The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

of his having overlapping toes. The limbs
fitted exactly to the lower part of the
trunk found in the woods, and as it fitted
to the upper portion of the body first
found, nothing was left to perfect the iden-
tifcation but the head
AT last came the arrest of Thorn. The
man had never left the city. He had mere
ly shaved off his mustache, and with this
simple disguise he rubbed clothes with the
officers who were looking for him. Had he
held his tongue he could probably have
continued to live in this city unmoleSted.
Thorn however liked his beer and was
fond of company. His terrible secret was
too much for him, and so one day he I'M
burdened his mind TO an old friend and
fellow barber, John Gotha. Gotha he
swore to secrecy, but the secret was too
much for the latter also. He would at least
tell his wife all he knew. Mrs. Gotha once
in possession of the dread story, could not,
and would not, rest until the police had
also heard it, Her brother was a police
officer, and to him she told the story of
Thorn's admission. The detectives at once
waited on Gotha, and he confirmed the
tale told by his wife. The arrest of Thorn
followed. Gotha made an appointment to
meet him at One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street and Eighth avenue, although
Thorn demurred at first and expressed
himself as anxious to meet Gotha in a
tina and his family believe now that Thorn
had then regretted having committed his
secret to the keeping of his friend, and
had resolved to kill him.
Gotha induced Thorn to meet him at
night on the corner mentioned, and as
soon as Gotha walked toward him Thorn
was surrounded by detectives, and thus
his arrest was effected. Thorn's story
to Gotha was TO the effect that Gulden-
suppe had been brought by Mrs. Mack to
her cottage in Woodside L. l., which she
had rented for the purpose of starting a
baby farm, and that he CThorn) lay in
wait for the bath-rubber, in a closet in
an, upstairs room. When Guldensuppe
reached the house Mrs. Mack told him to
go upstairs and examine the rooms, while
she went into the yard. Guldensuppe hes
itated, but finally, went upstairs and pass
ed from room TO room, peering into the
closets, until he reached the one in which
Thorn was hidden. AS soon as the unsus-
pecting man opened the door Thorn shot
him in the head, and then dragged him to
the bath tub, into which he threw him.
If Gotha's story be true, Thorn acknowl-
edged that while Guldensuppe was yet
alive the barber drew knife or razor and
cut his throat. The division of the body
was next made, and two of the bundles
were dropped overheard from a ferry
boat in the East river. Another he left
in the woods having driven there in
company with Mrs. Mack. The head
he encased in plaster of paris, and sank
it in the East river. Mrs. Mack had help
ed Thorn to make up the bundles, and it
was she Who purchased the wrapping ma
terial Gotha's statement has been proven
to be correct in many particulars, save
that as to the disposition of the head
Thorn's reason for killing Guldensuppe
were revenge for his having once beaten
him, and a desire to be free to live with
Mrs Mack Reporters discovered the wo-
man who sold Mrs. Mack the oil cloth, and
the man who rented the Woodside house
to herself and Thorn, and these two pos
itively Identified the prisoners. People in
the neighborhood of the cottage were
found who had seen what they considered
to be bloody water flowing from the drain
pipe OF the cottage on that Friday even
ing. The drain pipe In question is the only
outlet from the bath tub in which Thorn
is said to have cut the murdered mans
throat In the house itself blood stains
were detected and bullets were found in
the surbase and embedded in the walls
Since his arrest Thorn, IL is alleged, has
made a confession, and the authorities in
Long Island City discovered the compro-
missing letter which he tried to swallow.
The letter showed an intention on the
part of both the man and woman
to cheat the law by committing suicide
While they were confined i'm the Tombs
prison IL was impossible for them to COM
municate with each other, but since they
were transferred to the Queens county
jail they seemed to have been able to ex-
change correspondence. District Attorney
Olcott of this county and District Attor-
ney Youngs OF Queens county, after due
deliberation decided that 1t was better
to try the case in Queens county, as the
murder Is alleged to have been committed