she saE man dressed in a light suit
enter the cottage on the morning of June
25th, accompanied by woman she never
saw the man leave the cottage nor the
| woman BIZ she saw the latter re-enter the
cottage about five o'clock that evening.
Cross examination by Mr. Howe.
| "TLe woman you saw enter the cottage
| that day, was that woman was it not?"
| he said pointing to Mrs. Nask
| After an interruption to allow Mr..
Friend to speak, Mrs. Nack's lawyer said !:
| 81 have no objection to my client being
here for the purpose Of identification.
Mr.. Howe then repeated the question
and Mrs. VALLEY replied:
Eyes, that is the woman I saw enter
| Mrs. Clara Nuenheimer, was recalled
and also identified Mrs. Mack as the
woman she had seen enter the cottage
| with Gu densuppe.
| Mrs. Marie Haften identified Mrs.
| Mack as the woman who was with Thorn
| when he got the keys of the cottage.
Mrs. Buala also pointed Mrs. Mack out
as the woman who called with Thorn
when he hired the cottage and who was
| introduced as Thorn wife.
| At that time Thorn gave his name as
| Braun.
Judge Maddox asked Mr.. Howe If he
required Mrs. Mack to remain in the court
room any longer.
Mr.. Howe replied: Certainly, If your
honor will permit I would like to have
her here, If the people are going to call
| Police Captain O'Brien of the New York
police, SO that he may identify her,
District A Attorney Youngs said Captain
O. Brien would be called and Mrs. Mack
was directed to remain in the room.
Il. j. Borges, a Sgrocer of Woodside,
was called to prove the sale of two pounds
of plaster of paris to a man early in the
morning of June %. He admitted that he
could not identify Thorn positively.
"Thorn, stand up" shouted Mr.. Howe.
Then he turned to the witness and said ::
| ''Is that the man to whom you sold the
plaster of paris?"'
The witness thought for few moments
and then said: ''No, 1 cannot say posi-
lively that it is. F"
"1hat will do,'' said Mr.. Howe.
| Mamie Pierce, thirteen year old girl
was then called. She was in Borgess. store
on the Friday morning in question and
said she saw man buying plaster of
paris. Thorn steod up at the direction
of his counsel, but although the little girl
first said he was the man, she afterwards
said he only looked like the man who