The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-18

his gaze. She was placed on the stand
and under the examination OF JuCgt
Weller began the recital of her story
leading up to the time she had left hel
husband and was living with Guldef
suppe at 439 Ninth avenue.
Gudensuppe was known there as hel
husband. Thorn came there to board
Thorn and Guldensuppe had a fight and
Guldensuppe whipped Thorn. Gnlden
suppe kicked Thorn downstairs. Thorn
pulled n revolver and fired one shot al
Guldensuppe. but did not hit him..
about fourteen days later" said Mrs
Mack, "a man came to my house for
Thorns clothes. ! told the man that
Thorn was sick in the hospital but gave
him the clothes. Thorn came back
three days later with his face and eyes
black and blue and his neck swollen.
lie asked me for money"
"Why did he ask you for money!
asked Judge Weller.
ale got no work and / gave him
money" replied Mrs. Mack Ill broken
English.
"Whcn Thorn went away / promised
to pay his board bill until he could get
work. / met Thorn after this at Twen-
| ty-third street and Fifth avenue, when
| | gave him $50. Thorn was very bit
ter against Guldensuppe and wanted to
| kill him. Thorn said: Woman, ! love
you. | said: Il am a married woman
| Il know better, you are not, replied
! Thorn your husband lives in Astoria.
Thorn again said he wanted to kill
Guldensuppe. / said: Martin, don't
kill Guldensuppe; kill me- One day /
had another talk with Thorn and he
again said he would kill GuldeDsuppe.
| say no. he say yes One uight
Thorn and me quaTelled. Martin grab
bed me by the throat and held ine until
the blood came from my nose and
mouth. | then had talk with Thorn
about hiring a house at Woo1side. He
went out to see the house and Thorn
altered the woman who had the key
money, but she would not take it, We
then returned to the saloon IN New
York. This man owned the Woodside
house and Thorn paid him $50 cash for
one months rent of the Woodside house.
Then Thorn told me that he would Kill
Gudensuppe in the Ninth avenue house
and put his body in blanket and send
it away. | said: NO. don't do this
Thorn then told me to bring Gulden-
suppe TO Woodside house and he would
kill him there. l had to do all Martin
told me to do"
Gradually the lawyer led the witness
up to the morning of Friday, June %,
the day the crime was committed. She
said that she and Gudensuppe left New
York between and 10 o'clock that
morning, and after they had crossed the
ferry they boarded trolley car which
left them at the Woodside cottage:
~ had the key to the house." said she.
"and | opened the front door. l told
Guldensuppe to enter and examine the
house while | went into the yard. He
went ND stairs and | heard shot. Mar
tin Thorn came running down. and when
he met me he said: I've shot him; he
is dead He was very excited, and |
was half dead" said the self-confessed
murderess.
What did you do them" asked Judge
Weller.
"He asked me to go home and come
hack at 5 o'clock When l came back
that evening Thorn had everything
packed in bundles. He handed me a
bundle, which he said contained Gulden-
suppe's clothes, and he took another
bundle, which was wrapped up IN gray
densuppe's head, and that it was done
ND in plaster of paris. We took the troll
ley car and went over to New York on
ferry boat" iii,
the various parts of Guldensuppe's
corpse, Mrs. Mack said that when she
went back to the cottage at D o'clock
Thorn had everything tied up in parcels,
some of them IN the oil cloth that she
had purchased in Long Island CITY,
When they were ready to leave the cot
tage she took one parcel and thorn an
other. Hers contained Guldensuppe
clothing. and in Thorn's parcel, was the
dead mans head, which he had encased
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 on the rear. Soon after the boat
reached mid stream Thorn reJoined her
and said that he had thrown the mead
overheard. On reaching New, York she
went to her house, where she burned the
parcel containing the clothing.
On June 26 they went back to the cot.
tage and found the other bundles SUI
there. On leaving, Thorn carried one OF
the bundles with him, and they again
crossed the ferry, and Thorn stayed on
the rear of the boat until it had nearly
rea chcd New York, when he came TO her
and said he had dropped his bundle into
the water. 1t contained part OF the
dismembered body. Ill.,.
The woman told i'll detail how the other
packages were brought IN the surrey anu
deposited in the river in the ogden WOODS
near high bridge. A., ro,.
Nthti -I:ol
four photographs of Guldensuppe, when
she identified. He asked: o,,
"Why do You ma Ike this statement! >,
81 don't want to have it on my mind.
Then she began to cry. She tossed
about in the witness chair, used her
handkerchief and sobbed for some time.
Her emotion affected nearly every one IN
the court room. 1t was some minutes
before she resumed her testimony, ana
she said:
II make this statement of my own free
will. want to get it off my conscience.
No promise of mercy has been made me.
| wanted to clear my mind | don t care
what hangs over me, or what they 90
with me-"
The woman spoke fairly Ineligible
English with a very strong German ac-
cent. During the recital Thorn's law
yers left their accustomed seat near the
prisoner and were accommodated win
chairs close to the witness. Thorn lis
tened to every word with his lips closely
compressed. His hands, clasped.. were
resting on his knees. Frequently his lips
became dry and parched and occasional
" he would moisten them with his
tongue. His face bore that same stolid
look of indifference which it has worn
all through. but his eyes were unresttul.
During the direct examination Mrs:
Mack broke down and cried. but this had
no effect on the prisoner, and if anything,
he seemed to enjoy her discontinue, as
the old-tme grin played around ms