The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-19

nsuRNG HIS MACHINE
You win please effect Insurance. on the steamship
Rhein, Captain Br1ckenstein which sails for New York
Tomorrow via Southampton. Insure for property on
board shipped by me- value, say nine thousand pounds
9OOOL Address your letters TO -
On the Tth June Messrs Earrings replied
We beg to inform you that in accordance with your
Instructions OF 4th inst have effected insurance on
property per Rhein steamship from Bremen to New
York q cost of GAG Is Cd to your debit as per en-
closed debit note We shall be glad know the nature
OF the said property and how il is packed Possibly
the rate would have been less II you had furnished
with these particulars
No answer to this letter Thomas then went
via London, to Liverpool and the 10th sailed by
the steamer Republic TO New York where he met the
Rhein and received the barrel According TO private
letter from New York certain George Thomas"
the alleged brother of W. K Thomas appeared on the
2lst Of the Custom House and wished to
tain how be could reship the barrel without paying
duty He was referred freight broker, Edward ".
Skidmore II was declared that the contents Of the
barrel was polishing paste On the 10th it placed
in the bonded warehouse and the bond signed by
Skidmore who recognizes in the photograph ofw. x.
Thomas the man called George s. Thomas On June 20
Thomas returned 10 Liverpool in the Republic under
assumed name and arrived at the beginning OF
August in Dresden. On the Sd OF August he went to
the dynamite mandatory OF the Brothers Krebs In
Kalk giving the name OF Garcie and ordered fifty
pounds OF lithoacteur, twenty percussion caps and
four tight bags asking that they might be Kept
till be returned On the Sd ofSeptember he reappeared
In Kak. aud purchased three rings Of gutta percha
tgniting cord twelve percussion caps and moro
dynamite making altogether about 100 pounds OF that
material In August and September, 1876 he had pro-
cured from Dresden locksmith small iron boxes,
in the lid OF each of which hole through which
finger could be inserted These boxes encosedin
three cases On October Thomas arrived in London.
and on the 9th entered his AZ the City Terminus
Hotel as w. K Thomas, giving his Liverpool adj
dress On the Tth he to the Northwestern Hotel.
in Liverpool whore he remained until the l4th having
with him two ordinary wooden boxes and two small
heavy boxes wrapped mp in canvas, and also a very
firmly corded travelling bag He asked Paymaster
Evans, OF the Republic, to give him the name Of
respectable agent and referred Stern Sons al
whose Office he ordered passage the CELTIC for New
York. few days afterward he requested them to in
sure two boxes full of twenty dollar pieces and worth
GO, 00o which he wished 70 take with him ON the
Celtic Being asked why he travelled with so large an
amount in gold, instead Of In drafts, he
replied that with the latter he would have
some difficulties with regard to legitimaton, and
he required the money in order to pay, on arrival in
New York for land which he had purchased.
Stern Sons tried to secure the insurance for him,
but agents asking that the money might
be counted out before them Thomas withdrew undei
tried personally insure the two boxes at the Office OF
the White Star line. Here again he foed by the
demand that the money should be counted He then
took the chests the contents OF which latei
found in New York TO be merely shot, on board the
Celtic on which ship he sailed for New York the
18th of October 1876. That this journey orig
nally intended by Thomas and that If he had secured
the insurance the Celtic he would have
gone back TO Dresden is proved from the letters Of ha
wife, who greatly excited on account of his per.
fectly unexpected journey to America. of which he
had informed her by telegraph just before his de-
parture Before Celtic left New York he attempted
to leave the alleged money boxes with the paymaster
for receipt This was refused and Thomas then tool
the boxes away the ship himself and LEFT them in
the Custom House. ON the 23d Of November he ar
rived in Bremerhaven, from Bremen and there rented
place the haven, in which he stated he had a
repack large barrel He thought that the barrel
ing from New York would be in Bremerhaven, but
when he found that IL had been sent to Bremen hs
proceeded to the latter place.
We now come to that part OF the narrative which 10
already so we'll known that will not repeat It. We
know that he managed the barrel for 3 00a
marks, and that IL exploded the 18th OF December
1t is now conjecturcd probably correctly that Thomas
intended to deposit the barrel the Deutschland
Some letters written his wife from Bremen give
terestng particulars in regard TO his condition and
plans. He writes as follows
LETTERS TO WIPE.
Nov. so, 1S75.-You must not be afraid that win
run away TO America again. do not intend to go for
some time again. | must remain here a few days
| longer l Will lot you know when you expect me.
| DEC 2 1S75-I cannot help stopping here long
| l am doing something which detains me, but when I
| get back to Dresden, will have much longer stay
! with you than the last time II you want any money
DEo 4, 1878 i have nothing more to do here just
| now might as well DO with you in Dresden for one
| hutth lin nd
that costs such lott-ony think fifty marks for to
come here only and then nfty marks to return--so il
| only costs nine thalers week board, so think
will stop until have all things right OH If
had lofts of money what good time we could have
with such pretty, dear good children.
DEo, ls75.-f have something more TO think just
now, will be home next week for sure you can
depend on that have little more TO do here, only
| must wait week longer. hope you get all the
letters. ! send you every two days regularly 10
having som awful dream or other thai dissurbs your
equilibrium for day or two will spend Christmas
with you II the devil was 70 stand between you and
money | now send you 200 marks which know you
won't throw away Tor nothing. Don't be afraid am
not going TO America this winter anyhow may have
TO 60 70 England; but only for two or three days
will let you know twopr three days before II have
10 60. l am not yet
Drc Q, IsT5-I swear to you that will be homo
with you next week tor certain. Goodshas bill not
due before Christmas Do not be afraid OF the bills
will settle them all in good time. will be home with
you next Thursday evening for sure Now be patient
DEC Ii. 1875. Dust before his departure for Bre
merhaven l-I have made my arrangements TO be homs
with you on Thursday night or Friday morning for
certain; you rest quiet hope, unthiil then
| l have had q troublesome work on hand
that has detained me longer than | ex-
pected; but I in hopes all will be right
now that remain quietly with those that love
so much. have nothing new TO tell you oney the loss
OF the Bremen steamer Deutschland going to New York
with $50 passengers hny OF whom were lost She ran
ashore the OF England and broke In two in the
middle The people who were sawed were twenty eight
hours in the rigging during that dreadful cold weather.
drenched with salt day and night and some got
frozen and dropped or the RIGGING into the sea 70 be
heard of no more. knew the captain very WELL
ST. leave here tomorrow morning for Hamburg
| so that you need not write 10 me any more
rHE LAST CHANCE CONF
The German papers say that this IL his own ortho
graphy; II SO, Mr. Thomas wrote English in very Ger
man style. think however, that We must attribute