The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-30
MARTIN THORN
Will Testify in His Own Behalf and Accuse
Mrs. Mack of the Murder of VIM. Gulden-
SunDe.

Will Testify in His Own Behalf and Accuse
Mrs. Mack of the Murder of VIM. Gulden-
suppe.
New YORK, Nov. 29.-There is every
probability that the case of Martin
Thorn, on trial for the murder of VIM
Guldensuppe, will go to the jury not
later than Wednesday next, and posi-
bly, Tuesday night. VIM. f. Howe,
Thorn's lawyer, has promised to finish
his side of the case on Monday. Thorn
will testify in his own behalf and ac-
cuse Mrs. Mack of killing Guldensnppe.
Other witnesses for the defense may
be Mrs. Zeigler, of West Farms, of
whom it is alleged, Mrs. Mack, with
Guldensuppe, wanted to hire house,
the negotiations failing because the
house did not have a sewer, and Her
man Mack, Mrs. Nack's husband. 1t is
question whether Mack will be allow
ed to testify against his wife, when she
is put on trial for her life. lie under
stood that after the defense closes Mrs.
Mack will be called by the prosecution
in rebuttal to repeat her confession and
accuse Thorn of the murder.
The following statement, signed by
Martin Thorn, was published in an
evening paper Saturday:
When go on the stand Monday morning
will tell the true and complete story of the
crime for which 1 am now being tried for my
life. My lawyer has advised me to conceal
nothing, and with the help of God will not
Martin Thorn is just man, with vices and
virtues. like any other, and with the love Of
life just as strong within him as in any Of
those who say he sinned because he loved an
unworthy wOman-loved and trusted and
shielded her until he was in the very shadow
OF the electric chair; loved her until she Swore
away his existence to save her own-to save
herself from the consequences of her own act
the killing of the man whom she said she feared
because OF his knowledge Of other crimes.
Augusta Mack planned and accomplished
the murder of William Gnldensuppe When
got to the Woodside Cottage that Saturday
morning she met me at the door, and said: L
have got Guldensuppe up stairs. He is dead
she had shot him in the face and stabbed
| him In the breast, she said was not even in
| the house at the time but in the doorway and
she was out Of sight of the people on the street
at the time, half way up stairs. knew moth
ing OF her purpose that day. She had asked
me to come to Woodside. 1 went there and
when arrived she told me that she had killed
| Guldensuppe and that all her trouble was over.
For long time hardly knew what to do.
| Mrs. Mack asked me to help her cut the body
| up. hes1tated, but could not make up my
| mind.
You have got to help me get rid of it, she
| said ''or both of us will get into trouble. All
| you have got to do is to help. At last helped
| her to carry the body to the bath tub. 1t was
very heavy. Guldensuppe was dead. He was
| not breathing when we put him in the bath
| tub. Mrs. Mack did the cutting while 1 held
| the body. First she cut the head off, then she
| took the saw and sawed the trunk in
two, and then legs. She was afraid the saw
would go through the wrong place in the body,
| but she finally got the right place. She men,
| TONED at the time that it good thing she
| knew something about surgery, or else it would
| be impossible to get rid of the body properly.
| Before she cut the body up the clothes were
| taken of. Afterward the body was rolled up in
| the oilcloth and cloth that Mrs. Mack bought at
| Mrs. R1gerS. Then we talked over the plans
! TO get rid of the body. She arranged for the
surrey drive and the throwing away Of the
pieces. She gave the money to hire the surrey.
She gave me the money to hire the Wood
| side cottage, where she said she was to start Il
| place to treat women who were in trouble and
who wanted it kept quiet.