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CASE AGAINST THORN
WitneSSes Repeat the Testimony
Given at the First Trial.
MAKING. RAPID Psoensss
Martin Thorn \Vears u Si’ckly Smile
While Listening to the Evidence
Against Him—Sensational Devel-
opment: Held in Store..
New York, Nov. 24-f—The jury to try
Martin Thorn for the murder of the
bath-rubber, William Guldensuppe.
was completed at 12.45 o’clock yester—
day afternoon.
District Attorney Youngs began his
address to the jury imediately after
the court reconvened in the afternoon.
' He rehearsed all the frightful details
of the plot to murder the-bath—rubber,
William Guldensuppe; how the victim
was lured to the Woodside cottage and
shot down in cold blood; the cutting up
50f the body and its final disposition.
Several new witnesses who had not
been present at the preceding trial
were in court. There was an air of ex-
pectancy, as the belief was general
that many surprises were in store, and
that the trial would be, perhaps, the
rust. sensational one in the annals of
crime.
The crowd was even greater yester-
day than on Monday. Many women
were present. Thorn seemed paler and
more nervous. He sneered venomously
every time Mrs. Nack’s name was
mentioned. '
After the District Attorney’s opening
address, John McGuire, the boy who
found thefirst' bundle containing part
. of the body of Guldensuppe, was called
as the first witness.
Other Witnesses followed in much the
3 same order as at the opening trial.
Thorn listened sneeringly as the boys
and other witnesses told of finding the
parts of the body in the East River
and at High Bridge. He seemed to ap-
preciate the fact that the chain of evi-
dence was being as carefully and tight-
ly drawn about him as though Mrs.
Nack’s confession was not depended
lutely certain.
The chain of circumstatial evidence
wasdeveloped so carefully that even
should Mrs. Nack fail to repeat her
testimony given at the former trial the
District Attorney would still be confi-
dent of securing a conviction.
"Witness after witness told of finding
the parts of the body, of the disap-
pearance of Guldensuppe, of the_identi-
fication of the parts, and also identified
the oilcloth in which they were
wrapped and the photographs taken at
the Morgue. "
'Mrs. Nack’s name was not mentioned
in the opening address to the jury. This
worried the defense.
'When the taking of testimony was
begun it became evident that the pros-
ecution would follow out the procedure
intended at the former trial. It had
been said that Mrs. Nack would be
called upon at once to repeat her testi-
mony, and that the prosecution would
rest, after introducing corroborative
eyidence and proving corpus delicti.
Instead of this, however, the same
witnesses called at the beginning of the
first-trial were called, and it was an-
nounced that the testimony would be
taken in the regular order, as laid out
.at first by Mr. Youngs—that is, prov-
ing the finding of the pieces of the
body, identifying its wrappings, prov-
ing that the pieces were parts of one
body, proving that this; body was
Guldensuppe’s body, and then proving
by Mrs. Nack that Martin Thorn killed
him. '
Mr. Howe’s cross—examination of wit-
nesses indicated that he would make a
hard fight against the identification of
the body. He brought out that Mr.
Newton and he both had scars from
felons on a. finger of their left hand,
just as was observed on the left hand
of the body. ,He attacked the identifi- .
cation of the body as vigorously as if
he intended to claim that it was not
that of (luldcnsuppe.
‘The trial was adjourned at 4.50
o’clock unth 0.30 o’clock this morning.
/ GIGANTIC PIANO TRUST.
Plans for 'T’Contbining‘ the Biggest
Concerns in the United States.
New York, Nov. 24.—A11 the great
piano manufacturing concerns in the
United States are working together to
form a gigantic trust, It is the inten-
tion to absorb at least 200 factories,
squeeze out the samller ones, and con-
centrate the business in a few of the
biggest manufactories.
Negotiations are progressing, cloaked
under the gréatest secresy. It is known
that several bankers in the country
and Europe have spoken favorably of
advancing the $50,000,000 which would
be necessary to carry through the deal.
W. W. Kimball, of Chicago, or Alfred
Dodge, of this city, it is said, will be
president of the new giant enterprise.
.The Steinway, ‘Chlckering. Knabe
and Kimball and Cable companies;
with the big concern of Alfred Dodge,
would form the nucleus and real
strength of the trust.
But four grades of pianos would be
manufactured, and all competition and
atendant expenses would be eliminated.
The trust could absolutely control
prices.
Mildred Brewster’s Trial.
Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 24.——Mildred
Brewster’s trial for the murder of Ari-
nie Wheeler will not go on at this term
of court.
It has been put over till March, that
the Supreme Court may ”decide the
technical question raised by the fact
that the court stenographer was in, the
Grand Jury room when the prisoner’s
case was being considered.
Miss Brewster shot Miss Wheeler and
attempted to kill herself last May, jeal-
ousy over John Wheeler, whom both
girls loved, being the cause.
Delay for Foster.
Paris, Nov. 23.—The extradition of
William R. Foster, who was arrested at
Neuilly a short time ago upon a charge
of stealing $193,000 belonging to the
Gratuity Fund of the New York Pro—
duce Exchange, has been postponed,
probably for three weeks, on account
of a tehnical point relating to the ab-
sence of a signature from the papers
necessary to‘his surrender to the Amer-
ican authorities.
It is thought that this delay in his
extradition has been created in order to
enable Foster’s friends to arrange a
compromise in his case. ' . .«
'he has not wasted the money he
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CEREAL COFFEE DRINKERS BE-
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one of the cheap bran substitutes now
on the market, claiming to be the
original and to have great food value,
and you got a pound of poory roasted
bran for your 250.. and a poor, weak,
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SPAIN FEMS‘WEYLM'
CHEERS PROM TH’B CROWD
‘and on the way to the latter’s house
for “Spain” and “Spanish Cuba," which
at Barcelona differs from the independ-
'to Congress for the right of sci-frag.
Two Reports of How He' Was
Received at Barcelona.
The calcinl Report Says the Public
Greetcd Him Coldly—Othcr Re-
ports Say 20,000 Joined in the
Demonstration.
Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 24.~—Gen. Wey-
ler, the former Captain-General of
Cuba, arived here yesterday on board
the steamer Montserrat. He landed
beneath the Columbus monument at 10
a. m., and was received by about twen-
ty thousand people.
In order to escape the crowd, the
General was driven to the house of
Deputy‘ Saladrigas, Where, however, he
was forced to appear upOn the balcony,
and was applauded by the .mult-itude
which had gathered about \the house.
A number of bands took part in the
welcome, and the Montserrat was met
by many boats decorated with flags.
When the Captain-General landed," ac-
companied by Gen. Montaner, he en-
tered the cariage of Deputy Saladrigas,
Gen. Weyler cried: “Long live national
production ! ” ' ,
The General also called for cheers
met with enthusiastic responses from
the . populace. x
Indifference.
24.——The official
of Gen. Weyler
Official Reports of
Madrid, Spain, Nov.
report of the landing
ent reports. The former says the Gen-
eral landed without the demonstration
in his honor assuming the proportions
anticipated, and that as he traversed
the streets the public appeared indif-
ferent.
The ofiicial version adds that six gala
carriages awaited the General, but that
the crowd was small, little enthusiasm
was manifested, and there were no del-
egations of students or politicians, and
that no windows were decorated.
Autonomy Plans Approved. _
Madrid. Nov. 24.—The Cabinet has
approved the Sagasta scheme for the
autonomy of Cuba, with the exception 1
of the clauses of the trade regulations
giving the Cuban Chamber the right
to fix the Cuban tariff.
This was the part of the plan of au-
tonomy which was opposed by the
Catalonian deputation that waited ,
upon Senor Moret, Minister of the Col—y
onies, Monday, to urge the protection
of Spanish imports into Cuba.
Trying to Buy Gomez 01?.
Washington, Nov. 24.——Inf0rmati0n
received at the State Department con—
firms the story from Havana, that the
Spanish authorities are trying to bribe
the insurgent leaders to lay down their
arms. Negotiations are now being at-
tempted with Gen. Gomez to abandon
the insurgents’ cause and retire from
the island, accepting a bonus and a
pension for life. Should Gomez accept
this proposition, it would leave Calixo
Garcia the only leader of any prom—,.-
inence in the insurgent ranks, and it‘is
stated that a similar attempt will be
made to buy him off. '
DOOM FOR MEYER.
Church Murderer Sentenced to
the Death Chair.
New York, Nov. 24.—Constantine
Steigcr, alias Fritz Meyer, was yester-
day scntenced to be electrocuted during
the week beginning Jan. 10 next by
Justice Fursman in the Criminal
Branch of the Supreme Court.
The room was crowded with specta—
tors when the prisoner was brought
into court. His face was pallid, but
he showed no other outward signs of
anxiety. His counsel, Lawyer O’Hare,
moved for a new trial on eight counts,
and when it was denied he moved for
an arrest of judgment. It was over-
ruled. '
Judge Fursman then pronounced sen-
tence. His tone was so low as almost
to be inaudible, even to the prisoner,
but that poor wretch could hear very
well the date when he was to pay the
law in full for his crime.
The prisoner bore his sentence with-
out Wincing. It would have been im-
possible for him to turn paler, for
throughout his appearance in court hé
was as pale as a corpse.
Steiger shot Policeman Frederick
Smith in the Church of the Most Holy
Redeemer in East Third street a month-
ago. He had broken into the church
The
for the purpose of robbing ’it. There
he stumbled upon a burglar alarm,
and, his presence becoming known,
the police were notified. Among others
who responded was Smith, who en-
cOuntcred the burglar in the parochial
schoolroom attached. to the‘ church.
There he shot the-poli‘ man and made
his temporary escape through a screen
window.
The trial was one of the most rapid
in the history of the Criminal Court.
The murderer was place-cl on trial with-
in four days after the conmiission of
the crime, and the greater part of the
time of the trial was consumed in col-
lecting a jury. The jury proumtly con-
victed him of murder in the first de-
gree, for which he was sentenced yes-
terday. , ,
Meyer was taken to Sing Sing yester-
day afternoon with. two burglars, wlzr
have been sentenced to two years and
four months each. The men are \Vill-
lam Chauler and William Flirty. to
whom Meyer was-handcuffed. T3 (3 m':
were in charge of Deputy S21c1;._: iln '
gle and Kelly.
Chinese Want to Von-J ,.
Chicago, Nov. 24.—Amerlcauiz .T :‘u‘
native-born Chinese will shortly upper.
and ask that body to repeal the ant:
Chinese law passed in 1882. 4‘. pub}:
mass meeting will be held at Cenlrzi
Music Hall next Saturday and pram.
inent Chinese" from all over the 1.7;.ited
States will address the meeting. .They
will declare that wrongs have been in-
flicted upon them since they have been
refused the rights of citizenship, and
will ask the people of the United States
to help them in their cause.
\Vill l—lunnn Advance ‘ancs?
New York, Nov. 24.--In coal circles ‘
it is. said that ‘Mark A. Hanna and
other coal and iron operators in Ohio
and Western Pennsylwle have de--
cided to advance 4‘ -~ -' 'f miners
10 per cent, be, ‘. Dec. 1.
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Assam and Thibet,
“ALASKA SABLE.”
SA'TCHY TrTLE‘sv ’WHICH'THE FUR
OF THE SKUNK IS‘KNOWN. "
:‘lle Animal Farming a Profitable and a
Growing ‘Iml InstryéGood Skins_ . “’orth.
80 Cents Each—How the Animals Are
Bred—Unknown to the Old World.
All persons who have any practical
acquaintance with the business of farm
ing skunks are requested to communi-
cate with the Department of Agricul-
ture. That institution has been be-
set with appeals for information on
the subject, and its scientific experts
lack satisfactory data on which to base
replies. They have tried to get facts
lromseveral concerns ‘now engaged ‘in
this interesting occupation, but there
seems to be a lot of mystery about it.
Those who are in it find it so profita-
ble, apparently, that they do‘not want
L0"offer any inducement or help to pos-
sible competitors. What they know
they prefer to keep to themselves.
Nevertheless, the skunk-farming in-
dustry is a growing industry in this
country. The demand for pelts is far
greater than the supply, and prices are
J correspondingly good. The latest quo-
tations for skunk skins make them
worth 80 cents apiece wholesale, for
“black, prime, cased.” This is for the
first quality, the fur being all black and
the skin cured by turning it in side out
and drying it on a board. White skins
are worth 106; “full striped” (a white
stripe running clear down the back),
25c, and “half striped,” 45 c.
Skunk skins are one of the biggest
items in the fur market. They go un—
der the attractive name of “Alaska sa-
ble.” It is not believed that there are
many skunks in Alaska, the latitude
being too ”high for them, but a good
many thousands of the pelts are taken
in the British possessions, passing
through the hands of ‘the Hudson Bay
Company. A vast number of ladiesf
muffs are made of this kind of fur,
which frequently is passed off for that
of the big, long-haired Abyssinian
monkey.
Eighty cents apiece may not seem a.
very high wholesale price for the best
skunk skins, but the profit in the farm-
ing business referred to lies mainly in
the fact that it involves no expense .
worth mentioning. The most barren.
land is suitable for the purpose, fenced .
in, and the animals may be fed on of-
fal. \. '
There are quite a number of skunk
farms in operation. One of these is
[run by a fur company near Ithaca, N.
Y. Another was startednot long ago‘
by some butchers in New Jersey, who
bought a. big patch of rocky and other- .
wiseworthless land, inclosed it and
stocked it with a few healthy skunks, ‘
leaving them to do the rest. This'is-
one of the beauties of skunk farming—.—
it requires almost no attention. The,
company of butchers aforesaid feeds its
stock with refuse from the abattoir,
which costs them nothing. The little
animals are by no means hard to man-
age, being astamable as kittens. In
’fact, the Mephitis Americana. is re-‘
markable for its lack of fear of man.
This may be due inpart to'its confi-
dence in its own weapon, but it will
never use this except. under great prov-
ocation. In other wordsuit' must be
badly frightened, or actually hurt. It
seeks the neighborhood of human hab-
itation. The little spotted skunks are
often kept as pets by miners in the far
West, the. undesirable glands being‘
cut out. . .
One point which the government ex-
perts want to ascertain is how the
skunk farmers kill their stock. Old
trappers say that a. skunk will never
give vent to its peculiar secretionif its
back. is broken by a quick blow. The
reason for this doubtless is that the“
.rear part of its body is paralyzed by
such a blow. 0n the other hand, it is
known that the most instant death by ,
shooting, even if the animal’s head be
blown off, will not prevent the use of
the function. I
Valuable uses are found nowadays
for the most noxious things. Someof
the most precious medicines are dead-
ly poison. So it is not surprising to
learn that the peculiar secretion of-the
skunk is a. remedy for asthma.
It is rather aninteresting fact that
the skunk and the mink-are the only
true fur—bearing animals that have
ever been semi-domesticated. Minks
have been bred fer their skins in so-
called minkeries, just as is being done
with the skunks in What might be
termed skunkeries. Skunk and mink
both belong to the family of Musteli—
dae. ‘ In this family are included all of
the'animals which are classified in a
strict sense as fur-bearing. Among
them are the ermine, the marten, the
weasel, the wolverine, the badger, the
sable, the otter, the rate] of Africa. and
India, the tayra. of South America; the
teledu or burrowing badger of Java,
the sea otter, the sand badger of India,
the ictonyx of
South Africa, and the “fisher” of North
America.
The skunk itself is an animal -un-
known in the Old World, being exclu— .
sively American—Co. St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
An Intelligent Definition.
A Kansas girl, the daughter of a
Greenwood county rancher, was sent
East to school. “What do you know,
my child?” the head teacher asked
her. “0h, farming,” the new pupil re-
plied. “Well,” tell me what is a. farm?”
“A farm is a body of land surrounded
by a barbed wire fence,” the little maid
said—Kansas City Star. . -
Spite.
She—I just married you to
George Billings.’ .
lie—Oh! Then it wasn’t jus
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to,
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