Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-20
HRS. mack CONFESSES.
Woman Accomplice Tells in Court How
Thorn Murdered Gueldensupoe.
A SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Crowds BesIege the Queens County Court
Isouse 90 Hear the story Of the Hor-
rfbie Deed-To Save Her own life
Mrs. Mack Betray- Her Partner
in Crime-Turns States Evidence.
NV YoRK CITY (SpeciaN .-Goaded by
terror and remorse. Mrs. Augusta Mack
went upon the witness stand in the Queens
County County Court House al Long Isl-
and City and confessed that she and Martin
Thorn together had plotted the death OF
william Gueldensuppe. the Turkish bath
attendant. who disappeared on June q
last; that she iured him 20 the place ixed
apon for his assassination and there waited
until the deed was done: that. with her
aecomplice who had dismembered the
body. she helped 10 dispose OF the dreadful
evidence OF the crime.
IL was n intensely dramatic recitai-be-
gun ia caimness. and ending ia frenzy.
Nten by step the wretchcd woman tcld %
the proposition made hy Thorn that Guel-
densuppc should be slain of her horror
stricken rejection. OF tho constant Dersua-
sion and her anal yielding. and the prepa-
rations FOR accomplishment and conceal
ment- A. she went on. Mrs Mack raised
her voice. uutil az last her pblegmatic i'm
perturoabie nature could stand II no longer
and she almost shricked. II am glad this
day has come. I am here before the reo-
PIE and before my God I free my con-
science"
Her face became contorted. and down
her checks rolled scaldinc tears. Sobs
ccnvulsed her. and FOR moment she could
not speak Then. looking up. she con-
tinuod. "No matter what comes Of this.
no matter what hangs over my head
don't care what happens % me-; they can
hang, thcv can kill. I tell al"
Martin Thorn. the prisoner az tho bar.
was sitting sphynx-nkc when Mr.. Mack
entercd the court room. His usually pale
face became paier stili as she advanced TO
the witness stand. but the only other sign
of emotion he showed was n conxuf.ive.
movement % the throat and a moistenfnC
of the thin lips. He seemed to be making
a desperate effort 20 attract Mrs. Nack's at
tention. but her ewes never once looked into
hs- Showily dressed in SILK. and with =
nchu % lace about her throat. she took her
place IN the witness chair. and began the
story o. her life from the time Of her mar
riage Ia Germany up 20 h@- meeting with
Gueldensuppe. and later with Thorn ia this
country and the awful events that followed
The woman WAS on the stand about four
hours. The other witnesses az the day
were mostly men who knew Gueldensuppe
and who had identified the parts of the
= BODY The owner OF the house az Wood
side testified 20 renting the house 10 Thorn
. under the name % =. Braun. and said that
Thorn introduced Mrs Mack As Nrs
Braun Tie Identified Thorn and Mrs Mack
In court.
btrs. Nack's confession neccssitated rad
lcal change in the Zines OF ThOrn's defense.
William ?. Howe. his counsel. began by
denying that Gueldensuppe had been Killed
or that there was any conclusive evidence
onthe subject. Upon hearing MIS- Mack :
I story he abandoned this theory. He had a
long, earnest consultation with Thorn. who
gave an entirely new version ot the affair
insisting that the woman had killed Guel-
densuppe with her own hand and began 20
hack him 20 pieces before life was extinct
Thorn's trial was adjourned late in the
afternoon on account OF the sudden illness
/ Ot naSnus Larsen, one OF the Jurors.