The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-04
Tho Mosel.
AN AMERICAN PASSENGERS STORY.

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Francis Volk of Jersey City Heights was
a witness of the explosion, and he tells his
story as follows 81 came to the wharf
about o'clock, and after getting my bag
gage aboard | came up on deck to watch
the people. The weather was very fine
and was leaning against the mast enjoy
ing the scene when suddenly fell flat on
my face and heard terrible noise.
thought the boiler of the Mosel had ex-
| ploded first, and then imagined it must GER
! tainly be the boiler of the steam tug along
side. Pieces of wood, iron and glass, and
parts of human bodies were falling around
and upon me, and as cut my head badly
when fell, at first | thought was badly
injured. | rose to my feet and looked
around. The scene was awful, and can't
describe it. 1t makes me shudder now
every time think of it,
THOMSON AND HIS INTERNAL MACHINE.
The Bremen Courier contains particulars
about the suicide of Thomas or Thomson.
1t is said that letters have been found on
him which, even if he had not confessed,
would have been convincing proof of his
guilt. In letter dated Strehlen, near
Dresden, his wife begs him to give up his
projected scheme and to turn back from
the dangerous path he was tresdlng. She
did not wish such blood money. Thorn
sons brother has been arrested in Dresden.
The Bremerhaven Zeitung asserts, in
spite of all contradictions, that Thomson
declared he had two packages on board the
Mosel that one of these has been found on
board the Salier, and that another must
also be on board that vessel Thomson
confessed to the police that he shipped the
barrel on board with criminal intent. His
confession is, however, so far to be kept
secret. Thomson returned last time from
America to Germany in the Rhine with
Captain Brickensteln, and brought with
him cask of exactly the same shape as the
one which recently exploded. 1t is thought
he brought the explosive material with him
from America. There is dynamite man
ufactory in New York. Thomson was con-
scious to the end. 1t is said that few
days before the time for the sailing of the |
Deutschland he went to the clockmaker to |
whom he had given his machine for clean |
Ing, and asked that he should hasten on |
the work. The clock was ready, and the |
>'NN'7''ohSi IL W HlIli. Ic same |
day he returned to the cleaner, with the |
remark, "My God, you have wound it up" |
The clockmaker nodded in affirmation,
saying he had done it to try it. The next |
day Thomson called again, asking how
many times he had turned the key, and |
how long time it would take to run down.
The clockmaker could give him no definite
answer, and he went away Thomson did |
not leave by the Deutschland on this ac-
count. Ii the clockmaker had not wound
it up, it was doubtless his intention to
make the Deutschland the object of his
diabolical plans.
The semi-oillcial Norddeutsche Z,atuno.
in an article upon the deed of the man
Thomas, remarks that the loss of the CITY
of Boston, steamer, which entirely dsap-
peared few years ago, was perhaps occa-
stoned by similar crime Thomas con-
fessed that he was an American by birth,
of Brooklyn, N. y. and some thirty years
old. He was merchant captain and we'll
known blockade runner during the war of
secession. The ship he then commanded
was the Old Dominion. Fearing prosecu-
hon after the war, he changed his name