Show THORNS STORY f says mrs nack shot gulden 1 a he held the body while the woman woma n cut it into convenient pieces to be carried away new kew york noy nov 27 there Is every probability that the case of martin thorn on trial tor for the murder ol 01 william wililam will go co to jury nt later than wednesday next and possibly tuesday night william F hoe his lawyer has promised to finish his aide side of the case monday thorn will testify jn in his life own behalf aad and accuse mrs nack of 0 killing Gulden other a for the defense will probably be mi a zeigler of west ra farms arms of whom it la is alleged with Gulden supie wanted to hire a bouse house the negotiations failing because the house did not have a ee hermann nack mrs W husband it ie is a question whether nai nall will be allowed to testify testily against hia b i 2 wife when she ie is put on trial for her life it is understood that after the defense ii is closed mrs cacir will be called by the prosecution on rebuttal to repeat hi ho r confession confess easson son accursi accusing oe thorn 0 of the murder marder district attorney youngs did not ni t want to put mrs kack nack on the stand because ehe atie made an unfavorable impression on the jury at the first trial when she obe related ib dentals ol 01 the horrible crime it mrs nack be called again as it witness for the state it will be ie because cause the district attorney is compelled to take this course to offset the statement of 0 thorn when he charges her liar with the killing killin mr youngs bays says the reason be he closed the case for the state without calling mrs kack nock as a witness wass because in bis his opinion the people bad presented a case strong enough to convict thorn without the womans confession district ev A alcott in new york concurs in the opinion the usual aeu stories were circulated today that nack and thorn thor n were about to break down but shearld 8 doh dold says tte prisoners are unchanged except that bey they are both anxious mohave to have the trial over when thorns fate has been decided mrs case will come up it lu is generally izene raly supposed that she will be 1 all I owed lowed to plead guilty either to murder antho in the third degree or manslaughter in the first degree for murder in the second degree she would receive a sentence of imprisonment for life and for manslaughter in the first degree the extreme penalty ia is thirty years the following statement signed by martin thorn is published in an evening paper today tod ay when I 1 eo go to the eland monday morning I 1 will tell he the 1 and complete story of the crime for which I 1 am no now being tried for my life my lawyer baa has advised roe me to conceal nothing and with the help of god I 1 will not martin bl artin thorn ia is juet just a man men with vices and virtues juet just like others and with the hope of life just as strong in him as in another he ile loved an unworthy he be loved and and shielded her bet until he was in the very shadow of the tile electric chair loved her until sue one swore away hie tile exle existence to save her own to cave eave herself from the consequence consequences of her own act the killing of the man whom ehe she said she feared because of bis hie knowledge of other crimes auguta augu ta nack planned pl and accomplished the murder of william guden gulde n appe when I 1 got to the that in morning orning she met me andraid and did said 11 1 I have cot lot Golden upstairs he ile is lead dead I 1 she had shot him film in the face and nabbed tabbed him in the breast she said 1 I ws was not even in the house at the tim but in the doorway bud she was out ot of of the people on the street at the time half wey upstairs I 1 knew nothing no thin of ber her purpose that day she had asked loa to come to woodside I 1 went there and sud when I 1 arrived ehe she old told roe we that she i bad killed Gulden and that all br her trouble was over for a long time I 1 hardly knew whist to do f re nack nock asked ne me to help ber her cut the body up I 1 but fould not make ip sip my mind you have got to help roe get rid of its J she eaid said or both of us will ket get into trouble tron ble all you have have got to do ie to to th help elp I 1 at last I 1 helped her liar carry the aly y t to the bath tub it wae very ay Gulden was dead he ile wa was not breathing I when I 1 put him into the bath tub mra Mr hrnack nack tild he the cutting while I 1 held the body 1 first she fat cat the bead off then she took th this saw md the trunk in two and thon the lee legs she wae was afraid the saw would eo 90 through the wrong place ia 10 tile body bolly bt bat she finally got ot the tile right place places she mentioned at the time that it was a good thing F fhe knew know something ab nt sur our tery or elee else it would be impossible impo Bible sible to mt get rid of the body properly before ill cut the ih clot clothe boie were taken on off afterwards Afler warde the body was rolled up in ili the oil choh bought at ai N rot KW then we talked over the plane plans to net get rid of the bod she arranged tor for me the surrey drive nd the throwing away of 01 the pieces she gave me the money to hire the surrey she kave cave the money to hire the woodside M goodside cottage where ehe she eaid said ebe she was to start a place to treat women who were in trouble and who wanted it kept quiet alter after we threw the head bead into the river and disposed dispo ed of pieces of the body Is the tile have stated she took appe clothes and burnel them in a elove it wae was nothing but my love for mrs nack that got me into all thie this trouble I 1 her tier get t rid of the dead body to shield her a and A n to eave save her bar from being arrested arr teI everybody has lied about me in this case principally bec because autie I 1 have not talked or explained they said I 1 told gotha that I 1 killed it ie is a lie I 1 told him thai that mr mra neck nock hilled filed him th ray ay I 1 offered to confers confetti to captain g biern 80 1 I could get gat free uee that is another lie 1 I told captain dron brown something BObi ething of a private nature that did not concern the ce cafe intimately I 1 rive give him permission to speak now he lie will clear me they eay say toa that I 1 threatened 0 murder william Gulden yea I 1 aid paid I 1 would kill him before he killed kille d me he ile almost killed me aad threatened aay MY life every time he be mentioned my name to mrs hack nack augusta told me EO so and told me to look out ant an t have a pistol to shoot him but not to do it in her house she would net get into trouble ehe she eaid said I 1 thought ehe she toll told me that because bemuse ehe she loved me I 1 cow row know ehe she feared Gulden and wanted to have me kill him so 80 bho ho would not suffer sirs mrs nack nock told the jury that I 1 committed the murder in juet j the way ate actually did it herself bere elf she turned ever every thing around she reversed tha whole story accusing me meet of jutt what she did she is afraid to go on orr the stand her lawyers will not let her tier go on and testify testily against ag alnet me because they know thac that I 1 ca can 11 prove her a liar cn can prove that she her telf killed Gulden because lie knew of other crimes sho she bad committed and because sher he was afraid gulden would kill her for having bid had anything to do with me 1 I can ask that woman questions that she cannot answer aitho without ut showing conclusively that ehe obe bad sworn to lies and I 1 have witnesses to corroborate me MARTIN MARTI THORS |