The New York herald., 1875-12-16
He Again Attempts Suicide by Re-
opening His Wounds.
Activity Of the German Authorities In Fer
retting Ont the Guilty.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE HERALD Bx
CABLE.
LONDON, Dec. Is, 1875.
Thomassen, the man who had engaged pas
sage to Southampton by the steamer Mosel,
and the owner of the case of dynamite which
raused the terrible disaster at Bremerhaven,
has confessed that he intended to destroy the
vessel when in mid-ocean.
AccoMPIIcEs IN NEW YORK.
In relating some of the details of the fend-
lsh plan to the authorities he declared that
he had accomplices at New York, who, it is
presumed, expected to divide the plunder
derived from the excessive insurance which
they had effected.
''LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE"
It is generally hoped that Thomassen will
recover, or at least be sufficiently restored SO
that full particulars of the crime may be OBJ
tanned, and that the murderous affair may
be traced in all its ramifcations to every
man connected with it, directly and indi-
rectly.
rHoMAssEN's CONFESSION.
The Weser Zeitung says, authoritatively,
That it is now proved beyond doubt that the
author of the catastrophe was the passenger
Thomassen. he has acknowledged most un-
hesitatingly that he was the owner of the
barrel which exploded. on the wharf when
the Mosel was about to start for the United
States, and that he intended placing it on
board the steamer for the purpose of destroy
ing her some days after she should leave
Southampton.
OBJECT OF THE CRIME.
The motive for the diabolical scheme, con-
Iinues the Weser Zeitung, appears to have
been to procure exaggerated and fictitious
insurance on cargo, and to share the profit
afterward with others whose names have not
yet transpired.
THE woULD.BE SUICIDE CONSCIOUS.
Thomassen is quite conscious and answers
sll questions put to him. He pretends not
10 realize the enormity of his offence. He
listens attentively to all said to him on the
subject, and answers the questions apparently
without reserve.
THE BULLET IN HIS HEAD.
Medical men have been busily engaged
tnce Monday endeavoring to extract the
bullet from Thomassens head, but SO far all
their efforts have been unsuccessful.
THE DYNAMITE BARRELS.
According to tho information now in the
possession of the police agents the barrel
prepared for the shameful work was specially
constructed of the strongest material by q
Bremen cooper, and divided into several
parts or compartments.
Another barrel, having large hole in one
of the divisions, has been discovered. This,
it is presumed, is the barrel in which the
apparatus for igniting the dynamite was to
be placed.
THE CLocKwoRK TO BE USED.
1t is considered probable that he had all
she machinery with him at the time of
the explosion. Having filled one barrel
with dynamite, his plan was to adjust every
thing so that it should be ignited by tho
clockwork when the vessel was ut sea after
he had landed at Southampton.
GOODS 10 BE SHIPPED AT SOUTHAMPTON.
AS il was distinctly understood he was to
leave the Mosel at Southampton, and as
he did not put any cargo of Importance on
board at Bremen, it is probable that he in
tended shipping the goods at the English
port, SO as to avoid all suspicion or prevent
detection.
THE DEurscHLANp's cHARYBDIs.
The ill fated Deutschland was to have
carried the hellish machine but it was not
ready at the time she left, and hence its
;ransfer to the Mosel. Had the Deutschland
ratus on board, she would doubtless have
been sent to the bottom after going fairly to
sea.
AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENTS
1--WE communicate the few foregoing sem