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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
MRS. MACK CONFESSES.
Turns States Evidence Against
Her Accomplish
The Former Mistress OF William Gulden-
suppe Tells How She Lured Him
to the Place Where Martin
Thorn Killed Him.

New YORK, Nov. 11.-There was al
extraordinary turn of affairs yester-
day in the Thorn murder trial IN Long
Island City.
Mrs. Augusta Mack, who was in
dicted together with her erstwhile
paramour, Martin Thorn, for the muir
der of her former lover, William
Guldensuppe, for whom she deserted
her illegal husband, appeared in the
role of states witness against Thorn,
to the CONSERVATION of the latter'S
lawyers. The report was current
Tuesday night that Mrs. Mack had de-
cided On this course. and when Eman-
uel Friend, her counsel, arrived in the
court room yesterday morning he con-
firmed it and added that she would be
put on the stand as soon as court
opened.
During all this time Martin Thorn
was below in a cell at the back of the
courthouse without the slightest warn
ing of his impending danger. As soon
as he arrived in the court room he was
informed by his counsel of the action
that Mrs. Mack had taken, and just for
a moment his face flushed, his we
brows o ntracted, his lips compressed
and he showed for the first time since
his arrest that he was in any way per-
turbed. He soon regained his COM
posture and while he leaned forward
and spoke to his lawyers, Mrs. Mack
entered the court room. The
passed close to Thorn on her way to
her attorneys table. but while he care
fully kept track of her every movement,
she avoided looking at him.
The jurors at this time did not know
who the woman was, and were igno-
ant of the fact that Mrs. Mack had
made Il confession and was so close to
them. A minute later the court clerk
called her name, saying:
Mrs. Augusta Mack, take the stand"
Every man of the IL in the jury box
heard the name called, and each one OF
them was startled when he saw the
woman turn away her head from the
prisoner, whose eyes followed her as
she walked around back of the jury
box Inc took a seat in the witness
chair. For two hours and forty min
utes she remained there while she told
the terrible story of how she lured
~Guldensuppe to his death. and in tell
ing the tale she knew full we'll that
She was bringing her paramour to the
electric chair.
Frequently their eyes met, but the
woman was not equal to the occasion
and she always had to turn away from
Thorn's steadfast gaze. When she was
asked why she had confessed she re-
piled that she wished to clear her CON
science, and then burst into tears.
But when Lawyer Howe began his
cross-examination he handled her IN
sparingly, and made her own up TO
such acts of reconciliation that the ma
joritv of those who heard her admis-
sions said that she was the greater
culprit, and many of those who had
previously evinced a decided antipathy
to Thorn, swerved around and pitied
him.
Thorn's lawyers have decided to put
him on the stand when the proper time
comes, and they promise that when he
tells all he knows the court and jury,
as well as the spectators and reading
public will be treated to another SEN
sation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Carr, the fiend at Liberty who
drowned his three-year-old child be-
II her stepmother didn't want her
around" has been indicted on four
counts. One charges him with killing
the child with Il stone. another with
choking her to death, Il third with
drowning her, and a fourth with caus.
ing her death in a manner unknown.
Mrs. Carr has been indicted on the
charge of having MANNED and wounded
the little one.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
A st. Louis Police Comm,sstonersbin.

The governor appointed Harrison l.
Drumlmond Il police commissioner of
st. Louis. to fill u vacancy caused by
the resignation of James Bannerman.
Mr.. DruInmond declined, and the gov
ernor appointed j. d. kingsIand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

On the 9th the ministers of the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many addressed a collective note to the
Peruvian government asking hat the
bill for l~egalization of non-Catholic
marriages be included among the meas
ures to be named by President Pierols
when convoking the extraordinary ses-
sion OF congress-.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The most important iron ore dis
covery in the Menominee range in Mich
igan in several years has been made
on the bank of the Michigamme river,
one mile south of the Mansfield mine.
The vein is a feet deep and 40 feet
wide. The ore assays - per cent in
iron and .O51 per cent. in phosphate,
thus putting Its assay within the Bes-
Hemer limit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Groom, 20; Bride, IS.

James Cunningham, a well-known
and well-tO-do farmer near Knobnos-
ter, and Miss Elizabeth Bell We're mar
ried recently. lie is IS and had been a
widower about eleven years. She is Is.
The marriage was u surprise T. both
families.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Assaulted Their Teacher.

James Allen, teacher of a school near
"heatland, Hickory county, kept sew
eral boys after school hours for miscon-
duct The boys were angry, and after
they were dismissed assaulted the
teacher with rocks, fracturing his skull.
1t was stated that the teachers recoy-
cry vas impossible.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Lead mining in Missouri is quite
active, in many places that mineral be-
ing sought while zine is neglected.
Lead ore brings IA per 1,OOJ pounds in the
bin, and zinc ore 81 to - 30 per ton for high
grade During the corresponding time last
year lead ore brought only s5 per 1000 pounds,
delivered, while the prices CT zinc ore were
about the same as at present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Miss Alice E. Lowrey, of Noble coun-
ty. Indiana, announces that she is COM
ing to Missouri to lecture against the
use of tobacco.
Miss Lowrey will spend several weeks in St.
Louis, and an effort will be made to effect a
state organization of young women pied ged to
reforming men of the haDIt which Miss Lowrey
says IS i curse to mankind. The HooSier girl
works in Indiana has attracted wide attention.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the 5th,
as reported by r. q. Dun Sc Co., were
276, against go for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 30 against 81 last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

HAVANA, Nov. 9.-Capt.-Gen. Blapco-
has been disappointed keenly in hav-.
ing discovered that there are few
genuine autonomists in Cuba, the great
majority of the members of the
mist party having joined the ranks of
the insurgents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
CAME UNDER THE WIRE FIRST.
OFFICIAL DENIAL,
President Yglesias, of Costa Rica Hasn't
ExiIed His Predecessor.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Costa
Rican legation pronounces entirely I'M
true the published statement that
President Yglesias, of Costa Rica, has
exiled his predecessor, former Presi-
dent Mora. There were two presi-
dents in hat country of the name Of
Mora. The former died in the year
1854 and the latter in the year 1860.
No ex-president nor any other person
of the name Nora has been banishei
by President Yzlesias, as stated.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The ten-year-old daughter of S. Il.
kenney, of Kansas City, who was treat
ed by d Chistian scientist, died of diph-
liberia, aud there is talk of prosecution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

CONSUL BARTLEMAN, at Malaga, re-
ports to the state department esti-
mates of the amount of sugar to be
produced in Europe from beets for the
year 1878, at 1900, 900 tons, against
4,915, 749 tons for 1857.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

a LETTER from Vienna says the pub
in the Austrian empire convey no ade-
quate idea of the chaos prevailing in
that country OIL account of the politi-
cal fight between the Germans and the
Czechs,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

A DELEGATION of Ute Indians, who
went to Washington to get the assur-
ance Of the secretary of the interior
thai the Great Father thought it best
for the tribe to take a'lotments, left
the capital, on the 6th, saying they
would return TO their tribe and advise
them to accept allotments.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

A NEw industry was started at
Greensboro, Ky, on the 9th. with 100
employees. 1t is to utilize c~ocnstalks.
Cellulose for lining battleships, mate
rial for making imitation of silk and
for making celluloid are among its
products. Paper is another produc-
ton. w. W. Gibbs, of Philadelphia, is
president, and the stockholders are
eastern capitalists.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Capt Anton Huebler has been ap-
pointed jailer by the mayor Of st.
Louis, succeeding Butch Wagner, re-
moved. The Jail is crowded with muir
derers and thieves.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Suicide of - Bank Cashier

PUEBLO, Col, Nov. a.-Hiram T..
Holden. aged 81 and unmarried, cashier
OF the Central national bank. commit-
ted suicide. Sunday, by shooting him
self through the head. His books are
corrsct to a cent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

JUDGE BEACH, in the New York SUI
preme court, on the Sth, denied the
motion t. dismiss the suit brought by
Mrs. Angel to establish her right of
power in the estate of the late Jay
Gould. The suit was ordered placed
On the preferred case calendar for the
first Monday in December.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

THE Madrid. government received a
cable message from Marshal Blanco,
on the 5th, saying that 1.-THE autonomist
party in Cuba is r~eorganizing," and
that several families who had emf
grated are returning to the island"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

the treasury department returned
to Washington, on the 4th, from
a brief visit to New York, where
he had arranged for the transfer, by
the reorganization committee, of the
governments share of the purchase
price of the Union Pacific railroad.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

When Philip Wiser, aged 50, died in
st. Louis, the other day, the family
clock stopped, a. he breathed his last
just as Wiser said it would.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

On the Sth. amid jeers, catcalls and
Kisses, which the police vainly en-
deavored to prevent, the common
council of the city of Philadelphia
voted to give away to a ring of poll
ticians and capitalists the most valua-
BILE property now owned by the city,
namely, the gas works, worth at least
$40, 900, 900. 1t was a scene unique in
the history of American municipal af-
fairs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The chorus choir of the Peoples
church of New York city, of which
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., is pastor, con-
sisting of about 40 singers, refused to
sing, on the 9TH. out of sympathy with
Prof. Agramonte, their leader, because
the pastor, the previous Sunday advo-
Gated the election of Seth Low for
mayor. Prof. Agramonte's son has
been for two years a prisoner in Il Gu
ban prison. and it was claimed that
Low was opposed to interven ton in
behalf of Cuba
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The statement of the associated
banks of New York city for the week
ended on the 9th showed the follow
ing changes: Surplus reserve, de-
crease, S., O9O, SIS; loans, increase, Sc
sS5, 800; specie, increase, 1854, 700; le-
gal tenders, decrease, 81, 9O4, 800; de-
posits, increase, 81, OO3, 700; circulation,
decrease. ST.. 300,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Boy Shot In the Neck.

Willie Carpenter, aged nine years, was
shot in the neck, and fatally wounded,
while on the street at Springfield. A.
l.. Willard was arrested.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The judges Of st. Clair county are
liable to 60 to Jail again, for refusing
to levy a tax to pay bonds for a rail-
wa that was never built,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
He Was Disappointing.

Ben Wilkerson pleaded guilty to rob-
berry at Columbia, a few days ago, ex-
pecting a light sentence. But he was
fooled, getting 10 years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

An incandescent gas has been discov-
cred in Germany of wonderful power
and cheapness. A single jet of ordi-
nary size emits a light of much more
than l, O0O-candle power.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

THE senators and deputies of the cid
Spanish-Cuban party met in Madrid, on
the 9th, and renewed their protest
against any scheme of home rule for
Cuba.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

T. Greer Russell, of 1746 Missouri
avenue, st. Louis, was fined $40 and
costs by Judge Peabody, in ST. Louis,
for trying to make a mash"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

GEN. JAMES c.. DUANE, 80 years old,
a member of the Aqueduct commits
sion, died at his home in New York,
on the sth, of apoplexy. He was a
graduate of West Point, in the class of
IS4s, and was instructor of engineering
in the United States military academy
from 1858 until the breaking out of the
cival war, in which he served with
distinction with the army of the Po-
tOmac.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

Near Delavan, jackson county. John
LESS, son of IL wall-to-do farmer, was
shot and instantly killed by Arthur
Wright, son of q neighboring farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The associated banks of New York
city held S21, ISL, 225 in excess of the re-
quirement of the 25-per-cent. rule on
the 9th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

THE British minister to Greece, Mr..
E. Ii. Ergeton, has returned to Athens,
and is distributing clothing, etc, to
the destitute Thessalians. 1t has
been decided to appeal to Europe and
Australia to raise the sum of EGO, 900
$500. OOO), with which to relieve the
terrible distress prevailing in Greece.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The Burlington railway people have
been granted the privilege to erect q
stone and brick passenger station on
the river front, at Louisiana.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Old Seminary Building Burned.

The old Flood Hill seminary build
ing, the only female school (Methodist)
in Fulton before the war, Vas burned
the other night.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13
Will Put Thorn on the Stand-CIaims Mrs.
Mack Told the Truth.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Mr. Howe. in
the curse of an interview yesterday,
declared that Mrs. Mack killed and cut
up ~Guldensuppe.
Wait" said Mr.. Howe, and l will
put Thorn on the witness stand and he
will tell tine jury the truth-that it
was Mrs. Mack who killed Guldensuppe
and who cut him up in the bath tub
During recess District Attorney Oh
colt, of New York, made the following
statement:
IF it We're not for the legal require
ments that the confession of an accom-
plice must be corroborated before it
can go to the jury. | would advise Mr..
Young to close the case at once, so
thoroughly am l convinced hat the
jury realizes thai Mrs. Mack is telling
the truth. The confession is sound
and true in every particular, and am
ply corroborates the evidence which we
already have. All of the witnesses
will be called that we expected to use,
SO as to furnish the confederation of
an accomplice's testimony, which the
law requires"
CAME UNDER THE WIRE FIRST.
Emanuel Friend, counsel for Mrs.
Mack, in reply to Mr.. Howe's structures
on the confession of Mrs. Mack, said
yesterday: II know from pretty good
sources that Thorn was anxious to
avail himself of the opportunity Mrs.
Mack has used, and it was a sprint"
between us. l have come under the
wire first.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-13

The commissioner of pensions in his
annual report gives the names of PEN
siOuers in the different states drawing
$50 per month and over. In Missouri:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07

Tho xvoman.s Rescue League, the nea'-
quarters Of which is Boston, anu
general mission Of which is-"e"'
really don't know what It's genera
sion ,sn't-has at last come cow" "
dean,teness. and vindcated its existence
7, has thrown out its resculng drag-ne'
for the purpose OF saving politics LIN
tho malivn influence OF bachelorism. me
,eagne has resolved that "the American
bachelor politician shirks his duty ~ .ne
human family. when he fails to provide
a home for some good woman BEFORE nc
engages in the profession OF pohtcs' 49,
he IS not to be trusted after ne mas GU
tered a political arena, in which temp'a-
films surround him on all sides; that, un-
fortunately. modern society has hereto
fore given the political bachelor 100 'huc',
latitude by ignoring his private me- anu
that. as far as practicable ns' VI
bachelor politicians who are aspirants LOT
nublic Offices be obtained in the States OF
Massachusetts and New York and iormai
protests be sent out against their eiec'oh
mr. recollection. by the Woman's Rescue
League on the ground that they are
Ineligible to hold public Office.
And this is a move in the right direc-
ton, and the proposition Of the woman 5
Rescue League Of Boston ought 10 DC
borne as a propaganda on the wings Oh
the wind throughout the length ana
breadth OF this .benighted land. 1t needs
ONLY two amendments to ensure apsoiute
perfection in our political system. lhese
two amendments are that no man sha'i
no eligible TO an office or place higher
than that OF constable or common coun-
Gilman until. in addition to having been
married. he shall have taken the uhoress
parade and nursing bottle degree ana
that honors above the grade OF constaDie
and councilman shall be awarded on the
basis of relative submission TO hen-peeK-
ing.
Speed the Woman's Rescue League Oh
Boston, say we, in the development Oh
its grand and patriotic idea-an IDEA that
ought TO make the shade OF Sir Ihonias
More wiring off its own head in sheer
chagrin. and hide II in its vest-pocket.
And we hope that no one VIII be mean
enough TO suggest that the Woman
Rescue League of Boston, knowing that
politicians, as a rule. will take almost
any risk for the sake of getting Office
has in this particular instance thrown
out its drag-net in the interest OF the
"maidens fair" belonging to that organi-
Zation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07
OUR HEALTH.

There IL. as usual, at this season OF
the year In Virginia tas in most other
sta.es) a considerable number OF cases
OF typhoid-. typhus-. and malarial-fever.
Our state Board OF Health says that
these fevers are more prevalent In the
country districts than In the cities. and
we might ado that most OF the cases
that appear in Richmond have been
contracted elsewhere and brought here by
nersons who have been away on outings
excursions, or fishing and hunting expe-
ditions.
Hut taken altogether. "by and large"
as the saying is. we guess that the people
Of virginia this year. and as a usuai
thing are blessed with as good health
as any other people. But in its Last bulie-
tin our state Board of Health reports
the existence Of one or more cases OF
fever in each of the following counties:
Accomac. Albemare, Alexandria, Ale
ghany. Amelia. Amherst, Appomattox'
BEDFORD. Bland. Botetourt, Brunswick,
Buchanan. buckingham, Campbell, caro-
line. Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte,
Chesterfield, Craig. Culpeper. Cumoer-
land. Dickinson, Dinwiddie, Essex, FAR
fax, Fauquler. Floyd, Fluvanna. Frank
lin. Frederick. Gloucester. Goochland,
Grayson, Halifax. Hanover, Henrico'
Henry, James City, King and Queen
King George. King William, Lancaster,
Lee. Loudoun. Louisa. Lunenburg. Madi-
son. Mathews, Mecklenburg. Middlesex'
Montgomery, Nansemond. Nelson. New
Kent. Norfolk. Northampton, Northum-
ber,and. Nottoway, Orange, Page, Pat
rick, Pitisylvania. Powhatan, Prin-
cess Anne. Prince Edward, Prince
George. Prince William Pulaski, Kappa
hammock, Richmond, Roanoke, Rock
bridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott
Shenandoah, Smyth, Southampton, Spot
sylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Taze-
well. Warren, Warwick, Washington
Westmoreland, Wise, Wythe, and York.
So it will be seen that no section OF the
State is exempt from these fevers, but IN
the majority of cities and counties the
cases are very few in number and are of
a mild character.
Diphtheria is reported as prevailing In
Accomac, Albemarle, Augusta. BEDFORD
Botetourt, Carroll, Lee, Pittsylvania,
and Tazewell, but in no county are there
more than a few cases, and these are
scattered.
From several counties reports are
made that cholera prevails among the
hogs and turkeys.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07
A NERJTED REBUKE.

The New York Herald, in an editorial
article on lynching, says that the north
ern newspapers are apt to find good deal
of fault with the southern people because
of their regard for Judge Lynch. our
(northern) sarcasm is let loose" ADDS
the Herald, land presumably we feel
much better after getting rid Of our
superlatives."
The Herald then goes on to remark that
the criticism is perhaps merited. and ex-
presses the opinion that lynching
criminal does the community in which
the lynching occurs no good, but con-
cludes its article as follows:
"That rule applies to us as well as to
others. If we want TO throw stones
why not throw few at ourselves! we
also take the hangman's rope out Of the
banpman's hands rather frequently. and
find plenty of excuses for doing so.
Every week or two we learn of a mob
that doesn't give the court of justice a
fair show. and the mob lives north Of
Mason and Dixon's line. What is sauce
for the goose ought to be sauce for the
gander."
Perhaps the immediate inspiration Of
this confession may be found in the fact
that a few nights ago the usual crime
was committed in what Is practically a
suburb of New York. and II the brute
had been caught he would have dangled
from lamp-post or an electric-light pole.
But be that as it may, said confession Is
n merited rebuke to the northern papers
that are constantly ringing the changes
on southern lynchings, and that have
been so aptly characterized as Pharisees
by a western Republican paper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07
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