Show THORN SENTENCED will be electrocuted in january I 1 the murder of Gulden Is un disturbed during sentence he gives his true name his fattori nationality I 1 and Rill religion glon new york dec 3 martin thorn convicted on monday of the murder of win m Gulden was today sentenced to be electrocuted electrocute a in the week beginning january 10 1893 when thorn waa was brought into court in long island city be preer preserved ved the same imperturbable expression of countenance that he had worn at every crisis in the working out of hie his fat j during the trial and when justice maddox put the customary cna cua tomary questions tiona to him he h a responded promptly and without outward evidence of emotion my bly true name eaid said the murderer ie is Thorie I 1 wai was born in germany and am 35 years old I 1 am a barber and have never been ia in prison befaro I 1 was brought up in the religious belief of the roman catholic church I 1 can read and and write aly father is living I 1 am not married 11 then judee A adcox proceeded to pass sentence solemnly and imari impressively lie he eaid said thorn you were indicted charged with having premeditated pre mediated and deliberately designed and causes the death of william Gulden you have had a i air trill trial in the course of which you were defended by the ablest and most astute counsel they could not have done more for you every ealo effort t was made by them to save you after that the jury found you guilty of murder ia in the first degree and the I 1 punishment aa ashment for that is death reflect upon it reflect upon tho death of him you slew it is the duty of the court to fix a time for the execution the law pronounced the punishment I 1 ve a reasonable time the law permits me to do that it Is needless tor for me to state anything to you concerning the facts more than to say thai that the evidence justifies the verdict the judgment dement ju of the court is that you shall betaken be taken hence to the state prison at sing sing within a reasonable time and that you shall be executed in the form prescribed by law in the week beginning beRin january letb 1893 1898 thorn listened without moving a muscle and when the judge had finished finie hed he inclined his head slightly forward ae as it if bowing to the court the prisoner lawyers then handed up an affidavit applying for an appeal justice maddox took the affidavit and will pass on it later thorn was then led to the jail below |