The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-11-11

MARTIN THORN
were striving to gain remission OF
possible capital sentence by giving suf-
ficient information to the representa-
tives of the people for the conviction OF
tho other.
For hours and 40 minutes Mrs. Mack
remained on the stand, the cynosure of
all eyes, while she told the terrible
story of how she lured Guldensuppe to
his death, and in telling 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 that occasion,
an d 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 unspar-
ingly, and made her own up to such
acts of reconciliation that the majority
of those who heard her admission said
that she WINS the greatest culprit, and
many of those who had previously
evlnced decided antipathy to Thorn
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 sensa-
ton.
There is scarcely any doubt as to the
fate which awaits the barber, but as yet
the prosecution has not stated what i'm.
munity shall be given to Mrs. Mack for
the unlookedfor position in which she
has placed herself.
Mrs. Mack said that she left her hus-
band to live with Guldensuppe, who
was known as her husband Thorn
came there to board. Thorn and Gull
densuppe had fight and Guldensuppe
whipped Thorn. Guldensuppe kicked
Thorn down stairs. Thorn pulled o
revolver and fired one shot at Gulden-
suppe, but did not hit him. Thorn
spent some time in the hospital. After
he got out she gave him money at diff
ferent times. He told her that he
loved her. He was determined to kill
Guldensuppe and she tried to dissuade
him. Thorn then rented the house
where the crime was committed.
On the morning of Friday, June %,
the day that the crime was committed,
she said that she and Guldensuppe 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 keys to the house." she
said, land l opened the front door. 1
told Guldensuppe to enter and examine
the house while went into the yard.
He went upstairs and | heard shot.
Martin 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, breathlessly.
"He asked me to go home and come
back at 3 o'clock
In relating what had been done with
the various parts of Guldensuppe's
corpse, Mrs. Mack said that when she
went back to the cottage at 8 O'Clock
Thorn had everything tied up in par
GELS, some of them in the oilcloth 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's 8
clothing, and in Thorn's parcel was the
dead mans head, which he had incased
in plaster of paris in the washtub of the
cottage. They went directly to 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
was in midstream Thorn rejoined her
and said that he had thrown the head
overheard. On reaching New York
shen went to her house, where she
burned the parcel containing the cloth.
ing.
On June 26 they went back to the
cottage and found the other bundles still
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 reached New York, when
he came to her and said that he had
dropped his bundle in the water. It
contained a part of the dismembered
body.
Mr.. Howe began his cross. examina-
tion in q very insinuating way, and
soon made her acknowledge that the
house in Woodside was rented for the
sole purpose of killing Guldensuppe
there; that she decoyed him there (;
that when she bought the oilcloth and
other wrappings it was for the purpose
of packing up the portions of his body
after Thorn should have finished his
murderous task.
Adroitly and cleverly the lawyer
made tho woman own UP to the most
cold-hloo cd preparations for getting
rid o. lover,
cid you do when you first
oan e country? What was your
ocou yr:'
'e y was the reply.
"E lapg thildren did you kill,
Mrs. was the neAt question
~ ne er killed one to my knowledge,
and can prove it by DOCTORS"
answered the woman with emphasis.
She claimed that what she did was
through fear OF Thorn.
WHY was 1t yop were afraid of