Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-08
DEVILS IN HUMAN FORM Were the Brutal Butchers of
 William GuIdenSuppe. DlABGLlC IN THE EXTREME Was the Details of the Crme-Thorn Has Made an Alleged Confession
 Then Chartered.
DlABGLlC IN THE EXTREME

New York, July 7.-There is no longer the mystery about the tragedy which first came to the public knowledge on June 26, when some boys playing on the pier at the foot of East Eleventh street dis covered bundle floating in the river which contained a portion of a human body Martin Thorn, according to the detective bureau, has confessed that he planned wi,h Mrs. Mack and himself com mftted the murder of William Gulden- suppe, a Turkish bath masher and the former lover of Mrs. Mack.
 There are some inconsistencies in the stories given out by tn police, and which is alleged to have reached them at sec ond hand, presumably from John Dolph, former friend of Thorn, who last night led the police to Thodn's place or conceal mem. According to his confession the murder of Guldensuppe was commit d on Friday, June 20, in the house at Wooo- side Long Island which had been rented by Mrs. Mack, ostenslbly for baby farm. On Monday, the sta atement says, Thorn went to the house and hid in a closet In the upper floor. In his pocket he had a loaded revolver and beside him was a 6wo-pound package of plaster or paris. He was waiting for Guldensuppe. lie took off his shoes so that no noise could interfere with his carefully laid plan. It was towards morning when Mrs. Nack and her victim drove up in the surrey, whifih has been mentioned in previus stories. Thorn hsard Mrs. Mack ask Guldensuppe a few questions about the house and heard Guldensuppe answer. Then Mrs. Mack said, according to the confession:
 willie, don't wait for me; go through the house ard see how you like il.
 "Oh, I'll just stay here until you come back" Guldensuppe replied.
 But Mrs Mack, according to the con- fession, was anxious not to see the actual commission of the murder she had planned.
 No don't wait for me-" she urged; Ego and ses the rooms upstairs. l think you'll like them."
 Thorn. conceded behind the door of the closet, heard Guldensuppe's step on the stairs as he complied with the woman request Carelessly Gugdensuppe opened door after door until he came to the closet, where Thorn stood. As the door sprang open Thorn shot Guldensuppe right in the head. He died almost in stantly. Thorn took hold of the body by the shoulders, dragged 1t downstairs and showed 1t into the bath tub. Then Thorn went to the ground floor where Mrs. Mack was waiting. I
 'It's done said he.
 T know" replied Mrs. Mack, q heard"
 Now go back to the city" Thorn said to Mrs Mack. "and come back here at o'ofock and everything will be ready"
 Mrs. Mack obeyed Thorn's injunction and the murderer returned to the bath tub He cut off the head with razor and then packed the head closely with plaster of Paris until it looked like block of stone. Then he severed the legs and afterwards the lower part of the trunk He wrapped it up in cheese cloth and then in oil cloth, the bundles h1inp neatly done Mrs Mack then came back Carrying the bundles With them they both took the ferry boat. On the way over they threw the bundles overheard. How one of the bundles found it's way into the woods where it was dis covered is not explained in the confess sion.
 Thorn was arraigned in the Jefferson street police court today and remanded until Friday when Mrs. Nack's case comes up.
 When Thorn was arraigned, in spite of the apparently damaging evidence of this confession, he had a perfectly self-pos- sessed appearance He was neatly dress ed and seemed the least excited of the crowd that gathered around the mags- trates desk anxious to see him and hear all the details in this latest chapter fo murder.
 Acting Inspector O'Brien is quoted as saying thTIt Thorn has made statement in which he positively denies that he has murdered Guldensuppe or knows who did it. An examination has been made of the bath tub at the house at Woodside, and in a trap underneath the tub about pound of plaster of Paris has been dis covered This find is regarded as strengthening the circumstantial details of the alleged confession.
 Among the facts which have come to light since Thrn's arrest, there are sev- eral which indicate a great lack of cau- tion in the methods employed by the al- legged murderer. Thorn is said to have taken the watch and chain from Gulden- suppe's clothing and pawned them. De- spite rumoTs to the cc.trary. he appears to have made absolutely no effort to leave the city, and, besides shaving off his mustache, to have taken but few steps to prevent l1fs detection. In his room was found valise which contained copies of all the newspapers giving full ac- counts of the finding of the portions of the body, and from day to day he had cut out the stories which traced the crime home to himself
 The question as to where the case will be tried is as yet unsettled, and until his point is decided the grand jury will not be asked to deal with it. It is the gen. eral belief at the district attorneys of :. flee shat the case will be tried in this county as the county of Queens, in which the murder was committed, has not any E too much money to spend ovSr a prose- cution elf this kind.
 ! Mrs Hafien who lives next door to sWoodsfGe house. which figures so trag- ically in this story. was at the police sta tior where the alleged murderer is de- tained, and positively identified Thorn S the man she saw in Mrs Nack's company at Woodside, and French man in the employ of Bulao. who owns the Wood side cottage, also recognized in Thorn the man who hired the house and who came to aBuIao's office in Twepty-sixth street.
 Martin Thorn is 32 years old His fsa- turss are strongly German in type and he looks younger than his age. giving the impression Of being an even tempered. good natured man. After his arrest, ard when seen today, he appeared cool, col lected and at ease. no matter whether he was being questioned by O'Brien, having his portrait taken at police headquart~rs tor before the ma gfstrate in court. He had worn a nlusttache before the date of the murder hlIt had rone when arrestcd