Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-18
THE WHOLESALE; rJSDERkR
THOMSON t.E- INF Es.SA !.
MACHINE AND BIS D-ATE.

When We first read what pIrpoT:ed +
/ be a confession % Thomson. :ns in
ventor of the Internal machine which
| caused such Slaughter al BremernafsE,
We thought. Of course, that his self
| accusations were the rawlings OF Il maniac
| and we find it difficult even after read
| ing the following TO come I" different
| conclusion. The subjoined statement
| informs rs Of the most deviiish and in
human piece Of wi-kedness We have
ever read OF:
New York, December If.-Accord;nc
to Bremen dispatches Thomassen, n
passenger Oh the Mosel and owner Of
the cask Of dy naui.e which caused the
lie. ribis disaster 1t Bret. erhafen. con-
fes.ed to being gnilty. saying he had
sceomplices at New York. The motive
for this d;abolical scheme appears to
have been t. procure exaggerated ant!
fictitious insurance, AID to share il with
Others. ThomaSsen is quite conscious
and answers all questions. oat the buile.
has not yet been extracted from his head.
From what is known the barrel Tor this
shameful work was made strongly hy a
Bremen cooper and par,i.ioned-ona
part containing dynamite and The other
an apparatus for exp,odingit. Thomas
sen intended 10 place his neiiish machine
on the Deutschland. but VAS no: quite
ready ST the time OF the sailing OF that
vessel.
The Heiser Zei:lutg ACIDS; In sober
words We com,nuuicate 1t, and with
certainty. that the nunbsr of victims
killed and wounded amounts to one hun
dred and forty. William X. Thoaassen
is the full name of the prisoner. and
since his attempt AZ suicide he has made
full confession. He vas 'orn IN New
York, married New Orleans lady and
has four children. the younGes: q baby.
He lived in Virginia during he waF and
was engaged in the business . blockade
running. whereby he became IL Since
1865 be has resided here and at Leipsic,
and last at Strehlen. near Dresden. He
appears to have lost his money AID bs-
come embarrassed. He was twice In
America during the past summer. The
last time be want without the knowledge
of his family, and when he returned
wrote his banker here that he had made
arrangements enabling lin to pay his
debts. He was highly esteemed by the
public in Germany. HIS house has been
searched. hut nothing was found con-
nec,ed with the disaster. ThOmassea I,
has attempted snicide again by tearing
off tie dressing from his Wounds
Bremen, December It.-Thsre Is no /;
change to day in the condition Of Thorn !
Assem-. He has fully confessed. aud !
the names Of MS acc0mp,ices, |
bat the authorities will not make known I
further particulars.
Thornassen died today from the !
effects If the injuries inflicted by him |
self He said his true name was William !
OF Brooklyn, New York. His age is |
believed 10 have been about 30 years. |
Tie confessed that he vas once captain !
of the vessel Old Dimiuion and changed !
his name TO avoid being prosecuted for |
running the blockade curing the var in |
America; that be bought the explosive |
in the United States and had It |
forwarded TO his address; shat the clock |
work vas made in Germany and was Set |
to explode the charge IL eight days.
Il is stated that Th0mass,n bad his |
CLOCK work made b, a mechanic named |
Fuchs. residing at Bayourg. The appa- |
ratus constructed ran noiselessly ten days. |
hen it caused the lever to act aud strikr |
With a force of thirty pounds. Twenty |
similar machines were ordered. Negotia
lions between Thomson and Fuchs had |
been carried on since 1878. When |
Fuchs visited Leipsig he was told the |
machines were for IL manufacioTy in the |
United States. Thomson has not re
sea.ed the names of his accompllces.