Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-04
MARTIN THORN EXECUTED
The Murderer Of William Guldsrsuppe
Put to Death at Sing Sing
DIED IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Execution at 11.l7 O'Clock Mon
day Morning.
CONDEMNED MAN DID NOT LOSE NERVE

CONDEMNED MAN DID NOT LOSE NERVE
New York, Aug. 1.-Murtin Thorn,
the murderer of William Guldeuauppe.
was put to deatb, 10 the prison at Sing
Sing, at IL. II o'clock this morning.
When summoned to the execution
chair, Thorn showed no emotion, and
walkod to IL rapidly, repeating prayers
after the attending priest. There was
no untoward incident in connection
with the execution. After tbs current
had been turned on So seconds, Thorn
was dead.
TuonN's REMARKADLE NERVE.
Thorn sat up later last night than
was his custom. lie talked OF bis
parents his hoy hood days in Germany
= and his fret experiences in this cann.
try. lie showed no nervousness, anh
when he threw himself on his cot II
was but few minutes until he WAS
sound asleep.
Warden Sage, who went TO Thorn's
cell early today, said: Thorn told mo |
hs was not nervous, and would die
bravely. lie said he was perfectly re- |
coneied to his fate, and had made his
peace with God lie slept we'll, and
had no fear Of death. There was not
the slightest change in his notions. he
was the sams cool man who came TO
this prison six months ngo. His nerve
was stronger than that of any other
murderer who had been in tho death
house"
Thorn told one Of his Keepers that
his only dread WAS the wait from the
time he awoke until be was summoned
TO the chair.
The condemned man received tbs
last aHeraments of the Roman Catholic
Church.
THoRN's CRIME.
The killing of William Guidensuppe,
bath rubber, and the Euhsoqueut
mutilation and distribution of the dis
membered body by Martin Thorn,
barber, and Augusta Mack, q midwife,
were so cunningly planned and accom-,
plished that the crime stands alono az
tina most fiendish murder in the crimi-
nal history Of this or any other section
of the United States. :.
On Saturday afternoon. june 26th. OF
last ysnr. two youthful swimmers founu
n n pecuiar bundle floating In the East
N River, and they brought it ashore al
n the Eleventh street. dock. A policeman
opened the package, which was heary
and watersoaked. and found that it
contained the upper portion of man g
headless body. The following day two
lads, while picking berries in Ogden y
wouds, above the Harlem River, came
across similar bundle. When this
paekage was opened, it was found to
Le made up of the same sort of wrap
Rings which made up the first bundle,
and it contained the lower portion OF
the trunk, minus the legs, which had
been roughly cut away from 1t. When
.,.,t tim fhssF Mt
morgue, itwas found that they lifted
exactly. Two days later the legs were
uicked up by SONS sailors at the Brook.
lyn Navy Yard.
n IA reporter who frequantlylvisitod thu
Murray Hill Turkish baths was among
those who examined the upper part o.
the body the day IL was picked up, and
that afternoon he went to the bnthi
and, without exciting any suspicion
found from the employees there tina
Guldensuppe, on whose breaet TIT
figure OF a woman's head had iies'
tstooad, had not been heard from sine
tue morning OF June 25th. With thi
clue 10 work on, the newspaper maj
went to No. 430 Ninth avenue, thi
city, where the missing man had beel
living with Mrs. Augusta Mack, VIII
had been separated for some time iron
her husband. Further inquiries elioite
the fact that Guldensuppe had a rlva
for tine affections of the woman in MAJ
tin Thorn,a barber, whom he had beate
and eiected from the Mack apartment
a short time before. Mrs. Mack, whe
questioned as to Guldensuppe's wheri
abuuts, said the bath attendant ha
Como to Europe, and later contradicte
her story in many instances III
VA polue arrested her on The reporter
information, aud found that she ha
M made arrangements to store her furn
tN ture and leave for Germany. A shaI
MI lookout was kept for Thorn, who hu
not been Been sinca Guldensuppe di
appeared, and orders were issued
tho police to arrest him on sigh
Thorn he'd one friend. fellow barbo
John Gotha, whom he visited and
whom he coutided his terribla score
Gotha informed tho polios, and, aft
making dnuble appointment with Il
n detectives and Thorn, the, lattor W
arrested on July 7th.
The woman from whom the oilclo
was purchased identified Mrs. Mack
the customer to whom she sold Il
stufY, and Thorn and mis- Bratwhi
mistress were identified by the lam
lord of cottage at Woodaide, Queen
county, Long Island, as having rent
the house a few nays befura the ba
rubber disappeared. search OF VI
house revealed bIoodstains in the bat
room and the adjoining room, and ire
the surbase OF the outer room two b'
let's we're extracted. Some plaster
Naris was found In the bathroom, viii
later proved a telltRle link in the oht
Ut evidence against the accused. b
the missing head was never discovers
Mrs. Mack ami Thorn had been aeen
the cottage on two or three occasion
and had carried away heavy pare
from the dwelling, which they b
never occupied as residence. In
time the prisoners were indicted
murder in the first degrees in &
county. Subsequently they wero
ricted In Queens county. and ira
ferred to the local prison for trial.
Thorn was placed on trial bel
Justice Wilmot NJ. Smith, in the
preme Court, Long Island City,
November 9Th Of last year. Dist
Attorney foungs, assisted by seye
prominent lawyers, conducted
prosecution, and Thorn was ably
ieuied by William f. Howe. The u
was memorable one, and the 70
House was besieged by thousands
persons, who were anxious TO go
glimpse of the notorious prisor
When court opened, on Wednss