New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-01
WORKINGON ANOTHER CLEW
POLICE BELIEVE THE MURDERED MAN
IS WILLIAM GULDENSUPPE.

MAN ALIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
There were many interesting and sensational
developments yesterday in the mysterious "u'
Ger case. The police longer hoio 10 tae
theory that the murdered man is Theodore Cyh-
Ian, cabinetmaker but now pos:uNeN "sSe''
that the headlcss and mutilated body is ihat OK
William GUldensuppe, vh0 had been Tor i"Hs
time an attendant at the MURRAY HI! T!fASh
Baths, at Sixtl-aVe. and Broadway. N''"'n-
suppe IS said to have lived with Mrs. Augusta
Mack, at No i39 Ninth-ave. 1t IS believed that
Mrs. Mack and man known cnly by the name
OF Fred" who had frequently called upon her.
were In some Wy implicated In the murder
Mis-. Mack Is now under arrest. and ho;h she
and her husband, Herman. were taken to Police
Headquarters yesterday and closely Gaestioned
by Chief O'liyien of the Detective Bureau Yes
terday Mrs Max Rijer. If Astoria. called at
Police Headquarters and said she thought Mrs
Mack the person TO whom she had Sold oicloth
like that IN which the BODY was wrapped. on
Wednesday of last week.
y bundle. said to contain the lower limbs o'
the murdered man. was found floating in the
East River. near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. yes
terday afternoon The head is still missing.
IDENTIFIED BY HIS ASSOCIATES.
Gudensuppe has been missing from the Muir
Iu! IilL D&tnS since last FIIHaE' -4' y. '''N
rubbers in the bath. as we'll as DR.. j. : Cosby,
of No. 90 West Fortyfourth-st.. fFequenier
Of the baths, identified the body thai Of Gull
densuppe at the Mcrgue Tuesday night The
rubbers had the man stripped for twelve
hours day for the last two or three years. and
knew the contour OF his body we'll. DR.. Cosby
himself lanced felon on the finger of the mans
hand some time ago. He identified the scar on
the finger of the dead man as that made by the
removal of the felon from The finger ~ Guldcn-
suppe The men Of the bathhou who idcn-
tilted the mutilated body as that of Gulden-
suppe are Max Scully, Adam Steubler Max
Zorn, Frank Gamer and James Flood.
Three more attendants Of the baths called at
the Morgue yesterday morning. They were An
Grew McFee Alfred sinker and James Hand
All were positive that the body was that Of Gull
densuppe.
II Is believed that the detectives found Mrs.
Mack at No 4}9 Ninth-ave., and took her yes
terday morning directly TO Police Headquarters.
Later in the day Mrs. Mack was taken 10 Jeifer-
son Market Court, and from there Magistrate
Meade remanded her back TO Police Headquar-
ters until this morning. No testimony OF any
kind was taken.
Late yesterday afternoon there was still an
other 'identifer." John a. Ludwig, superih-
tendent Of the Premier Baths, Seventy-second-
st. and Lexington-ave, called at the Morgue ana
positively identified the mutilated body as that
Of William Gudenseppe.
There was unusual activity at Police Head
quarters yesterday owing TO the starving oe-
yelopments In the case.
OICIOTN SOLD IN 'STOp't.
From the fact that the parts Of the body at
the AIoreue had been identified by other attend
ants at the baths on Tuesday the olice had
tba "a ma he
=. had been thoroughly established, and then they
set about for the motive which prompted the
murder 1t was then discovered the part that
Mrs Mack played in the life. and possibly the
death Of the man. 1t had been found that on
Wednesday last woman entered the store OF
Max Riger. in Astoria and that Mrs. Riger who
was in the store at the time had sold four yards
Of oilcloth like that found wrapped about the
body. and six yards OF the cheesecloth similar
70 that also tied about the parts Of the body, 70
the woman
After Mrs Mack had been taken TO Police
Headquarters she was detained there In Cap
ain O'Brien'a private Office. until Mrs. Riger
:ould be sent for. The latter came over IN com
,any with detectives, and accompanied by her
husband. He was also in the store at the uhe
he woman called there and made the pur-
hases On reaching Police Headquarters Mrs
partially identified her as Of two women
who went TO her husbands store on NedneS-
day and made the purchases Of the oilcloth
end cheesecloth.
THIRD MAN IN THE CASE.
]. had already been established as fact that
Mrs Mack and Guldensuppc had been living to-
gether and that previously to that time Mrs
Mack had as a boarder another man. whose
place IN Mrs. Nacks affections Gud'hsuppc had
usurped In consequence Of the actions Of his
wife and Guldensuppe, Mr.. Mack, the husband
who is @ baker left his wife and he and the
boarder had entered into compact TO make 1t
unpleasant for Guldensuppe. On several occa-
slons the husband and boarder had attacked
Guldcnsuppe. but We're afraid OF him openly on
account Of his phys!oa. strength.
The police have learned enough to lead them to
believe that the women had become angered with
GuIdensuppe on account OF his threats to leave
her FOR another woman.
After the positive Identification made BY Mrs.
Riger, the police decided to arrest Mack and the
man Fred" Mack was seen early yesterday
morning at Fortieth-st. and Ninth-ave driving
his bakers wagon. Policeman Dicrck OF the
West ThIrty-seventh-st. station, arrested him
and locked him up In the West Thirty
seventh-st station from where Mack was sub
sequenty taken by Central Office detectives to
Police Headquarters. and arragned before Cap
tain OBrien.
DOES NOT KNOW HIS NAME
Mack admitted that his wife had been untrue
to him. and that she was living with another
man. but he said that he did not know the name
Of the man. He said that he was slender and
wore small dark mustachc. He said that he
WIS Informed that Tuesday AFTERNOON his
wife had given two boys large box or vase
TO be given to this man. and that It was de-
Ivered 10 him. and that he had left the city
Several hours later Mack was discharged from
custO0y by Capfain O'urlcn. CAPTAIN ORrInn